Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Before You Buy The Dimage Minolta ... Please Read This Review!

By Jeff Jones

I have owned a Nikon Coolpix electronic camera for a little over two 1/2 years and in that duration of time I have taken over 3k photos. As I looked for cameras with longer zooms, there were two I liked the range of- both the Canon Pro1 and the Dimage Minolta. The Dimage Minolta 7X optical zoom provides me a great range between wide angle to telephoto. Due to this wide range, it is feasible to make many different pictures with this ample camera.

Another great feature that intrigued me to the Dimage Minolta was the anti-shake feature. A camera with a wonderful zoom isn't helpful if you cannot hold it steady enough to get a clear pic. Despite the length of the zoom, the Dimage Minolta camera is surprisingly compact and simply fits into my fanny pack which is precisely what I wanted.

Another feature that I just love about the Dimage Minolta is the adjustable LCD screen which is much sharper than the one on my Nikon. This allows you to shoot over head or at a low angle and still see what you are aiming at. You can fold the LCD to where it is facing the camera body to guard it and also take photographs by trying the EVF viewfinder. Which allows you to use less battery power.

The Dimage Minolta LCD will also turn absolutely forward so you can do a self portrait by using the remote control to trip the shutter. The remote may also be convenient for long exposures on a tripod like night shots. For low light shots, it has got noise cancellation to where it will take a second pic with the shutter closed to record any "hot spots" from the pixels and take away them from the final photo so it is more clear and does not have all those white dots on it. I did this and it takes great low light pictures - in fact the Dimage Minolta took the best dim lighting photographs I have gotten with any camera I have owned.

The time between shots it pretty fast. Quicker than my Nikon actually. It has manual or auto focus I used manual with it at infinity for my dim light photos since this like many auto focus cameras can have trouble focusing in low light scenarios. The macro can be employed at either the wide angle or telephoto ends of the zoom. I have not really tried that yet. Nor have I tried the flick format which is alleged to be fantastic. There are two resolutions you may use for that.

I thought my little Nikon 4mp camera took nice pictures, but the Dimage Minolta blows that away. It is easy enough for a beginner to use it on "Auto" but has enough features to delight most professionals too. I already have taken several pictures with this camera. They are extremely crisp - from the wide angle thru telephoto. This camera fit my desires and then some - with all the options possible this camera offers. If you're serious about photography and yet need to make it simple, the Dimage Minolta is a marvelous camera!

See I did not talked about the 8 mega-pixels the Dimage Minolta has. The reason behind that is because it was not a factor for my purchase and delight for this camera. Four mega-pixels is a lot for most uses especially since most users won't be making prints larger than 8 x ten. But this camera definitely gives you that probability.

I like this camera! The photo is what the eye sees, and the Dimage Minolta will certainly help you to catch what you see with simplicity. I very highly recommend it!

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