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Minolta's entry-level fixed-focus 35mm compact of c.1989 — 35mm f/4.5 lens, motor wind, sold as Freedom 50 in the US.

The Minolta FS-35 was a basic fixed-focus 35mm compact released around 1989, sitting at the very bottom of Minolta's point-and-shoot range below the autofocus Freedom and later Riva models. In North America the same camera was sold as the Minolta Freedom 50, and it was succeeded in 1991 by the Riva 35 / Freedom 50N.

The camera carries a 35mm f/4.5 lens with focus fixed from 1.5m to infinity and a behind-the-lens mechanical shutter fixed at 1/125s. Exposure is set at f/8 without flash and f/4.5 with flash. DX-coded films are read at ISO 100 or 400 only, with non-DX film exposed as ISO 100. Film transport is motorised, the built-in flash is manually activated with a quoted 1.5-4m range, an LED warns of low light, and a sliding cover protects the lens. There is no self-timer.

This is a pure snapshot camera: no focusing, no exposure decisions, just frame and press. That simplicity suits absolute beginners and shooters who want a lo-fi, grab-anywhere film camera, but the slow fixed-aperture lens and two-speed ISO handling mean it is happiest outdoors in good light or close up with flash indoors.

On the used market the FS-35 trades cheaply, often bundled as a starter kit. It needs working batteries to wind film and fire the flash, so confirm the motor advances and the flash charges with a whine and fires. Check the sliding lens cover still switches the camera cleanly, that the film door closes tight with intact seals, and that the frame counter and rewind both operate.

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