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New to Minolta with gifted camera.

Started 11 months ago | Questions thread
sybersitizen Forum Pro • Posts: 24,268
Re: New to Minolta with gifted camera.
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HughP wrote:

sybersitizen wrote:

It's kind of unfortunate that Konica and Minolta merged shortly before both companies left the business, so now their names are forever connected, even for products that have no commonality.

They didn't actually leave the business, they became part of Sony. Wish they had left the brand name.

I'm well versed in Minolta history. Transfer of Minolta's photographic technology occurred, and some employees almost certainly moved over with the technology, but the company did not 'become part of Sony'.

As I said, Konica Minolta left the camera business when Sony took over, though the company remained active doing other things.

Years later, the company actually lost control of the 'Minolta' brand name through negligence. It was acquired by a completely different entity (JMM Lee Properties) as a result, and that entity now licenses the 'Minolta' name to Elite Brands so it can be stuck onto cheap Asian cameras:

https://www.minoltadigital.com/

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