Minolta Dynax 5 Review

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Minolta Dynax 5
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Jezer's review of Minolta Dynax 5

“Halfway into my Everest trek my Minolta Dynax 5 broke,...”

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written by Jezer on 10/01/2005

Good Points
Good for begginers, fairly cheap,

Bad Points
Very breakable so rendering it a false economy, additional lenses etc for Minolta difficult sell and to find outside of 'the west'.

General Comments
Halfway into my Everest trek my Minolta Dynax 5 broke, pretended to be OK at low altitude then broke again on the Annurpurna trek. I replaced the body with the Xtsi (slightly different earlier version.) Only to discover halfway into my Indian trip that the replacement never worked from day one as the shutter was out of sync. I now have no pictures of this travel. The moral is don't take this on backpacking trips, and now Minolta have given up the chase with Cannon and Nikon for the non digital market it's only going to get harder to trade in old ones. I am stuck with lenses I have no use for. Nice results to begin with, nice and responsive, easy for a beginner but heavy on battery use.

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Guest's Response to 181369_Jezer's Review

Written on: 17/01/2012

Well, it doesn't make much sense to me to give the camera a bad review when the issue was withstanding extraordinary conditions - especially in very cold environment. Most standard (non-rugged) cameras do not fare well in very cold conditions. this is due to the use of a rechargeable battery and parts that are not meant to stand extreme temperatures.

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Oldgooner's reply to Guest's Comment

Written on: 12/02/2013

Have just purchased a Dynax 5 , because I'm a bit of a traditionalist, I find the Digitals ok for functions and emergencies for immediate action. but the downloading, sorting out, filing, printing photos becomes a chore. I kept my Canon A1 Black and have gone back to Film, hence the purchase of a Minolta Dynax 5. I agree with you regards rechargeable batteries under performing against the standard batteries, so I only use recharges only for DIY. Judging by the reviews read I think Film Cameras are having a rebirth of late. Kind regards. Melvyn.

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