Konica Minolta Maxxum 5D 6.1MP Digital SLR Camera with Anti Shake & 18-70mm Lens
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| | Product Details: Manufacturer: Minolta Model No: 2186-931 Rating:   Sales Rank: 68344 View further technical information at Amazon | | Look for similar products by category: | | Customer Reviews: Great camera! (05 December 2008)I'm not sure what more I can say about the camera that hasn't already been said. I'm a novice photographer who was looking to move up to a DSLR and get a camera that would allow me to do everything I wanted, but not go overboard on things I didn't need. I'm continually impressed by the crisp, clear, and color matched photos I get from the camera. The anti-shake is great and the camera has all the features I could need while providing the ease of use needed for an amateur like myself. Very slow auto focus very poor high ISO performance (08 September 2007)I bought this camera because I have owned several Minolta Maxxum film cameras over the years including the origional Minolta Maxxum 7000 from the early 80s. Since I already had several lenses I thought it was a no brainer purchase. Until I went with a friend and shot photos at the Arizona Reinsanance festival. He was there with his Canon 20D. We both shot photos of the bird show and I compared photos later with what he had taken and what I got. Then he let me borrow his camera and take some shots. Let me tell you!!! The auto focus on a Canon camera IS LIGHT YEARS AHEAD OF ANYTHING MINOLTA HAS!!! His Canon with a 70 - 200 F4 L USM lens can focus from minium distance to infinity and take dozens of photos while I'm still trying to get my Minolta 5D to focus with any lens at any distance. Since then I have tested a new Canon 30D with a Canon 400mm USM L 5.6 against my Minolta Maxxum 75 - 300 Lens. The Canon lens can focus in micro seconds even faster then my 50mm Minolta Lens!!!! You don't even want to hear how slow the 75 - 300 lens is not only can you not track birds in flight with the Minolta lens you are lucky to get the shot at all. Then when comparing the shots taken in darker areas with higher ISO his shots at ISO 1600 looked better then mine at 400!!! I ended up buying a Canon 400D Rebel XTi and what a shock. I have tested my Minolta 5D and several of the new Sony Maxxum lens mount cameras back to back against my Canon and it's no contest. Bottom line, if you want a camera that can focus on and track a bird IN FLIGHT! then get a Canon DSLR with USM focusing and forget the Minolta non-sense with their body driven focusing motor in the camera body. My daughter had been using my Minotla 5D for awhile we were shooting some birds her with the Minotla and me with the Canon. I handed her my Canon with a 70 - 200 2.8 L Lens and she aimed the camera out and focused and took her first shot. She looked at me in disbelief!! She said what the heck, how can it focus so FAST!!! THIS IS AMAZING!!!! If I had never compared I would have never know how much better a camera can be. Go to any store and try a new Canon XTi Rebel or Canon 30D or 40D and see for your self!! I have since put up my Minolta cameras and lens for sale. Good luck Sony, you will need it. A really great camera (27 June 2007)It was one of the saddest days of my life when Minolta went out the camera business. This is one really great camera. I hope Sony is able to continue the Minolta tradition. Best Digital SLR Camera I Have Owned. (09 January 2007)It is very simple to use the Konica Minolta 5D camera. I have had other SLR digital cameras that were big clumsy and hard to use. Right out of the box I was able to use the 5D without any problem. There are manual settings if you are brave enough to try to use them. As time goes on I plan to figure them out but for now I just use the automatic mode. If your a novice photographer that is just starting out the 5D is the way to go. Love my minolta! (26 May 2006)I have a Dimage G400 that I carry around every day since it is so compact. It has consistently given me fabulous results and out-performed my canon SD 500 in quality. Because of this, I gave the Canon away. I wanted to upgrade to a digital slr. I also looked at the canon and nikon. I decided on the Maxxum 5D for several reasons: the price, the awesome Minolta quality that has never let me down, the antishake feature, and the fact that I have a Minolta 35mm SLR. I can use those lenses on the digital SLR. I've had the maxxum 5D for about 2 months and haven't really had the time to go through all of the instructions and features. I constantly take pictures but am by no means an expert. Despite this, my Minoltas deliver such high quality pictures with superb color and clarity. This is especially obvious when I compare pictures taken by other cameras at the same event - no comparison! A common drawback of digitals is the need for a bright room for nice pics. However, the flash is really powerful so I haven't found it to be a problem yet. So many people give me compliments, even on pictures that were casually shot at the spur of the moment. The shutter speed is so fast that I can really capture the moments. This camera is really impressive. It attracts a lot of attention even before people see the prints! |
