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- From: jwhitnell@cup.portal.com (Jerry D Whitnell)
- Newsgroups: rec.photo
- Subject: Re: Is there a new Minolta Camera?
- Message-ID: <74476@cup.portal.com>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 93 20:26:53 PST
- Organization: The Portal System (TM)
- References: <1993Jan24.112036.4276@ira.uka.de>
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- Michael D. Coren, Electrical Engineer writes...
- |I don't know about a new high end, but I've heard that in Japan you can buy
- |Minolta Dynaxes with a special "panoramic" option that lets you take panoramic
- |pictures. I suspect it's like the disposables, where you only get a narrow
- |exposure in a standard 35mm frame. In any event, last I heard they weren't
- |being sold outside of Japan, but I suppose it's up to the individual distrib-
- |utors whether they feel it's worthwhile to import or not.
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- You guessed it. I asked the Minolta rep on Compuserve about it and
- basically all it is is a cut-down of the 35 mm frame. However, it is
- listed in the US brochure for the 9xi, so it is suppose to be available
- here.
-
- Jerry
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