I loved my 9xi although ergonomics were pain in the bum. I regret selling it.
An operating system that is not intuitive enough, can ruin a good product. It can be said that the operating system,
which was not friendly enough for photographers at the time, is what drove down the sales of the minolta 9xi.
Add to that, the fact that Minolta were not smart enough to offer serious lenses for the professional customers of the
camera, and here you have the dismal result of a camera left on the shelves without interest in it.
No wonder Minolta released the Minolta 9 - their latest flagship camera - with a less harmonious, flowing and elegant design.
And not that it helped them in sales, for the simple reason that professional photographers of the time,
abandoned film cameras in favor of digital photography.
Nowadays, when we are accustomed to operating DSLR cameras, working with a camera of the Minolta 9xi type
is no different from other cameras. For me, the 9xi Minolta will forever remain in the collective memory,
as one of the most beautiful cameras ever created.