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Summary: Broke in less than a year
Review: The camera is very fragile and the on/off dial is not secure at all, it tend to turn on if in your pocket or bag, result is mine got open in my bag and now the lense is stuck.
Hopefully the one year guarantee will cover it.
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Summary: Perfect balance between size and features, at great price!
Review: The Dimage F-series of digital cameras are nothing short of AMAZING. Or AWESOME. Or PERFECT. Each model is a perfect balance between size (compact, take-anywhere) and features (especially the number of manual controls which simply don't exist on other digital cameras, even excellent offerings from Canon or Fuji). 3X optical zoom is pretty standard on prosumer cameras these days; of course it would be nice to have 10X or 30X or 100X optical zoom, but at what price? The F100 (and other F models) are very well priced, being affordable to every level of digital camera enthusiasts.Unlike the flat dimensions of the Dimage X-series, the F-series models are a bit elongated and hence *easier* to hold (especially if you are rightie, of course). The controls are pretty straightforward, although you might want to keep the manual handy the first couple days you use the camera. Rechargable batteries are dirt cheap these days with the Chinese entering the market, and NiMH ones have twice the recharge cyles as LiIon ones, so power is not a problem -- you just should bring enough for your trip. I also love the fact Minolta uses SD memory cards. My Fujitsu laptop (as well as other multimedia laptops from Toshiba and HP) have a built-in SD/MMC slot, so I can just stick in the SD card and it instantly sits on my XP desktop as a removable drive. Then it's just easy drag-n-drop in Windows Explorer! Just perfect! What can I say. If you don't have an F100 (4 megapixel) or F300 (5.3 megapixel) already, go get one today!
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Summary: Annoyed with Minolta ....
Review: The good: Great pictures, compact ergonomic design - classy. So far I am pleased with the camera.
The bad: I am annoyed that Minolta choose not to package an AC adapter with this camera. Further - how about mentioning this little detail in the advertising so those purchasers like myself could order it. Here I am back at the Amazon site and guess what - no sign of the AC adapter - probably another $50 when I find one. Minolta even recommends this option (per their manual) when connecting to a computer!
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Summary: Overall good camera
Review: The good:
Ultra compact, feature rich(I love the subject tracking AF), good picture, easy menu. The bad:
weak flash, barrel distortion at the wide angle side. This camera takes good pictures under bright light. But the flash is very weak(effictive within about 6 feet), and it often produce over exposed spots on reflective surface, so if it's not absolutely necessary, turn it off, the fast lens can handle most low light situation(you can turn to manul mode and adjust the aperture to the largest). The barrel distortion at the wide angle is very obvious. I got bended floor lamp, it's much worse than my film SLR(Olympus IS-30). The default turn-on focus setting is the widest angle, so remember move it a little bit to the tele, kind of anoying. Overall satisfied with this camera, subject tracking AF is cute. Takes very detailed pictures, white balance works very good. And it's easy to manipulate pictures with bundled software.
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Summary: Great for the price but a little out-of-date
Review: There are very mixed reviews on this product so I would like to clear up some issues. Contrary to other reports, this camera is amazingly durable. From the memory cards (Secure Digital) to the aluminum case; I dropped this on cement from about four feet, it dented the cast but didn't faze the camera. You'll want rechargeble double A's for it and as long as you're good about formatting the memory card frequently when it's a big one (128 or 256mb) then it should work flawlessly and quickly. The two drawbacks I see are only thirty seconds of video record time (which apparently is due to the fact that after about 20-25 seconds the audio and video get out of sync) most cameras now have at least 3 minutes and better quality. The second drawback is the fact that you need to be a competent enough photographer to know that holding down the shutter button half-way autofocuses but also that you may need to adjust the amount of light allowed into the photo and the way the camera determines to use the flash, to avoid white-washing faces etc. Other than that it's still an outstanding camera for the money ($180 used that is). Although there are definitely better ones out there for just slightly more money. Which reminds me, I bought mine refurbished and have seen no drawbacks from doing so.
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Summary: Minolta Dimage F100
Review: This camera takes great pictures. The movie mode needs improvement. The movies it takes are fair.
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Summary: problems
Review: This could obviously just be the camera I received, but twice in the past nine months the camera has shut down with the lens fully extended and cannot be turned back on (I bought the AC adapter, tried every kind of battery under the sun, etc.). It had to be returned to Minolta for service both times. I won't be buying another Minolta. Having said that, the camera does take very high quality pictures when used properly and has a lot of features. It's a little slow between photos and eats batteries but these are common complaints with many digital cameras. Check out the Nikon Coolpix line. Both My brother and my sister-in-law just received the Coolpix 4800 as a gift and they both love it.
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Summary: Great stills, but non-Windows compatible video format
Review: This is a good camera for awesome still photos, but don't get too close; tend to be blurry. And even in macro mode, you have to be perfectly still (tripod) as well as your subject. The lens did get stuck once, but has worked fine since.
My biggest pet peeve is that the video only records in .mov format. Only RealOne can play that. I cannot use it with Windows Movie Maker, as only Macs can. I wish it could have an option to record in .avi or .mpg formats.
So, when my husband lost it a month ago, I was a bit upset, but glad that now I can get a camcorder that records in a Windows compatable format and that takes stills as well. I will not buy any Minoltas until they offer those formats. It is very important to me; I have 3 children that are growing fast.
And I also have one more pet peeve: everytime your batteries die or you remove them, you have to reset your date and time. VERY annoying! No memory battery to keep data you entered. This camera is good, but with a few minor improvements, it can be awesome.
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Summary: Minolta oh yeah!
Review: This is a great camera what can I say i have taken pics from it and people think that they are professional, great image quality, fair battery life.. just get like 8 recharable batteries and you can go a full day , the flash really takes the battery life away.. any way if you are looking for the best priced 4mp camera i would go with this one
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Summary: Good camera, but not for action shots
Review: This is my first digital camera. I have been a film guy for 30+ years and have lots of 35mm equipment. The picture quality is better than I expected. I regularly do 8X10s, and if you don't compress the files, they look pretty good. My only complaint is that the camera takes forever to turn on, turn off, focus and shoot. I'm used to getting candid and action shots "from the hip", and have missed many opportunities with this camera. I have had no mechanical, electronic or optical problems.
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