sentences:  At the time of its introduction, the Minolta 9000 retailed for $684 (circa $1580 in 2017).The body of the Minolta 9000 is a robust all-metal construction, with the pentaprism being the only component not to be completely encased in metal.The shutter was capable of the then-extremely short exposure time of 1/4000 seconds, as well as of 1/250 second synchronisation.