Club Minolta X-700

[DF]

Minolta X-700 Users - Show Yourselves. Who are you all. This is a great camera. 'Great camera though so sad not too many films left alive to feed it to, enjoy it with. These days I feed it mainly Pan F Plus, sometimes Delta 100.

[afrank]

Down with the fascist x700's!!!! Raise x500s!!!!!!! Show the might of your viewfinder metering feedback!!
jk. But I like my x-500 better :P

[Silvertooth]

I got my X-700 almost a year ago and love it. I may have to find an X-570 (?) as a second body, though. T- Max 100 is wonderful with the Rokkor glass. Trying some Pan F+ at the moment.

[jgwetworth]

Love my X-700! Its gained a lot of popularity lately.

[desertratt]

I have nine X-something Minoltas. I have a SRT101 and also have some 16mm Minoltas (spy cameras") that I just love to death. For some reason film Minoltas don't seem to get any respect and they are so cheap to buy it is not funny. I have always thought they were great cameras. I think maybe Minolta made too many variations of their cameras and too many different lens mounts. Pentax K-1000s sell at a pretty good price considering their age but I think the old Honeywell scerw-mount ones were better. But whut do I know?

[Wade D]

I bought 2 X-700's for a trip to Europe in 1984 and still use them. Both had the dreaded capacitor failure but were easily fixed at home.

[Excalibur2]

Well I like my X-700 but I'd prefer just a simple ON or OFF switch.

[dynachrome]

I have six X-700s. I like the bright finder, interchangeable (hard to find) screens, excellent TTL flash system, Motor, Winder, data back. The exposure lock is not comfortable to use but does work. The Minolta lenses, old and new, fast and slow, all look bright through the X-700's finder. I shoot more color print film than anything else with them because I use a 360PX or 280PX indoors at family events.

[DF]

desertratt
Do you by any chance have an XK? I've allways wanted to try one with the waiste-level finder, like 'shooten with a medium format but only a 35mm...

[Kyon Thinh]

I have XK, XD and the three from X series. Both X700s are working well, one has light leak but I can fix it. I like X700 more than X570 because I can adjust EV faster, with Motordrive, it comes with me everywhere I go.