Minolta XG-M Manual Focus SLR Film Camera; Body Only

today's video is sponsored by Squarespace the minolta xgm and i have a very long history together this was my very first camera that I bought almost 15 years ago and I learned absolutely everything with it so today we're gonna take a closer look at the camera and all of its features I'm gonna share probably a few of my favorite memories I have with this camera over the last 15 years or so and of course a lot of photos that I've made with it it's odd that I'm just now doing a review of this camera but I am really excited about it the minolta xgm was first released in 1981 and at the time of release it was their top model in the XG series it was also known as the x70 in the Japanese market fun fact this is actually Minolta 's first camera to use this logo that you see on the viewfinder prism replacing the previous version it's pretty basic in terms of its features and functions it doesn't