Minolta Maxxum 7000i 35mm Autofocus SLR Camera with 3 lenses and Minolta Flash. In Great Condition!

Minolta Maxxum 7000i 35mm Autofocus SLR Camera with 3 lenses and Minolta Flash

Minolta’s 1985 Maxxum 7000 broke ground as the first autofocus SLR with motors in the body. Nikon, Canon, and Pentax all soon followed Minolta’s lead, leaving the manual-focus era behind. Minolta wasn’t content to rest, however, and released an upgraded camera in 1988: the Maxxum 7000i.

The 7000. has a faster and more sensitive AF system, a top shutter speed of 1/4000 sec. (vs. 1/2000 on the 7000), and a faster film advance at 3 frames per second. Controversially, the 7000i introduced a new flash hot shoe that worked only with flash units designed for that shoe.
The 7000i also introduced Minolta’s Creative Expansion Card system. These are little cards about the same size as an SD card that control settings, add features, or let you store information about each photo such as exposure settings. These cards were available separately, as an additional accessories.
The 7000i offers the usual exposure modes: manual (M), aperture priority (A), shutter priority (S), and program (P). It reads your film’s DX code to set ISO, from 25 to 6400, but you can override it.
The 7000i offers exposure compensation of plus or minus 4 EV. You can also choose single-frame or continuous film advance. The 7000i also offers two focusing modes. Center mode focuses only at the center of the frame. Wide mode uses three focusing points: one at the center, and one left and one right of center.
The camera’s settings aren’t obvious, but they’re not hard to figure out. In short: the FUNC and MODE buttons access most options, and the ▲ button and the switch below the shutter button on the front of the camera let you cycle through those options. The LCD panel atop the camera shows your current settings. A small LCD panel inside the viewfinder shows aperture and shutter speed, plus a green dot when the camera has achieved focus and a blinking red dot when it hasn’t.

The big P button resets the camera to baseline: program mode, center focus, no exposure compensation, and so on. It makes the 7000i a big point-and-shoot.

This bundle consist of
- Minolta Maxxum 7000i camera (body)
- Minolta Maxxum 2000i flash
- Minolta Maxxum AF Zoom 35-80mm
- Minolta Maxxum AF Zoom 70-210mm
- Sigma Zoom 28-200mm long zoom. Perfect for traveling with only one lens.
- Everything comes in professional Photo bag.

Visit Gallery of images taken with Minolta Maxxum 7000i : https://www.flickr.com/search/?text=Minolta%20Maxxum%207000i


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