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I am thinking of buying a Minolta Film SLR (AF models)

Started Nov 11, 2017 | Discussions thread
digititus Senior Member • Posts: 1,610
Re: I am thinking of buying a Minolta Film SLR (AF models)
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big aperture wrote:

Thanks for your input Bill

So from your experience the grip from the Minolta 7000i is more stable/ergonomic than the 7000? That might influence my decision....I could also buy the 9000 but it has worse VFM than the 7000/7000i

I don't remember any of the spec's, but I had a Minolta 7000 and Minolta 8000i.  The latter just felt more comfortable in my hands because it wasn't nearly as boxy as the former.  I just checked ebay for prices and you can indeed find 7000's for not much more than the shipping.  However, I found 7000i's and 8000i's for very little more.  And since they are newer models they may be less likely to fail, although all Minolta film cameras are long in the tooth.  Good luck.

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