Minolta Vectis S-1 camera with Minolta Lens 56-170mm in great condition and good working order. It comes with original box and documents. It takes 2 x CR-2 batteries which are not included but are available as extra.
The MINOLTA Vectis S-1 is one of the two SLR camera bodies made by Minolta for the APS film system. For these autofocus SLRs a complete new set of autofocus lenses had been developed, the V-lenses, three constant focal length lenses (17mm, 50mm macro, and 400mm) and a variety of zoom lenses. The camera has all the functions of SLR cameras of its time: manual modes for aperture, shutter speed, flash and focusing, fully automatic operation mode, different programmed modes for portrait, landscape, sports, macro or night, choice of automatic focusing modes, and last not least a broad information display (LCD). Other modern SLR features are the built-in retractable flash, all-electric control of the lenses, and a data wheel for manual settings of film speed, shutter speed or aperture. In addition it has all the extra functions available for APS film. An optional infrared remote shutter-release control device was available. The viewfinder image is not projected through a prism but through a mirror construction. So the viewfinder is placed at the left side of the camera's back. Exposure informations (flash, focusing finished, shutter speed, aperture) are displayed in the viewfinder below the image. Under a removeable plastic cap on top of the camera body is a connector for a Minolta AF flash. The powerful flash SF-1 was introduced as accessory for the camera. It has an infrared lamp which serves as autofocus support light instead of the built-in flash. The popular 5400 flashes and others for the Minolta AF SLRs can be used instead.