Minolta X-300 Reviews

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Minolta X-300
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Average Ratings for Minolta X-300

  • Photograph Quality4.6 stars
  • Features4.1 stars
  • Ease of Use4.7 stars
  • Value for Money4.9 stars
  • Reviewer Ratings4.3 stars
  • Overall Rating4.3 stars

9 Reviews For Minolta X-300

  • Guest 16th Jul 2009

    Reviewer rating: 4 stars


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    Actually I have had this Minolta X-300 camera for at least scince I was 18 years and I am 43 years old and I don't use it much now as I cannot get good quality film for it especally the Ilford ASA1000 and the batteries are now very hard to come by but I find if I can get a battery I do manage to get a lot of good pictures with it, a real good camera

  • Guest 29th Oct 2008

    Reviewer rating: 4.5 stars


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    Beautiful body (built, tough, look), and ease of use. Very good choice for amateurs and pro, especially those who engaged in outdoor activities. Well recommend Minolta X-300.

  • Guest 3rd Sep 2008

    Reviewer rating: 3.5 stars


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    I've had a Minolta X-300 since about 1987 and although I'm now almost exclusively Nikon digital, I still carry the X-300 if I'm going somewhere rough.Why? Because I know that when I really need a versatile but simple camera that will give me excellent quality 35mm prints the X-300 simply won't let me down.It's manual focus, so no drive motors or gears to go wrong; produces excellent quality in its Auto setting; and is built like a proverbial brick-out-house.The small down-side: although battery ...

  • opopododo Rank: Corporal 28th Jul 2008

    Reviewer rating: 4 stars


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    Someone mentioned the OM-10 - the Minolta X-300 is much better laid out - like the OM-2 - the advantage with an OM-2 or OM-10 would be lenses available but the controls on the OM-10 are a nightmare - you turn a knob and you accidentally turn another at the same time.

    The X-300 is well engineered with everything having a good positive feel.

  • bob1234 24th Feb 2008

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    My dad has a Minolta X-300 I have a Panasonic Lunmix TZ3 at the moment best compact camera in the world but I would love to have a manual slr zoom like the Minolta X300

  • kicuch 6th Oct 2007

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    My best camera ever! After that I had Minolta 8000i now I use D80 - still miss performance of my good old X-300!

  • RUBBER2405 Rank: Staff Sergeant 14th Jul 2007

    Reviewer rating: 4 stars


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    A very good camera. Quite large for an SLR compared to say, the Olympus OM10, which is in greater supply.
    the Minolta lenses are great. I have bought a 70-210mm Minolta MD lens (fantastic quality for a zoom lens), a sigma 28mm wide angle, which has half stops on it and is very good quality for build and photo quality, and a rubber eye cup.
    That lot cost me about £250 about 7-8 years ago. The Minolta lenses are hard to get hold of now, they have been looked after anyway. It has full manua ...

  • kavindu 24th Mar 2004

    Reviewer rating: 4 stars


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    I agree this Minolta X-300 is a good 35mm SLR camara but it needs more shutter speeds only problem is I have to depend on the battery always.Picture quality is excellent.

  • Stanley Wong. Rank: Lance Corporal 3rd Mar 2003

    Reviewer rating: 4.5 stars


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    I bought my Minolta X-300 (the older one with metal body) sometime in 1995. I sold it for SGD$250 and bought a X-700 (big mistake!). Several cameras and many years later, I bought back the same X-300 for SGD$125. The difference is that this time, I recognize the quality of the lens and camera body.


    The Minolta X-300 is a metal body, manual focus camera with Aperature Priority (AUTO) mode. It does not have DOF preview and does rely on batteries (no battery-no click). It has a shutter sp ...