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We talked the dreaded Knock Offs. Now Let's post some KM photos

Started Oct 5, 2017 | Discussions thread
jacketpotato Senior Member • Posts: 2,244
Re: We talked the dreaded Knock Offs. Now Let's post some KM photos

neilt3 wrote:

jacketpotato wrote:

jacketpotato wrote:

Early days i may have located a working 7D. Tuesday i can confirm whether i can purchase.

Fell through.

Oh well.

Meanwhile there is a CCD 10mp with Tilt screen Liveview, OVF, purchased £58 awaiting delivery. For sure only Minolta lenses shall be placed on it : F1.7 50mm AF as well as "beercan" F4 70-210mm AF : as these i can afford.

Definitely A200 or 7hi should i see them within my budget.

Too bad on the 7d .

Still , I'm sure you'll enjoy your new camera , which is it , an a290 ?

The sensor in my old a100 did a nice job with good colours . not so good above ISO 400 , but a nice camera all the same .

A tilting screen with live view is very handy for macro though .

Appreciated Neil.

A300 : 10mp CCD sensor same as your A100 : supposed to be less noisy than 14mp A350/A290. Bodies based on Minolta 5D apparently.

Just hoping putting Minolta lenses will give me something like 7D colours.

Bright light iso100 foliage, 1:4 macro for me with the "beercan" F4 , tilt screen for ground level saplings, buds. Adding 50mm F1.7 with 18inch close focus distance.

You might want to avoid the DiMage 7hi .

I managed to find one that was working , took a good few years though !

Those and the A1 both had the dodgy Sony sensor in them , and unless it had been replaced under warrenty it will be dead .

.

The Minolta DiMage A200 however is a very nice , usable camera .

I quite often take mine out when I'm shooting mainly film , partly as a record and for if I want a digital camera that does 28-200mm equivalent rather than a point and shoot type camera .

Image quality is fine for most things in good light .

This is one of my favorite shots with it while I was up on the moor's with my dog and my medium format film gear .

Our Max having a rest . Taken with a Minolta DiMage A200 .

A200 it is. I was swayed by a post on the 7hi. I shall return to A200 i once had. Special lens on it.

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