The latest camera adventure 3000i
Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2017 12:23 pm
The Maxxum 3000i SLR film camera. From about 1988.
Got two bodies. Couldn't help myself at the price. I had bought from the seller before and I trusted him that they worked. Both came with straps. Note the "Walt Disney World".
http://www.ebay.com/itm/192039913427?_t ... EBIDX%3AIT
In any case... the 3000i is about as close as you can come to the Kodak Brownie era click and shoot as an auto focus SLR can come. It's even less bother... you don't have to turn any knob to advance the film and it auto rewinds at the end of the roll. And... I think.... no decisions to make was what Minolta was aiming at. There are no bothersome manual features other than you can you can turn off the auto focus and adjust the lens focus manually. You can't set a f stop or shutter speed or even know what the program is selecting for you. The autofocus system is a "phase-detection type" based on ambient light. It has two programs... Program and Program Hi-speed which chooses the highest speed possible up to 1/1000 of a second. There is also a self timer button with no idiot light to let you know it is working or to blink faster to show you it is about to fire the camera. It also requires a previous set focus point or the photo comes out blurry in self timer mode.
It's a just snap the picture and don't think about it camera. All things considered...quite utilitarian. No professional or serious amateur would have much interest in it. But....if you are interested in just taking some photos without caring anything about the science of photography... it's a good fun camera. It also helps that you are less likely to fall into the never ready excuse when a good passing subject comes along.
None of the photos attached were touched up any any way. Just as they were scanned is how you see them.
Got two bodies. Couldn't help myself at the price. I had bought from the seller before and I trusted him that they worked. Both came with straps. Note the "Walt Disney World".
http://www.ebay.com/itm/192039913427?_t ... EBIDX%3AIT
In any case... the 3000i is about as close as you can come to the Kodak Brownie era click and shoot as an auto focus SLR can come. It's even less bother... you don't have to turn any knob to advance the film and it auto rewinds at the end of the roll. And... I think.... no decisions to make was what Minolta was aiming at. There are no bothersome manual features other than you can you can turn off the auto focus and adjust the lens focus manually. You can't set a f stop or shutter speed or even know what the program is selecting for you. The autofocus system is a "phase-detection type" based on ambient light. It has two programs... Program and Program Hi-speed which chooses the highest speed possible up to 1/1000 of a second. There is also a self timer button with no idiot light to let you know it is working or to blink faster to show you it is about to fire the camera. It also requires a previous set focus point or the photo comes out blurry in self timer mode.
It's a just snap the picture and don't think about it camera. All things considered...quite utilitarian. No professional or serious amateur would have much interest in it. But....if you are interested in just taking some photos without caring anything about the science of photography... it's a good fun camera. It also helps that you are less likely to fall into the never ready excuse when a good passing subject comes along.
None of the photos attached were touched up any any way. Just as they were scanned is how you see them.