Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Dimage Minolta Product Review!

By Jeff Jones

I have owned a Nikon Coolpix digital camera for a little over 2 1/2 yrs. and in that amount of time I have taken over 3k footage. As I searched for cameras with longer zooms, there were 2 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 selection, it is possible to make many alternative 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 crisp picture. Despite the length of the zoom, the Dimage Minolta camera is amazingly compact and easily fits into my fanny pack which is precisely what I wanted.

Another feature that I think is great about the Dimage Minolta is the adjustable LCD screen which is much clearer than the one on my Nikon. This enables you to aim 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 protect it and also take photographs by employing the EVF viewfinder. Which allows you to use less battery strength.

The Dimage Minolta LCD will also turn absolutely forward so you can do a self portrait by employing the radio control to trip the shutter. The remote may also be useful for long exposures on a tripod like dim lighting shots. For low light shots, it even has noise cancellation to where it will take a 2ND pic with the shutter closed to record any "hot spots" from the pixels and take away them from the final photo so it is sharper and doesn't have all those white dots on it. I tried this and it took great dim lighting pictures - in reality the Dimage Minolta took the best night photographs I have gotten with any camera I have took pictures with.

The time between shots it pretty quick. Faster than my Nikon actually. It has manual or auto focus I used manual with it at infinity for my low light photos since this like many auto focus cameras can have trouble focusing in dim light scenarios. The macro may 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 movie format which is said to be amazing. There are two resolutions you may use for that.

I thought my small Nikon 4mp camera took nice photos, but the Dimage Minolta blows that away. It is easy enough for a novice to use it on "Auto" but has enough features to delight most professionals too. I already have taken several pictures with this camera. They're extraordinarily crystal clear - from the wide angle thru telephoto. This camera fit my needs and then some - with all the options usable this camera offers. If you're serious about photography and yet wish to keep it simple, the Dimage Minolta is a impressive camera!

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

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

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