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  | 80% Recommended by our customers. Manufacturer: Konica-Minolta Catalog: Photography Release date: 2001-09-01 Media: Electronics Includes batteries: 1 DVD aspect ratio: 1.33:1 Model: Dimage-5 Box size: SLR Size Ean: 0043325992483 Upc: 043325992483 Floppy Disk Description: None Special Features: DPOF, Macro, Mini-Movie, Remote Control |
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 Written on May 8, 2002 Summary: Minolta Dimage 5 - Love and Hate relationship I had my Dimage 5 for about 4 weeks now and its given me more head ache than any other camera I've owned. The problem is, I absolutely love it and I absolutely hate it. And here is why: LOVE HATE So the bottom line is - don't buy Dimage 5 if you are looking mainly for a take-on-vacation point-and-shoot camera. Buy it if your goal is to make the best pictures possible regardless of how much time you spend adjusting the manual controls, re-taking the picture and waiting for the camera to cool down.  Written on April 12, 2002 Summary: The Perfect Digital Camera - Finally! I have been in photography for years, and two years ago decided to go digital. I have tried many other cameras and always felt as if I were working a computer - not a bad thing in itself, but not what I want in a camera. Here, the controls are labeled so they make sense and are put in places on the camera they would share on an SLR. The viewfinder is fabulous; I can even take pictures without my glasses. (minor miracle.) Images are fabulous, especially after a small bit of manipulation with Photoshop. Only criticism - it eats batteries as if they were popcorn and the external battery unit costs a fortune. I keep four sets of rechargeables available at all times, and have one set recharging all the time. Still, I am in love. Written on April 2, 2002 Summary: Minolta Dimage 5 I gave this camera 5-stars because of the photos it produces. The one down side is the way it drains batteries, but I carry 5 sets of re-charageable with me all the time. Four sets are rated at 1600 Mah and one set is rated at 1700 Mah. One of the best sets is Quest. I've gotten as many as 60-65 shots in the daytime. The bottom line is I made an investment in the camera and I'm not going to let the battery situation change my mind. I bought my first Minolta camera (the Autocord twin-lens reflex) in Japan in 1956. I have several other Minoltas and two Mamiya's, but this camera can compete with all of them. It's rather nice to sit at my computer and produce pictures that are as good as those I produce in the darkroom. I've won some National awards for my photography over the years and I have taken some in the past month that are as good as anything else I have shot. People that have seen my new work are amazed. It's actually the camera that deserves the lion's share of the credit. If you're serious about photography, then grab yourself some re-chargeable batteries along with this camera and enter a new world of excitement. If you're not serious go buy a disposable camera. Written on March 19, 2002 Summary: Overall a great unit, with only 2 concerns This camera offers much in the way of flexibility... from point and shoot to full manual control. Its controls are easy and comprehensive after a short but necessary learning curve. The onscreen feedback is well designed and intuitive. The picture quality is great on "Fine" and up... don't bother with the lower quality settings unless you're seriously cramped for space. You WILL be disappointed, but then the lowest setting uses something like 75% JPEG compression, so it's to be expected. The "Super Fine" setting uses about 5%, "Fine" about 10%. Perfect for general and "photo" uses. The RAW format, which takes a very long time to save to media, has 0% compression and is a lossless format. It does require the proprietary software to download and use, but if you're looking for a way to store that "special" picture and don't mind the save-time, use it. I used it for a few on-the-couch family sittings from a tripod. Battery life is ok to good using NiMH high amp batteries and skipping the use of the LCD. The simulated TTL EVF negates the need of the LCD for typical picture framing anyway. The only two things that *I* have found to complain about this camera are: 1) It gets a little warm where you hold it with with your right hand after lots of pictures... I'm talking like 100 or more pictures right in a row. click, click, click, click... Average picture takers probably won't notice this, and I never did until I got serious the other night about tweaking and fine-tuning some of the manual settings for different lighting situations in my house. Again, I *only* noticed this due to the pretty much click-after-click use for about 100 - 150 pictures. 2) In non-flash "average lighting" situations, it tends to keep the shutter open longer than I would like, showing ghosting and trailing in *some* pictures. Sitting in my living room the other night with 3 lights on, not using the flash, I noticed the shutter speed was 1/3 while using the flash decreased shutter speed to 1/45 to 1/60. Those settings made for a MUCH more stable pictures. This problem was extremely noticable at my daughter's christening this past weekend when the priest's hands were constantly trailed... he's a very animated fellow. Manually overriding the shutter speed is easy and works mostly well, but again, in some lighting situations, you'll find yourself tweaking ISO and/or f/stop settings. In short... use the flash if at all possible, even if only to fool the camera's computer. Other than that, I give the camera a 4.9999999999999 stars. The shutter speed thing is the only thing stopping the flat 5 stars rating :) Buy it, enjoy it, use it. You won't be disappointed. Written on February 13, 2002 Summary: The truth on the Dimage 5 There was a review posted earlier with some serious errors. This review is to help you make an informed decision about this camera. Yes, this camera is a battery hog. Most digital cameras are. So much that the set of four alkaline AA batteries that came with the camera were good for about 8 pictures. Yes, eight. However, a set of NiMH (nickel metal hydride) rechargeable batteries and a charger was included with my camera. The charger is an overnight charger, so you may wish to consider the purchase of a fast charger and another set or two of NiMH batteries. The camera has several levels of compression when it stores the pictures. The superfine, fine, normal, and economy are in standard JPEG format that DO NOT need to be converted to any other format for use. The sRGB format does, however. This stores images in a 36 bits per pixel format. This is a professional-quality format that requires 9MB per image! If you are going to use this format, get a larger CompactFlash card (or IBM microdrive). The download speed via USB is relatively slow compared to other digital cameras, including my older Toshiba PDR-M70. If you have a large CF card, you may wish to purchase a separate USB CF reader for faster transfer speed. Well, there are the negatives. Unless you dislike a camera with a fast shutter-release speed, incredible levels of manual control (including program shift and manual white balancing capabilities), an incredibly sharp zoom lens, and future-proofing via firmware downloads from the Internet! I've had 5 digital camera previous to this one. While the Minolta has some negatives, it is seriously superior to any digital camera I've owned before. Definitely worth a look! |
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