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The X-570, though not nearly as well known as it's older brother, the X-700, is in some ways superior to it. Both are compact, lightweight but sturdy, with very good ergonomics (with one exception which I will address in a minute). However, the X-570's metering system is more sophisticated than the one in the X-700, and the best part is the X-570's metering system stays on in full manual mode whereas it shuts off in the X-700 in full manual mode. With the X-570 in Auto mode, you choose the depth of field by changing the aperture, and the camera does the rest by picking the proper shutter speed. The auto exposure lock works well, and I've used two different Minolta flashes with great results. The X-570 will also work with the Auto Winder G and the Motor Drive 1, which brings me to my one quibble about ergonomics: With the Motor Drive 1 installed, the auto exposure lock button is hard to engage (this is less of an issue with the X-700 since it has an auto exposure adjustment dial). Stick with the Auto Winder G for the X-570. In summary, this is a wonderful camera, easy to use, it has a terrific metering system, and if you can point, focus, and press the shutter button, you will take great picsRead full review
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I bought this camera as a back-up to my existing X-570. In my opinion, this is the best electronic SLR that Minolta made without auto-focus. It operates quickly, smoothly, and accurately, and it serves as a great camera body to mate with both MC and MD manual-focus Minolta lenses, which are excellent optics. I usually use this camera with the Autowinder G, which allows me to advance the film without removing the camera from my eye. The X-700 was the first Minolta SLR with automated exposure modes that attracted my interest, as it was their first to offer AEL* (Auto Exposure Lock), which I consider a necessity with automated exposure. It offered Program auto-exposure, Aperture Priority auto-exposure, metered manual exposure, and TTL (Through The Lens) automated flash exposure. I had no use for the program mode, however. When the X-570 came out, it was exactly what I wanted. It had no program mode, it had an improved manual exposure mode (showing both the recommended shutter speed and the currently set shutter speed, in the finder), and it had an improved TTL flash automation mode that allowed the photographer to press the AEL button for a slower shutter speed to better match exposure between the background and the flash. This generation of Minolta SLRs also had the Acute Matte focusing screen (a technology possibly going back to 1977), which was very bright and contrasty, for easier viewing and focusing. (Hasselblad licensed the Acute Matte technology from Minolta for their own cameras.) The X-570 has complete information in the finder. It shows both the shutter speed (in LEDs) and the aperture (in a window, reflected from the lens's aperture ring), so that the photographer can set the exposure without removing his/her eye from the finder. In Aperture Priority automation, it shows both the recommended shutter speed (as the X-700 does) and it shows the currently set shutter speed (which the X-700 doesn't). After the X-570, Minolta introduced the slightly simpler X-370, which has the same Aperture Priority automatic mode and the metered manual mode as the X-570. Unlike the X-570, it doesn't show the aperture in the finder and it doesn't have TTL automatic flash metering. *Auto Exposure Lock/AEL allows the photographer to point the camera at the part of the scene with the desired exposure value. The photographer can then press the AEL button to hold that exposure while s/he recomposes and shoots. An example of this would be dipping the camera down below the sky, to keep the sky from inflating the reading and causing underexposure of the rest of the scene. The exposure would be locked by holding down the AEL button while the camera is raised to include the sky in the image and the shutter is tripped to take the picture. My only complaint about this camera is that you have to hold the AEL button down as long as you want to keep the exposure locked. This is typical for the time when the camera was made. I would prefer it if, instead of having to hold the button down, I could press the AEL button once and have it hold the exposure until the shutter is tripped.Read full review
While most people are familiar with Minoltas X-700 few are even away of this option. The X570 is preferred by some photographers for its light metering system and beautiful manual controls. The camera has a nice quality build and weight to it that doesn't feel cheep or burdensome to carry for extended periods of time.
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Minolta's last manual focus SLR, before the ground breaking 7000, which heralded in the Age of Auto-Focus Everything. Though rangefinders had already surpassed the inimitable contributions that lens changing offered, Minoltas' Hi-Matics case in point, the 570 was the workhorse of photographers daily existence. This camera offered the iconic lenses which are still much sought, with the dependability of the SRT's, and tack-on light-metering of nearly a decade of XG experience. What didn't they account for, the craftsman could alter with Compensation in exposure. Great camera point-blank.
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Item as described, fast delivery. This is an amazing camera. One of the best I have ever owned! Huge viewfinder. Aperture and shutter speed are in viewfinder. No need to take your eye from viewfinder to set both.
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