Customer Reviews

Minolta Freedom Sightseer Zoom 35mm Camera

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I had a Cannon Sure-shut point&shoot 35mm camera before. It was a very nice camera for my daily general use. Some of the photos I even enlarged to 14x11" and still looked sharp.

However, this Minolta Sightseer I bought (from Wal-Mart though) disappointed me in the following ways:

1. Rough resolutions, - it is the worst I've experinced after using many other point-shoot cameras. The lighting conditions have to be perfect to get decent resolutions. Use of slower speed films did not help either.

2. Slow recharge time, - when you shoot in dark conditions that require flash, the waiting is too long between shuts. Particularly inconvenient if you are taking photos for children...

I would not buy a point&shoot zoom 35mm camera anymore, no matter what brand, but I would by a fixed focul lens one to carry around.

I bought this camera with the confidence that a brand like Minolta inspires. It isn't of course one of the sofisticated and expensive Minoltas, but for my amateur purposes, it seemed pretty decent at first sight. It proved to be a disapointment: the pictures are not very clear, especially the portrait type ones, though I was careful not to shoot them from too short a distance, the flesh is too slow. But the surprise was when, after only 27 days of using it,my camera's computer system stopped functioning, without having previousely been subject to any shock. I was still lucky that my purchase receit was not expired, so I returned it to the store. Now I'm looking for another camera, but it will definitely not be a Minolta.

I BOUGHT THIS CAMERA AT BEST BUY ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO AND I GAVE ABOUT 3 TIMES THE PRICE IT IS NOW. BUT I HAVE REALLY ENJOYED IT. EVERYTIME MY FAMILY NEEDS PICTURES TAKEN OF ANYTHING THEY WANT ME TO TAKE THEM OR TO BORROW MY CAMERA. BECAUSE THE PICTURES ARE SO CLEAR AND ALWAYS TURN OUT GOOD. THESE OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD SO MUCH TROUBLE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE PROBLEMS WITH ANY CAMERA THEY USED. BUT YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER THERE ARE GOOD AND BAD ONES IN EVERYTHING YOU BUY. I HAVE TRULY ENJOYED MINE AND AM NOW BUYING ONE FOR MY MOTHER FOR CHRISTMAS TOO.

Bought this camera for my mom as she does not like digital camera's. She is 78 yrs young and not into the new technology, so this camera was perfect for her. Takes fabulous pics, great quality.