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Minolta 500si

Advantages: Has most of the features needed, good all-round performace
Disadvantages: featureset not perfect, some technology niggles

I bought this camera a few years ago as a replacement for my old Zenit, on the basis of a few magazine reviews and a shop test. It's a competent camera but it doesn't do anything particularly well. Many of the modes/functions it has are only useful for be ...

ehoh 21.12.2000 · Read full review
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Review of Minolta Dynax 500si

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a good camera

Advantages: user friendly
Disadvantages: slow

The good points about this camera are that its really very user friendly, and surprisingly durable (has gone everywhere with me ever since I bought it) even the Amazon!! However I have found some bad points about this camera these are its a bit slow o ...

karma12 07.02.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Minolta Dynax 500si

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SHOOT TO YOUR HEARTS DELIGHT

Advantages: Easy to operate, takes excellant photographs
Disadvantages: lens detach button too prominently situated

I am a long way from being any kind of photographer – the majority of my pictures are taken with an idiot proof camera of reasonable quality. Since this has now given up the ghost and gone to the great tripod in the sky, I decided to borrow my fathe ...

LICARUS 08.08.2001 · Read full review
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Review of Minolta Dynax 300si

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As good as anything else at this price

Advantages: Good features for the price
Disadvantages: The "Bonus Gift Pack" that came with it consisted of a roll of film and a lens brush

This is the first SLR camera I've owned, and I'm very pleased with it. It currently sells at about £150, but there's a slightly newer, more expensive model that probably has a couple of useless extra features. The model I own has everything I really need ...

Danieru 28.07.2000 · Read full review
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Excellent SLR for beginners.

Advantages: Great for beginners, fool proof, easy to use, compact and can buy used models very cheap.
Disadvantages: Slow autofocus, no manual overrides for shutter and aperture settings.

Excellent compact SLR camera for the beginner/novice photography who wants point & shoot versatility instead of all the hassle of manual settings. Picture quality is pretty good and the auto light metering does a fine job in most situations. It has 5 pre- ...

geeman1305 01.11.2004 · Read full review
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