MarkInSussex's Review of Minolta Dimage 5
17th Sep 2004
Overall Rating
- Value for money
- Image Quality
- Features
- Time Digital Camera OwnedOver 1 Year
- Battery Life
- Ease of Use
Weight and features, macro, controls.
Bad Points
Poor focussing
Colour rendering
Picture quality
Flash card compatibility
Battery life
Very slow to save pictures to flash card - repeat pictures test the patience of a saint.
After sales service is attrocious
General Comments
Despite having been back for servicing once - and the latest quote of £158 will not persuade me to throw any more money at Minolta - the camera has always failed to perform to my expectations.
The battery life is poor, it doesn't support large flash cards and worst of all its focussing on distant objects (more than a few feet!) is terrible. The only good photographs I have achieved with this camera are macro shots in good sunshine. Reds are bad in nearly all photographs. I get better results with my point and shoot Kodak DC340!
In raw mode all images have a green cast leading me to suspect something is wrong with the CCD or software.
The after sales support is atrocious - the only option available is to send the camera back for a £158 standard fee (which could increase depending on what they find).
I will never buy another Minolta camera and would not recommend this camera to my worst enemy!
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Web Links
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Minolta DiMAGE 5 digital camera specifications: Digital Photography
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Minolta Dimage-7 Review: Overview
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Minolta Dimage-5 Review: Overview
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Minolta DiMage 5 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Minolta DiMAGE 5 is a "pro-sumer" digital single lens reflex camera. It is capable of capturing images in the 3 megapixel range. The DiMAGE 5 was announced 11 February 2001. The camera uses a 2048 x 1536 pixel sensor and has a fixed 7x optical zoom lens. DiMAGE 5 cameras...
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Digital Cameras - Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z20 Digital Camera Review,
A good, basic long-zoom camera, the Konica Minolta Z20 sports an 8x zoom lens and a 5-megapixel CCD. While it lacks the advanced anti-shake technology found in the DiMAGE Z5, the Z20 offers...
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Minolta Dimage 5 Digital Camera - photo.net
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SonyUserforum - Forum für die Fotosysteme von Sony und KonicaMinolta ... Herzlich Willkommen als Gast im SonyUserforum, dem Forum der Minolta Dimage 5, 7x, Ax, Dynax xD und Sony-?-User.
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