![]() Expire: 2014-04-21 Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 9:23 am Post subject: Excalibur wrote: Well I only own a X-700 and am pleased using it and it's faults (IMO)? Flash syn only 1/60 sec, and using AUTO settings in very low light the exposure will only go to about 2-3 secs (even a BC1 goes to about 40 secs) and if you are unlucky you might buy one of the few made that has poor quality capacitors, these can easily be replaced cheaply if you are handy with a soldering iron. _________________ Canon A1, AV1, T70 & T90, EOS 300 and EOS300v, Chinon CE and CP-7M. Contax 139, Fuji STX-2, Konica Autoreflex TC, FS-1, FT-1, Minolta X-700, X-300, XD-11, SRT101b, Nikon EM, FM, F4, F90X, Olympus OM2, Pentax S3, Pentax ME super, Praktica TL 5B, & BC1,, Ricoh KR10super, Yashica T5D, Bronica Etrs, Mamiya RB67 pro AND drum roll:- a Sony Nex 3.past gear Tele Rolleiflex and Rollei SL66. Many lenses from good to excellent. ![]() Tervueren Joined: 18 May 2011 Posts: 1177 Location: West Sussex, United Kingdom. Expire: 2014-02-20 Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 12:13 pm Post subject: Nesster wrote: I have the XE-7 and XE-5, and really like them. I would not not get the 5 just because it's lower in the line than the 7. Mark, out of curiosity, what are the first two numbers of your X700's serial number? I'm trying to get up a more accurate list of ones that may. (My 5 is in better shape than my 7, having been CLA'd) Actually I really like them both, in many ways they are my favorite 35mm SLRs right now. Free outlook for mac. And the constant aperture 35-70 is the best zoom I've ever had. In other words, if that price is OK and the zoom's the constant 3.5, you'll have one hell of a camera. The X series has been debated here before, and again I'd probably get the 5 before I got the 7 in that series. _________________ -Jussi Minolfan Joined: 30 Dec 2008 Posts: 3069 Location: Netherlands Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 1:37 pm Post subject: Minolfan wrote: I prefer XE-1 above XD7, though it is a very nice camera, and X500 above X700. My choice between XD7 and X700 would be for the XD7 with its very good and fast metal shutter. Excalibur Joined: 19 Jul 2009 Posts: 4997 Location: UK. Expire: 2011-11-18 Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 8:25 pm Post subject: hexi wrote: I had the X700. What i can say that it's a very compact camera, the shutter is quite loud, the best mode with this camera is A ( aperture ) it has Manual and Program as well. Manual isn't the best, and P can be quite handy sometimes. The handling is good, the viewfinder is clear and big ( microprism/split ). @ 1/30 exposure the camera beeps to inform that there's a danger of camera shake ( this is not a cool feature! And you can't disable it ) The XD7 aka XD11 which i didn't own, but had to test is the top of Minolta line. It's the camera that served as a base to the Leica R series, from R4 onwards. This one is smoothier in use than the X700, and it has a real manual mode, no program. As i recall it has a speed mode. I'd go for the XD7. The prices aren't that high nowadays. Besides the Rokkors are superb lenses!! I had the 1.4 & 1.7/50, the 2/45, the 2.8/135 and the 3.5/200.
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