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1985: The Minolta Maxxum 7000 Alpha Mount Camera becomes the world's first autofocus 35mm SLR with in-camera autofocus motor. 1987: Honeywell files lawsuit against Minolta for patent infringement over autofocus technologies. 1991: Minolta's autofocus design was found to infringe on the patents of Honeywell, a U.S. corporation.
The Minolta MAXXUM 7000 (7000 AF in Europe and α-7000 in Japan) 35 mm SLR camera was introduced in February 1985. It was the first camera to feature both integrated autofocus (AF) and motorised film advance, the standard configuration for later amateur and professional single lens reflex cameras.
The Minolta A-mount system was at first marketed as Maxxum in North America and α (Alpha) in Japan and the rest of Asia. In Europe, early Minolta A-mount cameras were initially identified by a 4 digit number followed by AF. The name Dynax was introduced later with the "i" cameras, the second generation of Minolta A-mount camera.
When Sony took over the system in 2006, [14] 12 lenses were rebranded as Sony A-mount lenses and launched alongside 6 new designs and 2 teleconverters. [15] Of the dozen rebranded lenses, most are optically, mechanically and electrically identical to their Minolta predecessors and differ only in their outer appearance, however, three have seen ...
Almost all mountains in the list are located in the Himalaya and Karakoram ranges to the south and west of the Tibetan plateau. All peaks 7,000 m (23,000 ft) or higher are located in East, Central or South Asia in a rectangle edged by Noshaq (7,492 m or 24,580 ft) on the Afghanistan–Pakistan border in the west, Jengish Chokusu (Tuōmù'ěr Fēng, 7,439 m or 24,406 ft) on the Kyrgyzstan ...
World of Warcraft fans get ready to welcome the arrival of a new mount called Armored Bloodwing. Both Alliance and Horde factions will find great pleasure in utilizing the new addition now that it ...
Sony released the following A-mount cameras since 2006. They are all part of the Sony α system. List of Sony A-mount cameras: Name Model Code ID Type Format
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