Minolta XE-5 Chrome Body + Manual - Reconditioned - New Seals

the minolta xe5 introduced in 1975 was produced in partnership with Leica and is part of the evolution from big mechanical cameras through big electronic cameras through the small electronic cameras the first thing I think you'll notice about them an altar xe5 is that it's quite hefty based you can see how small that 50 mil standard lens looks when it's put on the body if I compare it side-by-side with them an altar x32 it's just made just about oh four or five years later you can see that main altar managed to reduce the size of their cameras quite significantly the first step is to turn the camera on you can see that's on the back here you just pull that button down and it's turned on on the top plate you can see the film wind on which is quite smooth and quite a smooth shutter release as well here is the shutter speed dial which goes all the way up to a thousandth of a second and dow