Minolta DiMAGE 7

...as a semi-pro. The Minolta Dimage 7 isn't a brand new camera (it's been around since about July 2001), but it's worth mentioning as they crop up second-hand a fair bit these days. It's original price in the UK was a staggering £999, but typically expect them to go for around £300 now on Ebay. Even for it's age, the features of this camera are impressive. A 5.24Megapixel CCD outputting a 2560 x 1920 pixel image. Add this to the 28-200mm lens (7x ...
...opting for Lithium type batteries, Minolta decided to stick with more traditional AA's. Although you can use standard AA's, a few shots life is hardly much fun on your pocket, so Ni-MH are the way to go. These are reasonably priced and can generall be charged 1000 times or so, The battery life though is poor compared to many other digitals. On a full charge of four Ni-MH batteries, don't expect to get more than 80 shots or so - and that's being generous. ...

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Minolta have consistently pitched themselves at the high-end of photography, typically marketing themselves as the 'semi-pro' brand of choice for the discerning snapper. Although a seven year old design, the Dimage 7 is still a highly capable system, offering features which would still be considered innovative by current standards. The Dimage 7 was a serious attempt at bringing high specification digital photography to the well-to-do masses. In ...
...an only halfway decent lens and very little by way of 'proper' controls and would set you back a couple of hundred quid. In contrast, this offered a generous (at the time) 5Megapixels, excellent optics, and a highly usable focal range equivalent on 35mm to the 28mm-200mm optical zoom. By current standards it's pretty big, almost the size of a 35mm SLR, the styling is 'futuristic' - ie now dated, but that's more than made up for by way of the range ...

dobieg 11.10.2008 · Read full review
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When i bought my minolta dimage 7 camera it was about 800 pounds and to be honest it is not really worth 800 pounds,its a nice looking camera with lots of different functions but theres so many cameras on the market today its hard to differenciate one digital camera from another.I think the price has come down to about 600 pounds now.try Dealtime.co.uk and search away. Pros You can take pictures of about 5 different sizes without losing the excellant ...
...the only reason that i would take a lower quality picture is if i were taking pictures to use on the pc or internet,for printing i would take at best quality.Theres different settings for different types of weather ,if it is cloudy or sunny,indoor or outdoor.You can use this camera as a fully automatic camera or without all of the functions to get different effects,maybe to focus on something in particular.It has a manual optical zoom lense x7 200 ...

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...However, since I got the Minolta my photography has been revolutionised. It has a wide range of controls for manual to auto most things! In fact I have not found the need to use the RAW or Super Fine quality settings very often. The results from fine quality mode has been so surprisingly good. One small point is the vignetting that cuts the far corners of the frame in wide angle 28mm mode, but it's very slight. Sure it uses much battery power and ...

Pastorbob 09.10.2002 · Read full review
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I have bee a 35mm freek for some years. My first Digital camera was the Dimage 2.3 meg pixel. i must say i was disappointed with this model as i spent most of the time making the images what they should have looked like. then i cought the Dimage 7 in a magazine. I went and bought this camera without reading any reviews at all. I must say its a cracker. Yes it heavier on batteries and the auto focus can be a bit hit and miss, but i don't photograph ...
...is away around it by switching the autofocus off and focus using the Focus ring at the base of the lens. The facilities onboard, make sure that you get the best out of this camera. The lense is first class. I have had some excellent picture from it, even at low resolution. Another facility i find useful is the different meter options, try using these, as different method produce different exposures. Please note that a camera meter think every thing ...

Grumpyglenn 01.02.2003 · Read full review
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This camera is top quality, one I purchased with the high specifications and incredible zoom in mind. After looking for a long time for a camera with a decent zoom function, out of the few I found the DiMage7 came up top for picture quality and features - all options can be set to either automatic or manual, with intermediary settings for semi-auto available on most operations as well. The only downfall I've found so far is the auto-focus. It's ...
...by any means. It will keep up with other cameras in it's league, and if you can make the extra investment then version 7i is available with improved auto-focus capabilities. Other cameras of similar price can't touch it's zoom or picture quality - you really have to spend a lot of money to beat this camera. The look and feel of this camera is sturdy and professional - you feel a sense of pride when carrying this monster of technology around! ...

moof 18.10.2002 · Read full review
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This is not going to be a technical review as I am less interested in what knob does what and to what level. I concentrate on a cameras ease of use, feel and ability to supply a great picture. This camera does it all. If you are used to an SLR and want to get into digital, this is the one to get. It uses much battery power and that caught me out at first, which was a real nuisance. Since then I have 2 sets of MH batteries, a fast charger and 4 x ...
...As the man said.. It's not all about specifications but results. I can only say I have had wonderful results and yes, it can be a bit slow to focus but you learned to live with that on your SLR! Loading up onto the PC is fast too. Enjoy. ...

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