Konica Minolta-era Minolta APS zoom compact — 22.5-45mm lens, 28-56mm equiv, c.2000.
The Minolta Vectis 2000 was a compact zoom camera for the Advanced Photo System (APS) film format, part of Minolta's Vectis family and manufactured in China around 2000. It sat among the smaller fixed-lens Vectis compacts rather than the interchangeable-lens Vectis S SLRs, and is catalogued under Konica Minolta following the companies' 2003 merger.
It carried a four-element Minolta 22.5-45mm f/5.4-6.6 zoom, roughly equivalent to 28-56mm in 35mm terms, with a lens shutter running from 8s to 1/500s and metering for film speeds from ISO 25 to 3200. Autofocus with half-press focus lock, automatic flash with red-eye reduction, night portrait and landscape modes, date imprinting and a self-timer were built in, and the usual APS C/H/P print formats could be selected per frame. The body measured 107x56x30mm and weighed 152g.
The Vectis 2000 suits APS collectors and anyone wanting a genuinely wide-starting zoom in a shirt-pocket camera; the 28mm-equivalent wide end was unusual for a budget compact of its day. The slow maximum aperture means it leans on flash indoors, so it is best treated as a daylight and travel snapshooter.
APS film was discontinued in 2011, so any purchase depends on expired stock and few labs still process the format; many examples now sell as display pieces or for parts. On working examples, confirm the camera powers up, the film door and cartridge chamber operate, the flash charges and the zoom moves freely. Battery type availability should also be checked before committing to shoot it.