Owners Ratings:
Minolta DiMAGE A1 (Overall)

Click for full specifications: Minolta DiMAGE A1
4.9 million effective pixels
28 mm - 200 mm (7.1x) zoom
Average rating (83 responses)

 Construction()()()()()() 4.58
 Features()()()()()() 4.74
 Image quality()()()()()() 4.32
 Ease of use()()()()()() 4.39
 Value for money()()()()()() 4.34
 Overall()()()()()() 4.47

Owners Opinions: Minolta DiMAGE A1

NamePostedOpinion preview
Provia_fan19 Nov 07I have bought mine recently and obviously used, to have ...
photographer_Dresden10 Nov 07Cons:* Pictures are quite noisy. On average day-pictures you ...
Jambock10 Jun 07I now have a Canon 30D and I long to have my Minolta Dimage A1 ...
Jeremy Housdan7 May 07a very lightweight DSLR that is packed with just about every ...
djb27 Jan 06Have been using this camera (my first digital camera purchase) ...
15197613 Sep 05I sold my Olympus C-5060WZ camera and bought this one. I did it ...
Ken Yull20 Jun 05A1 is my 4th DCam, bought Sept. 2003. and had considerable use ...
Axel_P14 May 05TCON-17
aidogael23 Apr 05I'm delighted with my A1. I bought it in August 04, and I'm ...
GPiotr14 Apr 05(No text)
anaplastic23 Feb 05My background is as a visual artist - used film SLRs so far.The ...
ktx12 Feb 05Using my A1 for more then one year and 7500+ pictures on its ...
b28 Feb 05(No text)
Invictus10120 Jan 05Long on Specs, Short on Permormance.I have had this camera for ...
Invictus10119 Jan 05Finally! Minolta admits defective A1'sAll the problems I have ...
morten s27 Dec 04Have had this cam for one month so far - all the features you ...
PiotrG1 Dec 04I bought the A1 almost two months ago. After several trials and ...
Mike Philippens30 Nov 04Great photographers camera. Gives total control over the ...
Dick van Breda24 Nov 04Great camera. I bought this camera in februari this year. ...
John Steen Larsen27 Sep 04Searched a long time to find affordable replacement for my very ...
mildes15 Sep 04I have had this camera for 7 months now. I aam completely ...
Paul Dudley1 Sep 04Previous camera was a DiMage 5, which I liked very much, but ...
Gary in CA16 Jul 04Well... I waited A LONG TIME to by a decent digital camera. I ...
Ghislain Dufresne9 Jul 04I bought my A1 on February 14th 2004. I like it a lot! All ...
Sol9 Jul 04I've had my A1 for a little under a year. It was the best camera ...
AdyBOSS6 Jul 04This camera is unbelievable! Tons of features, a lot of manual ...
Kenny_lex6 Jul 04The cameras only neet function is the antishake but this dose ...
unit6323 Jun 04Got the A1 in March and have shot in many contitions.But just ...
cfant15 Jun 04This is my 2nd A1; the first was stolen in Paris, after 2 weeks ...
JoaoRibeiro2 Jun 04It's a good camera, easy to use with some interesting features.
Bure31 May 04I bought my A1 in January and now shot something like 1800 ...
Jim Rais27 May 04After several months having this A1 and work with it, I love ...
madmaxaz22 May 04I have taken this camera all over Italy and shot about 1400 ...
Enoch917 May 04This camera has tons of features, but I was able to figure out ...
Ref72416 May 04Great camera. Not much to comment, takes practice to use it ...
Trevorb9 May 04I regard the Dimage A1 as a brilliantly designed camerawith ...
miahmiah27 Mar 04The Anti Shake function works great! I love it. I can take ...
Lemuel Fillyaw15 Mar 04This camera has been in my bag since Dec. 23 2003. I have shot ...
Seismo12 Mar 04Bought with the intention of replacing my film-based SLR and two ...
k397 Mar 04(No text)
jeff scott3 Mar 04Wonderful! Is there really a better digital camera out there? ...
nw260810 Feb 04My other camera is a Canon Pro 90 but the A1 blows the doors off ...
Berryh6 Feb 04I've just bought this camera a week ago, but have been playing ...
risworo28 Jan 04Very happy with it. Very nice little package that does almost ...
nik28 Jan 04I test it for 2 weeks with more than 1000 shots almost in every ...
Ralph Tiesler26 Jan 04(No text)
Michel11225 Jan 04A excellent camera very versatile and complete.
PHILIP LAFRANKCIS19 Jan 04Great camera. Power-packed with options which are easy to use. ...
john donald14 Jan 04(No text)
Terry13 Jan 04it's really near-perfect. I bought it in September 2003, it's ...
Paul12 Jan 04nice camera
fabiozzz9 Jan 04I've just reiceved mine yesterday...passed the whole night ...
cactus8 Jan 04L'ho avuta uin prova per qualche giorno e ho provato a scattare ...
giuseppe777 Jan 04Ottima a presto con la mia recensione.
I_Muresan5 Jan 04(No text)
denimpawell4 Jan 04I am not good at English yet. Many errors may be in ...
TobiasE3 Jan 04Good set of features, but focusing is a bad spot.With a good ...
howard12 Jan 04One year later...I have many A1 sample shots at: ...
Jim Benn29 Dec 03A1 is my first digital (I have owned two compacts, including a ...
bluby27 Dec 03This is my 4th digital camera and it 'replaces' a 4 MP Toshiba ...
Rachel Jacklyn Bilodeau26 Dec 03has anyone used an infrared filter with this camera - because I ...
d.c.watchmen20 Dec 03The A1 replaced our Olympus C-3030. My wife and I wanted an ...
durrenm18 Dec 03Feels great in your hands. It's easy to use out of the box but ...
Giel Cillié16 Dec 03Purchased yesterday(15/12/03) .What is the battery life?
LPG13 Dec 03(No text)
Joan Delisse13 Dec 03(No text)
Tony SD5 Dec 03I came to this camera after owning a Canon G3. The camera is a ...
Randy Z5 Dec 03Is there a big difference between this and the D7 series? YES! ...
Hans von der Crone4 Dec 03Being my first prosumer camera, I have to say the Minolta A1 has ...
Spitty26 Nov 03This is it. Finally! When I entered the world of digital ...
Punchfilms11 Nov 03A great camera. A powerful tool. This is state of the art for ...
corlissnc11 Nov 03Short of spending upwards of $2,000 for a digital SLR and having ...
Mike Ludkowski10 Nov 03This is my third digital camera (Dimage 5 and Dimage Z1 ...
amable peguero9 Nov 03This camera feels great. I really liked the way Minolta kept ...
Ian Hayden7 Nov 03When you first pick up this camera it feels just right, it fits ...
tejasmike2 Nov 03This is a great camera with a full range of features. As an ...
e van duijn2 Nov 03I bought the A1 as follow up for the fuji s602Z.And although i'm ...
janisson jm1 Nov 03Je viens de passer du 7i au A1 et franchement, il n'y a pas ...
petr kralik31 Oct 03(No text)
dtgaf29 Oct 03Coming from a Dimage 7, I found the A1 easy to learn. In fact, ...
mark moe28 Oct 03The A1 has replaced my film cameras including a Canon SLR ...
Bernhard Huber12 Oct 03Great camera! AS works great. Noise isn´t a problem under ISO ...
himagain5 Oct 03I had the opportunity to use the camera for the first time ...

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