| I bought my Minolta X-300 (the older one with | | | | does not have DOF preview and does rely on |
| metal body) sometime in 1995. I sold it for | | | | batteries (no battery-no click). It has a shutter |
| SGD$250 and bought a X-700 (big mistake!). | | | | speed range of B, 1 s to 1/1000s. Full information |
| Several cameras and many years later, I bought | | | | (full range of shutter speed with LED indication) is |
| back the same X-300 for SGD$125. The | | | | displayed in the viewfinder. I feel this is superior to |
| difference is that this time, I recognize the quality | | | | the +/- exposure readings that can be found in |
| of the lens and camera body. | | | | some Nikon bodies. The X-370 is a current |
| The Minolta X-300 is a metal body, manual focus | | | | production camera with a plastic body. I have not |
| camera with Aperture Priority (AUTO) mode. It | | | | used it but the features are the same. |