1981

35mm f/2.8 Rokkor Lens

This was the "European Camera of the Year" when it was released and it was sold new from Minolta until the late 90's. It had many features and is the first SLR that can be set to "program mode" which selects the shutter and the aperture automatically.

This was the last high end manual focus Minolta and the most popular since the SRT line. Even though the camera had many features and accessories some of the internal components were a step back from earlier Minoltas.