Ian , Ive expressed my satisfaction with the Dimage 7 series camera before and it has proven to be an excellent piece of equipment. There are a couple of drawbacks however. Barrel distortion at 28mm setting is noticeable. Lens flare when shooting backlit subjects is excessive. Overall image quality is excellent but do not expect lightphase type images,they are streets ahead. even the slightest trace of camera shake will degrade image sharpness considerably,presumably why the new A1 has a CCD stabilisation system Great raw processing software,better than any other Ive tried, gives 16 bit images and is very tuneable for colour balance sharpening etc. Suggest you wait a month or two and consider the Sony DSC 828 when it hits the streets as it also has a 28 to 200 zoom but its a T* coated Zeiss lens and the CCD is an 8mp unit rendering a 24mp file as opposed to the Minolta,s 14mb. Its also the same price as the Minolta along with being the first Sony camera to take flash cards as well as Sony memory sticks.
Regards Michael Wilkinson. 106 Holyhead Rd, Ketley, Telford, Shropshire. England .TF1 5DJ 44 (0) 1952 618986. www.infocus-photography.co.uk For Negatives & transparencies from digital files ----- Original Message ----- From: "i4images" > Want to get a portable dig cam. > > Choices are > canon g5 (smaller 5 mpixel)�550 > Minolta a1 (image stabilization chip looks like good move)�700 > Fuji s7000 (s2 chip produces 12 megapixel image like s2 so 30mb file, > could be useful for image libraries like alamy)�560 > > Just thinking. > > G5 smallest and more portable but less adjustable > A1 like slr but image stabilization chip allows greater dpeth of field > without tripod, so capture images hit rate higher when just walking > around (3 stops allegedly) > S7000 well good for larger file size, but obvious portable disadvantage > over a1 due to image stabilization) > > All produce 14 meg files so alamy would accept them, but the fuji has > obvious advantage of producing 30mb files so alamy no problem. =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
