page_title: Minolta Maxxum 7000
section_title: Autofocus
hierarchical_section_title: Minolta Maxxum 7000 / Autofocus
caption_attribution_description: English: Minolta Maxxum 7000 and Dynax 7.
context_page_description: The Minolta MAXXUM 7000 35 mm SLR camera was introduced in February 1985. It was the first camera to feature both integrated autofocus and motorised film advance, the standard configuration for later amateur and professional single lens reflex cameras.
context_section_description: When Pentax and Nikon entered the autofocus segment, both used a similar passive array AF system as Minolta, but retained compatibility with their existing manual-focus K and F mounts respectively. Canon, like Minolta, chose to change its mount completely, introducing the EOS 600-series a few years later, breaking compatibility with the former FL and FD lens mounts. Canon's EOS system was the only fully electronic lens mount system, with no mechanical connections between camera body and lens: the autofocus motors were housed in the lens itself, rather than the camera body.
caption: Maxxum 7000 next to a Maxxum/Dynax 7
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