# freedom vista

 Minolta Freedom Vista, P'S, RIVA Panorama, only the name differs depending on the country of release, and they are all the same camera.



Lens: 24mm 4.5 (5 elements in 5 groups)

Focus: Infrared autofocus

Shutter speed: 1/4 ~ 1/200 sec

Minimum focus: 0.9m ~ infinity

iso: 100 or 400

Flash: Automatic (with top flashing prohibition button)

Timer: 10 seconds

Battery: CR123A

Size: 114mm X 61mm X 34mm

Year of release: 1991



It is a so-called'Simplified Panorama' camera that blocks the top and bottom of the film room to take a picture as if it were a panorama.

Uniquely, it has a 24mm lens, and unlike the Ricoh r1 series, it only takes a panorama.

Most of the cameras that are taken automatically are usually banned because they become a ghost when the flash fires. This process can be very cumbersome, but Freedom Vista is turned off when you take a picture with the button in the upper left corner. It is a very convenient interface compared to other cameras that set the flash off every time you turn it off and on.

It has a unique system, a unique lens, and the result is outstanding.

It wasn't a very popular camera,

(According to one theory, if you purchase a camera, it was given as a gift camera, even as an appendix to a magazine...)


In the early 2000s, it became widely known when a club made joint purchases for the first time and also produced a user equipment. Thanks to this, it has now become one of the sweeping models for Koreans along with AF-C in eBay and other places. (In a word, it's not easy to get)

Even if it appeared on the Internet market, it became a precious body that was traded at a much higher price for a magazine supplementary camera.

As a peculiar note, when using 24mm, the right fingers tend to come out well, and the outer coating is weak, so care should be taken when using it.