<s>
The	O
Minolta	B-Algorithm
9xi	I-Algorithm
was	O
,	O
when	O
released	O
in	O
1992	O
,	O
an	O
advanced	O
35	O
mm	O
single-lens	B-Algorithm
reflex	I-Algorithm
camera	I-Algorithm
design	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Minolta	B-Algorithm
9xi	I-Algorithm
was	O
a	O
bold	O
design	O
compared	O
to	O
its	O
rivals	O
and	O
predecessors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
had	O
smoothed	O
contours	O
completely	O
unlike	O
the	O
previous	O
9-class	O
camera	O
the	O
Minolta	B-Algorithm
9000	I-Algorithm
,	O
and	O
unlike	O
many	O
competing	O
cameras	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Minolta	B-Algorithm
9xi	I-Algorithm
is	O
,	O
to	O
this	O
day	O
,	O
still	O
impressive	O
in	O
terms	O
of	O
technological	O
ability	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
camera	O
could	O
,	O
without	O
any	O
external	O
backs	O
like	O
the	O
Minolta	B-Algorithm
9000	I-Algorithm
or	O
cards	O
like	O
the	O
Minolta	O
8000i	O
,	O
bracket	O
3	O
exposures	O
each	O
one	O
1/2	O
a	O
stop	O
different	O
(	O
each	O
way	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
xi-series	O
lenses	O
was	O
not	O
a	O
success	O
,	O
and	O
power-zooming	O
lenses	O
largely	O
disappeared	O
from	O
the	O
camera	O
market	O
until	O
the	O
function	O
reappeared	O
in	O
lenses	O
marketed	O
to	O
videographers	O
with	O
modern	O
video-shooting	O
SLRs	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
xi	O
series	O
is	O
largely	O
seen	O
as	O
a	O
bold	O
but	O
failed	O
attempt	O
to	O
take	O
SLR	B-Algorithm
photography	O
in	O
a	O
different	O
direction	O
.	O
</s>
