I shoot with the Maxxum 9, in fact I'm using it at the moment, but I also like variety in my film cameras. I've a number of other Minolta, Pentax, Olympus, Konica cameras, both SLR and rangefinder, but the 3 I use the most are the Olympus XA(always in my camera bag), Minolta Maxxum 7, which is as capable as the 9, but much lighter, and my Pentax LX, which is the finest film camera I own and gets used the most. Since I also shoot Pentax DSLR's exclusively, I appreciate the ability to use most of Pentax's lenses, except the PLM types on both cameras.