Minolta camera review1/31/2023 The A2 is the first Minolta that I’ve looked at in quite a few years. ![]() I’ll have more thoughts on this later in the review. Unusual for a digital camera, almost every function can be controlled without going through menus on the rear LCD. ![]() Controls on the A2 are well placed and easy to use. I am convinced that at several companies in Japan the folks that design cameras likely never actually take photographs with their creations - otherwise there’s no explanation for some of the stupid and ill-conceived designs that we sometimes get.īut I’m happy to say that at Minolta the design engineers appear not only to be photographers, but enthusiastic ones at that. Engineers as PhotographersĪfter some 40 years as a photographer, and almost half that time writing equipment reviews, it never ceases to amaze me how dumb camera designers can sometimes be. Since these five cameras all use the same chip, and most have fairly similarly configured lenses, it is very interesting to have a look at how these cameras differ, not only in their design, features and construction, but also in the image quality that they are able to obtain. These include the Sony F828, Olympus C-8080, Canon Pro 1, Nikon 8700, and the subject of this review the Konica Minolta A2. ![]() There are now, or will be by early April, 2004, a total of five crossover digicams using the Sony 8 Megapixel 2/3" imaging chip.
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