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(Photo of the Day: Minolta P's)

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(Photo of the Day: Minolta P's)

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Minolta P's, A 35mm Panorama Film Camera

Panoramas: Film photography favorites, sights, and scenes with the Minolta P's, a 35mm point-and-shoot film camera with a 24mm wide-angle lens.

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The Minolta P's (Minolta Riva Panorama / Freedom Vista) is a lightweight, compact 35mm autofocus point-and-shoot film camera with an auto flash and crop frame panorama feature. The camera, a cult classic introduced by Minolta in 1991, comes with fixed blinds that trim the top and bottom of the normal 3:2 image aspect ratio of standard 35mm film images to 2.7:1.

Tech specs include 5 elements in 5 groups 24mm 1:4.5 lens, infrared autofocus with a range from 0.9 meters to infinity, programmed autoexposure, a shutter speed range from 1/4 to 1/200 second when flash is deactivated, ISO 100 or ISO 400 DX-coded film rolls, and automatic film loading and rewind. The camera is powered by a CR132A 3-volt Lithium battery, which is good for up to 25 rolls of 24-exposure film with 50% flash use.

Minolta P's

Loading the film is fairly straightforward - open the film back, drop in the film canister, pull the film tab across to the red line across the film box, and close the back. Using it is equally easy and fun, slide the lens cover open, frame the image, and half-press the shutter button for the green diode to light up before releasing the shutter fully. The camera flash will fire automatically to compensate for low-light conditions, and the shutter will remain locked while the flash charges.

To capture images without flash, press and hold the press cancel button located to the left of the camera's top while taking the shot. Low battery is indicated when the flash takes more than 20 seconds to charge, the shutter will not release, or the film rewind stops before the operation is completed. A tripod socket is available on the bottom plane of the camera. The camera weighs 170 grams without battery and is slim enough to fit in your pants pocket.

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