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DARK SECRETS: Minolta | Rare Historical Photos

Retro camera brands are trending. But camera brands from Kodak to Yashica aren’t made by who you think

Iconic retro camera brand names, from Kodak to Yashica, are often licensed to other companies

Digital Camera World

This revolutionary 1980s camera changed photography forever –but helped bankrupt its creator

The secret history of autofocus: How Leica invented it, but Minolta paid the $96 million price for it

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This is why two of photography’s biggest camera brands disappeared entirely

Until the late 2000s, Konica and Minolta were two of the most recognisable and respected photographic brands, growing stronger still in partnership. So why did they disappear completely – and why do Sony users owe a debt of gratitude today?

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Back from the dead? Not quite. I looked into who's using iconic photography brand names like Agfa, Minolta, Rollei any Yashica today — and what I discovered shocked me

Some camera brands died long ago but their names live on under new management. Here are some of the most notable 'orphaned' brands in the camera industry that have nothing to do with the original companies

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You could squeeze 72 shots from a 36-exposure roll or any number in between with this weird twin-format SLR, but one false move with the lever and your photos were ruined!

The "dual-format" trick that Konica abandoned because it was too confusing

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The secret meaning behind the name Minolta (and how the camera brand evolved before disappearing forever)

This is why photographers fell in love with Minolta’s “fully-automatic” SR series of classic cameras

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New Rollei compact camera launched, just don’t expect another Rollei 35 AF

The Rollei Powerflex X8 is a cheap compact camera that appears to be Rollei in name only

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5 reasons why I'd buy a compact camera today, and 5 reasons why I wouldn't

The compact camera is back in a big way and rightly so, but that doesn’t mean it’s the camera for everybody

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Yashica City 100 zoom compact review: a name steeped in photographic history adorns this affordable point-and-shoot camera

The Yashica City 100 is a cut above run-of-the-mill cheap plastic digital cameras, with a more exotic feature list and superior performance, albeit with a step up in purchase price

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Using mirror lenses on mirrorless cameras - the whys, the hows and the history

What is a mirror lens exactly? And have they got a new lease of life when used on mirrorless cameras? I've been trying them out…

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Minolta's cheap compact camera is a cheeky Hasselblad lookalike

The Minolta MND65 might look like a Hasselblad, but that’s where the similarities end

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I saw these cheap compact cameras at the Photography & Video Show, clearly inspired by the retro camera craze

I visited the Sonida stand at the Photography & Video Show and got to handle its range of cheap compact cameras. Here's what I learned…

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Minolta MND25 review: a cheap 48 megapixel camera with the usual catch

The Minolta MND25 claims to be a 48 megapixel camera. It’s not. Don’t be fooled.

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Just LOOK at some of the crap Amazon tried to sell me over Black Friday / Cyber Monday

American Idol cameras, 16-year-old manuals, camera watches, Windows 98 software…Amazon tried to sell me a LOT of crap

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