Minolta Cameras - Page 8 - Recent Questions, Troubleshooting & Support

Sounds like a broken gear or linking arm. It will cost as much to fix as to replace. You now have a very nice Minolta paperweight, lol.
Those neat little film cameras are now a thing of the Ebay, LOL. Since many are dumping them for digital, they're quite available at good prices now.

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sticky needle or low batteries

No. If the camera pulled the film back into the roll with a low battery, you wouldn't be able to take any pictures, rendering the film, useless. Don't worry about it, and if it REALLY bugs you, keep fresh batteries in it.

Just rewind the film like it was finished.

try google 'camera manuals' and you'll get plenty options

it depends if a part is just poped out or actually broken... but at the end it becomes easier to buy a new camera altogether

Hi. As a pro photographer, I can tell you what 'macro' does on all cameras or lenses. 'Macro' focusing is for focusing on close objects, say an inch or two from the lens to a couple of feet. It is for closeup shots, say ants, or a fly, or someone's eye, raindrops on glass, etc. Try it out sitting on a patterned countertop or table or tablecloth to give you an idea, focusing far away and up close.
As far as the manual, there doesn't seem to be anything on the official site unfortunately. Good luck and have fun.
http://gi.konicaminolta.us/index.asp

Common problem.
Flash transformer needs replacement.

Shutter/Shutter FPC for this model is No Longer Available since 2003.

If you are in US, you can send it to Camera Repair Japan and CRJ has excellent parts in stock to repair most of Freedom series cameras. For further information, go to www.camerarepairjapan.com 888-226-6678 (Toll Free) -James

Havethe flash and manual, let me know if you still need it

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http://www.fixya.com/support/p155381-minolta_freedom_zoom_explorer_ex_35mm/manual-15090/page-2

Hi Annette!

Your camera has One CR2 lithium battery. The battery condition indicated by three-stage display on the camera.

i cant find any free manual online, but if you want the manual you can buy it from here:

http://www.oldtimercameras.com/islandphotocentre/stock/Model.asp?Model=7298&ModelPage=true


Good luck to you!

Nic

Even though it was cushioned somewhat the camera took enough damage to jam something. The flashing symbols are a generic error code it could mean the shutter, zoom, film transport, flash, or some combination of these system are not working (sorry but without tearing the camera apart I can't narrow the problem any further)

wgokey1,
yes it should auto rewind. if it's new take it back to where you bought it. if not new, get an estimate cost before repaired.

Here's a link to the manuals download page: http://ca.konicaminolta.com/support/manuals/index.html without the model number of your camera I cannot give you a direct link.