Minolta Co., Ltd. was a Japanese manufacturer of cameras, lenses, camera accessories, photocopiers and laser printers founded in Osaka in November 1928 as Nichi-Doku Shashinki Shoten. It adopted the Minolta brand in 1931 and became known...
Minolta Co., Ltd. was a Japanese manufacturer of cameras, lenses, camera accessories, photocopiers and laser printers founded in Osaka in November 1928 as Nichi-Doku Shashinki Shoten. It adopted the Minolta brand in 1931 and became known for pioneering innovations including the first integrated autofocus 35mm SLR system with the Maxxum 7000 in 1985. In 2003 Minolta merged with Konica to form Konica Minolta, which exited the camera business in 2006 with its SLR assets transferred to Sony.