It has the function of where you set it to automatic, you don’t have to worry about its shutter speed and its aperture, just worry about the focus and the composition.
So, emerged more and more user friendly cameras for professionals and new beginners and Minolta XG-M was one of these.
Professional mainstream photographers had emerged, taking photos as a payable service. But the integration between a good photo and an ordinary photo was emerging. Minolta was founded in Osaka, Japan, 1928 with the intentions for starting up Japan’s major established photo company.Īt this time photography was considered as something for everyone could take up as a hobby or even use, even young children could uptake the pastime. But it was best known for its first integrated 35mm auto focusing camera that I also own, but that’s for another review another day. Minolta in our days creates printers and other office machinery like fax machines. The camera was created by the Japanese camera company Minolta, this camera was the start of the new XG series body shape as its brilliant ergonomic design allowed the users in 1981 to use it with ease. The materials of the product fit its purpose as you should expect a camera like this from the early '80s. This can be said of the texture of the plastics of the camera as they are almost like a gravel roughness within the plastic allowing grip and giving the camera textural depth. This single lens reflex camera (SLR) uses 35mm film has a real generous weight to it and fits perfectly in the hand of its user.
Taking the lens off the camera body it is a square shape consisting dials a film advance switch, hot shoe, shutter button PC socket and eye window. Taking a look at my camera for example, this is a camera, with a robust plastic housing with faux metal casing, cotton strap with body to fit various different lenses. Preview shot, right, back, left, front, top, no lens Kind and know what’s a good photo and what is not you are in safe hands. If you have already got know a camera of any There is a bit of hassle of when the film is ready to go and getĭeveloped. You've already spent £2.50 (average) on film then going to boots for Of capturing images in a way that speak a thousand words as the film doesn't last forever. Personally I've found myself using both new and old camerasīut I started using 35mm film cameras first to first truly take the opportunity