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Konica Minolta Maxxum 5D (Dynax 5D) review

Started Nov 14, 2005 | User reviews thread
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Konica Minolta Maxxum 5D (Dynax 5D) review

Awesome dSLR - Hands Down!!

I've had my 5D for 3 months now (I bought it in HK) and it has been a great
camera.

The controls are laid out pretty good and getting to know this camera was fairly
easy. Being that it's digital, it lends it'self to experimentation. I've already learned
so much more on this dSLR than I ever did with any of my film SLRs.

I have two different 1Gb cf cards. One is a 'name brand' and the other is a generic
one that they gave me with the camera. Let me just say, it's worth it to buy a more
expensive / higher quality cf card - the difference in speed is very noticable.

Problems:

I've got a tiny bit of 'sensor dust' - not too noticeable yet. However, everything I
read about cleaning the sensor has me nervous to tackle that monster! Eventually
I'll have to deal with it - it would be nice if there were better safeguards against
user-inflicted damage to the ccd sensor during cleaning.

The control dial on the right of the screen feels a bit 'cheap'. I have no real
problems with it, it just doesn't feel 'quality.'

Really ugly "Konica Minolta" logo on the front. Why can't they just keep the
"Minolta" on there? I feel like I've got a camera that says "Xerox" on it or
something.

No respect is given for Minolta 5D - everyone is talking about the Canons and the
Nikons. Even this site does not give the 5D an official review. However, this is an
EXCELLENT camera! It should be a top seller imho!

Konica Minolta Maxxum 5D (Dynax 5D)
6 megapixels • 2.5 screen • APS-C sensor
Announced: Jul 15, 2005
Webel_Photography's score
4.8
Average community score
4.7
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