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Great camera

Started Oct 18, 2011 | User reviews
Francis de la Pena Junior Member • Posts: 25
Great camera

Too bad Minolta has discontinued it's cameras, and Sony is continuing it. Anyway, I got this camera for my wife through Craigslist. I've had Minolta's in the past: An SRT101 35mm, and a DiMage Z1. All had great features, and never had failed me. So after purchasing it from a Craigslist seller, I was amazed at how sharp and clear the photos came out after using it. So recently I gave her a Sony flash unit since we could not find anymore Minolta compatible flash other than Sony around our area. Anyway with the addition of the flash, we took test photos using the bounce flash, and the images came out superb.

And just like an SLR camera, the zoom and focus features functions simlar to it where you use the lens to zoom and focus, not via motor.

Problems:

No problems so far.

 Francis de la Pena's gear list:Francis de la Pena's gear list
Konica Minolta DiMAGE A200 Nikon D50 Nikon D80 Panasonic Lumix DMC-G2
Konica Minolta DiMAGE A200
8 megapixels • 1.8 screen • 28 – 200 mm (7.1×)
Announced: Sep 15, 2004
Francis de la Pena's score
4.5
Average community score
4.4
bad for good for
Kids / pets
excellent
Action / sports
excellent
Landscapes / scenery
excellent
Portraits
excellent
Low light (without flash)
excellent
Flash photography (social)
excellent
Studio / still life
excellent
= community average
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