Minolta XD-7

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Minolta XD-7 (XD-11, XD)

Type	35 mm SLR
Lens mount	Minolta MD mount
Focus	Manual focus
Exposure	Shutter and Aperture priority autoexposure
Flash	Hot shoe only
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Dimensions	51 x 86 x 136 mm, 560 g

The Minolta XD-7 (sold as the XD-11 in the U.S. and as the XD in Japan) was a 35mm SLR camera manufactured by Minolta and introduced in 1977. It was the first camera to feature both shutter priority and aperture priority automatic exposure modes. The camera also offered fully-metered manual exposure as well as advanced features like depth of field preview and a viewfinder curtain. Also included were fully-mechanical "O" (1/100 sec) and bulb settings, which allowed it to operate without a battery. The XD-7 was the top-of-the-line Minolta camera when it was in production and retains a reputation for quality, due in part to the fact that it was Minolta's last metal-bodied SLR design before the company switched to plastic construction with the X-700.

There was also a less-expensive version of the XD-7 called the XD-5. Introduced in 1979, the XD-5 was mostly identical to the XD-7 but without some of the higher-end features like the viewfinder curtain or the display of the selected shutter speed in the viewfinder.