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Summary: The best camera I ever had
Review: Advantages:
- incredible picture quality
- great zoom.
- quick data transfer
- plenty of optionsDisadvantages:
- built-in flash is useless. I have this camera since 5 months and I still love it. Some people complain it uses batteries quick. I bought 4 Rayovac rechargables. I managed to make 180 photos without flash and 110 with flash on one charge. Buy more memory - I have 128 MB and it is still not enough for a weekend trip (150-160 pics in very good resolution).
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Summary: Nice little camera,for a little while.........
Review: Had my Dimage 5 for about a year,and mostly was impressed.It took
good pictures in bright light,but was difficult to use in low light.Took it to Mexico on vacation and got caught in a rainstorm.The camera got wet,and stopped working.I assumed it would start again as soon as I got it dried out,but it did not.Sent it to Minolta for repair,and was told it was economically not repairable.Paid 600.00 for it,got it wet once,goodbye camera.Now its useless.Not even heavy enough for a boat anchor!If you have one,keep it dry!
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Summary: Buyer Beware
Review: I bought my Dimage-5 last Spring and it had a defective battery compartment. The defect was obvious... The first battery powered images I got are summertime of 2002. If it had worked "out of the box" I would rate this a four star camera...
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Summary: Buyer Beware
Review: I bought my Dimage-5 last Spring and it had a defective battery compartment. The defect was obvious... The first battery powered images I got are summertime of 2002. If it had worked "out of the box" I would rate this a four star camera...
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Summary: The Perfect Digital Camera - Finally!
Review: 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.
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Summary: Minolta Dimage 5
Review: 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.
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Summary: Minolta Dimage 5 - Love and Hate relationship
Review: 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
1. The pictures can be amazing. With proper operation, I got wonderful portraits, macro pictures of small shells on the sand at the beach or a 14x zoomed detailed picture of a Delta airplane flying over.
2. Manual controls over most features allow a lot of room for creativity. HATE
1. After being used continuously for 10-15 min., the camera gets hot and stops focusing (even trying to adjust the focus manually doesn't work). So you are forced to turn the camera off and wait for 5-10 min. for it to cool down. This, as the Minolta tech support person told me, is normal. I am going on a vacation to Thailand next week and I'm dreading the moment when my Dimage 5 will miss that perfect moment of the elephants crossing the stream because it got too hot.
2. Image stabilization (which is present in even the lower-end cameras) is absent in Dimage 5. This means that unless you got a very steady hand, about 1/2 of your pictures will be blurry, especially the ones taken while you move. 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.
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Summary: Minolta Dimage 5 - Love and Hate relationship
Review: 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
1. The pictures can be amazing. With proper operation, I got wonderful portraits, macro pictures of small shells on the sand at the beach or a 14x zoomed detailed picture of a Delta airplane flying over.
2. Manual controls over most features allow a lot of room for creativity. HATE
1. After being used continuously for 10-15 min., the camera gets hot and stops focusing (even trying to adjust the focus manually doesn't work). So you are forced to turn the camera off and wait for 5-10 min. for it to cool down. This, as the Minolta tech support person told me, is normal. I am going on a vacation to Thailand next week and I'm dreading the moment when my Dimage 5 will miss that perfect moment of the elephants crossing the stream because it got too hot.
2. Image stabilization (which is present in even the lower-end cameras) is absent in Dimage 5. This means that unless you got a very steady hand, about 1/2 of your pictures will be blurry, especially the ones taken while you move. 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.
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Summary: The Perfect Digital Camera - Finally!
Review: 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.
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Summary: Best Camera for its price... Power consumption remedies
Review: I have had this camera for about 2 months now and love every bit of it. It takes amazing photos, the optical zoom lens is spectacular and the camera has all the manual options so that I can have complet control of the photos. The manual settings are NOT on a menu driven system so it is quicker to make changes (and uses less batteries by not having the screen on all the time). POWER SAVING TECHNIQUES:
I bought PowerEx Rechargables and I get about 600 pictures per set... More than enough... A couple tips for longer battery life. Do not use the Large screen unless completly nessesary. Use the EVF on auto on. The View finder will turn on when you place your eye up to it. Also, do not use the continues focus option... It will kill the batteries in no time. The best camera I've ever owned... Long exposure night shots... simply amazing.
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