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Konica Minolta Dynax 7D in 2020 as a digital companion for the film Dynax 7

Started Oct 24, 2020 | Questions thread
OP havanna60 Senior Member • Posts: 1,640
Antishake works on my Dynax 7D, it's buzzing when taking a 5-second exposure
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neilt3 wrote:

Nice start with your new camera

Thank you for your help, inspiration and support.

WRT the AntiShake .

It's a fairly common fault with with IBIS where the rods that move the sensor around can break , especially if the camera is dropped .

FFB and a broken AS unit are the two main issues with these cameras .

The easy way to tell is first off looking in the viewfinder .

On the right hand side are 5 vertical dashes that light up to indicate the amount of correction being applied .

These are activated ( with AS on ) when you press the shutter button . Initially all 5 will light up and depending on how steady you hold the camera and the focal length of the lens used they will go out leaving just one or two on .

I don't see camera shake on this photo, 135mm at 1/50s.

I can see some, but not brutal, shake on this, 135mm at 1/40s

If the AF unit is faulty , all 5 light are lit and don't go out

The lights on my camera are always out.

The other way to check is to set the camera to manual exposure and take a shot lasting more than a few seconds .

Fire the shutter and hold the rear LCD to your ear , if on , you'll hear a constant buzzing noise

BRILLIANT! It worked, I set a 5 second exposure and definitely the buzzing noise was clearly audible. When I did the same experiment with AS off, there was no buzzing sound.

With regards to lenses , as Joseph suggests , you definitely want to look at getting the 70-210mm f/4 beercan

When I bought my LA-EA4 adapter, I bought that lens, too.

A photo taken at 210mm with 70-210mm f4, handheld on a Dynax 7D anti-shake on.

Another one to look out for is either the Minolta 24-85mm or 24-105mm , between one of them and the beercan your pretty much sorted .

I have the 28-135mm f4-4.5. The 24-105 is on my list, but I love this 28135 so far.

For 50mm lenses I also have the Sony 50mm f/1.4 , sure it's sharper stopped down a little , the f/2.8 macro is sharper wide open than the f/1.4 at f/2.8

The 50mm macro is on my short list, definitely.

However the 50mm f/2.8 macro lens is terrible at taking shots at f/1.4 but the f/1.4 can always be stopped down the f/2.8 !

This one is with the plastic-mount DT 18-70mm f3.5-5.6, it's small brutally versatile, and as far as I can see not bad at all for the photography I am after with this 6M camera from 2004.

Thank you so much, again, for your help, I highly appreciate.

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