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The Minolta F15BF is a very basic compact camera, probably not an ultra compact one. I got it for next to nothing on a thrift shop, so I tested it nevertheless. There is nearly no information about this camera. It's from the 1990s and has no features. 

~35mm lens, min. focus ?m
Size 130x72x46,  Weight 217 gr.
auto DX, only 2 cantacts, 100 or 400 ISO, auto wind, but no rewind, no autofocus and AE, only automatic flash

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Front closed. Long strap.

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Front open.

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Back view. Viewer. Film type window. Rewind switch, the camera doesn't rewind automatically.

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Seen from above. Just a shutter button and a mechanical film counter.

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Seen from below. Battery compartment (takes 2 AA batteries). No tripod socket.

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Film compartment open.

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Original pouch.

This camera is incredibly basic. You slide it open and push the shutter, that's all. There are no features. The flash is set automatically. The lens doesn't move, it seems to be focusfree. But it gets everything right. Point and shoot as basic as possible.


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