{"id":8630,"date":"2013-06-14T07:00:37","date_gmt":"2013-06-14T14:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/?p=8630"},"modified":"2013-06-13T23:17:44","modified_gmt":"2013-06-14T06:17:44","slug":"minolta-explorer-freedom-zoom-ex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/?p=8630","title":{"rendered":"Minolta Explorer Freedom Zoom EX"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"frame-outer  alignnone size-full wp-image-8703\"><span><span><span><span><a href=\"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Minolta_Explorer-9666.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8703\" alt=\"Minolta_Explorer-9666\" src=\"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Minolta_Explorer-9666.jpg\" width=\"415\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Minolta_Explorer-9666.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Minolta_Explorer-9666-150x112.jpg 150w, http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Minolta_Explorer-9666-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Why would anyone choose to use this camera now when there are so many different options even just in the film world? No one needs to, I just did, you are welcome. If you must though the reasons are; the lens cover retracts like a pod bay door that&#8217;s cool&#8217;ish, at the wide end the lens is 28mm that&#8217;s wide&#8217;ish. Other than that it&#8217;s not that memorable a camera, although it does give decent results with 400ISO film. I wouldn&#8217;t use a film slower than this because at 75mm the maximum aperture is f8.9 so in low light the shutter speeds will be quite low. Enjoy your Freedom while it lasts.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-8630 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"frame-outer  small attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\"><span><span><span><span><a href='http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/?attachment_id=8631'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"99\" 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No one needs to, I just did, you are welcome. 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