Minolta XE
 Cutaway of a Minolta XE camera | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Type | 35 mm SLR camera |
| Lens | |
| Lens mount | Minolta SR mount |
| Focusing | |
| Focus | manual |
| Exposure/Metering | |
| Exposure | Aperture priority or manual |
| Flash | |
| Flash | hot shoe |
| General | |
| Made in | Japan |
The Minolta XE, known as the XE-1 in Europe and the XE-7 in North America, is a manual focus, 35 mm single-lens reflex camera produced by Minolta of Japan between 1974 and 1977.[1] It was developed in collaboration with Leica Camera and has many similarities to the Leica R3.
The XE uses a Leitz-Copal electronic, vertically traveling, metal blade focal plane shutter supporting exposure times of 1/1000 of a second to four seconds, plus bulb setting. In aperture priority auto-exposure mode, the shutter speed is varied steplessly; in manual mode, the shutter speeds are selected in whole stop increments. The camera has a very short shutter lag of about 38ms, among the best for an SLR regardless of manufacturer.
Detail
XE-7 with covers removed, exposing the electronics
References
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