good overall photographs and very easy to use.

Poor quality of craftmanship

Great camera when it works. Ater about 1.5 years of light use the camera's electronics went out. After the camera did not function, brought it in to a certified repair shop in Seattle. Was told that it would be a minimum of $175 to fix and more if new electronics had to be installed. Well time to bag it and forget Minolta products.

Customer Service

Poor, Minolta puts out a flawed product and fails to back it up. Now when I hear "From the Mind of Minolta" is equivalent to "from the minds of thives".

I have the Freedom Zoom Supreme EX (without Date). It seems to have a lot of neat functions. I will get my first roll of film developed tomorrow. I paid $189.99 on sale ($20 off) at a local Meijer store.

I have read that it will do 13 rolls of film (with 50% of them with flash) on 1 battery. The batteries cost $6.29, so that's about $1 per roll of film. Sort of expensive.

I purchased a tripod at Walmart which I believe will help out on "zoom" photos

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Previous camera was a Kodak Star 335 (a inexpensive camera)

Picture quality is excellent.

I have not observed any weakness!!!

I started photography with this camera. I took closeups, photographs of landscpes as well as party pictures. In all cases I got best results. It's easy to use even by a beginner. I am enjoying photography with it. BUT the price has been increased by $100 within one year!!!!!!

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Extremely clear pics, built-in flash, more features than I can use.

A little too big, redeye reduction takes WAY too long (everybody starts moving befoe it actually takes the shot).

A great all-around camera, but if you can live without all the bells and whistles, get something smaller.

Customer Service

Not yet needed...

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Great features for the price on this camera! Much more than the other one's I looked at in the competing price range.

Crystal clear shots that accurately capture the lighting the camera is used in. It's very true to life in that respect, and I like that. The colors are very vivid and clear, and the detail I got using 800 speed Kodak & Fuji film was amazing! Even on high speed shots.

This camera takes great shots when being hand held. Doesn't blur or streak them at all.

Has a nice remote function, though it'd be nice if the remote was detachable directly from the camera body like some of the Pentax models have.

Zoom is pretty good for a P&S camera. Doesn't distort on zoomed shots. If you're looking for something that will give you amazing zoom capability, you ought to be looking into SLR's in the first place. For a usable and practical, everyday use zoom lens, this one is quite sufficient.

Continuous mode is great for capturing action sequences!

Wish the remote was detachable from the camera body, but this is a minor quibble.

Wish there was a way to set the default mode on the camera. The default is automatic focus/flash w/redeye reduction and I don't typically use that mode that much. It takes too long to get the shot due to an initial first-burst from the flash and then a second one followed by the shutter clicking. I prefer to get shots off faster than that.

Great camera for a great price! I got the whole thing, shipping included, for $170 from cameraworld.com via a price comparison on pricescan.com. Great P&S camera for beginners with lots of features to grow into with experience. Experienced photographers looking for a feature-rich P&S will love it as well.

Customer Service

Haven't had to call them yet. To me, part of good customer service is not having to call them in the first place! Good workmanship and quality should be given up front to begin with. If I do have to call in and get shoddy service, I'll post something here for all of you.

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The camera looks wonderful. Probably the sharpest looking camera ever made. Took several stunning photographs.

Unpredictable results. No far-away focus lock. Flash doesn't always fire in flash situations. Sometimes seems to uncenter the image. Always catches foreground objects and focuses on them.

I bought this camera twice. The first time the camera was obviously broken; the flash wouldn't pop up. I'm on the 4th roll of film with this camera and can honestly say the $100 Nikon I had previously took better pictures and was easier to use. You need the same patience as with a 35mm SLR with this camera... it's not a very good "point and shoot" camera.

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Nikon point & shoot with 90mm zoom lens.

picture quality, zoom lens, cool looking

lousy warranty and service

I like the camera for the strength mentioned, however, all of that went out the window with Minolta's service and warranty. I bought the camera for my trip to SE Asia, a very humid place. After taking about 3 rolls of films, the camera would not advance the films or allow loading of a new roll. I had to go and buy a disposable camera for the remainder of my vacation. Upon returning to the US, I called Minolta and they sent me to an authorized repair dealer (Int'l Camera in Pasadena) to repair my camera. Two and a half months later, I finally get a call back from Int'l Camera that they had to send the camera to Minolta, and Minolta told them that the repair would cost $150 (almost what I paid for) and it will not be covered under warranty, because of water damage. I can't believe it!! Albeit that SE Asia is near the equator, and it rains alot and very humid, how can the camera break down in such a short time. I've always had it in a carrying case and I never used the camera in direct rain. I've used lesser quality (perhaps not) and way cheaper cameras without ever having this problem before. I will never buy another Minolta product. Good luck for those who do.

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Nice compact body, good pictures. Easy to use, decent controls.

Extremely poor customer service, poor warranty.Delicate camera.

I have had experience with two same minolta 115 zoom supreme EX cameras, and both broke within 1 year of use. My first camera stopped working when at a party water got splashed over it, I do not blame minolta for poor quality because of this, but this exposed me to their extremely poor and rude customer service department.
The second same camera I bought was the one which showed me the poor quality of minolta cameras. After 11 months of use its shutter click button stopped functioning, I could do everything else in the camera, but it just won't click. Minolta offered to repair this seemingly minor defect for $140, at which point I split and bought a new camera(NOT MINOLTA).

Customer Service

Extremely poor.

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Ergonomic design

Poor product quality, slow shutter speed

Within three months of purchase, the camera started to rewind the film in the middle of the roll. Dropped it off at Minolta-authorized repair shop. They supposedly repaired the frame counter. The next roll got messed up again. Hoping to get Minolta to replace the camera.

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I was looking for a camera that took better quality pictures without having to go into the more pricey SLR cameras. I have received excellent prints using this camera. I am very pleased with the clarity and the color in the pictures I have been taking. I love being able to get very close to my subjects with the macro lens and my pictures don't come back blurry!! It is very simple to use. I would recommend this camera to someone who wants a great quality photo from a point and shoot camera.

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