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Minolta X-700 Japan and Korea version

Started Apr 18, 2018 | Discussions thread
Nubana
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Re: Minolta X-700 Japan and Korea version
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FrancoD wrote:

Here is a different version of that camera :

Samsung did make some cameras for Minolta and had some sort of exchange of technology.

I had a Samsung Annual Report ( a thick glossy publication) that had under the Samsung Techwin section alongside other products (like Rollei cameras) a photo of a Minolta 9000. I was not able to find any more info from either Samsung or Minolta.

"Samsung" in Korean mean "three stars". I've read somewhere that in the 80s, Korean prefer domesticmore than imported product, especially from Japan (they really hate Japan, because Japan invaded them previously). Samsung buy the copyright from Minolta and rebrand the camera.

But I still wonder there is any different between them. In the market, Japan version (MPS) is slightly more expensive.

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