Minolta's pocket 3x APS zoom — 24-70mm aspheric, IR autofocus, 145g; APS film discontinued.
The Vectis 300L was a compact 3x-zoom camera in Minolta's Vectis series for the Advanced Photo System, made in China late in the format's life. Despite the similar name it is a different camera from the 2x-zoom Vectis 300, stretching to a longer lens in a smaller, lighter body.
Its 24-70mm f/5.7-11.2 zoom uses a four-element, four-group aspheric design with infrared autofocus stepping through more than 200 focus positions. The shutter runs from 7.8 seconds to 1/380, centre-weighted metering handles APS films from ISO 25 to 3200, and the flash includes red-eye reduction, night-portrait and landscape/night-view modes. C, H and P print formats are selectable, and the 99x59.5x29.5mm body weighs 145g without its CR2 battery.
It was a genuinely pocketable travel zoom for the APS era with the format's drop-in loading; the very slow apertures at the long end make it dependent on flash or bright light once zoomed past the wide setting.
APS film has been out of production since 2011, so the 300L only shoots expired stock and most examples change hands as collectables. If shooting is the aim, verify power-up on a fresh CR2, smooth zoom travel and flash charge; otherwise cosmetic condition is what buyers are paying for.