My Konica Minolta Maxxum 7D works again!

After several years of deep sleep, my 7D ​​came back to life to my surprise!

I was finally able to make a comparison between him and the Canon EOS-10D

See the results: https://www.flickr.com/photos/maoby/albums/72157705480695771

Comparaison Between the Canon EOS-10D (2003) and the Konica Minolta Maxxum 7D (2004)

Canon EOS-10D 6.3 MP (3072 x 2048)
Price: $ 2,000 USD
Pictures taken with the Canon EF 50 f / 1.8 II
(with a multiplication factor of 1.6) APS-C
100-1600 (3200) ISO

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Konica Minolta Maxxum 7D of 6.1 MP (3008 x 2000)
Price: $ 1,600 USD
Pictures taken with the Sony DT 1.8 / 50 SAM
(with a multiplication factor of 1.5) APS-C
100-1600 ISO

Canon EOS-10D (2003) / Konica Minolta 7D (2004)

Canon EOS-10D (2003) / Konica Minolta 7D (2004) 100%

Canon EOS-10D (2003) / Konica Minolta 7D (2004) 100%

Your remarks are welcome!

Clearly the Minolta was always going to be the winner ! 

( the Canon forum sez' the opposite ! )

I still use my 7d from time to time to keep it alive .

Good ergonomics , lovely output , a joy to use , shame it didn't have an extra 10 megapixels in it.....

Thanks for Sharing .

You have to look at the side of the Sony Alpha 900
for the continuation

Maoby wrote:

You have to look at the side of the Sony Alpha 900
for the continuation

Funnily enough , the Sony a900 is my main camera , used mostly with Minolta lenses .

A Dynax 7 film camera is probably my second most used camera , followed by a Bronica ETRSi and a 5"x4" Crown Graphic , and then the Sony a77ii .

And a load more other stuff as well , mostly film !

Very happy for you that your copy seems to work properly. (Beautiful photos by the way)
You gave me the taste to find a vertical grip

Maxxum 7D (USA)  Dynax 7D (EUROPE)   a-7 Digital (Japan)

Very funny, for the Sony a900

stephent wrote:

Hi mate, my 7d never died it has just been neglected

I freed it from its bag the other day and also the lens that came with it that I never used, the Tokina 19-35 F3.5/4.5. I already had the Minolta 17-35 F2.8/4 lens and never felt the need to try the Tokina.

Anyway I took the camera and lens for a walk through town and had some fun.

Still a great camera to use, mine has the vertical grip fitted so a large beast compared to my newer cameras, also a noisy fellow to as the mirror clunks away as you shoot. Still for web viewing the images still look fine.

I hope my 7d keeps running for a few more years yet as it fun to give it a spin every now and then.

Lovely set of shots  their , all catch the eye well .

High class look !

CamilloAndrew wrote:

I just aquired the maxxum 7D and two lenses at a next to nothing cost. Interesting, it's old chronologically bit still very young with only a few thousand clicks. BUT, it wasn't working very well until I gave it a few whacks with my hand then, like magic, it works perfectly.

Careful. This was the first interchangeable lens camera with IBIS.

Mescalamba wrote:

SQLGuy wrote:

CamilloAndrew wrote:

I just aquired the maxxum 7D and two lenses at a next to nothing cost. Interesting, it's old chronologically bit still very young with only a few thousand clicks. BUT, it wasn't working very well until I gave it a few whacks with my hand then, like magic, it works perfectly.

Careful. This was the first interchangeable lens camera with IBIS.

Very fragile IBIS.

If its not broken, then its possible to lube that system a bit to make it work and keep it working.

There might be still some specialists that can do that.

Usually, the kinds of things in cameras of this era that get "fixed" by a whack don't benefit from lubrication. The problem is usually "sticky" magnets - aperture, shutter, and/or mirror release magnets that are stuck latched, probably due to lubricant from elsewhere in the camera that has vaporized and formed a layer in the gap of the two latch pieces.

Mescalamba wrote:

SQLGuy wrote:

Mescalamba wrote:

SQLGuy wrote:

CamilloAndrew wrote:

I just aquired the maxxum 7D and two lenses at a next to nothing cost. Interesting, it's old chronologically bit still very young with only a few thousand clicks. BUT, it wasn't working very well until I gave it a few whacks with my hand then, like magic, it works perfectly.

Careful. This was the first interchangeable lens camera with IBIS.

Very fragile IBIS.

If its not broken, then its possible to lube that system a bit to make it work and keep it working.

There might be still some specialists that can do that.

Usually, the kinds of things in cameras of this era that get "fixed" by a whack don't benefit from lubrication. The problem is usually "sticky" magnets - aperture, shutter, and/or mirror release magnets that are stuck latched, probably due to lubricant from elsewhere in the camera that has vaporized and formed a layer in the gap of the two latch pieces.

I have that info directly from repair guy that specializes on KM and later moved to Sony.

IBIS of KM7D can get stuck, which is why whack helped, but its temporary solution, which with each next whack will eventually cause IBIS to die, permanently.

Probably true, but CamilloAndrew didn't say what about it "wasn't working very well..." If it was the IBIS, then OK.

I have worked on Minoltas and Canons both that had such stuck magnets as I'm talking about. I wouldn't be surprised if that's what causes FFB, too.

And it gets stuck, cause IBIS itself isnt cleaned and then relubed, which is basically one only way to prolong its life.

All KM7D die eventually due design. Considering its design faults, its rather amazing some work (mine does too, well one of them).

Mescalamba wrote:

FFB supposedly has multiple reasons, but one of solutions I know about is basically replacing mainboard. I think it has some other solutions too, but didnt really asked repair guy about it, since mine was that case. He just mentioned it can be due multiple things, its sorta error in design.

Interesting. The KM service documentation apparently said it was a problem in pressure applied to the shutter assembly: https://www.dyxum.com/columns/other/First_Black_Frame/First_Black_Frame.asp

Mescalamba wrote:

SQLGuy wrote:

Mescalamba wrote:

FFB supposedly has multiple reasons, but one of solutions I know about is basically replacing mainboard. I think it has some other solutions too, but didnt really asked repair guy about it, since mine was that case. He just mentioned it can be due multiple things, its sorta error in design.

Interesting. The KM service documentation apparently said it was a problem in pressure applied to the shutter assembly: https://www.dyxum.com/columns/other/First_Black_Frame/First_Black_Frame.asp

Its possible too. As he said, there is more than one reason. Replacing almost new shutter assembly did nothing for me (I mean, apart having nearly brand new one).

It's not exactly the shutter, but the shutter charge assembly, which winds the shutter. Do you know if both were replaced, and whether the updated assembly was used?