Thursday, July 2, 2009

Before Buying The Dimage Minolta...Read This Review!

By Jeff Jones

I have owned a Nikon Coolpix electronic camera for slightly over 2 1/2 yrs. and in that amount of time I have taken over 3k photos. As I looked for cameras with greater 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 from wide angle to telephoto. Because of this wide selection, it is possible to make many alternative pictures with this great camera.

Another awesome feature that intrigued me to the Dimage Minolta was the anti-shake feature. A camera with a great zoom is not useful if you cannot hold it steady enough to get a crisp pic. Regardless of the length of the zoom, the Dimage Minolta camera is surprisingly compact and easily 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 crisper than the one on my Nikon. This allows you to aim over your 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 photos by using the EVF viewfinder. Which allows you to use less battery strength.

The Dimage Minolta LCD will also turn completely forward so you can do a self portrait by using the radio control to trip the shutter. The remote can also be advantageous for long exposures on a tripod like low light shots. For low light shots, it's got noise cancellation to where it will take a 2ND photo with the shutter closed to record any "hot spots" from the pixels and subtract them from the final picture so it is sharper and doesn't have all those white dots on it. I attempted this and it great dim lighting pictures - in truth the Dimage Minolta took the best low light photographs I have gotten with any camera I have used.

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 night time pics since this like many auto focus cameras can have trouble targeting in low light scenarios. The macro may be employed at either the wide angle or telephoto ends of the zoom. I have not especially attempted that yet. Nor have I attempted the flick format which is claimed to be very good. There are two resolutions you can use for that.

I thought my little Nikon 4mp camera took nice pictures, but the Dimage Minolta blows that away. It is simple enough for a novice to use it on "Auto" but has enough features to delight most execs too. I already have taken several photographs with this camera. They are very sharp - from the wide angle thru telephoto. This camera fit my wants and then some - with all the options usable that this camera offers. If your really serious about photography and yet wish to make it simple, the Dimage Minolta is a fantastic camera!

Observe I did not talked about the 8 mega-pixels the Dimage Minolta has. The reason for that is because it wasn't a concern for my purchase and delight for this camera. 4 mega-pixels is a lot for most uses particularly since most users will not be making prints bigger than 8 x 10. But this camera certainly gives you that probability.

I am crazy about this camera! The photograph is what the eye sees, and the Dimage Minolta will definitely help you to capture what you see with simplicity. !

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