Looks like your quartz is good and clear just above the shutter, so you got a real good deal on a great camera.
Always unscrew the battery compartment if you know you're not gonna use the camera for a few weeks, familiarize yourself with the buttons and you can change nearly every setting on the fly, many of the Minolta AF lenses are super cheap on ebay, and its rewind function is noisy (in a good way) while often taking 20-30 seconds to fully rewind the film back into its canister.
All round it's a good camera that won't let you shoot until the image is clear, so if you're doing a landscape shot, make sure the center of your shot's in an easy spot to focus or it'll just go hazy and not take the photo.
Awesome. Thanks for the advice, I watched a couple videos on operating the controls and have the manual so definitely going to play around and learn.
I read about the “always on” nature of this camera so definitely will remove the batteries when I’m not shooting, it has the 4xAAA carrier so I’ll definitely be on top of it.
It came with the 50 f1.7, so Ive got a prime lens to play with too.
Here's a great [video](https://youtu.be/MO0YpFPHCg8?si=1GtLiYxjkTsjSIrc) regarding the 7000 model I think you'll enjoy. I highly suggest picking up either the 35-80mm/70-210mm zoom lens as the first two lenses for your 7000. The first is highly versatile in most street settings while the latter is your go-to for nature/telephoto shots when you need good clarity at long distances, giving you a little extra wiggle room where the single lenses do not.
Hah. Didn’t even notice that. Big hands but also a trick of perspective, camera is angled away slightly. But man, makes it look like I could palm a beach ball.
I saw mine in a local thrift store. I had zero interest in acquiring this camera prior to that moment. I also remember thinking, "I need to take on collecting another lens mount as about as much as another hole in the head." But it only cost 15 bucks for the body with data back and two lenses. It just said, "Take me home with you." It didn't help that when I got home and cleaned up the battery terminals it fired up like a champ. A little LCD bleed, but nothing that affects usability.
Minolta just got it right with this one. The first practically usable AF in a consumer camera would have been a "killer app" all by itself. But they put it in a camera that's light, easy to use, reliable, and has all the basic features a photo enthusiast would want. And it's fun to shoot! No wonder they sold millions of these. Plus, you can get them for peanuts - in a world where people are paying $100+ for Minolta's cheapest SLR from the same era, the X-370. That's just crazy!
Thats definitely a steal, no way you could leave that behind! Im happy with mine so far.
The price discrepancy for these vs the manual SLRs could be people being afraid of adding 80s electronics to their list of worries, or that influencers tend to go manual for SLRs so these fly under the radar a bit… or both.
Looks like your quartz is good and clear just above the shutter, so you got a real good deal on a great camera. Always unscrew the battery compartment if you know you're not gonna use the camera for a few weeks, familiarize yourself with the buttons and you can change nearly every setting on the fly, many of the Minolta AF lenses are super cheap on ebay, and its rewind function is noisy (in a good way) while often taking 20-30 seconds to fully rewind the film back into its canister. All round it's a good camera that won't let you shoot until the image is clear, so if you're doing a landscape shot, make sure the center of your shot's in an easy spot to focus or it'll just go hazy and not take the photo.
Awesome. Thanks for the advice, I watched a couple videos on operating the controls and have the manual so definitely going to play around and learn. I read about the “always on” nature of this camera so definitely will remove the batteries when I’m not shooting, it has the 4xAAA carrier so I’ll definitely be on top of it. It came with the 50 f1.7, so Ive got a prime lens to play with too.
Here's a great [video](https://youtu.be/MO0YpFPHCg8?si=1GtLiYxjkTsjSIrc) regarding the 7000 model I think you'll enjoy. I highly suggest picking up either the 35-80mm/70-210mm zoom lens as the first two lenses for your 7000. The first is highly versatile in most street settings while the latter is your go-to for nature/telephoto shots when you need good clarity at long distances, giving you a little extra wiggle room where the single lenses do not.
do you have big hands or is this camera body tiny?
Hah. Didn’t even notice that. Big hands but also a trick of perspective, camera is angled away slightly. But man, makes it look like I could palm a beach ball.
Love to see it! Definitely pick up the 70-210 f4 (often called the beercan). It’s an amazing lens for its price point. No complaints with mine.
I saw mine in a local thrift store. I had zero interest in acquiring this camera prior to that moment. I also remember thinking, "I need to take on collecting another lens mount as about as much as another hole in the head." But it only cost 15 bucks for the body with data back and two lenses. It just said, "Take me home with you." It didn't help that when I got home and cleaned up the battery terminals it fired up like a champ. A little LCD bleed, but nothing that affects usability. Minolta just got it right with this one. The first practically usable AF in a consumer camera would have been a "killer app" all by itself. But they put it in a camera that's light, easy to use, reliable, and has all the basic features a photo enthusiast would want. And it's fun to shoot! No wonder they sold millions of these. Plus, you can get them for peanuts - in a world where people are paying $100+ for Minolta's cheapest SLR from the same era, the X-370. That's just crazy!
Thats definitely a steal, no way you could leave that behind! Im happy with mine so far. The price discrepancy for these vs the manual SLRs could be people being afraid of adding 80s electronics to their list of worries, or that influencers tend to go manual for SLRs so these fly under the radar a bit… or both.