Minolta Pocket Autopak 450EX
Documentation on the Minolta Pocket Autopak 450EX is thin. What survives points to a 110-film pocket camera from the early 1980s. The 450EX sits alongside the Pocket Autopak 430EX in Minolta's lineup. The two share an instruction manual, sold by both Kosmo Foto and CraigCamera as a single booklet covering "450EX/430EX" models. That bundling suggests close siblings, though no source explicitly states how they relate.
The only detailed specifications found are attributed to the 430EX, not the 450EX: a 26mm f/5.6 glass lens, a built-in electronic flash, and a fixed shutter speed of 1/200 sec. Given the shared manual, the 450EX likely has the same basic layout, but no source confirms it, so treat that as inference. The 430EX was released in 1980. No release year for the 450EX specifically has been found.
The practical record shows the camera in use. A TikTok post documents a roll of Lomography LomoChrome Purple shot through a 450EX. A Rutube video, mirrored from YouTube, shows one bought for "less than 5$ from a thrift store." Listings run about the same way across the market: roughly ₹9,000 on OLX India, €50 on OLX Portugal, and ₽7,590 on ShopOzz. One seller there, offering a related model, notes a common issue: the flash not firing. One MercadoLibre listing asks the equivalent of about $27.75, paid in installments.
Beyond that, the record goes quiet. There are no production years for the 450EX specifically, no original launch price, no dimensions or weight, no battery type, and no design or construction details. One naming wrinkle: listings alternate between "Autopak" and "AutoPak." That appears to be a formatting difference in reseller posts, not a different product.
If you own a 450EX with its manual or a spec sticker, the Archive would like the record, particularly whether the 450EX's lens and shutter match the 430EX's documented specs.
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