The Minolta 9000 AF was introduced in 1985 and was both Minolta

Minolta

Minolta Co., Ltd. was a Japanese worldwide manufacturer of cameras, camera accessories, photocopiers, fax machines, and laser printers. Minolta was founded in Osaka, Japan, in 1928 as . It is perhaps best known for making the first integrated autofocus 35mm SLR camera system...

's and the world's first professional autofocus SLR

Single-lens reflex camera

A single-lens reflex camera is a camera that typically uses a semi-automatic moving mirror system that permits the photographer to see exactly what will be captured by the film or digital imaging system, as opposed to pre-SLR cameras where the view through the viewfinder could be significantly...

. It was called Minolta Maxxum 9000 in the USA and Minolta α-9000 in Japan. The 9000 served as a base for a system whose capabilities were extremely far-reaching for its time, including 5fps motor drive, programmable multi-metering camera backs, a bulk film back, an interchangeable "digital" (still video

Still video camera

A still video camera is a type of electronic camera that takes still images and stores them as single frames of video. They peaked in popularity in the late 1980s and can be seen as the predecessor to the digital camera...

) back, and a full line of AF lenses and flashes.

Specifications

• Type: Fully automatic SLR
  Single-lens reflex camera
  A single-lens reflex camera is a camera that typically uses a semi-automatic moving mirror system that permits the photographer to see exactly what will be captured by the film or digital imaging system, as opposed to pre-SLR cameras where the view through the viewfinder could be significantly...
  
   camera body (exception: manual film advance)
• Manufacturer: Minolta
  Minolta
  Minolta Co., Ltd. was a Japanese worldwide manufacturer of cameras, camera accessories, photocopiers, fax machines, and laser printers. Minolta was founded in Osaka, Japan, in 1928 as . It is perhaps best known for making the first integrated autofocus 35mm SLR camera system...
  
  
• Year of launch: 1985
• Film: DX-coded
  DX encoding
  DX encoding is an ANSI and I3A standard, originally introduced by Kodak in March 1983, for marking 135 and APS photographic film and film cartridges...
  
   35mm film with speeds from 6 to 6400 ASA
• Lens mount: Minolta A-mount
• Focusing: TTL phase detecting autofocus
• Shutter: Focal plane shutter with speeds 30 sec. to 1/4000 sec.
• Metering: TTL, center-weighted or spot-metering
• Exposure: Program controlled mode, manual mode, aperture priority or shutter priority mode
• Flash: PC-socket
  Flash synchronization
  In a camera, flash synchronization is defined as the firing of a photographic flash coinciding with the shutter admitting light to photographic film or electronic image sensor. It is often shortened to flash sync or flash synch....
  
  plus TTL-enabled hot shoe for Minolta AF-flashes, shutter synchronized for speeds up to 1/250 sec.
• Finder: Pentaprism finder, diopter correction, 94% coverage at 0.81x magnification
• Display: LCD displays on body and in the view finder
• Film advance: Manual lever and rewind crank, add-on winder (2fps, manual rewind) and motor (5fps, motorized rewind) units available
• Weight: 645 g (1.4 lb)
• Dimensions: 53×92×139 mm

External links

• Minolta Maxxum 9000 manual The unofficial Minolta 9000 information central