On Feb 24, 2010, at 6:50 PM, Adam Maas wrote:

On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 9:03 PM, Mark Roberts <[email protected]> wrote:
David Savage wrote:


Also you wouldn't have to contend with their stupid proprietary flash
hot shoe :-)

That's the biggest drawback. But it does have a PC socket and I have
an AF 240 :-)



The flash shoe is the one thing Minolta got right 22 years ago and no
other maker else has clued in on. A flash shoe with no exposed
contacts, a simple pushbutton lock system that doesn't fail, jam or

Huh? My X700 is much newer than 22 years old, and it has exposed contacts.

It'll also use regular manual flashes, so maybe Minolta didn't put it on any of their SLRs that I own.


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Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est





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