{"id":85,"date":"2024-11-08T20:27:07","date_gmt":"2024-11-08T20:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/cavanaugh\/?page_id=85"},"modified":"2025-03-10T16:37:15","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T16:37:15","slug":"minolta-hi-matic","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/cavanaugh\/home\/automatic-cameras\/minolta-hi-matic\/","title":{"rendered":"Minolta Hi-Matic AF2 c.1981"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When is the last time you manually focused a camera? Our cameras today come with autofocus options and digital technology. This camera is a later model of Minolta&#8217;s 35mm camera\u2014the Hi-Matic\u2014and the first of the Hi-Matics to come with automatic focusing. All you had to do was hold and point the camera\u2014and snap the picture!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/cavanaugh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/11\/MinoltaAF2front-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"685\" data-id=\"152\" src=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/cavanaugh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/11\/MinoltaAF2front-1024x685.jpg\" alt=\"Minolta Hi-Matic AF2, 1981. 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