 Zerina Phillip |
Buying a Digital camera I am hoping to buy this camera soon, but before I do, I am doing so more reading up on it. MINOLTA Dimage 7i DIGITAL Camera 7x Optical and 2x DIGITAL Zoom / 5.24 Megapixel CCD Resolution / 1.8" LCD Screen / Built-in Flash and Speaker / 16MB Compact Flash. Minolta Dimage 7i Digital-Camera - Seeking a really high performance Digital Camera that is easy to use yet also exceeds Professional standards? Consider Minolta Dimage7i with CxProcess system. Takes still pictures, Video clips, records Sound 5.24 Megapixel CCD with 4.95 effective megapixels 2560 x 1920 Maximum Resolution for still images 7x Optical Zoom Lens with up to 2x Digital zoom enhancement Lens accepts 49mm filters Uses replaceable CompactFlash digital Memory cards (16MB is included) Automatic and Manual Focus modes Programmed Auto exposure modes with Average and Spot metering Shutter up to 1/4000th second Lifelike Color and detail 12-bit A/D conversion delivers billions of colors and 4,096 levels in each color Channel 1.8" Color LCD and Optical viewfinder Multimode electronic-flash and shoe for Optional secondary flash Uses 4 AA alkaline or NIMH Batteries (NIMH with Charger included) PC Interface - USB version 1.1 Video Output - NTSC & PAL (can be selected by user) Windows and Macintosh friendly. I would like to know if this is a good camera. Zerina
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doug Nelson |
There are several things I like in the specs. I have NOT used this camera. You have a spot meter, which helps you to select a portion of the frame from which to take your light reading. It takes commonly available 49-mm filters (shouldn't need filters), but much more importantly, any of several commonly found lens shades. Try a screw-on shade for the Olympus 28mm f3.5 lens. That shade should be wide enough to be effective for the wide end of your zoom. Many digitals won't take a shade at all. It uses commonly available AA batteries. Try to find someone who has one and ask about the battery life. Finally, see if you can save images in the TIF mode. In TIF mode, you get no loss of quality due to compression. Plan to buy some big capacity memory cards, maybe 128's, if you'll be shooting full resolution images to print. Try to check it out in the store. You want very little to no lag between the time you press the shutter button and when the camera actually takes the picture.
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Zerina Phillip |
Thank you very much Doug N. Your comment are very helpful. Zerina
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Thais G. Winzen |
HI, I just bought this camera, I've had for about two weeks. One thing I will definately need is the external battery pack EBP 100 which costs about $300 The regular AA rechargeable batteries last for about 30 min of shooting. I have a wedding to do and I will have to get that.... I have made very nice 8x10's from both superfine and fine settings both record in jpeg modes at largest image size available. You can record RAW pictures with no compression, but the images can only be read with the software included. Good luck on your purchase
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Zerina Phillip |
yes, this camera is really great, except for the battery. Well for now I have two extra sets I keep charge. I will be posting some pictures I recently shot from it. Well I am still going through some of the settings. Zerina
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