Show us yer film shots then!

[Terrywoodenpic]

I didn't know that Konica Minolta wre so big, but I knew they were still going.

But I did know about the whole Minolta > Sony thing. It's the reason why the ⍺7 is so called as the very last Minolta SLRs were ⍺9s (in some territories at least).

Plus Minolta A mount lenses fit directly on the early A mount Sony's without an adapter. It's part of the reason I bought a Sony to use with all my Minolta lenses as I see them as legacy lenses for Sony.

There is some speculation that they were in trouble after the crossed XXs of the early Maxxum cameras in the US brought about a lawsuit from Exxon. They settled out of court apparently for an undisclosed amount and that's why they eventually sold.

Maxxum was only a name that they used in the USA nowhere else, I doubt it was a factor, it was the dynax in Europe and a alpha in Japan. Cameras while not totally loss making, were not pulling their weight as a business.

 

[Kell]

Maxxum was only a name that they used in the USA nowhere else, I doubt it was a factor, it was the dynax in Europe and an alpha in Japan. Cameras while not totally loss making, were not pulling their weight as a business.

I can only go with what I’ve read. Although believing stuff you read on the Internet is dangerous.

From what I can piece together the combination of the Exxon case and the Honeywell settlement left them without the money to truly invest in digital. Particularly in developing their own sensors.