HaarFager

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Posted: 19 Sep 2020


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These cameras are essentially all the same camera - a Minolta X-300/X-370, introduced in 1984. It was released in different markets around the world with different names; it was updated with slightly different features and styling; and then Minolta moved production from Japan to a Chinese factory, which made Seagull cameras for the Chinese market, and Seagull obtained a license to make copies of it. Which they did and used a variety of different names for their clones. And their website still lists this camera as being for sale, so it's still being made after almost 40 years! This is my collection of these Minoltas and it's clones:

Column 1:
Minolta X-300 (black and silver body, Europe, 1984)
Minolta X-300 (all-black body, Europe, 1984)
Minolta X-370 (black and silver body, North America, 1984)
Minolta X-370 (black and silver body, North America, 1984)
Minolta X-7A (all-black version of the X-370, North America, 1985)

Column 2:
Minolta X-7A (all-black version of the X-370, North America, 1985)
Minolta X-7A (all-black version of the X-370, North America, 1985)
Minolta X-300s (all-black body, updated styling of the X-300, Europe, 1990)
Minolta X-370n (all-black body, updated styling of the X-370, North America, 1990)
Minolta X-9 (all-black body, updated features, North America, 1990)

Column 3:
Minolta X-370s (all-black body, updated features, Minolta X-300/X-370 clone, 1995 - Minolta's last manual focus camera)
Seagull DF-300 (black and silver body, Minolta X-300 clone)
Seagull DF-300 (all-black body, Minolta X-300 clone)
Seagull DF-300x (all-black body, Minolta X-300 clone)
Centon DF-300 (all-black body, Minolta X-300 clone, Great Britain)

Column 4:
Carena DF-300 (black and silver body, Minolta X-300 clone, Germany)
Carena SX-300 (all-black body, Minolta X-300 clone, Germany)
Soligor SR-300 MD (all-black body, Minolta X-300 clone)
Kalimar KX 5000 (all-black body, updated styling, Minolta X-300s/X-370n clone)
Kalimar KX 7000 (all-black body, updated styling, Minolta X-300s/X-370n clone)

Column 5:
Vivitar V50 (all-black body, Minolta X-300 clone, United States)
Phoenix P-3000 (all-black body, updated styling, Minolta X-300s/X-370n clone)

There is a note over each camera I've used so far showing a picture I took with that camera.

Annaig56, neira-Dan, Gudrun, Blue rubber octopus and 7 other people have particularly liked this photo


22 comments - The latest ones
 Marie-claire Gallet
Marie-claire Gallet
WOWWW, what a collection you have !!!! Just fantastic and this makes a great photo !!
Happy Saturday !!!
3 years ago.
HaarFager club has replied to Marie-claire Gallet
Thank you! I've taken pictures with most of these, but it takes a lot of time for me to use every camera in my collection. The collection is up to 247 cameras right now.

Update:
I've gotten a couple news ones since then and my collection is now at 250.
3 years ago. Edited 2 years ago.
 Xata
Xata club
Impressive collection... well, a way is to use a different one every day and take it as a challenge !!!!
3 years ago.
HaarFager club has replied to Xata club
That's a good idea, but coming up with new and unique subjects is hard when I've shot practically everything around here already.
3 years ago.
 Amelia
Amelia club
There's always something else to find. Nothing remains the same.
3 years ago.
 Heide
Heide club
A considerable collection.
Very nicely lined up and photographed from above.
I like the idea with the pictures for every camera.
3 years ago. Edited 3 years ago.
 Esther
Esther club
What an amazing collection!
3 years ago.
HaarFager club has replied to Esther club
Thank you, Esther!
3 years ago.
 Nautilus
Nautilus
Tu es un grand collectionneur !!!! j' aime beaucoup cette idée originale. Et j' aime aussi la marque Minolta . Je possède un XG 1 et un Dynax 5 . Quand j' ai fait l' acquisition de mon premier appareil photo numérique , j' ai acheté un Sony , car je savais que les objectifs Minolta étaient compatibles avec le boitier Sony !
3 years ago.
HaarFager club has replied to Nautilus
That's also why I went with Sony. Because the Minolta autofocus A-Mount lenses will fit right on a Sony DSLR and with a Minolta adapter I have, all my manual-focus Minolta lenses, 50 years back, will fit, too.
3 years ago.
 Blue rubber octopus
Blue rubber octopus club
A Warholian work.
3 years ago.
HaarFager club has replied to Blue rubber octopus club
It certainly took a long time to set them all up, remove the lenses and then climb up on a chair to get the shot.
3 years ago.
 Gudrun
Gudrun club
Wow, a brilliant idea and what a collection! You really went to great lengths to arrange the photo and add all the notes. I hope you didn't get too much dust in the sensors;-)
3 years ago.
HaarFager club has replied to Gudrun club
Ha ha ha! That's a good one.
3 years ago.
 neira-Dan
neira-Dan club
un montage surprenant et très audacieux
3 years ago.
 Annaig56
Annaig56 club
joli travail une photo pour chaque appareil super on dirait les boites à bonheur des calendriers de l'avent au mois de décembre une surprise pour chaque jour,,
3 years ago.
 Taormina
Taormina club
oha.... das ist eine tolle Sammlung.
Aber die Kekse... die sind auch lecker.
3 years ago.
HaarFager club has replied to Taormina club
Alas, they are no more.
3 years ago.
Taormina club has replied to HaarFager club
Menno, das dachte ich mir schon :))
3 years ago.
 Ulrich John
Ulrich John club
Impressive, Kenny !
3 years ago. Edited 3 years ago.
 raingirl
raingirl club
Oh how we love duplicity! It is so satisfying to view these all toghether. In this photo they have the feel of being tiny - ha! And you keep such meticulous records - that's great. What fun that you have which camera took which photo. Thanks for sharing those photos as well.

seen and enjoyed in 'Saturday Self-Challenge'
3 years ago.
HaarFager club has replied to raingirl club
Thank you very much, raingirl!
3 years ago.

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