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What is the difference between these two cameras? I have a 7000i (I think aka Dynax) but almost everything online talks about the 7000.
Is that it? All others lenses etc are fully compatible?
The 7000i added:
Faster and more sensitive AF
Faster film advancement
A new flash shoe that was incompatible with older flash units
Supported the Minolta AF lens system
Introduced the "Expansion Card System" which was a precursor to today's innumerable "Scene Modes" found in most digital cameras. This was an early attempt to save the novice photographer from having to actually learn anything about f-stops and shutter speeds and EV.
Minolta burst onto the scene in 1985 with their new in-body auto-focus camera system and changed the modern SLR camera forever.this camera is ...
It has several filters, 2 lenses, flash, remote cord etc and works fine etc.
People are telling me to get with the digital times and scrap it.
One person has told me that digital still does not have the same resolution as film.
Thoughts?
Very good camera. Photography is photography, whether you use film or a digital sensor. If, however, you decided to go digital, the Sony Alpha (A200, A300, A350, A700) series of DSLRs can use all the lenses from your 7000i.
I still shoot film and will never change. I just love my old Minolta cameras and lenses too much.
Price: $19.95
Yes. The Sony Alpha series has the same Minolta "A" mount. The AF lenses off your 7000i will work perfectly. Sony bought Minolta, so there is a vast array of Minolta lenses and accessories that work on the Sony Alphas.
I have the Sony A200 with old Minolta AF lenses off eBay (also old Sigma and Tamron "A" mount lenses).
I am looking for a good macro lens, from what I understand the Sony Alpha A series lenses will work too.
Any help would be great. Thanks
PS. What is a good Macro Lense? 28-80?
Yes, I have a Minolta 28-85 AF with Macro lens that is pretty inexpensive. It takes great macro at 28mm, although you need to use manual focus (which I like because the depth of field is so limited). The link lists some reviews.
you can check the compatible flash in the konicaminolta website http://konicaminolta.com/index.html look for your camera and check under accessories.
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Minolta A-type bayonet mount
LCD navigation panel
Eye-start automatic focus, 22.5-millimeter eye relief
Minolta Maxxum
If you are burned on a camera Canon and Nikon, to review the Konica Minolta Maxxum series of cameras. The Konica Minolta Dynax 7D features are subject reviewed in this article.
The Dynax 7D digital SLR is a midrange. It offers optical image stabilization with all lenses. It has an Anti-Shake the only thing that works with all lenses and also designing control authorities.
The Konica Minolta Dynax 7D comes in a black matte practices, such as digital SLRs. While conventional air still good, with its angular design. The body is solid and well designed, made of an alloy of magnesium and hybrid plastic. The handle is comfortable and contoured feel safe, and without a goal, the unit weighs about 30 grams, only an ounce or two heavier than average for this class.
Similar to the Olympus Evolt E 300, Maxxum 7D waive a separate legal status and relies instead on the LCD screen LCD master bedroom to expose the parameters shooting. On this Maxxum, the great 2.5-inch LCD has room to display more options than the usual status LCD as ISO, color mode, and image settings, and others.
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