Re: [Dimage-A1] Re: Do any legitimate Minolta A1 posts show up?

[Peter Blaise Monahon]

Hi gang,

 

Also, there wre too many groups for the Minolta DiMage 5/7/A-series so there's no ONE place to share.  Hey, if you have an A2, shoudl you cc: us HERE?  I've been sahring more ar http://www.photo.net/bboard/forum?topic_id=1781 and other places, but I have scant few questions after a bit, and then why contribute daily anymore?  The "main" (banning) Minolta list is popular, sure, but full of "newbie here with questions" and I'm an "oldie" by now!  And does anyone NEED to speculate endlessly on when Sony will release an Alpha "A9" full frame sensor camera, really?

 

Me?  I use my MDA1 daily for ~100 shots a day and LOVE IT and am learning something new every day about the camera and about photography.  Priceless!

 

Others have bought "replacements" while awaiting repairs of their Minolta DiMage 5/7/A-series camera, then immediately returned to their lost baby when it come home, repaired, and forget about anyting new from anyone else - Fuji, et cetera!

 

Really, NOTHING ELSE comes close for me.  And with DxO (I hope to buy it someday and customize it for RAW on the Minolta DiMAge 5/7/A-series), what more could I want?  Even with FREE http://www.irfanview.com/ and http://picasa.google.com/ I can instantly read Minolta RAW files - GREAT!

 

Click!  Love and hugs,  Peter Blaise, Minolta Rokkor Alpha DiMage Photographer http://www.peterblaisephotography.com/

Chuck Norcutt <chuckn...@chucknorcutt.com> wrote:

I'm surprised to hear that you don't use your A1 anymore. I still use
mine frequently even though I own a Canon 5D. The A1 is a superb macro
camera. In fact, here are some A1 snap shots from this past fall
<http://www.chucknorcutt.com/fall%20color/index.htm>

I also use it as a point and shoot for snapshots and I use the histogram
for my lightmeter and preview when shooting film (like a Polaroid of
old). I also use it as a previewer for the 5D. If I take a handheld
landscape shot that I like with the A1 I may return at a later time with
the 5D, big lens and big tripod and duplicate it on the 5D. It's a lot
easier than lugging 10 pounds of camera, lens and tripod everywhere I go.

Its utility as a snapshooter is also signficantly enhanced by adding an
external flash. Since I didn't want to invest in a proprietary flash
for the Minolta I use a Sunpak 422D in manual or flash unit auto mode. I
first attach a Minolta FS1100 standard ISO hot shoe adapter or else put
the flash on a bracket and use the A1's PC connector... another nice A1
feature not found on many competitive cameras. You can buy a Sunpak
422D on ebay for about $30 or even a 522 for not much more. Since the
522 is a potato masher type flash with its own bracket you don't need to
buy one separately. I also use Sunpak 422's and 522's on my Olympus
film cameras and on the 5D.

In fact, many shots on my web site are A1 photos. My home page image:
<http://www.chucknorcutt.com/personals01.php> and everything except the
restoration and arhitectural shot on this page:
<http://www.chucknorcutt.com/index_other.php>
At ISO 100 the A1 is capable of excellent 11x14 or even 16x20 prints.
It's far from obsolete.

Chuck Norcutt
<http://www.chucknorcutt.com/>

 
> Posted by: "Nigel Pendse" nigelp@olapreport.com
>
> Fri Dec 8, 2006 2:42 pm (PST)
>
> It seems to be what happens to
> Yahoo groups after a while. And I
> don't suppose many people have
> anything to post about the Minolta
> A1 these days. I
> still have mine, but no longer use
> it (it doesn't take long for that sort of
> digital camera to be superseded).

.

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