see also:

• Minolta SR mount manual focus Rokkor lenses
• Sony Alpha dSLR system
• Minolta autofocus 35mm film SLR system
• wikipedia

• 1928: Minolta was a Japanese company founded by Kazuo Tashima, under the name Nichidoku Shashinki Shōten
• 1931: the company was transformed into a stock corporation named Molta Gōshi-gaisha
• 1933: the name Minolta was applied for and registered
• 1958: it's 1st 35mm SLR was produced - the SR-2
• 1962: the Minolta SR-7 SLR was their 1st to include a CdS light meter built-in
• 1966: the Minolta SR-T series of SLR cameras introduced with the SRT-101 being the most sold SLR of its time
• 1976: Minolta also produced the Leica R3, R4 and R5 SLRs in the LeicaR series
• 1985: the revolutionary Minolta 7000 AF SLR camera was introduced with a new AF-compatible lens mount and was the world's first “in-body” autofocus SLR and for the next 5 years, this new AF technology catapulted Minolta to the top selling SLRs in the world until Canon and Nikon caught up.
• 1991: its autofocus design was found to infringe on the patents of Honeywell and Minolta was ordered to pay Honeywell a final amount of $127.6 million dollars.
• 2003: Minolta merged with Konica to form Konica Minolta
• Nov 2004: Konica-Minolta introduced their 1st digital SLR - the Alpha/Dynax/Maxxum 7D which uniquely had built-in image stabilisation
• 2006: Konica Minolta's camera and lens manufacture business and technologies were sold to Sony - see Sony Alpha dSLR system
• 2022: Konica Minolta’s camera repair and customer service are being shut down.

• these cameras were designed to use MinoltaMDLenses