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Until the sale of Konica Minolta's Photo Imaging unit to Sony in 2006, Konica Minolta produced the former Minolta range of 35В mm autofocus single-lens reflex cameras, variously named ' Minolta Maxxum' in North America, ' Minolta Dynax' in Europe, and ' Minolta Alpha' in Japan and the rest of Asia.

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(Seagull) purchased tools and production plant from Minolta at different times, making some X300 series for Minolta branding, and continues to release MD mount film SLRs compatible with the old system under the Seagull name. Minolta's last MF SLR cameras were the X370 and X700. Minolta positioned most of its cameras to compete in the amateur market, though it did produce a very high quality MF SLR in the XD-11. Konica and Minolta have been competitors in the 35В mm SLR market since the development of the manual-focus (MF) SRT and other models in the mid-1960s.

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Konica expanded its business presence and currently sells its products in the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East and Africa.Д¬amera history Manual focus 35mm film SLRs CPAC acquired the Konica chemical factory. Dai Nippon Printing purchased Konica's Odawara factory, with plans to continue to produce paper under Dai Nippon's brand. The color film, color paper, photo chemical and digital mini-lab machine divisions have ceased operations. Konica Minolta closed down its photo imaging division in March 2007. Three thousand seven hundred employees were laid off. Konica Minolta withdrew from the photography business on 30 September 2006. Originally, in the negotiations, Konica Minolta wanted cooperation with Sony in camera equipment production rather than a sell-out deal, but Sony vehemently refused, saying that it would either acquire everything or leave everything that had to do with the camera equipment sector of KM. SLR camera service operations were handed over to Sony starting on 31 March 2006 and Sony has continued development of cameras that are compatible with Minolta autofocus lenses. On 19 January 2006 the company announced that it was quitting the camera business due to high financial losses.

It also uses the same corporate slogan as the former Minolta company: 'The Essentials of Imaging'. Konica Minolta uses a 'Globe Mark' logo that is similar to but slightly different from that of the former company. Different group companies, such as the operations in the headquarters and national operating companies, began the process around the same time, however the exact dates vary for each group company. Konica Minolta was formed by a merger between Japanese imaging firms Konica and Minolta, announced on 7 January 2003 with the corporate structure completing the re-organization in October 2003. 2.6 Print shops (Kinko's Japan and Kinko's Korea).2.5 Konica Minolta Healthcare Americas, Inc.2.3 Konica Minolta Medical & Graphic, Inc.2.1.2 Konica Minolta Printing Solutions.2.1.1 Multi-functional peripherals (MFPs).2.1 Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.

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