{"id":20383,"date":"2018-08-25T10:37:43","date_gmt":"2018-08-25T17:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/?p=20383"},"modified":"2018-08-25T10:37:43","modified_gmt":"2018-08-25T17:37:43","slug":"the-minolta-talker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/?p=20383","title":{"rendered":"The Minolta Talker"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"MinoltaTalker-4329\"<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Minolta Talker has a limited vocabulary but just enough to be annoying.\u00a0 I’m sure that in 1984 it was quite the novelty just like the Chrysler K car being able to tell you that your door was ajar or did it actually think your door was a jar?<\/p>\n

\"MinoltaTalker-4331\"<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

So what does it have to say?\u00a0 I’m glad you asked.\u00a0 It has three different things it says: Load Film<\/a>,\u00a0Too dark use flash<\/a>,\u00a0Check Distance<\/a> all in its annoying you don’t know what your doing “voice” thankfully you can turn it off.<\/p>\n

What about the Minolta Talker itself, well it has a lens cover that clips on the front of the camera something that could be easily lost.\u00a0 The lens is a 35mm f2.8 4 element lens which shouldnt be judged from these images shot on expired Fuji Xtra 400. \u00a0 The lens is actually as good as its ability to speak is ridiculous.<\/p>\n

One thing about one camera:\u00a0 The Minolta Talker (Minolta AF-Sv) has a maximum shutter speed of 1\/625 of a second which was faster than any other similar camera from the time.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\t\t