Minolta Dimage A1 Review

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Minolta Dimage A1
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omer0506's Review of Minolta Dimage A1

12th Feb 2004

Overall Rating

5 stars
  • Value for money
    5 stars
  • Battery Life
    3 stars
  • Ease of Use
    5 stars
  • Time Digital Camera Owned
    Over 6 Months
  • Image Quality
    5 stars
  • Features
    5 stars
Good Points

1. Sharp 28-200 mm Lens (Great range - Wide to zoom) 7X. With Superb Macro At wide and telephoto range. None offers this focal range only olympus has but its only 27 to 108 mm 4x.
2. 2/3" CCD for Professional Use.
3. 5.0 MP for 300 dpi prints upto 8.5X6.4 Or A3 poster. at 150 dpi.
4. Full Manual Controls, very less shutter lag, very fast AF <.5 sec generally.
5. Very bright and high res EVF and LCD. 100 % frame coverage.
6. Selectable Color profiles and RAW format.
7. 5 customizable memory stores.
8. AA Battery operated.
9. PC Flash Sync.
Many more than u can expect.


Bad Points

None except get two or three sets of AA of u are a shutter bug who takes more than a 150 photos daily.


General Comments

The Minolta Dimage A1 is a great SLR-Type camera with non-interchangable lens .. but who cares it offers a great zoom range from 28 to 200 which covers all the lenses in a SLR. I have taken thosands of photos but i havent seen any hint of purple fringe and thats exceptional. Read the professional reviews on:

www.steves-digicams.com
www.imaging-resource.com
www.dpreview.com
www.dcresource.com

U ll have ur answers .... Im a one satisfied customer.. great minolta.

U can mail me for further queries at gremlin0506@hotmail.com or omer_abdulmalik@yahoo.com

In a word this camera is for serious professionals. And sure pro this camera beats the hell outta its competitors. :P in all aspects.

Regards,
Omer.

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Members' Comments onomer0506's Review

  • loiner 123 on 3rd Mar 2004

    Very helpful review but thought Minolta had changed to lithium batteries on the A1.

  • omer0506 Rank: Lance Corporal on 5th Apr 2004

    You are very right about the batteries in the A1, it sure uses the proprietary Li-ion, The review was actually meant for the 7Hi, i regret for that. However, if you own A1/A2 cheer up cause these cameras are more superior than the already superior 7Hi, well technically actually.

    Regards
    Omer.