----- Original Message -----
From: "P�l Jensen
Subject: Re: MZ-S is 100th AF SLR on market.
> Jeff wrote:
>
> > I don't know if this has been discussed or not, but Pop
Photo has reported
> > that the MZ-S is the 100th AF SLR to hit the market since
the introduction
> > of the Minolta Maxxum 7000 in 1985.
>
>
> Why on earth would anyone start counting from the Minolta
7000? By 1985 the AF SLR had been on the market for four years.
Minolta was a latecomer to AF.
Perhaps they are starting the count from the ones that actually
were viable AF cameras. The ME-F and T-80 were not commercially
successful.
William Robb
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