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Konica Minolta Maxxum 5D (Dynax 5D) review

Started Mar 16, 2006 | User reviews thread
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deliweli New Member • Posts: 8
Konica Minolta Maxxum 5D (Dynax 5D) review

I had it for two days, it has had to go back to the seller and I don't want it replacing. I have an Olympus C8080 that I was and still am perfectly happy with, I just thought the dSLR would do nicely and I have 4 lens from Minolta film SLRs so this seemed like the only camera to buy. I will be returning to the Oly and sticking with it.
Perhaps I got a duff 5D but I won't be chancing my arm with KM again. I don't think the fact that the Oly is 8MP and the 5D 6MP has much to do with it - I've used a Canon Powershot A80 at 4MP that gave me more satisfying results than this Dynax.

Problems:

Autofocus - shoddy. No sharp images unless I'm on top of the subject and flash is on. Other than that - forget it, even with AS on.

2 days old and the camera wouldn't turn on, despite having a charged and correctly inserted battery. No error messages, no display, nothing. Returned and refund requested.

LCD screen - it really is as poor as they say. Size is not everything.

Konica Minolta Maxxum 5D (Dynax 5D)
6 megapixels • 2.5 screen • APS-C sensor
Announced: Jul 15, 2005
deliweli's score
3.0
Average community score
4.7
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