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I have owned a Nikon Coolpix digicam for a little over two 1/2 years and in that duration of time I have taken over 3k photos. As I searched for cameras with longer zooms, there were two I liked the range of- both the Canon Pro1 and the Dimage Minolta. The Dimage Minolta 7X optical zoom provides me a great range from wide angle to telephoto. Due to this wide range, it’s feasible to make many different pictures with this impressive camera.

Another awesome feature that attracted me to the Dimage Minolta was the anti-shake feature. A camera with a powerful zoom is not useful if you can’t hold it steady enough to get a great photo. Regardless of the length of the zoom, the Dimage Minolta camera is incredibly compact and simply fits into my fanny pack which is exactly what I wanted.

Another feature that I just love about the Dimage Minolta is the adjustable LCD monitor which is much clearer than the one on my Nikon. This enables you to aim over your head or at a low angle and still see what you are shooting at. You can fold the LCD to where it’s facing the camera body to protect it and also take pictures by trying the EVF viewfinder. Which allows you use less battery strength.

The Dimage Minolta LCD will also turn absolutely forward so you can do a self portrait by trying the radio control to trip the shutter. The remote may also be advantageous for long exposures on a tripod like night shots. For night shots, it has got noise cancellation to where it will take a second photo with the shutter closed to record any “hot spots” from the pixels and take away them from the final picture so it is sharper and doesn’t have all those white dots on it. I tried this and it takes great dim lighting photos – in truth the Dimage Minolta took the best low light shots I have gotten with any camera I have used.

The time between shots it pretty fast. Quicker than my Nikon certainly. It has manual or auto focus I used manual with it at infinity for my night photos since this like many auto focus cameras can have trouble targeting in low light scenarios. The macro can be employed at either the wide angle or telephoto ends of the zoom. I have not especially attempted that yet. Nor have I attempted the film format which is alleged to be fantastic. There are 2 resolutions you may use for that.

I thought my small Nikon 4mp camera took nice pictures, but the Dimage Minolta blows that away. It is easy enough for a beginner to use it on “Auto” but has enough features to please most professionals too. I already have taken several pictures with this camera. They are extremely crisp – from the wide angle through telephoto. This camera fit my wants and then some – with all the options available this camera offers. If you’re serious about photography and yet want to keep it simple, the Dimage Minolta is a remarkable camera!

See I did not debated the 8 mega-pixels the Dimage Minolta has. The cause of that is because it was not a forethought for my purchase and delight for this camera. 4 mega-pixels is a lot for most uses particularly since most users won’t be making prints larger than 8 x ten. But this camera definitely gives you that chance.

I praise this camera! The photograph is what the eye sees, and the Dimage Minolta will definitely help you to capture what you see with simplicity. I think it is worth every penny!

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