Minolta
Explore 19 Minolta vintage camera models — specs, production history, reviews, and market values in the VTA archive.
Models
Cameras
- 35 — The Minolta 35 (1947–1958) was Japan's first 35mm rangefinder with a coupled finder—solid, mechanical, and modestly valued today.
- Alpha 7000 (1985-1988) — The world's first autofocus SLR camera, marking a pivotal shift in 35mm photography. Includes full specifications and production years.
- CLE (1980) — Minolta CLE (1980–1985) — the only M-mount rangefinder with aperture-priority autoexposure. Compact, 380g body with TTL metering, LED viewfinder display.
- Dynax 9 (1998) — Minolta Dynax 9 (1998), Minolta's last professional AF 35mm SLR, with a 1/12,000s shutter, 9-point AF, and weather-sealed body.
- Hi-Matic AF2 — A 35mm viewfinder camera with active infrared autofocus and built-in flash, released in 1981 as the successor to the Hi-Matic AF.
- Maxxum 7000 (1985-1988) — The world’s first autofocus SLR with an in-body motor, the Maxxum 7000 didn’t just enter the market—it detonated a bomb in the middle of it.
- SR-101 (1975-1977) — Minolta SR 101 35mm SLR camera, 690g, JDM version of SRT 101b — solid mechanical design with hot shoe and PC sync. With the complete spec table.
- SR-T 100 (1969-1975) — Designed for amateur photographers seeking reliable mechanical performance with built-in TTL (through-the-lens) meter. Full specifications and review.
- SR-T 102 (1970–1976) — As an enhanced version of the highly successful SR-T 101, the SR-T 102 refined its predecessor’s robust mechanical de. Full specifications and review.
- SR-T 200 (1975–1981) — The Minolta SR-T 200 is a 35mm single-lens reflex (SLR) camera introduced in 1975 as a simplified, cost-effective variant within Minolta’s SR-T series.
- TC-1 (1996-2002) — Designed for photographers seeking exceptional optical quality in an ultra-portability-focused body. Full specifications and review.
- X-300 (1984–1990) — Minolta X-300 (1984–1990) — budget 35mm SLR, aperture-priority + manual, 1/1000 shutter, MD mount. The long-lived entry-level Minolta.
- X-370 (1984-1999) — Designed for amateur photographers and students, it retains core electronic automation while simplifying operation. Full specifications and review.
- X-570 (1983-1989) — The Minolta X-570, known as the X-500 in Europe and other regions, is a 35mm film single-lens reflex (SLR) camera introduced in 1983 as a high-end
- X-700 (1981–1999/2000) — Minolta X-700 (1981–1999): the last great manual-focus Minolta SLR, with Program AE, SR mount, and an 18-year production run.
- XD-11 (1977-1984) — A technological milestone in analog photography, the XD-11 combined precision engineering with user-centric design. Full specifications and review.
- XD-7 (1977-1984) — Renowned for its hybrid electronic-mechanical design, it was the world’s smallest and lightest multi-mode SLR. Full specifications and review.
- XG-7 (1977-1980) — Step into the late 1970s, and you’ll find the Minolta XG-7 quietly carving its niche: a sleek, electronic 35mm SLR built for photographers who wanted
- XG-M (1981–1984) — Born in 1981, the Minolta XG-M stands as the refined apex of Minolta’s XG series—a camera that quietly bridged the gap between accessible automation…
Compact
- 16 — The Minolta 16 is a subminiature camera that shoots 10×14mm frames on 16mm film in cassettes. It was marketed as the world's smallest camera when
- 16 Automat — Minolta 16 Automat (1959–1963) — Minolta's first 16mm subminiature, fully automatic selenium exposure, Rokkor 20mm f/3.5, 10×14mm negatives.
- 16 II — The Minolta 16 II is a 16mm subminiature camera — the kind of pocket-sized shooter often labeled a "spy camera," though it was really just a serious
- 16 P — Minolta 16 P (1961): a fixed-focus subminiature 16mm camera with Rokkor 22mm f/3.5 lens, 1/50s shutter, and optional attachable exposure meter.
- ac 101 Courreges — Minolta AC 101 Courrèges disc camera, styled by French designer André Courrèges, c. 1983–1984. Art Deco wavy stripe design. Thin documentation.
- AF-101R — Minolta AF-101R dedicated auto flash for Minolta cameras. Guide number 20 (meters). Little documented; appears in 1995 HiFI-Stereo catalog pages.
- AF-Tele 60 — Minolta AF-Tele 60 (c. 1989) — fully automatic 35mm point-and-shoot with a dual 38mm/60mm lens system. Replaced the AF-DL. Also sold as Freedom Dual 60 QD.
- Apex 105 — Little is documented about the Minolta Apex 105, a compact point-and-shoot zoom camera from the 1990s that Minolta sold in Japan. What the record shows is
- Apex 70 — The Minolta Apex 70 is a compact 35mm point-and-shoot film camera released in 1992. Documentation is sparse, but surviving listings and period references
- Autopak 700 — Minolta Autopak 700, a 126-cartridge rangefinder with Rokkor 38mm f/2.8 lens and CdS metering. Introduced c. 1965; limited documentation survives.
- Autopak-8 D6 — The Minolta Autopak-8 D6 is a Super 8 movie camera that Minolta made in Japan, marketed from 1970 through roughly 1974. It’s a silent cartridge camera —
- Capios 115 — Minolta Capios 115 compact 35mm point-and-shoot film camera with 38-115mm zoom lens. Also sold as Riva Zoom 115 and Freedom Zoom 115.
- Capios 125 — Almost nothing is solidly documented about the Minolta Capios 125S, a compact 35mm point-and-shoot from Minolta's Capios line. Even the name is a small
- Capios 130S — Minolta Capios 130S, compact 35mm point-and-shoot from the early 2000s with a sharp 37.5-130mm aspherical zoom lens. Japanese-market version of the Riva Zoom 130.
- Capios 140 — Minolta Capios 140 compact 35mm point-and-shoot with 38-140mm zoom lens, titanium shell. Little-documented model from the mid-90s to early 2000s.
- Capios 150S — Minolta Capios 150S compact 35mm point-and-shoot from the 2000s with a 37.5-150mm f/5.4-12.8 zoom lens. Little documented beyond dealer listings.
- Capios 75 — The Minolta Capios 75 is a compact 35mm point-and-shoot from the final generation of Minolta's consumer film cameras — a fully automatic, zoom-equipped
- DiMAGE 2300 — Minolta DiMAGE 2300 digital compact camera, announced June 2000. A 2.1MP point-and-shoot with fixed 38mm lens, CF storage, and AA batteries.
- DiMAGE 5 — Minolta DiMAGE 5 (2001) — 3.3MP fixed-lens bridge camera with 7x zoom, launched alongside the DiMAGE 7 at $900 US.
- DiMAGE 7Hi — Minolta DiMAGE 7Hi (2002) — 5MP fixed-lens digital camera with 28-200mm zoom, the third-generation flagship of the DiMAGE 7 line.
- DiMAGE E201 — The Minolta DiMAGE E201 is a compact digital camera announced in May 2001 at PMA 2001, with a US release price of $299.
- DiMAGE E223 — The Minolta DiMAGE E223 is a compact 2.0-megapixel digital camera announced on March 2, 2003, as Minolta's entry-level offering in the DiMAGE line. The
- Dimâge EX — Minolta Dimâge EX (1998): 1.5MP digital camera with swivel body and interchangeable lens/CCD heads. Sold as EX 1500 Zoom and EX 1500 Wide.
- DiMAGE F100 — Minolta DiMAGE F100 (2002–2004): compact 4MP digital camera announced at CeBIT March 2002, with 3x optical zoom, ISO to 800, and Minolta's first Area Autofocus.
- DiMAGE F300 — Minolta DiMAGE F300 (2003): 5.3MP compact digital camera with 3x optical zoom GT lens, announced at CES 2003. The F100 successor offered SD/Memory Stick dual media and audio recording mode.
- DiMAGE RD-3000 — Minolta DiMAGE RD-3000 (1999): a dual-CCD 2.7MP DSLR using the APS Vectis V-mount. One of the strangest camera system decisions by a major manufacturer.
- DiMAGE S304 — The Minolta DiMAGE S304 was announced at PMA on 11 February 2001, alongside the DiMAGE 5 and DiMAGE 7 — Minolta's full specifications were released to the
- DiMAGE S404 — Minolta DiMAGE S404 (2002): 4MP compact digital camera, ISO 64-400, CompactFlash. Released alongside the S304 with a higher-resolution sensor.
- F10BF — Minolta F10BF: a late-1990s fixed-focus 35mm point-and-shoot with a 35mm f/5.6 lens, fully automatic operation, and a large bright viewfinder.
- F20R — Minolta F20R — a compact 35mm point-and-shoot from the mid-1990s with a focus-free lens, built-in flash with red-eye reduction, and auto wind/rewind. Little else is documented.
- F25 — The Minolta F25 is a 35mm point-and-shoot compact from the early 2000s — a fully automatic, fixed-focus camera with a built-in auto flash. It's about as
- F35 Big Finder — Minolta F35 Big Finder — a fixed-focus 35mm point-and-shoot with a large viewfinder, plastic champagne body, and built-in flash. Production era contested (1970s vs 1997).
- Freedom 100 — Minolta Freedom 100 compact 35mm point-and-shoot, also sold as the FS-E II. Fixed-focus 35mm f/4.5 lens, DX-coded ISO 100/400, two AA batteries.
- Freedom 101 — Minolta Freedom 101 35mm point-and-shoot — the self-timer-equipped successor to the Freedom 100, also sold as the FS-E III.
- Freedom 35R-FF — The Minolta Freedom 35R-FF is a 35mm point-and-shoot from around 1990, built in China. It belongs to that wave of simple, automatic snapshot cameras
- Freedom DL — Minolta Freedom DL (1987) — the Canadian name for the AF-DL dual-lens point-and-shoot with 35mm f/3.5 and 50mm f/5.6 lenses and infrared autofocus.
- Freedom Dual 60 — Minolta Freedom Dual 60 35mm point-and-shoot with a dual focal length design — two prime lenses (38mm/60mm) switched by a flip. Late 1980s, sold in Europe as AF-Tele 60.
- Freedom Family Zoom — Minolta Freedom Family Zoom (1989) — compact AF 35mm point-and-shoot with 38-90mm macro zoom lens, sold regionally as AF-Zoom 90, Zoom 90, and Riva Zoom 90.
- Freedom GT — Minolta Freedom GT — a focus-free 35mm point-and-shoot with almost no documentary trail, priced at 1,500 rubles in surviving Russian marketplace listings.
- Freedom Holiday — Minolta Freedom Holiday 35mm point-and-shoot compact from the 1990s. Fixed-focus Focus Free design, 34mm lens, DX auto exposure. Little documented; three variants known.
- Freedom I — The Minolta Freedom I is a compact 35mm camera released in 1982 with an original price around $200 USD. Period sources are scarce, but surviving dealer
- Freedom Sightseer Zoom — The Minolta Freedom Sightseer Zoom is a 35mm point-and-shoot compact produced in 1998–1999, near the end of Minolta's film era. It was sold under a few
- Freedom Zoom 115EX — Minolta Freedom Zoom 115EX, a 35mm point-and-shoot from the 1990s. Also sold as the Riva Zoom 115 EX; manual shared with Freedom Zoom Supreme. Closest focus 130cm, ISO 25+ meter.
- Freedom Zoom 130 — The Minolta Freedom Zoom 130 is a 35mm point-and-shoot compact from the early 2000s, part of Minolta's Freedom series and sold in some markets under the
- Freedom Zoom 150EX — Konica Minolta Freedom Zoom 150EX: a 35mm point-and-shoot with a full 4X 37.5-150mm zoom in a compact body, sold as the Riva Zoom 150 in some markets.
- Freedom Zoom Explorer 70W — Minolta Freedom Zoom Explorer 70W (1995) — 35mm autofocus compact with 28-70mm zoom, sold as Riva Zoom 70W in Europe and Capios 25 in Japan.
- Freedom Zoom Explorer EX — Minolta Freedom Zoom Explorer EX — 35mm point-and-shoot with a 28-75mm power zoom lens; a subtle update to the Freedom Explorer with extended zoom range.
- FS-E — Minolta FS-E III (1987) — compact 35mm point-and-shoot, also sold as the Freedom 101. Fixed 35mm f/4.5 focus-free lens, built-in flash, automatic film advance.
- FS-E II — Minolta FS-E II: 1987 fixed-focus 35mm point-and-shoot, sold as Freedom 100 in America. Fixed 35mm f/4.5 lens, built-in flash, AA batteries.
- FS-E III — Minolta FS-E III compact 35mm point-and-shoot from c. 1987, also sold as Freedom 101. Fixed-focus 35mm f/4.5 lens, built-in flash, 210g.
- Mac Zoom 65 — Minolta Mac Zoom 65, a late-1980s 35mm auto-focus point-and-shoot with a 38-65mm zoom lens. Thin documentation; known from period listings.
- Mac Zoom 90 — Minolta Mac Zoom 90: a late-1990s fully automatic 35mm point-and-shoot with 38-90mm zoom, sold as Freedom Zoom 90 and AF Zoom 90 in some markets.
- Memory Maker — The Minolta Memory Maker is a compact 35mm point-and-shoot from the late 1990s — a simple, fully mechanical snapshot camera that Minolta sold under a name
- Panorama Zoom 28 — Minolta Panorama Zoom 28 — a 1990s compact 35mm point-and-shoot with a 28-70mm f/3.5-8.4 autofocus zoom, panorama switch, and macro mode.
- Pocket Autopak 200 — Minolta Pocket Autopak 200 — a 110 film camera released for the USA Bicentennial. Documentation is thin; known facts: Japan-made, sold with Pocket Flash 25, listed at $12.95.
- Pocket Autopak 250 — The Minolta Pocket Autopak 250 is a 110-format pocket camera introduced in 1977, confirmed by Camerapedia, Auctionet, and a David Klaus blog post. It
- Pocket Autopak 270 — Minolta Pocket Autopak 270 (1977): 110-cartridge pocket camera with Rokkor 26mm f/3.5 lens, one of the more sophisticated Autopak 200 models.
- Pocket Autopak 430E — Minolta Pocket Autopak 430E — 110 film pocket camera from c. 1976 with automatic exposure and built-in flash. Little documented; 430EX variant noted.
- Pocket Autopak 430Ex — Minolta Pocket Autopak 430Ex (1980): a simple 110-format point-and-shoot with fixed 1/200s shutter, 26mm f/5.6 Rokkor lens, built-in electronic flash, and beep warning.
- Pocket Autopak 450E — Minolta Pocket Autopak 450E (1977): 110-format pocket camera with Rokkor 26mm f/3.5 lens, five focus settings, and automatic flash compensation.
- Pocket Autopak 450Ex — Minolta Pocket Autopak 450EX 110 film pocket camera from the early 1980s. Shares a manual with the 430EX; specs are thin but the camera is documented in active use.
- Pocket Autopak 70 — Minolta Pocket Autopak 70: a 1970s 110-film pocket camera with auto exposure, fixed-focus 28mm f/6.3 lens, and flip-up Magicube flash.
- Pocket Pak 40 — The Minolta Pocket Pak 40 is a compact 110 film camera, one of the many pocket cameras Minolta produced for the easy-loading 110 cartridge format. It was
- Pocket Pak 60 — The Minolta Pocket Pak 60 is a 110-film pocket camera made in Japan during the 1970s. That is nearly the sum total of what the record confirms. It was
- Riva 100 AF — Minolta Riva 100 AF (1996): a simple 35mm autofocus point-and-shoot with a 34mm three-element lens, built-in flash, and red-eye reduction.
- Riva 35 ST — Minolta Riva 35 ST — early-1990s 35mm compact point-and-shoot with a 35mm f/4.5 lens, fixed focus, and automatic flash. Documentation conflicts on focus type.
- Riva AF 35 — Minolta Riva AF 35 (c. 1990) — a fully automatic 35mm point-and-shoot with 35mm f/4.5 lens, built-in flash, and DX coding to ISO 1000. Sold as the Freedom AF 35 in America.
- Riva AF 35c — The Minolta Riva AF 35C is a fully automatic 35mm point-and-shoot released by Minolta in 1992, built in Japan. It was the autofocus version of an earlier
- Riva GT — Minolta Riva GT (1991) — a lightweight 35mm point-and-shoot, also sold as the Freedom 50n. Fixed 35mm f/4.5 lens, 1/125 shutter, auto film handling. A beloved, simple compact.
- Riva Panorama — Minolta Riva Panorama (1991) — panoramic 35mm point-and-shoot with in-camera cropping, 24mm f/4.5 lens, and a genuinely wide viewfinder.
- Riva Twin 28 — The Minolta Riva Twin 28 is a dual-lens 35mm point-and-shoot from the early 1990s — sold as the Freedom Dual C in North America. Its defining trick is a
- Riva Zoom 115 — Minolta Riva Zoom 115: 35mm point-and-shoot with 38-115mm zoom, fully automatic operation, DX-coding to ISO 3200, CR123A battery. Late 1990s/early 2000s.
- Riva Zoom 115EX — Minolta Riva Zoom 115EX (late 1990s), a 35mm point-and-shoot zoom compact with a 38-115mm f/3.5-9.9 lens, autofocus, and clamshell body.
- Riva Zoom 125EX — The Minolta Riva Zoom 125EX is a fully automatic 35mm point-and-shoot from the late 1990s, part of Minolta's Riva Zoom series. It was sold under several
- Riva Zoom 130 — The Minolta Riva Zoom 130 is a fully automatic 35mm point-and-shoot from the late 1990s/early 2000s — a camera that went by several names depending on
- Riva Zoom 150 — Minolta Riva Zoom 150 — compact 35mm point-and-shoot from the early 2000s with a 37.5-150mm 4x zoom lens, made in China. Also sold as the Freedom Zoom 150.
- Riva Zoom 70c — The Minolta Riva Zoom 70C is a 35mm point-and-shoot camera from the 1990s — a compact, fully automatic shooter built around a 35–70mm f/3.5–6.5 Minolta
- Riva Zoom 70W — Minolta Riva Zoom 70W (c. 1995): a 35mm autofocus point-and-shoot with a 28-70mm f/3.5-8.4 zoom, sold regionally as the Freedom Zoom Explorer 70W and Capios 25.
- Riva Zoom 75w — The Minolta Riva Zoom 75W is a 35mm point-and-shoot released in 1995, notable for its wide-angle starting point. Where most zoom compacts of the era began
- Riva Zoom 90EX — Minolta Riva Zoom 90EX (Freedom Zoom 90EX), a 1990s 35mm point-and-shoot with a 38-90mm f/3.5-7.7 aspheric zoom lens. Little documented beyond dealer listings.
- Riva Zoom AF5 — Minolta Riva Zoom AF5 (c. 1995) — compact 35mm point-and-shoot with a motorized 35-60mm f/5.7-9.3 zoom, active infrared autofocus, and red-eye reducing flash.
- Silver Streak Zoom — Minolta Silver Streak Zoom (1998-1999), a 35mm point-and-shoot with a 35-70mm aspherical zoom lens. Also sold as the Riva Zoom 70 and Freedom Zoom 70.
- Sonocon 16 MB-ZA — Minolta Sonocon 16 MB-ZA (1962): a rare 16mm subminiature camera with a built-in transistor radio, based on the Minolta 16 II with a Rokkor 22mm f/2.8 lens. Auction prices reached €1,800.
- Vectis 200 — Minolta Vectis 200 APS point-and-shoot camera with 25-50mm aspherical zoom, built-in flash, and IX Date imprinting. Thin documentation; no production years confirmed.
- Vectis 2000 — Minolta Vectis 2000 APS compact zoom camera from 1999, 22.5-45mm lens, Multi-beam AF, aluminum body.
- Vectis 30 — The Minolta Vectis 30 is an APS (Advanced Photo System) compact camera from Minolta's Vectis line, introduced in the mid-to-late 1990s. It's a
- Weathermatic 35 DL — Minolta Weathermatic 35 DL (1987): waterproof 35mm point-and-shoot with switchable 35mm/50mm dual lenses, rated to 5m underwater.
- Zoom 110 (1976–1979) — Minolta 110 Zoom SLR (1976–1979) — world's first 110 SLR, Rokkor 25-50mm zoom, aperture-priority autoexposure. A strange, pocketable collector's camera.
- Zoom 60 — Minolta Zoom 60 — 35mm point-and-shoot from the Konica Minolta era with a 35–60mm aspherical zoom lens. Obscure; production years unconfirmed.
Rangefinder
- 24 Rapid — Minolta 24 Rapid (c. 1965) — a compact 35mm rangefinder shooting square 24x24mm frames on Agfa Rapid cassettes, with a custom 32mm f/2.8 Rokkor lens.
- A-2 — Minolta A-2 (1959) — an 8mm movie camera, the deluxe version of the A-1 with a Rokkor A-Zoom 8.5-34mm f/1.8 lens and TTL Cds metering.
- Autowide — Minolta Autowide (1958) — one of the earliest 35mm cameras with a built-in coupled meter, featuring a fixed wide-angle Rokkor lens and compact viewfinder body.
- Happy — The Minolta Happy is a pocket 110 camera produced from 1979 to 1985 — a period when pocket cameras were everywhere, and one that today has quietly become
- Hi-Matic 11 — The Minolta Hi-Matic 11 is a 35mm rangefinder introduced in 1968 as the successor to the Hi-Matic 7s, and it sat at the top of the Hi-Matic line as "a
- Hi-Matic 5 — The Minolta Hi-Matic 5 is a 35mm rangefinder introduced in 1965, part of the long-running Hi-Matic series that Minolta manufactured from 1962. It's
- Hi-Matic AF2-M — Minolta Hi-Matic AF2-M (c. 1982) — 35mm autofocus compact, the motorized follow-up to the AF2 with a 38mm f/2.8 lens.
- Hi-Matic C — Minolta Hi-Matic C — compact 35mm viewfinder camera from c. 1969-1970 with collapsible Rokkor 40mm f/2.7 lens and CdS auto exposure.
- Hi-Matic CS — Minolta Hi-Matic CS 35mm rangefinder, c. 1972. Fixed Rokkor 38mm f/2.7 lens, fully automatic exposure. Little documented; mercury battery issue noted.
- Hi-Matic CSII — The Minolta Hi-Matic CSII is a 35mm compact camera, confirmed as such by period sales listings that describe it plainly as a "35 mm" camera. It sits
- Hi-Matic G2 — Minolta Hi-Matic G2 (1982) — a compact 35mm zone-focus camera with a fixed 38mm f/2.8 lens and fully programmed auto exposure.
- Hi-Matic GF — The Hi-Matic GF holds a modest place in Minolta history: it was the last camera to carry the Hi-Matic name, and by then the line had traveled a long way
- Leitz Minolta CL — Leitz Minolta CL (1973): the compact M-mount rangefinder co-built by Leitz and Minolta with TTL CdS metering and a 40mm f/2 M-Rokkor lens.
- Memo — The Minolta Memo is a 16mm subminiature camera from 1962, one of the more obscure entries in Minolta's early-1960s push into the pocket format. It was a
- Minoltina-S — Minolta Minoltina-S (1964): a compact 35mm rangefinder with a fast Rokkor-QF 40mm f/1.8 lens and a battery-free selenium cell meter.
- Uniomat II — Minolta Uniomat II rangefinder (c. 1961-1963) — 35mm camera with match-needle selenium meter and unusual no-dial control layout. Rokkor 45mm f/2.8 lens.
Slr
- 7000 AF — Minolta 7000 AF (1985-1988), the first successful autofocus SLR. Introduced the A-mount, TTL phase-detection AF, and pushbutton LCD controls. Sold as Maxxum 7000 in North America.
- Dynax 2xi — Minolta Dynax 2xi — 35mm autofocus SLR, the Maxxum 2xi in North America. xi-series power zoom support, 1/2000s shutter, no built-in flash.
- Dynax 303si — The Dynax 303si is a lightweight 35mm autofocus SLR that Minolta launched in 1999, near the end of the company's film-camera era. It was sold under
- Dynax 3xi — Minolta Dynax 3xi (1991), entry-level autofocus 35mm SLR from the xi series. Known for light plastic body, awkward slider control, and cramped viewfinder.
- Dynax 5000i — Minolta Dynax 5000i (1989) — 35mm autofocus SLR sold as Maxxum 5000i in North America and Alpha 5700i in Japan. Smallest SLR with built-in flash at release, priced around $450.
- Dynax 505si — Minolta Dynax 505si (1998): late-90s 35mm autofocus SLR with central cross AF sensor, 1/4000s shutter, 350g body.
- Dynax 7 — Minolta Dynax 7 (2000-2004), the sophisticated 35mm autofocus SLR known as Maxxum 7 in the US and α-7 in Japan. Full LCD rear readout, 1/8000s shutter.
- Dynax 7000 (1985-1988) — Minolta Dynax 7000 (1985-1988) — the landmark autofocus SLR that introduced the A-mount, now an undervalued £20 classic.
- Dynax 800si — Minolta Dynax 800si (1997–2000): flagship of the si series with 14-segment honeycomb metering, 1/8000s shutter, 3fps drive, and built-in flash zooming to 80mm.
- Dynax 9xi — Minolta Dynax 9xi (1992) — Minolta's second pro AF SLR with a 1/12,000 sec top shutter speed and 1/300 sec flash sync.
- Maxxum 9 (1998) — Minolta Maxxum 9 (1998) — Minolta's last professional film SLR, with a 1/12000s carbon-fibre shutter, 14-zone AF, 5.5fps, and a 100% viewfinder.
- R4 — Minolta R4 is an ambiguous name covering a 1964 rangefinder, a 1981 X-4 SLR sold as R4 in China, and a 2005 DiMAGE R4 digital compact.
- RD-3000 — Minolta RD-3000 (1999): a digital SLR based on the Vectis S-1 body, using twin 1.5MP CCDs for an effective 3MP image. Sold as the Agfa ePhoto 1680.
- SR-1s — Minolta SR-1s (1967) — the last of the original SR-series, a fully mechanical 35mm SLR with no meter, 1/1000s top shutter speed, and SR/MC/MD mount compatibility.
- SR-3 — The Minolta SR-3 is a 35mm SLR introduced in 1959 as an economy version of the SR-2, sharing that camera's body design but omitting some features — most
- SR-T 100b (1975-1977) — Minolta SR-T 100b (1975) — a slightly improved follow-up to the SR-T 100, gaining 1/1000s top shutter speed. CLC metering, match-needle manual exposure, fully mechanical body.
- SR-T 100x — Minolta SR-T 100X (1977) — the final model in Minolta's SR-T series, derived from the SR-T 100 with an added hot shoe and 1/1000s shutter.
- Vectis S-100 — Minolta Vectis S-100 APS system SLR, c. 1996. The lightest and smallest APS interchangeable-lens autofocus SLR for Minolta V-mount lenses, with splashproof body and mirror-based compact viewfinder.
- X-300s — Minolta X-300s: budget 35mm film SLR with MD mount, aperture-priority AE and manual modes. Launched late 1980s, list price $325 body-only.
- X-600 — Minolta X-600 (1983): a rare Japan-only manual-focus SLR with green LED focus confirmation, a bridge between Minolta's X-series and the autofocus Maxxum 7000.
- XD-s — The Minolta XD-S is a 35mm SLR from 1977, part of the XD series that also included the XD, XD-7, and XD-11 — names that largely describe the same camera
- XEb — Minolta XEb (1976): a cost-reduced domestic-market version of the Minolta XE, sold in Japan as the XEb and exported as the XE-5. 35mm SLR, aperture-priority auto, MD mount.
- XG-E — Minolta XG-E: a 35mm manual-focus SLR with misleading Autofocus front branding. Electronic aperture-priority shutter, MD mount, LED viewfinder readout.
- XG-SE — Minolta XG-SE (1978): a rare export-only 35mm SLR, rebadged XG-1 in black with an acute matte focusing screen.
- XK Motor — Minolta XK Motor (1976-1985): professional 35mm SLR with integral motor drive at 3.5 fps, built for the US market as Minolta's answer to the Canon F-1 and Nikon F/F2.
Subminiature
- 16 Ee II — Minolta 16 EE II subminiature camera (1963–1965). Two-zone focus Rokkor 25mm f/2.8, CdS auto exposure, 10x14mm frames on 16mm Minolta cartridge film.
Tlr
- Autocord MXS — Minolta Autocord MXS (1955) — the first of the famed Autocord TLR line, a 120 medium-format camera with a 75mm f/3.5 Rokkor lens.
- Minoltaflex — The Minoltaflex holds an important place in camera history as Japan's first commercialized twin-lens reflex, released in the late 1930s and the direct
Other Models
- 35 Model II — Minolta 35 Model II (1953-1958): a Leica III-style 35mm rangefinder with coupled RF/VF, M39 mount, and a 50mm f/2.8 Chiyoko Super Rokkor lens. Known for delicate shutters.
- SRT 101 (1966–1975) — Minolta SRT 101 (1966–1975): 810g all-metal 35mm SLR with CLC TTL metering, MC bayonet mount, and a fully mechanical cloth shutter.
- SRT-201 — Minolta SRT-201 (1975–1981): A fully mechanical 35mm SLR with TTL metering, 1/1000 sec shutter, and ASA 6–6400 range—reliable, affordable.
- XG1 — A budget 35mm SLR with auto-exposure, introduced as a more affordable alternative to Minolta’s higher-end models. This page has the complete spec table.