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Full Circle - a Konica Minolta Maxxum 7D after 17 years

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ibbz
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Re: Full Circle - a Konica Minolta Maxxum 7D after 17 years

Thank you!

ive had a few digital cameras inc the Fuji XE2s and Olympus OMD EM5ii Panasonic GX7 and some others over the years (inc compacts)

but my main camera had always been a contax G2 until I foolishly sold it a few years ago - now prices have shot up and it’s unaffordable (I had all the lenses bar that 16mm)

However I always had a soft spot for Minolta and had always wanted the Maxxum 7. Hence I bought one after selling the Contax (and foolishly selling my Fuji TXii ((XPan ii) again for peanuts)

the 7D is the best feeling and handling digital camera I’ve ever used - the design is perfect with all the buttons I need and with a lovely reassuring ergonomic feel in the hand. It’s also a very handsome camera - more so in a subtle way than it’s sister 35mm 7 - it also helps that the photo quality is very nice indeed!

Mine will be a keeper - as being the last ever medium to high end Camera produced by both Konica and Minolta I think it may have a special place in a class hall of fame in the future.

my current camera collection is very humble - the two Minoltas, an Olympus Pen F half frame with 38mm zuiko and that’s it. I am hoping to get a Sony A68/77ii or 99/99ii at some point - if only for the low light performance and video and a 4x5 LF such as an MPP

thanks for the lens recommendation - I was considering the sigma 30mm f1.4 but the Minolta I have read is superior !!

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