I'm an owner of a Minolta 7000, but was once an owner of a Maxxum 3000i till I sold it to a friend. While the camera is of good quality and easy to use by amatures and is compatible with any Maxxum lens, personally I found it too automatic and prefer some manual features on my camera. Another thing is that this camera requires a special lithium battery that can cost at least $12 when other Maxxum models use AA or AAA batteries. I say go for the later models if you are looking for features. Otherwise, I guess $50-$80 isn't a bad price.
I bought this Camera because the price was so cheap. I already owned 2 other Minolta Cameras and Love them very much. The Quality of Minolta is excellent and the Cameras are built to last. This particular Camera was bought because I Loved the price and just thought I would buy another 35mm Camera. The Camera has great functions and is very easy to use. I would recommend this Camera anyday of the week to anyone looking for an inexpensive, but very well built Camera. Also Minolta/Konica has a very good Customer Service for support...
While on vacation my current camera Auto Focus did not work. So I had to do the focus the old-fashion way. The way my grandfather had to do with all his camera. He was a professional photographer. I took the camera to a local camera shop but it would cost me twice as much as I paid for it. After checking E-Bay for several camera, I was able to find one exactly like my original. The deal was good not only did I get the camera but a camera bag, three rolls of film, a tri-photo lens and a Mickey Mouse Strap just like the one I have and the camera was used only once or twice.
The price was excellent for the value of the camera. Recently returned to shooting Film pictures. A very good light weight easy to use camera for traveling. No built-In flash but works great if using 800 Speed film.
this camera is sleek good lines.. great quality pictures for this auto focus lens. really easy to use and produces excellent end results. i am very happy with this purchase..
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