My New .99 cent Minolta

[amhildreth]

I've always been a fan of Minolta gear, and made the mistake of wandering by an auction site when I scored an AF-Sv for .99 (with a few bucks for shipping). The camera is in great shape, and came with the cover. The talker can be set for English or Japanese - mine being set to Japanese for my own entertainment. Still running a test roll through now, but does/has anyone owned one of these little beasties? I'm not sure what to expect as far as image quality or durability go. Any input would be greatly appreciated.
- Andy

 

[Number 6]

The Talker is a quite reasonable performer. I don't have anything scanned right now, but I see good results out of it. The autofocus is a little finicky, but on P&S cameras this old, that's to be expected. I own two of them and both perform admirably for their age. The build quality is quite good. Not quite as good as, say, a Ricoh FF-90, but they're rugged enough.

 

[Cameron]

Used to use The Talker quite a bit. Always produced great results. I'm sure your's will as well, especially at a $0.99 price point.

 

[farlymac]

Wish I'd known about the Japanese setting on those. Almost bought one at Goodwill one day, but then figured I already had too many P&S cameras.

PF

 

[David Murphy]

What in the world does it say?

 

[Number 6]

"Use Flash", "Load Film", "Check Distance". There's English/Japanese, Italian/English, and French/German as far as I know. The Italian and French ones fetch a premium. It's real speech synthesis, not a voice chip, so sounds delightfully computer-ish.