Minolta XE

{{Short description|35mm single-lens reflex camera}}

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{{Infobox camera

| camera_name = Minolta XE

| image = MINOLTA_XE_BLK.jpg

| caption = Minolta XE camera

| maker = Minolta

| type = 35mm SLR camera

| lens_mount = Minolta SR mount

| date = 1974

| production = 1974-1977

| focus = manual

| exposure = Aperture priority or manual

| flash = hot shoe

| frame-rate =

| dimensions =

| made_in = Japan

}}

The Minolta XE, known as the XE-1 in Europe and the XE-7 in North America, is a manual focus, 35 mm single-lens reflex camera produced by Minolta of Japan between 1974 and 1977.{{cite web |url=http://members.aol.com/manualminolta/xe7.htm |title=XE-7 |work=Manual Minolta |accessdate=2007-09-17}} It was developed in collaboration with Leica Camera and has many similarities to the Leica R3.

The XE uses a Leitz-Copal electronic, vertically traveling, metal blade focal plane shutter supporting exposure times of 1/1000 of a second to four seconds, plus bulb setting. In aperture priority auto-exposure mode, the shutter speed is varied steplessly; in manual mode, the shutter speeds are selected in whole stop increments. The camera has a very short shutter lag of about 38ms, among the best for an SLR regardless of manufacturer.

Image:Verschlusszeitenrad Minolta XE-5.jpg|Detail

Image:XE7NoCvr.jpg| XE-7 with covers removed, exposing the electronics