Minolta Maxxum 7000i BODY

hi guys it's Eric with the film photography Channel and let's take a look at the minolta Maxim 7000 I okay so this is the minolta Maxim 7000 I also named the Dynex 7000 I this is the first system autofocusing camera that Minolta got right I say that because the 7000 was the first autofocusing camera that really was much better than the other attempts the very few other attempts that manufacturers had at creating an autofocus SLR Nikon had the f3 AF there's uh other manufacturers that had autofocus cameras but the auto focusing system was built into the lens this camera had 31 lenses actually available to it using the auto focusing motor in the body which was adopted by Nikon it's in several other manufacturers probably for the next decade before they actually went back to putting the autofocus motor in the lens as you see like an example for the Nikon af-s lenses today okay as you can s