Wednesday, July 29, 2009

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

By Jeff Jones

I have owned a Nikon Coolpix digicam for slightly over 2 1/2 years and in that period of time I have taken over 3k footage. As I looked for cameras with powerful 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's feasible to make many alternative photographs with this great camera.

Another awesome feature that pulled 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 photo. Despite the length of the zoom, the Dimage Minolta camera is incredibly condense and easily fits into my fanny pack which is precisely what I wanted.

Another feature that I really like about the Dimage Minolta is the adjustable LCD monitor which is much sharper than the one on my Nikon. This allows you to shoot above your head or at a low angle and still see what you are shooting at. You can fold the LCD to where it's facing the camera body to protect it and also take photos by employing the EVF viewfinder. Which allows you use less battery power.

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

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 night time shots since this like many auto focus cameras can have difficulty targeting in low light situations. The macro can be used at either the wide angle or telephoto ends of the zoom. I have not especially attempted that yet. Nor have I attempted the film format which is claimed to be glorious. There are two resolutions you can use for that.

I thought my tiny Nikon 4mp camera took nice footage, but the Dimage Minolta blows that away. It is simple enough for a beginner 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 clear - from the wide angle thru telephoto. This camera fit my desires and then some - with all the options usable this camera offers. If you're serious about photography and yet need to make it simple, the Dimage Minolta is a great camera!

See I've not debated the 8 mega-pixels the Dimage Minolta has. The cause of that is because it was not a forethought for my reason to buy and enjoyment for this camera. 4 mega-pixels is a lot for most uses particularly since most users won't be making prints bigger than eight x 10. But this camera definitely gives you that chance.

I love 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 most definitely recommend this camera!

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