Dicapac Waterproof Digital Camera Case Fujifilm FinePix A610 A820 A900 A920 E500 E510 E900 Konica Minolta Dimage F100 F200 F300 Revio KD-3300

Dicapac Waterproof Digital Camera Case Fujifilm FinePix A610 A820 A900 A920 E500 E510 E900 Konica Minolta Dimage F100 F200 F300 Revio KD-3300 Review

Dicapac Waterproof Digital Camera Case Fujifilm FinePix A610 A820 A900 A920 E500 E510 E900 Konica Minolta Dimage F100 F200 F300 Revio KD-3300 Overview

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Minolta Maxxum QTsi 35mm SLR Camera Kit w/ 35-80mm Lens

The Minolta Maxxum QTsi is the easiest-to-use single-lens reflex camera in Minolta's Maxxum product line. It handles and operates similarly to a fully automatic point-and-shoot camera, but provides the picture quality and system flexibility that only an SLR camera can offer. It is a camera you can grow with by adding lenses, flash units, and accessories.



The Minolta QTsi features a detachable 35-80mm lens, selectable automatic or manual focus, a built-in pop-up flash with four modes, a self-timer, and TTL-type metering. It also offers programmed autoexposure with an additional five modes for portraits, landscapes, close-ups, action shots, and night portraits. Film transport is automatic as well. A large on-body LCD panel displays exposure mode, battery condition, mode selection, and whether manual focus or autofocus is selected.



In the box, you receive the Minolta Maxxum QTsi body, a Minolta lens and lens cap, an adjustable neck strap, a user's manual, and warranty information. It operates on two 3-volt CR2 lithium batteries, which are sold separately. This camera is covered by a one-year manufacturer's warranty on parts and labor.

Minolta 110 Zoom SLR

Minolta 110 Zoom SLR
Manufactured around 1976 by Minolta Camera Co. Ltd. The 110 Zoom SLR was the first SLR for the 110 film format and the second with a zoom lens. It has fully-automatic, aperture-priority exposure. The fixed mount lens was a 25 - 50mm (f4.5-16.0) with close-focusing capability (focusing to 11 inches). It supported shutter speeds of 10 seconds through 1/1000 and �X� (1/150) and B settings. A Cds meter (not through-the-lens) provided exposure control. There are no manual settings of the shutter, except for B and X. LED's in viewfinder warn of over- and under-exposure, and low battery power. Built-in lock on the shutter release, a tripod socket, hot shoe, battery check, pop-out lens shade and cable release thread connector were also provided. It used 100 and 400 speed film. Unlike other 110 cameras, the camera does not use the film perforations to cock the shutter. And since the camera has an exposure compensation dial, films other than 100 and 400 can be used -- and correctly exposed from ISO 25 to ISO 1600 (yes, Kodak did put Kodachrome 64 in 110 cartridges for a while and this camera would produce beautiful�yet small�slides�). The camera is very famous for it�s very sharp images thanks to the larger than normal, all glass, fully engineered lens. It uses two A76 batteries for power.

See also: www.subclub.org/shop/min110.htm

Minolta Maxxum 600si

Minolta Maxxum 600si
Manufactured from 1995 to 1999 by Minolta Camera Co. of Osaka, Japan. A Minolta autofocus SLR. Many people refer to this camera as a �classic��not because it�s old, but because it feels like it, and I mean that in a good way. While many manufactures had abandoned dials and knobs and replaced them with displays and up/down buttons, Minolta introduced a camera that had large knobs for setting the camera functions. The popularity surprised Minolta and they were hard to find the first two years and commanded full retail to obtain. The camera has an electronically controlled metal focal plain shutter (vertical travel) and allowed for speeds to be set from 30 seconds to 1/4000 of a second. It offers Program auto exposure, Aperture preferred auto exposure, Shutter preferred auto exposure and full Manual. It made full use of Minolta�s dedicated flash units and offered both normal exposure compensation and flash exposure compensation settings as well. The viewfinder was bright and shows the focus area�which can be set from wide to spot�and a digital readout of speed and aperture with mode. The metering area used ether a 14 segment honeycomb fuzzy-logic metering array or spot metering or both (i.e. �center weighted�). The camera has a built in 2fps motor drive. It also had a very cool feature using the motor drive: You can set the camera to take a bracket set. So, for example, when you press the shutter button (and hold it) the camera takes one picture at the setting it�s meter says it should, then one picture one-stop lighter and then one picture one-stop darker. All from one press of the shutter release. Very cool�

See also: www.photozone.de/2Equipment/reviews/max600.htm

Minolta X-700

Minolta X-700
Manufactured from 1982 to 2006 by Minolta Camera Co. of Osaka, Japan. Minolta�s �Multi-Program System� 35mm SLR camera (hence the �MPS� on the front). It�s longevity is related to it�s simple but useful design and it�s wide range of available accessories. It has an electronically controlled cloth focal plane shutter giving settable speeds of 1 sec to 1/1000 sec and program controlled speeds down to 30 seconds. The camera has a full Program auto exposure mode, Aperture priority auto exposure mode and full Manual. (Missing is a Shutter priority mode, but that never seemed to lesson the camera�s popularity!) It can use the Rokkor MC mount lenses all the way back from the 1960s in �A� and �M�, but requires the MD mount (same physical mount, extra lug and lock) for �P� mode. It offers a very bright, split-image focusing screen with mode and shutter speed electronic indicators and a �view� of the actual aperture dial on the lens in the viewfinder. It has a self timer, exposure compensation and a cable release socket that would use �traditional� mechanical cable release and also Minolta proprietary electronic cable releases. It is powered by two MS-76 silver oxide batteries.

This specific camera is one I bought new in the 80�s and have put over 1,000 rolls of film through. It is shown with an MD-1 3.5fps motor drive and a Minolta MD 35-70mm f/3.5 two ring zoom (a personal favorite).

As Minolta crossed into the autofocus market in 1985, they didn�t want to abandon the millions of MC/MD lenses owned by Minolta fans all over the globe. The X-700 stayed in limited production�and you could always buy a new one�up until they got out of the camera business in 2006. Some of the Rokkor lenses rival the glass of today in sharpness and color clarity. For a �serious� portrait work, I still will break out this camera and an Minolta MD 85mm f/2 lens for the session�

See also: www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/hardwares/classics/minoltax700

Minolta Maxxum 7000

Minolta Maxxum 7000
Manufactured from 1985 to 1988 by Minolta Camera Co. of Osaka, Japan. While other manufactures were all entrenched working on autofocus lenses for their line of 35mm SLRs, Minolta quietly rocked the industry back on it�s heels with the introduction of the first in-body autofocus system for 35mm SLRs. It was a bold and risky move�Minolta changed from their beloved MC/MD lens mount to an mechanical/electronic �A� mount. The camera featured many other �firsts� other than the autofocus that today we think of as standards. It had an in-body winder providing film advance and motorized rewind. To make room for the needed battery power, they made use of a grip on the right side of the camera�today, most cameras have a grip of this type whether the batteries are there or not! It featured pushbutton controls instead of dials and had a large, external LCD display.

The unique in-camera autofocus system relied on a semi-silvered pattern on the mirror (shown here) that allowed a portion of the image to transmit thru the viewing mirror onto a smaller �piggy back� mirror that reflected that broken image down into the bottom of the mirror box to a set of beam splitters and CCD devices. Basically, it focuses by looking for an area of contrast and focusing it to the finest detail (i.e. a hard edge) and the focus point of the lens. Very cool�works with ANY lens on the camera. The �A� mount also provided data to the camera about focal length, zoom position and aperture settings. Seems another company decided this was too close to their patent and sued. And let�s just say they we�re not as nice as Exxon. Unfortunately for Minolta, its autofocus design was found to infringe on the patents of Honeywell and in 1991, Minolta was ordered to pay Honeywell damages, penalties, trial costs and other expenses in a final amount of $127.6 million.

See also: www.camerapedia.org/wiki/Minolta_7000

Minolta DiMage 5 Digital Camera

Minolta DiMage 5 Digital Camera, originally uploaded by Capt Kodak.

Manufactured 2001 by Minolta Camera Co. of Osaka, Japan. An �SLR-Like� 3.3 Megapixel digital camera. It used a Minolta GT 35mm to 250mm (equivalent in 35mm film camera) f/2.8-3.5 lens and a 1/1.8 inch CCD to produce a 3.3 Megapixels or 2048x1536 pixels image. Storage was to Compact Flash cards or MicroDrive. It had a TTL metering system selectable to either 256 Segment Metering, Center-Weighted Average or Spot mode. This supported operation modes of full Program, Aperture preferred automatic, Shutter preferred automatic and fully manual. It also had special program �Scene� modes: Portrait, Sports, Sunset, Night and Text. It simulated ISO ratings of 100 to 800. It was NOT interchangeable lens, but did give the feel of a small 35mm SLR. It could shoot continuously for at approx. 1.1 fps for 4 images and supported shutter speeds up to 1/2000 of a second. There was no optical viewfinder�it used an electronic viewfinder using a Ferroelectric LCD (4.8mm, 71,000 24-bit color pixels) that could be swiveled upwards through 90 degrees, provided a frame coverage of 100%, had diopter adjustment and an automatic mode to detect locality of eye to turn it on. In short�you could see all the information that would normally be displayed on the 1.8 inch TFT LCD on the back of the camera in the viewfinder�even in bright sun! It used high end Minolta accessories such as dedicated flash units and wired remote controls. It could focus as close as 4 inches in macro mode. It had a small built-in flash which could perform red-eye reduction or do fill flash outdoors. It used contrast detection to focus, allowing the user to select from 3 "wide area" auto selected zones or a Spot AF - flex focus point (movable focus point). Manual focus was provided by an electronic "focus by wire" ring at rear of lens barrel. In short�you could do just about anything you could do with a high end 35mm SLR on the market at that time EXCEPT change the lens. It was powered by four AA cells�your choice of Alkaline, Lithium or NiMH rechargeables.

Two items of note: First the lens�what a lens! It�s the Minolta GT lens made up of 16 glass elements in 13 groups, 2 anti-dispersion elements, 2 aspherical elements and was multi coated. This lens proved to be a real winner for Minolta. It graces not only the DiMage 5, but the 7, 7i, 7Hi, A1, A2 and A200.

Second, the DiMage 5 and 7 have the distinction of NOT having a UV filter permanently affixed to the front of the CCD sensor. What does this mean? With the application of a Dark Red 092 (89B) Infrared filter to the front of the camera, you can take true infrared pictures!

See also: www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/Konica_Minolta/minolta_dim...