Minolta Dynax 500si Super Review

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Minolta Dynax 500si Super
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John Orrell.'s Review of Minolta Dynax 500si Super 35mm SLR camera

6th Feb 2002

Overall Rating

4 stars
  • Value for money
    4 stars
  • Features
    3 stars
Good Points

light, reasonably robust, good features for the money


Bad Points

Slow autofocus, no DOF preview, non-standard Minolta flash hotshoe, no remote release socket, poor lens with the kit (35-70mm)


General Comments

My wife's had this Minolta Dynax 500si Super 35mm camera for three years. All I can say is that she must have bought the one that works, because just about everybody else on this site and at camerareview.com complains about this model's reliability, and she's had three years of sterling service from it.
I must admit, I don't much care for the plastic build and lousy slow zooms that auto-everything SLRs come with these days, much preferring the good, fast, well-built primes on my Olympus OM kit, but I accept that I'm in a minority there.
Overall, a good camera for anyone who wants the convenience of a point-and-shoot with interchangeable lenses, and the added benefit of shutter and aperture priority and manual modes if required. What more do you need? Spend any spare money on some good lenses, rather than a better body.

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Members' Comments onJohn Orrell.'s Review

  • Antony Hawkins. on 14th Aug 2002

    Well, mine works perfectly well too, having bought it "only-just second-hand" a couple of years back.

    No problems, no faults, fine results, no complaints.

    And it does have a remote option, just not a cable one - there's a little rubber cover, one end of the body at the bottom corner, which hides a 3-contact socket for an electronic remote. No idea if it works though, because I've never even looked for said remote unit!