Originally Posted by
Chuckk
I got a first generation Maxxum autofocus as my 10 year employment reward.
Point it at the kids or wildlife and focus would grind out and in and back and finally click after the subject was long gone!
Got my layoff notice at 12 years, and sold the camera a year or two later.
On the other hand, it almost killed Canon, which had just introduced their new line of T manual focus SLRs
That's odd, I had every 7 series AF camera they made and don't remember it giving me much trouble at all.
Mine saw a ton of use shooting my kids (and the whole teams) sports as well as wildlife.
Minolta Maxxum 7000i ,Minolta 28-85mm f/3.5-4.5 AF ,Fujichrome Velvia
Minolta Maxxum 7000i ,Minolta 80-200 zoom,Fujicolor Superia 100
Minolta Maxxum 7xi ,Minolta 28-85mm f/3.5-4.5 AF ,Kodak B&W
Wonder if the old Minolta 7000 is still down in storage. Maybe I should play with it to see just how bad it is compared to modern stuff. Memory obviously fades over the years.