@dvamateur indeed, mate. I own 2 of them, Minolta af 35-70 f4 kit, my dwary dreamy and the Minolta af 75-300 f4.5-5.6, my fvcking kickass nippon bazooka. :D
Wow, totally didn't they sunk because of those lawsuits. I vaguely remember the AF one. I used to have one of the X series SLRs can't remember which one, but I loved it. I got the body, a 50mm F/1.7 MD Rokkor for $7.25 at GoodWill! :) Thanks for posting this up!
Yeah, and then Honeywell sued Minolta for autofocus pattent infrigement, and Honeywell won because the trial was in the U.S. And also, Minolta invested a lot of money in development of APS size film cameras. Two great and honest developments resulted in failure of the company. Sad story. Best lenses in the world though.
@ParanoidGallows That must have been in the U.S. as well, because in Europe, Minolta used the name Dynax, or something like that. Nontheless, I think in Mexico Minolta presence must not have been that strong, since Dos Equis didn't sue them for their XX beer :)
My uncle sold me a Maxxum 4 for $40, pretty awesome
RainbowManification 1 month ago
just added that camera to my collection... old school jump off...
AdobExperts 2 months ago
WTF is up with dudes lazy eye at 0:22
metronomic1 5 months ago
@metronomic1 thats funny.. true.... its because he used that eye to look in the view finder to often... real photographer get that.... lol jk haha
AdobExperts 2 months ago
Seeing this just makes me wanna buy a Maxxum. Even though I already own 5!
LazyScoutJace 6 months ago
@dvamateur indeed, mate. I own 2 of them, Minolta af 35-70 f4 kit, my dwary dreamy and the Minolta af 75-300 f4.5-5.6, my fvcking kickass nippon bazooka. :D
bl4ckclaw 1 year ago
love my beercan
d7dirk 1 year ago
the miiiiiiiiiinnnd of minooooooolta
TomFromCanada 1 year ago
ah man, this brand stopped producing in 2006. :( found a minolta maxxum STsi in my dad's collection.
TheWhateverFreak 1 year ago
ONLY THE HUMAN EYE FOCUSES FASTER
maT5581 1 year ago 3
@maT5581
NO!! my A33 is faster :)
thehappyidiots 1 year ago 2
Wow, totally didn't they sunk because of those lawsuits. I vaguely remember the AF one. I used to have one of the X series SLRs can't remember which one, but I loved it. I got the body, a 50mm F/1.7 MD Rokkor for $7.25 at GoodWill! :) Thanks for posting this up!
NismoJoeB13 2 years ago
...the beercan objective series,still the greatest lenses for the sony alpha cameras and they're almost 20year old!
plokko1 2 years ago
Yeah, and then Honeywell sued Minolta for autofocus pattent infrigement, and Honeywell won because the trial was in the U.S. And also, Minolta invested a lot of money in development of APS size film cameras. Two great and honest developments resulted in failure of the company. Sad story. Best lenses in the world though.
dvamateur 2 years ago 13
@dvamateur
I think they lost even more money on XI series.
Design and some of the features been far to ahead of time.
Others (expansions cards - uaarrgh) been just not marketable.
Also Mino never managed to have pro customers care like Canon and Nikon.
That keept them on 3rd sport forever...
gerSick 1 year ago
@dvamateur Funny thing is Honeywell owned Pentax then Pentax got AF.
ngvgnDOTcom 1 year ago
@dvamateur
They also got sued by Exxon for the overlapping X's in the word "Maxxum"
ParanoidGallows 11 months ago
@ParanoidGallows That must have been in the U.S. as well, because in Europe, Minolta used the name Dynax, or something like that. Nontheless, I think in Mexico Minolta presence must not have been that strong, since Dos Equis didn't sue them for their XX beer :)
dvamateur 11 months ago
Awesome!
darph 2 years ago
I have that camera - awesome.
rbonillavid 3 years ago 16
@rbonillavid me too i agree is awesome greetings from Colima peace ^_^
parvial 1 year ago