Minolta Hi-Matic AF2

Here's an early auto focus point and shoot camera from Minolta that carried on the Hi-Matic name from their line of very popular rangefinder cameras. Like many of the early auto focus cameras, it looks a lot like a rangefinder, but is not of course.

Likes: Manual film wind (instead of a noisy motor drive) means it's a very quiet auto focus camera; filter ring; exposure metering done through any filter you attach; flash is activated manually when you want, not when you don't; lightweight yet still feels moderately well made.

Dislikes: flash didn't do a great job with coverage, leaving dark corners on the left side of my shots (not sure if that was just my camera or if it's true of all of them).

Right: Inside Maine Roasters Coffee in Falmouth, Maine. Photo taken with a Minolta Hi-Matic AF2 with Kodak Ultramax 400 film.

View a gallery of Minolta Hi-Matic AF2 sample images at D2 Gallery.