Minolta DSLR announcement Thursday!

[VJ]

Nice countdown, Az!

Originally posted by az
I haven't heard of people getting heat issues with normal use, only with constantly shooting long exposures (without taking a minute after three shots or so to compose the next one).

Most cameras have some minor problem like that. The upper left corner of the pictures on a D100 (after a number of *long* exposures without letting it settle down a bit) becomes brighter, due to heat buildup in components that are positioned there... Nothing to worry about...


Jörg

[VJ]

Az: first pictures of the Dynax D7:

http://dc.netadmin.be/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=39404

Jörg

[az]

These pictures have been going around for a few days and are widely believed to be (bad) fakes

Look at the 55 on the lens - the numbers aren't aligned properly (though this lens would make a REALLY great wide angle kit lens!). Also, the body pics went around with diferently labeled buttons, too. This is just a mildly changed Dynax 7.

AZ

[VJ]

Oops....

BTW, this looks interesting:

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0402/04021104sandisk4gbcf.asp

A 4 GB CF card that can be switched to either a single FAT32 partition or two seperate FAT16 partitions (by means of a three position switch on the side).
Ideal for cameras that don't support FAT32!


Jörg

[az]

Just a few hours now... they're even more secretive than Matrox

BTW, the Minolta Prosumer cams can use 4GB cards with only FAT16 (with increased cluster size).

AZ

[VJ]

Second attempt...

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1024&message=7623778

(these look real, the person posting it refers to the Minolta site - which is currently down)


Jörg

[Greebe]

Not down for me.. still no announcement tho :\

[VJ]

This one seems to be having a very hard time:

http://www.minolta.de/wysmin/minfotowys.nsf/WYSFrameset1?Readform&JScript=1&

Jörg

[Greebe]

Well if you europeans would stop pounding the site looking for an update...

[VJ]

...so that you guys can see what is on the site ?

Here is a more official announcement:

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0402/04021220maxxum7digital.asp

PMA 2004: Konica Minolota today made a development announcement about a new digital version of their Maxxum 7 / Dynax 7 SLR. The Maxxum 7 Digital will have a six megapixel APS sized CCD, will have body integrated anti-shake (just like the DiMAGE A1/A2) which will work with all lenses and will be fully system compatible. This camera should be available in 'Fall 2004'.

Jörg

[az]

Yes, this is it.

Dat Ei was fastest again, as always (first hands-on preview of A1 worldwide, first mention on tele and wide angle converters for A1, first confirmation of A2...).

AZ