The Minolta XD-5 is a 35mm SLR from the late 1970s, sold as the lower-specification sibling to the XD-7/XD-11 in Minolta's manual-focus SR-mount line-up. It was positioned as a more affordable enthusiast body offering both aperture-priority and shutter-priority automation alongside fully manual operation.

With only a single UK auction record on file, pricing for the XD-5 is hard to pin down with confidence: the one hammer result we have logged is £19 in late 2024, achieved at saleroom level before buyer's premium. Today in 2026 the XD-5 trades in a similar bracket to other entry-level Minolta SLRs of the period, and clean, working examples with a working meter and intact light seals tend to sell for more than untested or cosmetically tired bodies.