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theMINOLTA DIMAGE 7 WAS THE FIRST 5MG pixel digiital camera on the market and still produces excellent photographs
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A great little camera, nice, fast easy transaction and nice communication with the seller... was supposed to be for xmas for my daughter, but gave it early so she can practice for xmas day xx got some beautiful pics already xx
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
well where to start the good bits its a very handy size and looks good, for the price it gives fantastic photos in all condition with lots of information on both screens lots and lots of features the bad bits the only down side is its very power hungry but this can be sorted with re-chargables and a set of spares good performance good weight good looks a happy camper
Superb bridge size camera, useful size! Good move up from pocket sized camera but has no interchangable lenses, a problem when wanting to move further on
I’ve been using a Minolta compact 4MP camera for some time now. It compares well with decent film compacts but, like them, is no match for a quality SLR camera. However, with the convenience of digital, I found my film equipment was falling into disuse. So what to do about it? The latest digital ‘compacts’ sell quite cheaply, and offer astounding resolutions. 8 to 10 Mega Pixels is not unusual, and you might think this should allow a true poster-size print. But whoever managed a print that big from an autofocus compact? The lenses just aren’t up to it. You might not find any pixellation, but your picture will be just plain blurred! And that’s where the Dimage 7i comes in. Here we have seriously good optics – a powerful zoom range with low distortions, positive manual zoom control and, if you want it, a useful manual focus ring (precise even though it’s electric, and with the facility at the touch of a button to magnify the image in the viewfinder or the screen x4 to check sharpness). The camera’s great with other manual controls as well. When a compact camera has override features, the body is just too small to have them accessible, so they tend to be buried deep inside menus – but the Dimage 7i, being that bit bigger, has space for far more useful controls at the fingertips. This is much more than just a ‘point and shoot’ camera, though it works well enough in this way if that’s all you are looking for. So what’s the down-side? More modern digital cameras tend to have large screens – this one, though it’s bright and works even in very low light (transforming itself to black and white with almost night-vision quality), is not particularly large. And as digital SLRs go, this is not a ‘real’ one – the through-the-lens viewfinder is electronic, not optical, and its image quality could be a bit sharper. (But it’s useful, all the same, giving all the information you would expect from an SLR viewfinder). And, a lens this good really could benefit from the latest high-resolution CCDs (image sensors), so this camera is slightly limited by its 5MP resolution. But it’s perfectly good for, say, an A3 print – and how many times would you really need more than that? In the end, that is probably why these cameras are now so cheap. Aimed at the ‘prosumer’ market, those who were prepared to spend the earth on them new are now taking out mortgages to buy the latest digital SLR equipment – so these early ones are going for a song. But don’t be fooled by the low price! Small? No. This was never meant to be a 'compact' camera. Good for posing? Not particularly. The competition from Olympus looks much more the part. But these are serious kit, and will serve the discerning amateur very well indeed. PS: Worth upgrading to the latest firmware (version 1.11e) - but as long as your PC can write to the camera's CF card, this is easily achieved from the Minolta web site.Read full review
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