Minolta Maxxum 9000

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Type 35mm SLR Flash Hot shoe and PC-socket		Lens mount Minolta A-mount Dimensions 53×92×139 mm

Focus TTL phase detecting autofocus Exposure Program, Aperture priority, Shutter priority and manual exposure; center-weighted and spot metering

The Minolta 9000 AF was introduced in September 1985 and was both Minolta's and the world's first professional autofocus SLR. It was called Minolta Maxxum 9000 in the USA and Minolta α-9000 in Japan.

Specifications

Type: Fully automatic SLR camera body (exception: manual film advance) made of aluminium, brass and steel.

Manufacturer: Minolta

Year of launch: 1985

Film: DX-coded 35mm film with speeds from 6 to 6400 ASA

Lens mount: Minolta A-mount

Focusing: TTL phase detecting autofocus

Shutter: Aluminium focal plane shutter with speeds 30 sec. to 1/4000 sec.

Metering: TTL through combined ambient and flash metering cells located at the bottom of the mirror box (therefore, not influenced by the focusing screens used), center-weighted or spot-metering metering characteristics for ambient light, center-weighted for flash light

Exposure: Program controlled mode, manual mode, aperture priority or shutter priority mode

Flash: PC-socket plus TTL-enabled hot shoe for Minolta AF-flashes, shutter synchronized for speeds up to 1/250 sec.

Finder: Pentaprism finder, diopter correction, 94% coverage at 0.81x magnification

Display: LCD displays on body and in the view finder

Film advance: Manual lever and rewind crank, add-on winder (2fps, manual rewind) and motor (5fps, motorized rewind) units available

Weight: 645 g (1.422 lb)

Dimensions: 53×92×139 mm

References

Minolta Maxxum 9000 Wikipedia

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