Comments on: Minolta Maxxum 9 Professional 35mm SLR Camera Body http://www.camerasbody.com/minolta-maxxum-9-professional-35mm-slr-camera-body/ Custom Build Your Camera Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:15:28 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.camerasbody.com/minolta-maxxum-9-professional-35mm-slr-camera-body/#comment-112 Anonymous Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:47:07 +0000 http://www.camerasbody.com/minolta-camera-body/minolta-maxxum-9-professional-35mm-slr-camera-body/#comment-112 overstock.com had a lens for the same price<br>Rating:5 out of 5 stars<br>Overstock.com sold this camera with a lens for the same price. overstock.com had a lens for the same price
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Overstock.com sold this camera with a lens for the same price.

]]> By: Luiz http://www.camerasbody.com/minolta-maxxum-9-professional-35mm-slr-camera-body/#comment-116 Luiz Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:21:42 +0000 http://www.camerasbody.com/minolta-camera-body/minolta-maxxum-9-professional-35mm-slr-camera-body/#comment-116 All a pro needs...and more<br>Rating:5 out of 5 stars<br>Minolta full featured, very reliable, high tech Maxxum 9 has all you need to take professional pictures. The first and the only strong pro body camera built-in-flash is really fantastic, mean you do not need to always carry a bulk flash unity. Also is very helpfull for fill-in-flash under bright sunlight. The clear, very nice retro buttons are well marked. Who say buying this camera is waste of money doesn't know anything on photography. Read all the tech specs and be amazed. Best pro features/price. Remember the Minolta accessories have best price too. All a pro needs…and more
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Minolta full featured, very reliable, high tech Maxxum 9 has all you need to take professional pictures. The first and the only strong pro body camera built-in-flash is really fantastic, mean you do not need to always carry a bulk flash unity. Also is very helpfull for fill-in-flash under bright sunlight. The clear, very nice retro buttons are well marked. Who say buying this camera is waste of money doesn’t know anything on photography. Read all the tech specs and be amazed. Best pro features/price. Remember the Minolta accessories have best price too.

]]> By: Robert D. Williams http://www.camerasbody.com/minolta-maxxum-9-professional-35mm-slr-camera-body/#comment-107 Robert D. Williams Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:31:36 +0000 http://www.camerasbody.com/minolta-camera-body/minolta-maxxum-9-professional-35mm-slr-camera-body/#comment-107 EASY TO USE<br>Rating:5 out of 5 stars<br> This camera has worked on my mind for a few years now ever since its introduction in 1999. As a long time Nikon owner, I avioded buying one. I mean it's not the most beautiful camera in the world. But at last it began to look good to me, I mean really good and I decided I must own one. But, alas, they are nearly out of production. I had to settle for a well cared for used one. The camera works like a dream. The controls are easy to locate and easy to use, even in the dark. They glow. There is a limited production still available in stainless and titanium and I think the Dynax european edition is still available if you can locate one. The limited edition sells for ahefty $2500. and is currently back ordered. Get one if you can and the heck with anyone who tells you its not pro and ugly. EASY TO USE
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
This camera has worked on my mind for a few years now ever since its introduction in 1999. As a long time Nikon owner, I avioded buying one. I mean it’s not the most beautiful camera in the world. But at last it began to look good to me, I mean really good and I decided I must own one. But, alas, they are nearly out of production. I had to settle for a well cared for used one. The camera works like a dream. The controls are easy to locate and easy to use, even in the dark. They glow. There is a limited production still available in stainless and titanium and I think the Dynax european edition is still available if you can locate one. The limited edition sells for ahefty $2500. and is currently back ordered. Get one if you can and the heck with anyone who tells you its not pro and ugly.

]]> By: Vincent B. Crosbie http://www.camerasbody.com/minolta-maxxum-9-professional-35mm-slr-camera-body/#comment-114 Vincent B. Crosbie Thu, 24 Sep 2009 07:52:35 +0000 http://www.camerasbody.com/minolta-camera-body/minolta-maxxum-9-professional-35mm-slr-camera-body/#comment-114 Have used a Maxxum 9 for a year<br>Rating:5 out of 5 stars<br>A year ago, I finally replaced my 1973 Minolta XK (the last year that Minolta made a pro camera) with a Minolta Maxxum 9 (their first new pro camera since). It's been very worth the unintentionally long wait. I've now used the Maxxum 9 on four continents. If you take care of good, solid equipment and it isn't stolen, it can indeed last a lifetime. I expect that I'll be using the Maxxum for decade or two (I still use the 1973 XK because it still works perfectly and I don't feel like replacing its old 16mm and 500mm bayonet-mount lenses just to use them on the new auto-focus camera). I had thought of buying a new Nikon, Canon, or Olympus, and tested each, but found the Maxxum 9 their equal (and better designed than most). Indeed, notice how the poster of the one negative review here never says whether he's actually owned or used the camera. Any good professional photographer knows that any of the major brands' pro lines are well-designed and workable. Have used a Maxxum 9 for a year
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
A year ago, I finally replaced my 1973 Minolta XK (the last year that Minolta made a pro camera) with a Minolta Maxxum 9 (their first new pro camera since). It’s been very worth the unintentionally long wait. I’ve now used the Maxxum 9 on four continents. If you take care of good, solid equipment and it isn’t stolen, it can indeed last a lifetime. I expect that I’ll be using the Maxxum for decade or two (I still use the 1973 XK because it still works perfectly and I don’t feel like replacing its old 16mm and 500mm bayonet-mount lenses just to use them on the new auto-focus camera). I had thought of buying a new Nikon, Canon, or Olympus, and tested each, but found the Maxxum 9 their equal (and better designed than most). Indeed, notice how the poster of the one negative review here never says whether he’s actually owned or used the camera. Any good professional photographer knows that any of the major brands’ pro lines are well-designed and workable.

]]> By: James R. Mckinley http://www.camerasbody.com/minolta-maxxum-9-professional-35mm-slr-camera-body/#comment-110 James R. Mckinley Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:48:21 +0000 http://www.camerasbody.com/minolta-camera-body/minolta-maxxum-9-professional-35mm-slr-camera-body/#comment-110 Pro Camera from the mind of Minolta<br>Rating:5 out of 5 stars<br>I have owned the camera since April 2003 and it has produced some wonderful images for me. (...) . A lot of camera aficionados claim that the Maxxum 9 is not as good as the other true pro-level cameras by Nikon and Canon. On paper, there may be some merit to this argument. Going by pure specs alone on paper, the F5 and EOS1V certainly are more electronically advanced than the Maxxum 9, and the devoted pro following for these two excellent machines is a huge statement for these two brands. By the way I'll be the first to say that Nikon and Canon both make excellent products, so if all you diehard loyalists expect me to badmouth your beloved brands just because I love Minolta, I ain't that kind of guy. But in real-world shooting situations, and taken on its own merits, the Maxxum 9 is no less of a professional machine than the F5 or EOS1V. The ease of use of the Maxxum 9 shines through. Admittedly, the Maxxum 9's AF system is more basic, but the hidden beauty is that it is simple to comprehend and use, and is plenty fast to boot. The 14-segment honeycomb metering is an older design than Canon's, and certainly not as sexy-sounding as the Nikon 1005pixel RGB sensor. But the bottom line is that it produces well-exposed images on slide film at a success rate at least as good as the other two. Simply put, the Maxxum 9 is no F5 or EOS1V, nor should it be. The simple fact is that it is a very reliable, extremely easy to use picturemaker, and as long as you mount top-quality Minolta G-Series optics on it there is no reason to feel inferior standing next to someone with an F5 or EOS1V. The popular belief that Minolta optics are inferior is also undeserved. I've watched many times over as store sales people used entry level Minolta SLRs and lenses to illustrate Minolta's "inferior" build quality against a pro-level rig in the form of a Nikon F5 with an 80-200 f/2.8 AF-S !!! I still run into snobby brandname "camera collectors" who ask me this: "Why use Minolta?" upon seeing my Maxxum 9 slung around my neck. I simply say "Why not?" Pro Camera from the mind of Minolta
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I have owned the camera since April 2003 and it has produced some wonderful images for me. (…) . A lot of camera aficionados claim that the Maxxum 9 is not as good as the other true pro-level cameras by Nikon and Canon. On paper, there may be some merit to this argument. Going by pure specs alone on paper, the F5 and EOS1V certainly are more electronically advanced than the Maxxum 9, and the devoted pro following for these two excellent machines is a huge statement for these two brands. By the way I’ll be the first to say that Nikon and Canon both make excellent products, so if all you diehard loyalists expect me to badmouth your beloved brands just because I love Minolta, I ain’t that kind of guy. But in real-world shooting situations, and taken on its own merits, the Maxxum 9 is no less of a professional machine than the F5 or EOS1V. The ease of use of the Maxxum 9 shines through. Admittedly, the Maxxum 9′s AF system is more basic, but the hidden beauty is that it is simple to comprehend and use, and is plenty fast to boot. The 14-segment honeycomb metering is an older design than Canon’s, and certainly not as sexy-sounding as the Nikon 1005pixel RGB sensor. But the bottom line is that it produces well-exposed images on slide film at a success rate at least as good as the other two. Simply put, the Maxxum 9 is no F5 or EOS1V, nor should it be. The simple fact is that it is a very reliable, extremely easy to use picturemaker, and as long as you mount top-quality Minolta G-Series optics on it there is no reason to feel inferior standing next to someone with an F5 or EOS1V. The popular belief that Minolta optics are inferior is also undeserved. I’ve watched many times over as store sales people used entry level Minolta SLRs and lenses to illustrate Minolta’s “inferior” build quality against a pro-level rig in the form of a Nikon F5 with an 80-200 f/2.8 AF-S !!! I still run into snobby brandname “camera collectors” who ask me this: “Why use Minolta?” upon seeing my Maxxum 9 slung around my neck. I simply say “Why not?”

]]> By: James R. Mckinley http://www.camerasbody.com/minolta-maxxum-9-professional-35mm-slr-camera-body/#comment-109 James R. Mckinley Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:14:32 +0000 http://www.camerasbody.com/minolta-camera-body/minolta-maxxum-9-professional-35mm-slr-camera-body/#comment-109 Pro Camera from the mind of MInolta<br>Rating:5 out of 5 stars<br>I have spent a lot of time in camera stores and I have always thought Minolta products always got unfairly shoved to the side. The notion that Minolta cameras and lenses are inferior to Nikon and Canon is crap, and is perpetuated by certain camera snobs and self-proclaimed experts. I shoot regularly as an advanced amateur and I own and use the Maxxum 9. I feel that it is the most intuitive 35mm professional camera out there. The quality of construction is first rate, on par with the best that Nikon and Canon have to offer. The camera has a solid feel, everything about it is high quality. The control layout is so self-explanatory that most photographers can learn to use the camera in 5 minutes without flipping through the manual. With respect to lenses. I still run into narrow-minded people who ask me which "Nikkors" I use upon seeing my photographs, and then these self-proclaimed "experts" simply refuse to believe me when I inform them that my images are all created with Minolta AF cameras and lenses. No, I am not kicking Canon and Nikon products, obviously they are very good, several million pros using those systems cannot be wrong about them. But pretentious "camera aficionados" who slight the Maxxum 9 don't know what they are missing out on. I am sold on the Minolta Maxxum 9. When choosing lenses go for the G-Series, optically they are cut every bit as good as the very best lenses Nikon and Canon make. I've shot pictures with all these brands and even established pros who shoot with other systems admit that my images are just as sharp as any they've seen or made. And they absolutely love the 9's layout. Minolta would do well to stay with the Maxxum 9's basic concept when designing their future pro cameras. Now if they would only make a full frame digital body based on the Maxxum 9........... Pro Camera from the mind of MInolta
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I have spent a lot of time in camera stores and I have always thought Minolta products always got unfairly shoved to the side. The notion that Minolta cameras and lenses are inferior to Nikon and Canon is crap, and is perpetuated by certain camera snobs and self-proclaimed experts. I shoot regularly as an advanced amateur and I own and use the Maxxum 9. I feel that it is the most intuitive 35mm professional camera out there. The quality of construction is first rate, on par with the best that Nikon and Canon have to offer. The camera has a solid feel, everything about it is high quality. The control layout is so self-explanatory that most photographers can learn to use the camera in 5 minutes without flipping through the manual. With respect to lenses. I still run into narrow-minded people who ask me which “Nikkors” I use upon seeing my photographs, and then these self-proclaimed “experts” simply refuse to believe me when I inform them that my images are all created with Minolta AF cameras and lenses. No, I am not kicking Canon and Nikon products, obviously they are very good, several million pros using those systems cannot be wrong about them. But pretentious “camera aficionados” who slight the Maxxum 9 don’t know what they are missing out on. I am sold on the Minolta Maxxum 9. When choosing lenses go for the G-Series, optically they are cut every bit as good as the very best lenses Nikon and Canon make. I’ve shot pictures with all these brands and even established pros who shoot with other systems admit that my images are just as sharp as any they’ve seen or made. And they absolutely love the 9′s layout. Minolta would do well to stay with the Maxxum 9′s basic concept when designing their future pro cameras. Now if they would only make a full frame digital body based on the Maxxum 9………..

]]> By: L. Cancino http://www.camerasbody.com/minolta-maxxum-9-professional-35mm-slr-camera-body/#comment-108 L. Cancino Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:25:52 +0000 http://www.camerasbody.com/minolta-camera-body/minolta-maxxum-9-professional-35mm-slr-camera-body/#comment-108 No Regrets<br>Rating:5 out of 5 stars<br>I have owned the Maxxum 9 for about a year now and have no complaints. I bought it because of the good reviews I read on the internet. Very tough camera. I use it frequently. I purchased 2 interchangeable lenses for it and I am satisfied with the operation and the outcome of my pictures, which I also need to include is the are 21 Custom Funcions. No Regrets
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I have owned the Maxxum 9 for about a year now and have no complaints. I bought it because of the good reviews I read on the internet. Very tough camera. I use it frequently. I purchased 2 interchangeable lenses for it and I am satisfied with the operation and the outcome of my pictures, which I also need to include is the are 21 Custom Funcions.

]]> By: Jay http://www.camerasbody.com/minolta-maxxum-9-professional-35mm-slr-camera-body/#comment-111 Jay Tue, 22 Sep 2009 07:39:09 +0000 http://www.camerasbody.com/minolta-camera-body/minolta-maxxum-9-professional-35mm-slr-camera-body/#comment-111 Best Yet<br>Rating:5 out of 5 stars<br>The Minolta Maxxum 9 is the the best camera I have had the joy to use. It's built rock solid and has not let me down. Best Yet
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
The Minolta Maxxum 9 is the the best camera I have had the joy to use. It’s built rock solid and has not let me down.

]]> By: Nerhtoc http://www.camerasbody.com/minolta-maxxum-9-professional-35mm-slr-camera-body/#comment-115 Nerhtoc Tue, 22 Sep 2009 04:53:17 +0000 http://www.camerasbody.com/minolta-camera-body/minolta-maxxum-9-professional-35mm-slr-camera-body/#comment-115 Excellent camera--built like a tank to last a lifetime!<br>Rating:5 out of 5 stars<br>I have been using Minolta cameras for years now, and I finally went for the Maxxum 9. Everytime I press the shutter release, I am glad I got the camera! It is constructed like a tank and has so many bells and whistles I will never learn to use them all. It also features a 100% viewfinder so what you see is what you get as far as framing goes. Even though I don't use it, it has a built in flash which is rare on pro cameras--its nice to know its there if I ever need it. Its fast and efficient. Top shutter speed is the highest available at 1/12,000 of a second. Plus, the motor drive must have a built in turbo! <p>This camera has definitely served me well and I know it will continue to do so for MANY years to come. I highly recommend you get one if you are serious about photography. Get the VC-9 Control Grip too! Excellent camera–built like a tank to last a lifetime!
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I have been using Minolta cameras for years now, and I finally went for the Maxxum 9. Everytime I press the shutter release, I am glad I got the camera! It is constructed like a tank and has so many bells and whistles I will never learn to use them all. It also features a 100% viewfinder so what you see is what you get as far as framing goes. Even though I don’t use it, it has a built in flash which is rare on pro cameras–its nice to know its there if I ever need it. Its fast and efficient. Top shutter speed is the highest available at 1/12,000 of a second. Plus, the motor drive must have a built in turbo!

This camera has definitely served me well and I know it will continue to do so for MANY years to come. I highly recommend you get one if you are serious about photography. Get the VC-9 Control Grip too!

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.camerasbody.com/minolta-maxxum-9-professional-35mm-slr-camera-body/#comment-113 Anonymous Tue, 22 Sep 2009 03:20:58 +0000 http://www.camerasbody.com/minolta-camera-body/minolta-maxxum-9-professional-35mm-slr-camera-body/#comment-113 WOW!<br>Rating:5 out of 5 stars<br>I have used a number of cameras, SLR, compact, and digital. This is the finest and easiest I have ever used. I have two Tamron lenses for it and they work perfectly and seemlessly with the camera. I took it on a ski trip recently and did find it too bulky to ski with. I do wish that I could have taken some pics with it at the top of the mountain. WOW!
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I have used a number of cameras, SLR, compact, and digital. This is the finest and easiest I have ever used. I have two Tamron lenses for it and they work perfectly and seemlessly with the camera. I took it on a ski trip recently and did find it too bulky to ski with. I do wish that I could have taken some pics with it at the top of the mountain.

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