Minolta XE 35mm vintage SLR film Camera fully serviced

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.^[1] 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.

This particular is in very good condition. each functions works in this camera as it should. Lever pulls nicely, film counter works, viewfinder is relatively clean. Light seal is still intact and light meter also works in this camera. Self timer works and film winder is good as well. Lens is clean and has no marks or haze in it. This camera is in good condition as per its age.