{"id":18944,"date":"2017-08-01T08:25:50","date_gmt":"2017-08-01T15:25:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/?p=18944"},"modified":"2017-08-01T08:25:50","modified_gmt":"2017-08-01T15:25:50","slug":"minolta-freedom-vista-redux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/?p=18944","title":{"rendered":"Minolta Freedom Vista Redux"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"FreedomVista-7818\"<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

This is my second Minolta Freedom Vista, the first one I had was stolen with a few other\u00a0items from my\u00a0vehicle.\u00a0This one is every bit as beat up as that one was but despite the weathered look it performed well.\u00a0 I do need to find and remove all the little fibers that must be around the edge of the film mask as they show up on every image. The defining feature\u00a0of this camera is of course its ability to shoot panoramic images with its 24mm lens.\u00a0 The caveat being that it can not be used to create anything other than panoramas.\u00a0 Having this sole purpose though allowed Minolta to provide it with a nice large\u00a0viewfinder dedicated to the effort, and it makes composing with such a different aspect ratio fun.\u00a0 That aspect ratio is a wide 2.6:1 which falls among various widescreen cinematic ratios.<\/p>\n

The lens on the Freedom Vista is a 24mm\u00a0\u00a0f4.5 with five elements.\u00a0 It’s only at the outer edges where the chromatic aberrations really show themselves which is amazing considering how thin the camera is and how close to the film\u00a0plane this places the lens.<\/p>\n

\"FreedomVistaChromatic-005\"<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

So in summary composing with this camera offers some small opportunity to try your hand at creating unique compositions and the large single purpose viewfinder is\u00a0superior to any other point and shoot that offers a panoramic mode.<\/p>\n

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