Owners Ratings:
Minolta DiMAGE 7 (Overall)

Click for full specifications: Minolta DiMAGE 7
4.9 million effective pixels
28 mm - 200 mm (7.1x) zoom
Average rating (190 responses)

 Construction()()()()() 4.04
 Features()()()()()() 4.45
 Image quality()()()()()() 4.49
 Ease of use()()()()()() 3.88
 Value for money()()()()()() 3.92
 Overall()()()()() 4.16

Owners Opinions: Minolta DiMAGE 7

NamePostedOpinion preview
emjaytee8 Aug 05I bought this camera about 3 years ago when it first came out, ...
the real gregory9 Mar 05where can I start from?say about this battery sloughtering ...
Johan Ramael12 Jan 055 for build -> solid stuff4 for features -> 'only' 5 mpix4 for ...
Ed. P.19 Aug 03I purchased this camera shortly after its' introduction, a move ...
dtgaf2 Aug 03Mine is a Dimage 7ug. I did the upgrades and firmware updates. ...
Andy2 Jun 03Focus problems and Poor Colour reproduction.I thought it was just
GoetzvB10 May 03After 18 months and 5000 pictures with a Dimage 7 (u) I must say ...
notqytryt10 Mar 03I just read the below review and now Im confused. Why or when is ...
eluen9 Dec 02The 'value of money' field I should select '2.5' if I bought it ...
Jeff Spain25 Aug 02Great camera for outdoor shots. People and landscape shots ...
Fero Decsi10 Aug 02Having it for more than half a year, more and more things ...
Petr 11 Jul 02(No text)
Paulo Branco24 Jun 02When AF work we can get very nice pictures.
Bernard DENIS24 Jun 02Will wait till the moment the firmware upgrade will be available ...
model19 Jun 02Has anyone tried to update Minolta DIMAGE 5 with dimage7 ...
Nagy Péter Tamás17 Jun 02I think, the Dimage 7 with the new firmware is a professional ...
patrick mattele9 Jun 02hi just bought my minolta dimage 7 today it works great just ...
Hans Groen6 Jun 02With the D7 for just under 1000,= euro (including a 64MB ...
Steve4 Jun 02Camera auto focus very slow and camera is very power hungry. ...
Michael Carpenter30 May 02I bought this camera about a week ago. I came from an Olympus ...
luca.ita29 May 02buona macchina in generale, specialmente se primapossedevi ...
Ewald NL22 May 02Good camera, beats my X700 in ease of use.I bought the camera ...
Michael Filer22 May 02I've listed all of the problems I've encountered and any ...
Peter15 May 02Very nice digital camera, as long as you have the storage and ...
Oxana10 May 02I love this camera!!!
Chris Cosentino10 May 02OK everyone, only one concern and its in three parts. I've had ...
Mike Tran4 May 02***** For those who used bad words and being racist against ...
Thordur Arnason3 May 02(No text)
Will Wilkinson1 May 02I have found this to be an excellent digital camera, the best ...
Thomas Steferak30 Apr 02I think that this digital camera is a great value for the money ...
Henry29 Apr 02Very fine camera. Sometimes the camera has a slow auto-focus. ...
Mark Smith26 Apr 02Execellent camera. I am also a Minolta Maxxum 7 user or the past ...
Jorrit22 Apr 02What a camera...I stepped from a Kodak DC50 (ancient, but solid ...
mykp14 Apr 02First off I cannot see what everybodies problem is with ...
Giulio Cosa12 Apr 02ottima apparecchiatura, con un sistema esposimetrico eccellente ...
j cazot10 Apr 02Six months after....Long learning curve with these things, ...
Ali T10 Apr 02Great camera, takes great pictures, but auto-focus is slow. I ...
Kris Kadela10 Apr 02My third month with this camera and I love it (it grows on ...
BoB8 Apr 02Awesome Camera!!
Martin Young6 Apr 02Same experience re power/batteries
Larry W4 Apr 02Read so many user reviews about battery usage. I purchased a ...
Goldberger2 Apr 02Camera works flawlessly, gives great pictures. I found battery ...
Bruno de Giusti1 Apr 02I have been an amateur since the age of 6, working also with ...
Tony Miller30 Mar 02I upgraded from a olympus 3030, which was a great camera, this ...
Gabe28 Mar 02Soo much better than my Sony Digital Mavica!!
George Dudla26 Mar 02This camera is one of the best digital cameras that I have used ...
Sean Feeney25 Mar 02My new obsession is photography, thanks to this camera. You ...
Steve Allen22 Mar 02This camera can take some nice pictures. Color is good, pics ...
David Parkes20 Mar 02I think this is a great camera, here are two communities for ...
Eric20 Mar 02I never seen such a bad and slow AFThe quality of picture is so ...
matt jones19 Mar 02I read all of the comments about this camera before I bought it, ...
Pete Colman16 Mar 02(No text)
Mark Thorb15 Mar 02Excellent!
Mark Horb13 Mar 02Bad AF
maya paz13 Mar 02At start I was kind of disappointed from this camera. It ate 4 ...
carl estes12 Mar 02The first Tiff, and Raw images after opening and processing with ...
Dave Draffin12 Mar 02I bought this camera a few weeks ago and I love it. The issues ...
Roberto11 Mar 02Macchina fotografica fantastica, la numero 1 fra tutte le ...
Rick Martin11 Mar 02What a wonderful camera!. I've had it for about three months now ...
r.volk11 Mar 02Excellent camera, much work to do for users for correct ...
Moshe Porat10 Mar 02WONDERFULL CAMERA,IF YOU LEARN TO HANDLE THE FEATURES ,AND USE ...
Gregory Bowman9 Mar 02I spend weeks reviewing this retrograde HORRIBLE engineering ...
nieuweboer5 Mar 02High contrast objects need special care: in P-mode and using ...
Fayçal BAGHLI3 Mar 02(No text)
Ray Brown1 Mar 02I had to wait about three weeks for delivery of my D7 but it has ...
HarryP26 Feb 02(No text)
john26 Feb 02very good camera for the money(760.00) and i love the images it ...
cyan keunglui24 Feb 02I love this camera, except the outlook and build quality, I ...
Shotgun22 Feb 02To say that the D-7 is power hungry, is an understatement to say ...
NW Tim21 Feb 02Coming from a traditional fine arts photo background, I was ...
Mountain21 Feb 02Dimage 7 – First thoughts(After using it for 2 weeks. I ...
Randy Z21 Feb 02I've had the d7 for three months, and love it more every day. ...
howard20 Feb 02I just bought this camera yesterday after comparing it with Sony ...
Hertwig16 Feb 02(No text)
Bill Stohler16 Feb 02Camera takes some excellent photos, and for the now less-than ...
John Sinkle15 Feb 02I purchased the Dimage 7 a week ago and have taken quite a few ...
DENIS Bernard14 Feb 02Have to revise my opinion after a week of heavy use. Autonomy is ...
David Greenwood13 Feb 02Disappointed with colour and contrast. Tends to white out in ...
Andrea11 Feb 02Macchina fantastica... l'unica cosa che non mi piace è ...
mike10 Feb 02Just got this camera three days ago and after my own personal ...
Luca Villani6 Feb 02PARLO ITALIANO!La uso da pochi giorni, ma ho ritrovato quasi una ...
Walter Nasini5 Feb 02qualcuno parla italiano??
Mark McInnes4 Feb 02I'm satisfied.People say its hard to figure out the ...
Ian Bowland3 Feb 02I purchased a Dimage 7 in October 2001 and it is certainly not ...
ron bird3 Feb 02great camera my third digital (had nikon& fuji) d7 is super.my ...
Vasy1 Feb 02(No text)
indian1 Feb 02Great camera. Things I like are 1) Best lens in its category, ...
MaCS28 Jan 02Great camera!It's my third digicam and I really love it.It was a ...
Sprengis22 Jan 02Answer to Marzio Patronio: Have you run the images through the ...
marzio patronzio22 Jan 02I tried to use the program, but nothing.The problem is that the ...
ken ng22 Jan 02Reply from Minolta for AF, Battery...I am just a potential owner ...
Ramesh19 Jan 02Just befor 4 days ago i brought the camera. Fashion photography ...
ruth_w15 Jan 02I purchased this camera for several hundreds of dollars less ...
Milan 4815 Jan 02V principu dobra kamera, a s spodaj navedenimi problemi.
simpatico13 Jan 02Sharp wide angle lens.Extraordinary color rendition. (albeit ...
colin mcdaddy son of puff daddy12 Jan 02where do you stick the film.i dont like this non film ...
Shadow11 Jan 02(No text)
Richard9 Jan 02Awesome.... I've already posted Nov 06... Now i've had some time ...
Jim McNutt7 Jan 02Researched camera and its bugs. Most of the problems seemed ...
Tom McCallion6 Jan 02I love this camera! I have had it for two weeks and am amazed ...
Resat Suthan5 Jan 02This is a great camera that delivers great pictures.One more ...
David Parkes4 Jan 02Ok I've heard enough of this slagging off on the Minolta form ...
Luís Filipe Barral4 Jan 02A great camera. A little to expensive, but with great quality in ...
Johnny Walker4 Jan 02Good DC!SLK-LIKE!
Daniel3 Jan 02Incredible images and more features than I know how to use yet. ...
Jeff Quick3 Jan 02This is my first digital camera. I have a Minolta 7xi and have ...
David Rigg2 Jan 02I've trusted the name Minolta for years and this camera does ...
Guy In Seattle1 Jan 02I love it so far. I have had it for about a week and took a ton ...
William Karoly1 Jan 02What a great camera! Image quality is next to none and the price ...
Pentel30 Dec 01It is very good camera overall! However I still like Canon G2's ...
Yasmiin Davis26 Dec 01When are camera manuf going to learn to build a user friendly ...
Misha Levinas26 Dec 01Very HAPPY with it!!PERFECT camera, just be patient with ...
Anthony C.25 Dec 01I had a Fuji 6900 for about a month and than had a horrible ...
uncle24 Dec 01All the issues people have with this camera are non-issues to ...
John L. Klun22 Dec 01I've had this camera in my hands forabout three weeks now so i'm ...
paul19 Dec 01takes outstanding shots but not 100% of time. autofocus slow and ...
Stephen Shepherd18 Dec 01No problems with battery life encountered, probably because of ...
Sergei Smolovich15 Dec 01The BEST digital camera for that money: $770 month ago and as I ...
shelby14 Dec 01My first digital,(eos 5 before)you can see changes (exp stops)on ...
Tharts14 Dec 01(No text)
Steven Sterne14 Dec 01Outstanding zoom range, color depth, control of depth of field. ...
Ernie Hsieh14 Dec 01(No text)
Barbara Liebgott14 Dec 01A battery hog. Impossible to take out on a long shoot. Viewer ...
Charlie Sinclair13 Dec 01Nice resolution, I found that all of the features were easy to ...
Richard van der Poll13 Dec 01I'm not convinced about the D7. I'm used to the Nikon CP990 and ...
Cliff B12 Dec 01I bought this only 5 days ago, so my testing has been somewhat ...
Ricardo10 Dec 01I can´t believe that I spent US$ 1500,00 on this piece of ...
michel maassen8 Dec 01It is my third digital camera and i'm very satisfied with ...
ciro antinozzi7 Dec 01(No text)
Tony Tyler7 Dec 01I love this camara it is the best I had yet.
Silvano Grasso3 Dec 01I apologize for my english.I have the camera since 1 month and I ...
Hamilton de Jong1 Dec 01This camera can do nearly everything
Peter28 Nov 01I bought the D7 last week for $650. It is really my first ...
Rosita28 Nov 01I have had the Dimage 7 for about 4 months. I am a little ...
Tim Barnum28 Nov 01Very happy with Dimage 7. As a long time SLR user I was sold on ...
25 Nov 01Love this little camera; first digital, after 20 years of film. ...
Rich Meinhert23 Nov 01James McCann is a weird kid. He goes to foxfields and gets ...
85e795e723 Nov 01(No text)
Ray23 Nov 01Very nice camera, great lens, however, bad battery consumption. ...
Photography by Julio21 Nov 01This digital camera is a real disappointment! Focusing is very ...
Alex14 Nov 01(No text)
Monty Moncrief12 Nov 01Bad from the start. Camera wouldn't even operate with supplied ...
Michael DeBruyn12 Nov 01Read this! After a month+ of almost daily use, I am still VERY ...
Andy G11 Nov 01Autofocus sucks. Batteries run out before you can say Double AA. ...
Errol Jaeger8 Nov 01I was very hesitant before buying this camera, and checked out a ...
Richard6 Nov 01I have been researching for a Digital Camera for some months ...
Bruce Hornecker1 Nov 01(No text)
karel de puysseleir30 Oct 01Its my first digital camera. Until start of october I just used ...
Javier Cazot22 Oct 01Very disappointed. Bought one three days ago. To try it before ...
Anders W19 Oct 01Absolutely wonderful image quality. I am very pleased with image ...
beatriz Fonseca16 Oct 01Hey The batteries are killing me, how know witch batteries are ...
Marcin Dobrygowski10 Oct 01I bought this camera only a few days ago. The first 2 negative ...
marc7 Oct 01it's almost perfect!a few points are disappointing :-right part ...
Ryu Ito1 Oct 01I think Phil's review really covers most of the issues. However, ...
John W. Wilson24 Sep 01I went to my local stores and looked through the eye viewfinder. ...
David McClenaghan24 Sep 01I have a coolpix 995 as well as the dimage 7 and find the dimage ...
Flashman21 Sep 01Best digital Camera I have ever used. (on my 4th one :)simply ...
S.Morin20 Sep 01If your looking for a high meg.(4.92),fairly easy to use out of ...
MATiO16 Sep 01I used my D7 for 3 weeks took pictures of Prague, my friends ...
Hans8 Sep 01Lost my first digital camera (Canon Powershot pro 70) and ...
Adam Dickinson8 Sep 01The manual was very helpful and I was able to use most of the ...
Michael7 Sep 01HELP! I broke my CD!! I just bought the camera today and hile I ...
Robert5 Sep 01In Studio: WORTHLESS Location: Fine No PC sync for studio user ...
Ulrich5 Sep 01Pros:lens, manual zoom, CF+MD, EVF, flex focus, macro at full ...
Piotr Milecki30 Aug 01Jestem zaskoczony ta konstrukcja. Spodziewalem sie wysokiej ...
Greg30 Aug 01I was very disappointed in this Camera. The focusing is ...
Giovanni28 Aug 01Despite the low weight is well build with manesium alloy. The ...
Gerry Rendle27 Aug 01Wonderful camera that I have owned for just two weeks now. Have ...
Vince Cunningham25 Aug 01I've had it for four weeks, less a bit of outage time (see ...
G Hall22 Aug 01WOW sharp 3 foot photo, just took and blew up a photo to 3'x2' ...
Ct Lee22 Aug 01Good in basic, but need a neaclear reactor inside....I have used ...
Michael Ng22 Aug 01It is a very good D.C., but some functions are very hard for ...
Ronald van Gijzel22 Aug 01I have waited a long time for a camera with these features, and ...
Tony21 Aug 01The camera is powerful and produces excellent images. Not for ...
Paul Cobbs20 Aug 01Unlike most of the other reviewers, I am very much an amateur ...
David Varmecky20 Aug 01I like the camera. The 'EVF' View finder is a little hard to get ...
david morcos20 Aug 01Had the camera the first day it came out. I love it.
Tau20 Aug 01This place is for opinions of owners only. (who else can have an ...
Seagull20 Aug 01Having read the previous review (Franck's), a non-D7 owner, I ...
James McCall20 Aug 01I bought the camera to photograph both jewelry and architecture ...
Tom Crowning20 Aug 01Very good camera for the 'advanced' amateur. High quality lens, ...
Jim K19 Aug 01I am still reviewing this camera I've only had it for 5 days. I ...
Patrick Han19 Aug 01Excellent camera.Construction: solid yet light body that is easy
David Race19 Aug 01Excellent camera.. key strong points are its high pixel count ...
Dave S19 Aug 01I have been using this camera for over two weeks and find it to ...
SF Sam19 Aug 01Fantastic lens. I don't have a problem with the zoom action -- ...
The Man19 Aug 01I love the camera. it has all the feautures I could want and ...
Joo19 Aug 01I've had the camerea for about 3 weeks now (Ihave taken exactly ...
abc19 Aug 01Excellent28-200 lens, color fidelity, and super resoulution. ...
Franck18 Aug 01i just had it in my hands today !what a bad feeling with this ...

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