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Serial Number: Cam0267
Type:
Camera
Manufacturer:
Minolta
Country of Origin:
Japan
Production Period:
1986
Approximate Price:
Reference:
Status: Display
Description:
This camera is part of Mr. Faraj s trip to France from the 25th of August to September 2023.
The Minolta 5000 (called Maxxum 5000 in the USA and ?-5000 in Japan) was a budget version of the Minolta 7000. Many of the more advanced features of the 7000 and 9000 were left out on the 5000.
The Minolta 5000 uses Minolta A-mount lenses and has both Program and Manual exposure modes. A remarkable fact is that this camera seems to have been sold together with a Minolta AF 50mm 1 1.7(22) lens (6 elements in 5 groups), probably an autofocus relative of the famous 50mm 1 1.7 Rokkor. Most later autofocus SLR models were sold with a zoom lens.
A special feature of this AF Minolta is that it can be switched to a manual focusing mode in which additional red LED indicators in the viewfinder assist setting correct distance. Correct distance of the image centre is indicated by the green autofocus-confirm LED that also works in autofocus mode.
