Street Scenes, Yashica Minitec AF
'Analog Diary - A first roll outing with the Yashica Minitec AF, an easy and fun to use 35mm autofocus compact'
Produced by Kyocera in 1992, the Minitec AF is also shipped as the Yashica Micro Elite AF, and Kyocera P. mini AF.
One of the most endearing aspects about this auto everything 35mm compact is that it just needs a pair of AA batteries to operate, the most plentiful and easiest type of power unit that you can buy of any supermarket shelf. The camera, however, does not come with a battery strength indicator, so changing the battery after a couple of rolls of film or so, is about the best advice to heed.
Part of the fun of using the camera is a very decent sized viewfinder, easy and bright enough to see through for image composition. Operation wise, selection buttons for infinity focus, flash modes, and self-timer settings are arrayed on the top plane of the camera and these settings are displayed on a small LCD panel located centrally on the top plane.
With most of the operational aspects of the Yashica Minitec AF are done automatically, you might want to remember to keep the infinity focus button pressed for landscape shots. This two-handed operation will turn off the auto-on flash which is quite sensitive to low light ambiances.
