{"id":14214,"date":"2015-03-20T09:37:17","date_gmt":"2015-03-20T16:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/?p=14214"},"modified":"2015-03-20T09:37:17","modified_gmt":"2015-03-20T16:37:17","slug":"minolta-af-c-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/?p=14214","title":{"rendered":"Minolta AF-c"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"MinoltaAF-c-0615\"<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In 1983 a state of the art computer storage was the 5 1\/4 floppy disk \"5quaterFloppy001\"<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>< and cars looked like this \"Corolla\"<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0For cameras state of the art was anything with autofocus.\u00a0 Even better was if you added AF to the name or put it on the front\u00a0so everyone knew it.\u00a0 The Minolta AF-c is an example of the transition to fully automatic cameras, it still has a manual film advance using a thumbwheel rather than a motor\u00a0but otherwise is fully automatic.\u00a0 The shutter goes from 1\/8 second at\u00a0f2.8 to 1\/430 sec at f17\u00a0which is a usable range and then there is always the attachable flash that can be used in lower light situations.\u00a0 The lens on this camera is composed of\u00a0six elements with the rear element moved for focusing making\u00a0the camera appear outwardly that it has not responded.\u00a0Optically the lens \u00a0the lens performs very well across the entire frame even into the corners.\u00a0 Despite the compact nature of the camera,\u00a0it\u00a0weighs\u00a0a solid\u00a0230g.<\/p>\n

\"MinoltaAFc_fullscan-017\"<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

So if you can find one of these little beauties you will have yourself a terrific little camera and some serious 1980’s fun.<\/p>\n

One thing about one camera:\u00a0 There was also a silver version made that went to 1000 ISO but it’s even more rare.<\/p>\n\n\t\t