As someone who shoots a Minolta 7000 and 9000 on a regular basis today, I can say they really nailed it on their first try. Of course the AF isnt as good as a modern camera, but its certainly way better than you'd expect for a first-gen AF system. Thanks for doing these videos, they're super entertaining
I wouldn't say people will laugh at you if you took one of these out, I love using older cameras I'd happily give one of these a whirl. Thanks for the vids 📸
The Polaroid Sonar could not focus through windows because the sound beam was reflected from it. So no shots from the 28th floor of your hotel 😆 Thanks for another great video.
Good to hear from you again. It's nice to know that you follow these videos so avidly. So... The AL-1 used a quick focus method, but it wasn't autofocus, which is what we're talking about here. No, I didn't mention the Minola 9000 - or any of the hundrds of other AF cameras that followed the Minolta 7000.
@@JohnWade-t2pin my opinion the Minolta 9000 was unlike countless other auto focus cameras because it had a lever wind. Obviously, a motor drive was a bolt on extra. However, I seemed to remember it was aimed at pros who wouldn’t like a motor drive. Thank you so much for producing these videos and I look forward to many more. May I suggest a feature on 1980s pro cameras. Thanks
@@kawarps Thanks for the idea. One problem we have in producing these videos is that the cameras we demostrate are restricted to those I have in my personal colletion - and, despite having been a collector for more than 50 years, I don't have everything!
Wow, some of those early autofocus lenses look very outdated as well as monstrously heavy and cumbersome. I never really thought about autofocus in the 80s, but at the end of decade leading into 1990 I needed to update and one camera being very well marketed, in the early summer of 1990, was the Minolta 8000i, which I bought and used for many years. Looking at those earlier prototypes, the 8000i now seems more than a decade advanced to those systems! Another interesting episode - thanks again.
@@jean-claudemuller3199not really, because the motor was still inside the lens. Minolta then put the motor inside the camera. Which made the lenses smaller and lighter. And now we moved back to putting the motor inside the lens 🙈
Minolta also ditched their old mount (MD) when introducing the 7000 (A-Mount). But somehow Minolta did not survive the digital age (well, somehow they did, because their technology has evolved into what is now Sony. But the brand name is gone…)
I did not fall for those autofocus Cameras (I still don´t !), from 1983 to 1998, I used a Hasselblad 6x6 and from 1999 to 2006 I used a Canon New F-1, in 2007 I got Canon DSLR, but I most used my old adapted manual focused Lenses, in 2019 I got Sony and I still most use manual focus !!!
Very happy memories there, especially the sound of the Minolta ❤
Great Vid !!!! Thanks Fellows :) :) :)
Another enjoyable episode,Loving the channel, I've always been fascinated by camera history, looking forward to the next installment.
As someone who shoots a Minolta 7000 and 9000 on a regular basis today, I can say they really nailed it on their first try. Of course the AF isnt as good as a modern camera, but its certainly way better than you'd expect for a first-gen AF system. Thanks for doing these videos, they're super entertaining
Great series!
I wouldn't say people will laugh at you if you took one of these out, I love using older cameras I'd happily give one of these a whirl. Thanks for the vids 📸
The Polaroid Sonar could not focus through windows because the sound beam was reflected from it. So no shots from the 28th floor of your hotel 😆
Thanks for another great video.
A improvement over the last video. Although they failed to mention the Canon AL-1 or the Minolta 9000.
Or you could just say 'Thank you' for them bothering to do anything... (and fix your grammer, will ya - not good enough).
Good to hear from you again. It's nice to know that you follow these videos so avidly. So... The AL-1 used a quick focus method, but it wasn't autofocus, which is what we're talking about here. No, I didn't mention the Minola 9000 - or any of the hundrds of other AF cameras that followed the Minolta 7000.
@@kawarps I’m grateful that they are sharing their experience with us. …years from now, people will be still eager to learn from them!
@@JohnWade-t2pin my opinion the Minolta 9000 was unlike countless other auto focus cameras because it had a lever wind. Obviously, a motor drive was a bolt on extra. However, I seemed to remember it was aimed at pros who wouldn’t like a motor drive. Thank you so much for producing these videos and I look forward to many more. May I suggest a feature on 1980s pro cameras. Thanks
@@kawarps Thanks for the idea. One problem we have in producing these videos is that the cameras we demostrate are restricted to those I have in my personal colletion - and, despite having been a collector for more than 50 years, I don't have everything!
Wow, some of those early autofocus lenses look very outdated as well as monstrously heavy and cumbersome. I never really thought about autofocus in the 80s, but at the end of decade leading into 1990 I needed to update and one camera being very well marketed, in the early summer of 1990, was the Minolta 8000i, which I bought and used for many years. Looking at those earlier prototypes, the 8000i now seems more than a decade advanced to those systems! Another interesting episode - thanks again.
Missing the Nikon F3AF which was released in 1983, still a great auto-focus by todays standards.
Yes it was the first SLR with integrated AF 2 years before the Minolta 7000
@@jean-claudemuller3199not really, because the motor was still inside the lens. Minolta then put the motor inside the camera. Which made the lenses smaller and lighter. And now we moved back to putting the motor inside the lens 🙈
Minolta also ditched their old mount (MD) when introducing the 7000 (A-Mount). But somehow Minolta did not survive the digital age (well, somehow they did, because their technology has evolved into what is now Sony. But the brand name is gone…)
Thats a good point. Ultimately it is now Canon and Minolta/Sony who are dominating the market now.
I did not fall for those autofocus Cameras (I still don´t !), from 1983 to 1998, I used a Hasselblad 6x6 and from 1999 to 2006 I used a Canon New F-1, in 2007 I got Canon DSLR, but I most used my old adapted manual focused Lenses, in 2019 I got Sony and I still most use manual focus !!!
It wasn't a scam mate. It was game-changing for action photography of every kind.
@@thecaveofthedead I did not mention anything about scam !!! I just do not like autofocus ! "mate"