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| Value for Money | 7.6/10  |
|---|---|
| Reviewer Rating | 7.1/10 |
| Overall Rating | 6.8/10  |
Full review by
abc
on 19th Feb 2004
User Rating : 1
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Good Points: When it works, it works great.
Bad Points: The only thing I would like to say is the Minotta model has extremely high power cusumtion. Freshly fully charged batteries last only a few minutes. I thougt my batteries were bad and bought more set and then I found this problem. Eventually, I have to change battery for every few pictures taken. I sent my camera to the manufacturer - you know what - they DO NOTHING!!! I am buying another brand - no more Minotta. By they way, this camera costs a lot of money in comparison with others...
General comments: 1. The Minolta Dimage 7 has extremely high power cosumption - have many batteries ready if you want to go out with your Digital Camera for more than one hour!
2. Poor costmer support -- unbelieable poor!
abc's review and ratings | 126 words
Review by
LarryS.
expert review 
on 15th Jun 2003
User Rating : 10
Respect :
+4
I am a retired commercial photographer and wanted to try digital photography. I bought the DiMage 7 as it looked to have the most pro features for the money. I bought mine on eBay at a very attractive price. The manual requires study if you want to learn all the features this camera can perform. If you want a "point and shoot" camera, this is not it! It is feature laden and worth the time to learn them. That said, it is a great camera and allows you to be very creative.
Battery life is ...
LarryS.'s full review | 1115 words
Review by
Declan Cowley.
expert review
on 13th Apr 2002
User Rating : 6
Respect :
+11
I have now been using the Minolta Dimage 7 digital camera in the field for two months and have noticed some inherent problems with the camera. There are two significant problems that I have encountered that can significantly affect the ability of the photographer to capture the images he desires.
The first is the built-in flash. Unfortunately Minolta has seen fit not to allow the option of turning OFF the preflash. Experience has now shown that the preflash is of sufficient intensity that mos ...
Declan Cowley.'s full review | 1146 words | 3 comments added.
Review by
Gerry Woolf.
expert review
on 3rd Nov 2001
User Rating : 9
Respect :
+6
I've been looking for a digital camera for use in my work as a journalist for the last couple of years. I have too much stuff to lug about to conferences so a small digital camera had to be the choice. I've been using a canon S10 but the limitations are obvious. The Dimage is as near as damn to a the manual Nikon SLR I bought years ago but better. It took me about two days to get comfortable with the settings and controls and it's a real pleasure to use. Other manufacturers could learn from th ...
Gerry Woolf.'s full review | 140 words
Review by
Chris Crum.
on 23rd Sep 2001
User Rating : 8
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0
A really good digital camera that has helped me to produce some great shots. Of the bad points the battery life is really unacceptable, who wants to spend a further £250 on a battery pack and carry the extra bulk? So dispense with the EVF and gives us true through the lens viewfinder or at least a GOOD optical viewfinder. At the same time mount the LCD on an articulated arm as Canon G1 etc. A rubberised grip would be good and the camera would be more to my taste in black.
Chris Crum.'s full review | 161 words
Review by
CHRIS GOSS.
on 2nd Sep 2001
User Rating : 7
Respect :
+5
I was looking forward to testing out this digital camera which apparently won digital product of the year according to the Minolta website.
I found the image quality lived up to expectations and the ccd screen very good. It produces good quality prints as large as A3.
The camera body felt a bit small in the hand, but the controls and menus were easy enough to master.
On the downside, I found that the electronic viewfinder was really poor, compared to other digital cameras that I have tri ...
CHRIS GOSS.'s full review | 165 words
Review by
Kevin James.
expert review
on 12th Aug 2001
User Rating : 9
Respect :
+6
Would love a bigger rubberised hand grip (like new Nikon 995), occassionally it almost slips out of the hand. Would love a fold up rear LCD so camera can be at waist level on tripod, and you can look down at finder without having to grovel on hands and knees (like Canon Pro 70). I have already produced some superb A3 prints from this beast, and they are some of the best I have seen. The camera is a little agricultural being festooned with knobs, but it does work very well. A nice charcoal grey c ...
Kevin James.'s full review | 182 words
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