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Minolta LOGO In November 1928, Kazuo Tashima founded the "Japan-German Photo Machine Shop"; a factory was established on the banks of the Mukugawa River;

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Kazuo Tajima

In March 1929, Minolta's first camera "Nifkaled" was put on the market;

In September 1937, the company was renamed " Chiyoda Optical Seiko Co., Ltd.";

In November 1937, Japan's first twin-lens reflex camera "Minolda Frekus" was put on the market;

In August 1955, the camera was exported The United States;

The camera was exported to Europe in November 1957;

In September 1958, Minolta's first single-lens reflex camera "SR-2" was put on the market;

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In February 1962, as aerial photography equipment, Minolta Hi-Matic cameras were used on the first manned spacecraft "Friendship 7" in the United States;

HI-MATIC E of the same series

In July 1962, the company officially changed its name to "Minolta Camera Co., Ltd.";

In April 1966, TTL open aperture metering method was adopted. The single-lens reflex camera "SR-T101" was put on sale;

December 1968 Minolta aviation light meter was used in the Apollo 8 spacecraft;

May 1973 In September 1976, a camera production base was established in Malaysia;

In September 1976, Minolta Camera Sales Company was established in Japan;

In February 1981, the Minolta CI system was officially introduced;

< p> In February 1981, the world's first 35mm AF camera "CLE" with TTL ranging function was successfully developed;

In October 1981, a SLR camera with built-in Minolta Exposure Program (MPS)" X-700" went on sale;

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α-7000

In November 1985, Minolta founder Kazuo Tajima passed away;

In February 1988, the world’s first built-in The "DUAL35", a lightweight camera with a dual-focus lens, waterproof and dustproof, was put on the market;

In May 1988, the world's first AF SLR camera with a built-in smart card, the "α-7700i", was put on the market;

In October 1990, the world's first twin-lens reflex camera "8×22, 10×25" with mature autofocus function was put on the market;

In July 1992, the world's first The 1/12000 second shutter AF single-lens reflex camera "α-9xi" was launched on the market;

In July 1994, the company was officially renamed "Minolta Co., Ltd.";

1994 In September, two joint ventures were established in China - "Shanghai Minolta Optical Instrument Co., Ltd." and "Wuhan Minolta Office Machinery Co., Ltd." to produce and sell cameras and copiers respectively;

Adopted new models in February 1995 The designed zoom lightweight camera "Capios 25" was put on the market;

In June 1995, Minolta's first high-speed, high-resolution, low-priced 35mm film scanner "QuickScan 35" was put on the market;

In October 1995, the "RD-175" digital single-lens reflex camera equivalent to 1.75 million pixels was launched on the market;

In February 1996, it successfully developed an advanced photography system based on ( "VECTIS" series of SLR cameras, compact cameras, etc. with APS) specifications;

Launched on the Internet in February 1996

"Minolta Company Home Page";

In March 1996, the classic compact camera "TC-1" with a built-in 28mm G-type lens was put on sale;

TC-1, discontinued in 2005

In May 1997, the digital camera "DiMAGE V" equipped with a detachable and rotatable lens was launched on the market;

In December 1998, the 35mm digital camera with world-class professional performance and functions was launched. The AF single-lens reflex camera "α-9" was put on the market;

In June 1999, the compact APS zoom camera "VECTIS 2000" was put on the market;

In October 1999, it had 2.7 million "DiMAGE RD3000", a professional digital camera with pixels and interchangeable lenses, was put on the market;

In September 2000, the 35mm AFAF SLR camera "α-7" equipped with a large LCD navigation display was put on the market; < /p>

DYNAX 7, the American version of α7

In June 2001, the semi-professional digital camera "DiMAGE 7" with 5 million effective pixels and equipped with a 7x optical zoom lens was put on sale;

DiMAGE 7

In August 2003, Minolta launched the successor model of the DiMAGE 7 series: DiMAGE A1, becoming the world's first digital camera with built-in CCD anti-shake technology. It has also been applied to a variety of Minolta digital cameras;

In August 2003, Minolta announced its merger with Konica, with the goal of "becoming an overall digital imaging service provider like Kodak and Fujifilm" - —However, this sentence finally came to a dismal end today;

In September 2004, Konica Minolta launched the α7D, the first digital SLR after the merger. This machine still uses Minolta α/Maxxum /Dynax mount, using Minolta's CCD anti-shake technology, it is also the first mature digital SLR in Minolta's history;

α7D

July 2005 Ke Konica Minolta launches its second α series digital SLR α5D, mainly for entry-level users;

α5D

In July 2005, Konica Minolta announced its cooperation with Sony for development Digital SLR camera based on α/Maxxum/Dynax mount;

In January 2006, Konica Minolta announced that it would withdraw from the camera and picture market, and its camera-related assets would be transferred to Sony. In the near future, the two companies will still Cooperation in the development of digital SLRs will continue, but future models will not use the Konica Minolta trademark. Twenty years after Kazuo Tajima's death, Minolta cameras came to an end, ending a glorious but ups and downs journey of less than 80 years.

Minolta DiMAGE A1 is the digital extension product of Minolta DiMAGE 7 series. It is the world's first digital camera to use CCD displacement to achieve anti-shake function. This anti-shake system is completely different from the common optical anti-shake system in the past. It relies on the movement of the CCD. After activating this anti-shake function, there is no need to worry about the quality of the photos taken even in dim light. . According to the manufacturer's information, the A1's AS function can achieve handheld shooting with a shutter speed of 3 times. For example, if you need to maintain stable shooting at 1/200 second, you can use 1/25 second handheld shooting after turning on the AS function.

DiMAGE A1 uses a 5.3-megapixel 2/3-inch progressive scan CCD and is equipped with a 7x optical zoom Minolta GT lens. The lens structure is 16 elements in 13 groups (including 2 AD glass elements and 2 aspherical mirrors). The shutter speed control range of this product is 30S~1/16000S, the lens focal length is 7.2 to 50.8mm (equivalent to 28 to 200mm of a 35mm traditional camera), and it is equipped with an adjustable LCD display within the range of -20° to +90° and a 90-degree The adjustable high-precision EVF viewfinder makes composition and shooting confirmation easier, and the new high-speed image processing LSI ensures camera performance, reduces camera power consumption, and increases shutter speed.

In addition, in addition to natural color and black and white mode, DiMAGE A1's color control also has two color modes: vivid color and exposure.

Minolta DiGAME A1’s wide-angle end micro-shooting distance is 7.2mm and provides 7 micro-adjustment preset methods. The body size is 117 (width) × 85 (height) × 113.5 (thickness) mm. The net weight is approx. 560g. In addition, this SLR camera also provides users with functions such as dark noise reduction, digital effect control and sharpness settings. Videos, captured images and other files can be stored in JPEG, TIFF, dynamic JPEG (MOV), RAW, WAVE and other formats. If If you are interested, you can choose Maxxum Flash 2500(D), 3600HS(D), 5600HS(D), Macro Dual Headlight Flash 2400 and Macro Ring Flash 1200 for this camera.

DiMAGE A1 also uses Minolta’s original 3D-AF diagonal technology, which expands the color saturation range and further enhances the expression of bright colors. In addition, Minolta DiMAGE A1 uses its latest image processing technology CxProcess II, which has made all-round improvements based on the original image processing technology CxProcess. It not only improves the noise reduction capability, but also greatly improves the noise reduction through 14bit A/D conversion. Representation of image level of detail. Moreover, Minolta DiGAME A1 adopts a unique CCD shift anti-shake method. This function can minimize the impact of camera vibration and expand the photography range of handheld shooting (compared to not using this function, the exposure time can be extended to 8 times . That is equivalent to a vibration level of 1/200 seconds when shooting at a shutter speed of 1/25 seconds).