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cameras: minolta explorer freedom zoom

[@prophet1193]

My favorite part was when you brought out the minolta freedom explorer zoom date panorama T2 28-70mm ex minolta freedom panorama and got that one picture with it

[@ModernVintageFilm]

Agreed.

[@sonyviva308]

The predecessor is the Minolta Freedom Explorer Zoom Tele Date 70W Explorer Freedom Zoom

[@gray6385]

Couldn't say it better myself! I completely agree.

[@extraordinary_ordinary]

I’m not even in to film photography; I just like Jason’s dry delivery and sense of humor.

[@dukaka2kaka886]

Driest humor on KZbin !

[@sputumtube]

We all do - that's mostly why we're here. Oh, and the photographs of course. ;)

[@sodapop9mm562]

You should give it a try 🙃

[@vicktoriousng7948]

Then you'd better start shooting on film now.

[@hugomartinsphoto]

ahah So true!

[@alondusk33]

There’s a surprising amount of photography talk in this dog video

[@cogspace]

I found one of these at a thrift store for $1, but they had an everything 50% off sale that day so it was only 50 cents. It's super weird when one roll of film costs 30x as much as the camera.

[@daphnea5447]

I got one of these for $1 on eBay bro it was a deallll

[@Lets-Take-Pictures]

As an American who inherited a similar Minolta Freedom Zoom, I can confirm that my favorite things are freedom and zooming. But I do also like exploring and dating

[@kleanish]

r/brandnewsentence

[@Adducantur14]

I actually like the “beached picnic table” shot uncropped personally, but they’re both really good!

[@framegrain7634]

Yea, me too!

[@funkmon]

agree

[@gewglesux]

same here... My fav shot of the video

[@DMTStokes]

Imagine my disappointment when I realized this wasn’t another 3 hour video

[@livesongs82]

... baxter........ nuff said

[@aishwaryajindal977]

same

[@mgscheue]

Yes, I'm here grading homework and I'm not done, yet.

[@zuhachan]

babe wake up, jason just uploaded

[@Tom_77777]

I’m awake hun x

[@ralftee1532]

"Babe, what the hell, it 3 Pm"

[@PurpleStormProductions]

Jason, have you realized that you’re really lucky that after getting into film, you’re now shooting with a camera that captured your childhood and moments that were special to your parents? That’s amazing dude

[@scotttucker9613]

It's always interesting to me how photographers view their own shots. Your picnic table shot, for instance, I felt was so much better in the original crop (save for that little tree bit on the right edge). I'm always surprised by my photos that other people seem to like the most, as they tend to be my least favorite. Maybe they're just basic and I'm a genius, or in this case, I'm the basic one. This comment was...too long, I guess?

[@Grumpygrumpo]

Youre your own worst critic. But also subjective artistic tastes lol

[@cozycasasmr4510]

I feel this so much

[@jagwire8671]

this is gonna be a field day for the baxter appearances timestamp guy

[@LightHarmonies]

I think this is a prime example of an freedom explorer exploring freedom freely. This rocked.

[@roumelio]

Minolta is probably one of the most underrated brands like Konica due to their disastrous partnership forced on them by the Japanese government when Japanese brands begin to fail. The good thing is that it led to the acquisition by Sony and the rest is history. Both companies had successful partnerships with Leica at one point including the Hexar RF which was probably the best camera Konica ever made apart from the original Auto Reflex, and Minolta which of course gave Leica their SLRs of the 1990s ( The Leica R up to the R6 is basically a Minolta MC/MD mount camera with an incompatible mount. The original Leica R body has Minolta DNA all through it and the original Leica R SLR is loosely based off what Minolta was doing with the Minolta XE at the time, just with Leica versions of Minolta MD lenses on the R mount. Then there were some point and shoot Minoltas that were rebranded as Leica). The 1990s would then lead eventually to Minolta branching off doing its own thing which created the Minolta Alpha 5, Minolta Alpha 7 and Minolta Alpha 9 (also in Dynax for North America and Maxxum for Europe) which we know today as the Sony A6000, Sony Alpha 7 and Sony Alpha 9. While correctly the last true A7 and A9 in SLR format was the Sony A99 and eventually A99 MKII as Sony tested the waters in their final swan song of any interest for the A mount (which failed overall).... The legacy of those failures would be the success that continues under the same insignia today with the A7 and A9 mirrorless cameras.

[@jackrwoods]

The clouds are called "Standing Lenticular Clouds" and they are caused when there are high winds blowing over the mountains. The wind actually creates waves in the sky (mountain wave turbulence). Those clouds are usually located at the peaks of the waves. They are actually pretty common in the Eastern Sierra. Edit: Watched 10s more of the video and just realized you guys looked it up... I'll leave this comment anyways XD.

[@mattmichota4960]

I discovered my moms old Ricoh kr-5 Super in my parents' attic... not only is it a nice little camera, well built, simple, and has a nice sounding shutter slap.. and best of all, I found a half shot roll with pictures of me, my family and my sister who passed away when I was a kid... the camera will always be special to me

[@someone9906]

More Baxter videos, next time we get a 3 hour special I want it to be about Baxter hitchhiking his way across the country and back. I could lose the whole Jason thing, not sure why he’s still these videos at this point.

[@JuliusGrohl]

I love Monica's humor in every single of your videos

[@GarenMeguerian]

I’m glad you were not impaled by that broken sign post. Dying while attempting a snow angel would have been an epic epitaph.

[@connorbell5340]

The photos coming out of this camera are actually surprisingly sharp. Wow, I've been looking to get a point and shoot to carry all the time. Great, now I've got another one to consider.

[@_sam]

Good reminder for people to work with the gear they have allotted to them and can still take amazing shots

[@mateuszzborowski8024]

That blob at 6:11 is my favourite one out of the two rolls. Love the composition, love the colours and the sense of emptiness in it.

[@64ccd]

Your videos are really returning to form. I love how you go through what you've shot and what you'd keep. Talking about the Stop-sign-trope and stuff like that. Great stuff!

[@iainlaurence]

I’ve done some shooting with my family’s Olympus Superzoom 230, our workhorse camera that was present at every vacation and momentous occasion from before I was born up until we went digital. It was a really cool easter egg for me as well to develop the decade-old undeveloped photos, I found a never-before-seen picture of my cat among the old negatives!

[@matt_phistopheles]

Hi Baxter, love your channel. Keep up the good work!

[@jacksoncampbell84]

Congrats on 200k Jason! Well earned

[@NoobPwnzor147]

I got this camera from my grandparents when I was first starting to shoot film and what an awesome little shooter it really is! I ended up making a whole zine just using pictures from this camera; such a fun little gadget.

[@doomsayer9492]

Went to Lone Pine for a Geography class back in community college. Definitely an experience to remember and this video brought back so many memories.

[@Cwbierwirth12]

I'm a fan of keeping a point and shoot around the house just for family photos. Keeping it on a shelf to quickly pull out to capture the moment.

[@FloofyKusus]

For me it was also a Minolta, a 7000 (with added "Maxxum" in some parts of the world), half my childhood was shot on it and it still works.

[@patrickrostker6693]

So much fun here, fantastic camera! The weather made some wicked cool shots. Happy for Baxter and your 200k! Keep em rollin, much love!

[@JoshuaEllis-qh1gn]

Fun video! I was pretty excited to see this. I have a Minolta Freedom Zoom 135EX that i used back in the day, and have been shooting with for a few months. neat little camera.

[@fargoflagrant7796]

Finally another episode of the Baxter vlog!

[@andyjones5192]

After getting bombarded in my YT stream by the release of the new Leica M11 Mono this little camera feels like a bandage against gear nonsense. Btw didn’t get the Leica…ordered 1200 rolls of HP5 instead. 😂

[@CHUCKB1789]

Those are definitely lenticular clouds. They are pretty common in the rocky mountains!

[@zkcessnaguy]

Yup. Mountain range plus prevailing wind perpendicular to the range equals lenticulars on the leeward side.

[@demonic_consultation]

gotta say, one of my fav videos on your channel yet. always appreciate the humor and baxter, not to mention inspirational shots. Hope your back survived was a pain to see

[@adnamamedia]

Minolta point-and-shoots are *extremely* slept on. I have over a dozen Minolta cameras, and the point-and-shoots are what I always reach for. The lenses are extremely sharp and provide beautiful colors. I've made multiple portfolio shots on a $10 AF-Tele from the 80s.

[@nikobuerk346]

Completely wowed by those landscape shots with the mountains in the back. Shots like those are why I’m obsessed with film and the film look. Absolutely stunning.

[@RCPACE]

Congratulations on the sub milestone. Keep these gems comin’!

[@DursTuckle]

Babe wake up, new grainydays just dropped

[@JoeLopez]

Some really nice photos. I still have my OG Minolta Freedom zoom 150 and recently ran a roll through it. I love it.

[@trippwilsonphoto]

that contax t2 be lookin a little jealous on that shelf like that

[@clawdawg7248]

With today’s release of the M11 Monochrom I’m pleased to say, with much thanks to you, I could care less. The digital treadmill is never ending. After selling two M digital bodies I’m now toying with two Mamiya 645s, a Mamiya 7ii, Hasselblad 503CX and Leica M-A. Thanks for the info, and inspiration. Keep up I the good work…and humor. 👍🏼

[@ryacka]

I got one of these as my first compact. Still probably my favourite to shoot. Good choice & thanks for making it worth 10x more than I paid for it :)

[@FeralGinger]

Man, you shot some BANGERS on this trip! Nice work man!

[@_nomote_]

I’ve been shooting with these for years and they’re so underrated

[@dominickjberardelli]

I wonder if Kodak will even go to Jason's funeral when the spicy hot mountain dew inevitably causes him to poop himself to death. . .

[@timothysears6970]

Great video again. Such a pleasure every time you drop another video.

[@jontout]

I got given a Minolta 404si when my dad died in 2021 - still had a part shot film in from 2003 when he upgraded to a DSLR 🤣

[@DogsandFilm]

Love to see Baxter in the road

[@Sam_filmgeek]

Minolta; the famous company that bought Leica's patent for autofocus in the 70s, because Leica thought autofocus would never catch on.

[@nareghalamkaryan]

feeling really proud of my camera rn. also, i love the panorama mode. thx for the video Jason.

[@kaiditmn]

it's happening, I can feel it

[@sebflynnfilms]

Babe, hey babe go back to sleep, Jason uploaded

[@da009999]

Jason's voice is soothing. ASMR-ish? or ASMR-esque?

[@astroturd]

This is by far my favourite family vlog channel

[@nico.m8346]

Great pics. The light meter seams nice.

[@tattotoro]

The picture on 0:34 from the old roll is the view from the top of Chichen Itza Piramid. Back then you could still climb has a tourist! (I would know because a live in Yucatan and also climbed for the last time around that period)

[@classic.cameras]

I love Jason and Caleb. They troll us with their content by always releasing at the same time. Haha guess I am "editing" for the next hour.

[@racc2]

I liked the picture of the road the best. The yellow parallel lines made the perfect hypotenuse.

[@michaelcoleman5058]

It was like Old Home Week, as I have been to the same spots over the years. I also carry a film camera with me. The look of the images is unique, even though I have been doing photography for fifty years.

[@dennisswiatkowski]

The pictures you took with this p&s are as good as any contax t2/3 produces. Well done

[@franciscovarela7127]

Baxter, Yay! and some good photos too.

[@caleidoo]

So that little plastic freedom camera knew how to compensatie exposure for snowy white photos and not give you grey ones. Charming.

[@Lenteanalogo]

I love these videos.

[@northwestdepressed]

I had one of these cameras for a short bit, picked it up from a Goodwill for cheap. My buddy wanted to get into film photography so I eagerly gave him the camera for free to have a shooting buddy. After not shooting with him ever, I asked him how he liked the camera. He said he lost it and doesn't know when or where... Anyways, great video, fun camera, envious of your trips to the Eastern Sierra as always.

[@calebvanessen1844]

Am I the only one who is surprised that this camera actual slaps? Damn those photos are gorgeous

[@tylerhuttosmith]

The rock meatball kind of looks like the ship from the shipwreck you shot on 8x10. Also I have a freedom zoom 140 ex panorama date(terrible name). It’s been a good one to bring places I wouldn’t want to bring nicer stuff.

[@sethstrickland4925]

dude the minolta freedom zoom slaps I've gotten incredible photos from them

[@stripedtee]

this is the first p&s i bought! i love this camera

[@OneMonthTwoCameras]

This vid is straight up misty. With like, feeling n stuff. Me likey.

[@AardvarkAdventure]

Yo, the next photo after your three shot win streak was awesome. Four shot win streak.

[@RM.TokyoPhotographer]

if im right this and the canon autoboy is THE FAMILY camera back in the days... love the vids

[@IdleSummer]

Just banger after banger on this one, it's crazy. Some of these look like medium format shots.

[@GraydenKnoll]

Im dying at the name of the camera getting longer at each consecutive reference

[@gc2161]

Great video and review. Photos are great.

[@doriangasseling]

Cheap point and shoots are the one eh. I pick them up and give them to friends who show some interest - I feel like I'm giving out free samples of my gateway drug. I tested some Espio thing I was giving to a mate the other day and it genuinely impressed me. I feel like MJUs get all the hype in that space but any old plastic brick will do a similar job provided its in good working condition. Nice shots as always man

[@Filmer-hands]

I like them all.

[@cyrusf.4039]

great Baxter video!

[@NandR]

I've had one of these for a few years from a box of cameras a customer gave me. Just started a roll in it last month. Looks like it should do well.

[@markgoostree6334]

the prostate exam line! perfect ending

[@analogandnot]

Lovely ending there 😂😂

[@AristeidisSfakianos]

Freedom and...zooming! Hahaha! Nice one mate! You got some nice shots there!

[@David_analogue01]

after credits scene killed me man. Well played both :-)

[@kevinkevinski8410]

whats funny tho is, that I got myself the same camera, but the european non-freedom version, for 50 bucks and it was basically always the only camera I used anywhere I went. And I bet prices will increase shorly haha

[@thevoiceman6192]

Awesome dog. I use many point and shoot film cameras and have gotten really nice photos and exhibit them in art shows. These photos are nice.

[@xBEERmonsterx]

I have one of these! I’m pretty happy with results I have gotten.

[@1973sonvis]

Monica, Baxter and Jason for president! ⭐️

[@JakubJanNemecek]

love ur videos

[@SanTM]

Yeah I have a similar point and shoot, a Fuji DL-270 Zoom that also has the daft panorama mode. Never used that function, seems a waste and dumb feature. I took it to Rome where the light there is better than gloomy London (though I also did actually manage to get great shots in the cloudy weather too). It took great pictures with a surprisingly sharp lens, it's fun to actually use, the autofocus is actually very useful and makes up for my own shitness. I'll be taking it to Bilbao along with an SLR and yeah as you say, hauling a point and shoot like this is will be easier. There's something to be said about the sharpness of these 90's cameras where the tech had basically peaked and budget options when taking well framed photos can be legitimate

[@internetoddities]

My favorite channel 🥰

[@adamhymel2386]

And I just bought one for $60 that's been tested 😊they usually go for like $150 so I consider this a steal. I'm stoked for it to come in

[@chrissybabyist]

You had me at Minolta… 😎

[@cozywithsarkozy9206]

I applaude Monica's keen eye to spot them clouds. They do be kinda rare

[@Ashfielder]

I’d love to see you review a bridge camera, like one of those weird Olympus alien blob things. They look fun.

[@jr-wv4qw]

Somehow you make me miss living out in East Cali. Bishop and Mammoth Lakes were the only sanity I could escape to when living in Lancaster. You should do Tahachapi, though. I think you would really like it. You can go out into the wind farm as much as you want and there's a long section of the PCT that goes through it. Check it out sometime.

[@valeriab6682]

im over here in germany just crying from laughter 😂 keep it up dude

[@somehowimanage3902]

Now I really want this camera to try out that pano mode!

[@alsosmeli]

nice ! i found this one last year at the thrift for $10, i haven’t gotten the film developed yet but now i’m excited !

[@e.oxleycreative]

best post-credit scene ever

[@spencerscottpughphotos]

"This shot is cool too" "uh oh, three good shots in a row"