Minolta Freedom Zoom 115EX
Documentation on the Minolta Freedom Zoom 115EX is thin, and even the name is slippery. The same camera appears in period sources as the Minolta Riva Zoom 115 EX, and the manual was shared with the Freedom Zoom Supreme.
The surviving manual gives a few concrete numbers. The closest focusing distance is 130 cm, and the built-in light meter accepts films from ISO 25 upward (the source cuts off before giving the upper limit). Beyond that, the record goes quiet. No focal length range, no aperture or shutter specs, no dimensions, weight, or battery type have surfaced in the sources found so far. The 115 in the name implies a 38-115mm zoom reach, but no document located states that outright, so it stays unasserted.
The paper trail is well documented. A 14-page English user manual for the Riva Zoom 115EX exists (manuals.co.uk), and an original PDF of the Minolta USA instruction manual for the Freedom Zoom 115EX is preserved on the Internet Archive. A French-language edition of the manual, covering both the Riva Zoom 115EX and the Freedom Zoom Supreme, circulates among collectors as well. The camera itself sells cheap. One European dealer lists a black Riva Zoom 115 EX at €99, and the manual alone is offered for 299 rubles at instrukcia.ru.
If you own a Freedom Zoom 115EX and can fill in the blanks, the Archive wants the record. Missing items are the actual zoom range, the battery type, and how it compares to the Riva Zoom 90 or the Freedom Zoom Supreme.
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