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Minolta Hi-Matic 7SII Test Shots by Ray Phung

The Minolta Hi-Matic 7SII was a fixed lens 35mm rangefinder produced in 1977.  It's a super compact metal body camera, equipped with the sharp and pretty fast Rokkor 40mm f/1.7 lens and a Copal shutter up to 1/500.  This was a time when Leitz and Minolta were working in cooperation with each other, manufacturing Leica products out of the Minolta factory in Japan.  This is when the Leica CL series and the Minolta CLE were manufactured.  I am a firm believer that the quality of the lens on this 7SII is largely attributed to that.  But more of that to come.  

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