It has an aperture-priority mode "A" which obviously is metered. The camera doesn't have a stop-down button. Next to it is a socket for an electronic cable release like Remote Cord S or L or a mechanical cable release. Besides the X-contact in the flash shoe, it has a flash terminal at the lens bayonet.
In A mode with powered-up flash in the shoe, the camera automatically sets the shutter time to 1/60s and the blinking LED serves as a flash ready signal. This contact synchronizes the camera with a dedicated Minolta X-Flash like the Auto Electroflash 200X.
XG7 MINOLTA CAMERA SERIES
The flash shoe is the same as with the XD series and has a second small contact. (battery check) setting of the main switch. A red light on the front flashes until the shutter fires. The main power switch has a self timer setting, which delays the shutter actuation for approximately 10 seconds. The bottom of the camera has a coupling for the Winder G, introduced with the camera. The back with a memory holder and a DIN/ASA conversion scale is interchangeable with the later available Data Back G.
XG7 MINOLTA CAMERA FULL
In order to override the automatic chosen speed, the dial can be turned so that "A" faces a number between -2 and +2 in full stops.
XG7 MINOLTA CAMERA MANUAL
The shutter dial shows the manual times from 1s to 1/1000s, B, and A for aperture priority and it allows the ASA setting. In automatic mode, the camera blocks the shutter if the triangular overexposure LEDs (at the top end of the LED scale) indicate a shutter time shorter than 1/1000s. in manual mode, the LED does not show the metered shutter time. The viewfinder shows the automatic shutter times from 1s to 1/1000s via LEDs. It has a center-weighted metering system with two CdS cells and a matte-fresnel-field focusing screen with a horizontal split-image spot surrounded by a micro prism field. The XG-E is considerably bigger but lighter than the recent cameras like the XE or SR-T series. All models were available in chrome and black finish. The XG-E ( XG 7 in USA and Canada, XG 2 in Europe and elsewhere) was the first model of this series to be introduced in 1977. This series can be seen as the ancestor of the most successful of all manual Minolta SLRs, the famous Minolta X-700. Also a data back, the Data Back G was available. The XG series had a dedicated motor drive, the Winder G and the flagship of the series, the XG-M, could even be mounted on the 3.5-fps Motor Drive 1. All XG bodies featured an ☒ EV exposure compensation. By just slightly touching the release button, the photographer activated the electronics and the LEDs lit up for about 15 seconds.
The big news was the so-called "Touch Switch": After powering the camera up via the main switch, it was in standby mode. In the aperture-priority automatic mode, the electronically governed shutter provided stepless speeds from 1s to 1/1000s. They still used the outdated CdS metering system and had a competitive amazing shutter. As a first in the line-up of Minolta SLRs, these cameras were in need of a battery. The Minolta XG series was launched together with the much more sophisticated Minolta XD series in 1977 as a budget line of small, lightweight, and easy-to-use electronic SLR with an automatic exposure mode.
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