Minolta's 1986 premium AF compact — 35mm f/2.8 lens, infrared AF, big finder, sliding cover.
The AFZ (written AF-Z in some literature and sold as the MAC-7 in Japan) was one of Minolta's higher-specified autofocus 35mm compacts when it appeared in 1986. It sat above the budget AF models of the range thanks to a faster lens, a large viewfinder and a built-in motor drive.
It used a 35mm f/2.8 lens of four elements in four groups with active infrared autofocus from 0.65m to infinity. Metering ran from EV 8.4 (1/40 at f/2.8) to EV 18 (1/800 at f/18) at ISO 100, with DX decoding from ISO 25 to 1600 and non-DX film exposed at ISO 100. The built-in flash with fill button covered 0.65-4m at ISO 100, the motor drive managed continuous shooting up to 1 fps, and a sliding cover protected the lens. Weight is about 295g.
The relatively fast f/2.8 lens and big finder make it one of the more usable 1980s AF compacts for street and everyday shooting, though close focus stops at 0.65m and exposure is fully automatic with no user override.
Check the sliding cover still switches the camera on cleanly, the flash charges, and the motor wind advances film; like all electronic compacts it will not fire without battery power. Film-door foam seals may need replacing after nearly four decades, and out-of-range flash warnings should appear in the finder.