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From: tsc2597@acf4.UUCP (Sam Chin)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Compact 35mm Autofocus Camera query
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Date: Wed, 27-Mar-85 18:12:00 EST
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Posted: Wed Mar 27 18:12:00 1985
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I am thinking of getting a second camera of the "point and shoot" variety.
My price range is between $75 and $125. So far I have my eye on the Minolta
"Talker" which got a favorable article in Consumer Reports about a month
ago. It has Auto Focus (Infra red), Auto Programmed Exposure, Automatic
Winding, Loading and Rewinding and even talks to you in English if there is
an error condition. I also see it advertized in this past weeks Sunday Times
for $102.95 (If this seems cheap compared to last months photo magazines, it
seems that New York photo shops are importing Japanese Cameras and Kodak
Film from Britain by the planeload - this accounts for the fact that you can
get KodaChrome 64/36 exp with Kodak processing for $5.50 - due of course to
the dollars strength compared to the pound)

Has anyone used this camera? Are any of the other compact 35mm cameras equal
in quality for less money?

                                                Sam Chin
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