{"id":1854,"date":"2010-11-15T18:43:44","date_gmt":"2010-11-16T02:43:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/?p=1854"},"modified":"2011-02-22T15:21:30","modified_gmt":"2011-02-22T23:21:30","slug":"minolta-x700","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/?p=1854","title":{"rendered":"Minolta X700"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"frame-outer  alignleft size-medium wp-image-1856\"><span><span><span><span><a href=\"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IGP1818.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1856\" title=\"_IGP1818\" src=\"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IGP1818-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IGP1818-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IGP1818.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>My first serious camera that I bought for myself was the Minolta X700.\u00a0 I still consider it one of the last great manual focus SLR cameras and it has always been reliable and accurate.\u00a0 It was first introduced in 1981 and apparently\u00a0it was made right up until 1999.\u00a0 I purchased mine in the late 1980&#8217;s at a department store across the border in Washington state.\u00a0 I&#8217;m not sure how many rolls of Kodachrome 64 I ran through it but where ever I traveled it went along.\u00a0 I recently shot two rolls of film with it and was reminded why it is so good.\u00a0 It is functional, without frills, with easy to control settings\u00a0that don&#8217;t get in the way of creativity.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"frame-outer  alignleft size-full wp-image-1882\"><span><span><span><span><a href=\"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Minolta_X700_Oct_019.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1882\" title=\"Minolta_X700_Oct_019\" src=\"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Minolta_X700_Oct_019.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Minolta_X700_Oct_019.jpg 800w, https:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Minolta_X700_Oct_019-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"frame-outer  alignleft size-full wp-image-1880\"><span><span><span><span><a href=\"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Minolta_X700_Oct_014.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1880\" title=\"Minolta_X700_Oct_014\" src=\"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Minolta_X700_Oct_014.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Minolta_X700_Oct_014.jpg 800w, https:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Minolta_X700_Oct_014-300x195.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"frame-outer  alignleft size-full wp-image-1881\"><span><span><span><span><a href=\"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Minolta_X700_Oct_018.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1881\" title=\"Minolta_X700_Oct_018\" src=\"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Minolta_X700_Oct_018.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"308\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Minolta_X700_Oct_018.jpg 514w, https:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Minolta_X700_Oct_018-192x300.jpg 192w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 308px) 100vw, 308px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"frame-outer  alignleft size-full wp-image-1883\"><span><span><span><span><a href=\"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Minolta_X700_Oct_022.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1883\" title=\"Minolta_X700_Oct_022\" src=\"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Minolta_X700_Oct_022.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Minolta_X700_Oct_022.jpg 800w, https:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Minolta_X700_Oct_022-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"frame-outer  alignleft size-full wp-image-1879\"><span><span><span><span><a href=\"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Minolta_X700_Oct_013.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1879\" title=\"Minolta_X700_Oct_013\" src=\"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Minolta_X700_Oct_013.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"313\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Minolta_X700_Oct_013.jpg 522w, https:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Minolta_X700_Oct_013-195x300.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 313px) 100vw, 313px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My first serious camera that I bought for myself was the Minolta X700.\u00a0 I still consider it one of the last great manual focus SLR cameras and it has always been reliable and accurate.\u00a0 It was first introduced in 1981 and apparently\u00a0it was made right up until 1999.\u00a0 I purchased mine in the late 1980&#8217;s 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