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Minolta Maxxum 7000 review

VMLP 4: The Minolta Maxxum 7000—Let There Be Autofocus!

2020-10-21
On: October 21, 2020
In: Vintage Minolta Love Project, Vintage-Minolta Love

After using the Maxxum 7000i, my first Minolta and real camera in more than three decades, I realized I wanted to try other Minolta cameras. That realization led me to research other models. On learning that Minolta favored the numbers 5, 7, and 9 when naming cameras, I decided that,Continue Reading

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