My first digital camera, loved it, i've still got it, so I'm going to take some time and try it out again. Got some great airshow pictures (not raw) at the time, just great memories of it
Hey, I’ve just dug up this camera from my parents’ things (exactly because I got into aviation photography!) and was wondering if it’d be any good for my needs. Could you recommend an SD card the camera would handle? I’m guessing a 64GB SDXC would be a lil too much for it haha Thanks in advance!
I have a slightly older, non-i Dimage 7 that I bought from an estate sale. It's definitely a very peculiar camera to operate. You've inspired me to charge some AAs and take it for a spin!
Hi, thanks for this comprehensive review! I'm a user and lover/hater of them all, the 7, 7i and 7Hi and let me tell you that I am very happy with the focus check/magnifier being square-shaped so I will not confuse it with the replay-button in the dark!
I bought mine (7 non-I) for $900 when it first came out then $300 for an IBM CF 1 gig hard drive. I used it on the road for a lot of activism photography so bought 40 rechargeable AA batteries because it was such a power hog. For the time it was an excellent camera.
@@SparkyTom1 lawyers and legalise are the bane of humanity. Our justice system needs a overhaul. We literally have innocent people in jail for fake jan 6. It's horrible meanwhile all the "mostly peaceful protests from blm walk free after destroying local businesses and then actually sued and got paid. How embarrassing
I use this camera a great deal and as you said I love the images it produces. However, I don't find the ergonomics such a disaster as you do, sure it has quirks, but if you're no stranger to photography, I don't think it's too bad. I find it's Macro functions are excellent, I shoot a lot of macro with it. I enjoy your vids and keep up the good work. I am a bit odd I suppose as I have a fair number of "early" bridge cameras and love the CCD sensor, as you say, as long as light is plentiful :)
I’ve got the 7Hi, this has a much faster processor and it works well with RAW. 2003 vintage. Not much difference price wise now. Excellent camera, still my go to camera.
Thanks, might have to keep an eye out for one of those, as I so wanted to make use of the RAW files, but the glacial write speed on the 7i makes it all but unusable.
A faster CF card may make a difference. A tried a Kingston "x266" card, 2GB and RAW write is about twice as fast as my previous card. Still takes about 10 seconds!
My first camera was a Konica Minolta Dimage Z3. It was a stunning unconventional design and I enjoyed using it. I was just beginning my photographic journey and trying to learn the craft. Unfortunately, it was stolen before I got as much use from it as I would have liked. When I look back at the images I took with it I am surprised how good they are. I took a lot of great images with it when I was not very knowledgeable. I did not realize how good that lens and sensor were at the time. Colors were amazing, as good maybe better than anything I have seen currently. It was only 4mp tiny sensor and ISO was not great but in good light it performed. I dream about what may have been if they had survived and developed their CCD sensors to the current specs of today. I would still have that camera if it had not been stolen. I am currently shooting Fuji X-trans sensor and love their cameras but am not in love with their lenses so I adapt A-Mount Minolta lenses and some M42 lenses. Another great sensor and lens was my Fuji F70exr superCCD pocket camera from 2007. If they had produced a APSC or Full frame sensor version it would have been killer.
@@unbroken1010 The zoom is still working fine but I have not used it much since I got my Fuji X-T30. With upscaling software getting good if I purchase something like Topaz Labs gigapixal AI I will probably start using it again. Very little sharpening if any is done in camera which is great because modern software is much better.
Do you have any tips for a black screen? The screen does work for the setting but I get no live view and after taking a picture it is still black. I looked at the settings in M.. no luck till know
Hi! I have that camera, and it won't let me use any kind of CF card, I've tried with old CF cards from 125mm to 4GB do you know any solution for my problem? I'd appreciate a lot of your help!
I owned the entire DiMAGE family. D5, D7, A1, and A2. The two latter being Konica-Minolta. It so happens I dragged my A2 off of the shelf last week since I really hate phone camera ergonomics. Nothing mechanical, very tender to hold or else. Gimme knobs and dials! The use of AA's in the D5 and D7 was a real Achilles heel. Alkalines are worthless. With just a bit of use, the internal resistance increases and they act half dead. I solved that with a healthy batch of rechargeables, but that was a lot of batteries in and out, camera and charger. This was solved with the single lith-ion battery used in the A1 & A2. Far smaller, and much more practical. I'm really amazed at the A2. Sadly, the screen on back has lost all image detail, just light or dark rectangle , and the eye level finder looks washed out even when exposure is perfect per the histogram. I live in the path of the recent eclipse and was able to set it up for interval shooting on a tripod. One exposure (my driveway, car, and me) every minute, fully adjustable. AND it made a simultaneous 13 second MOV file from the 57 jpg files! The biggest downside, perhaps, is that the videos are 320x240 pixels max, even though the pixel dimensions of the CCD would make it almost 4K. Repeat, almost. I suspect that a larger image would have overwhelmed that 2010 processor. The same problem why it takes so long to process RAW and TIFF files. I bought a Pentax DSLR in 2016. Used it a year, I should sell it. I'd love to find a fixed lens "bridge" camera that has the computeriization of just about any old cheap plain vanilla phone camera. Pixel binning, automatic HDR, 2K or 4K video, etc. If you think you would like to own one of these, skip forward three generations to the A2.
Because alkaline batteries have too much internal resistance. Can't get enough current to flow. The very simple solution was to use NiMH rechargeables. The downside of THAT was a LOT of battery swapping between the camera and charger. This was all solved with the A1 and A2 lith-ion battery pack. A lot smaller, too.
The sensor type has nothing to do with the size of a print quality. Nothing. It's all about the pixels on the short axis. The long held standard is 250-300 dots (printing press days) or pixels per inch is "photo quality." In other words, no visible dots at normal viewing length. The D5 is only 2048 pixels vertically and that translates to only 7". You could get away with 8x10". CCD or CMOS, it doesn't matter.
It's a beauty of a camera! Thanks for sharing
Many thanks, It really is a great camera!
My first digital camera, loved it, i've still got it, so I'm going to take some time and try it out again. Got some great airshow pictures (not raw) at the time, just great memories of it
Great to hear!
Hey, I’ve just dug up this camera from my parents’ things (exactly because I got into aviation photography!) and was wondering if it’d be any good for my needs. Could you recommend an SD card the camera would handle? I’m guessing a 64GB SDXC would be a lil too much for it haha
Thanks in advance!
Good ccd sensor photography and other little video format ccd sensor 😎👍
I have a slightly older, non-i Dimage 7 that I bought from an estate sale. It's definitely a very peculiar camera to operate. You've inspired me to charge some AAs and take it for a spin!
Excellent - have fun with it
Hello, thank you for your review. I have the Dimage 7, A1 and A2 which I still enjoy. Your points are honest and useful.
Glad it was helpful!
Hi, thanks for this comprehensive review!
I'm a user and lover/hater of them all, the 7, 7i and 7Hi and let me tell you that I am very happy with the focus check/magnifier being square-shaped so I will not confuse it with the replay-button in the dark!
I bought mine (7 non-I) for $900 when it first came out then $300 for an IBM CF 1 gig hard drive. I used it on the road for a lot of activism photography so bought 40 rechargeable AA batteries because it was such a power hog. For the time it was an excellent camera.
Activist photographer 😂
@@unbroken1010 I worked extensively with the National Lawyers Guild to use in lawsuits for police misconduct.
@@SparkyTom1 lawyers and legalise are the bane of humanity. Our justice system needs a overhaul. We literally have innocent people in jail for fake jan 6. It's horrible meanwhile all the "mostly peaceful protests from blm walk free after destroying local businesses and then actually sued and got paid. How embarrassing
. Ok, just don't represent blm scammers
I use this camera a great deal and as you said I love the images it produces. However, I don't find the ergonomics such a disaster as you do, sure it has quirks, but if you're no stranger to photography, I don't think it's too bad. I find it's Macro functions are excellent, I shoot a lot of macro with it. I enjoy your vids and keep up the good work. I am a bit odd I suppose as I have a fair number of "early" bridge cameras and love the CCD sensor, as you say, as long as light is plentiful :)
I’ve got the 7Hi, this has a much faster processor and it works well with RAW. 2003 vintage. Not much difference price wise now. Excellent camera, still my go to camera.
Thanks, might have to keep an eye out for one of those, as I so wanted to make use of the RAW files, but the glacial write speed on the 7i makes it all but unusable.
A faster CF card may make a difference. A tried a Kingston "x266" card, 2GB and RAW write is about twice as fast as my previous card. Still takes about 10 seconds!
My first camera was a Konica Minolta Dimage Z3. It was a stunning unconventional design and I enjoyed using it. I was just beginning my photographic journey and trying to learn the craft. Unfortunately, it was stolen before I got as much use from it as I would have liked. When I look back at the images I took with it I am surprised how good they are. I took a lot of great images with it when I was not very knowledgeable. I did not realize how good that lens and sensor were at the time. Colors were amazing, as good maybe better than anything I have seen currently. It was only 4mp tiny sensor and ISO was not great but in good light it performed. I dream about what may have been if they had survived and developed their CCD sensors to the current specs of today. I would still have that camera if it had not been stolen. I am currently shooting Fuji X-trans sensor and love their cameras but am not in love with their lenses so I adapt A-Mount Minolta lenses and some M42 lenses. Another great sensor and lens was my Fuji F70exr superCCD pocket camera from 2007. If they had produced a APSC or Full frame sensor version it would have been killer.
The f70 zoom malfunction or still hold up
@@unbroken1010 The zoom is still working fine but I have not used it much since I got my Fuji X-T30. With upscaling software getting good if I purchase something like Topaz Labs gigapixal AI I will probably start using it again. Very little sharpening if any is done in camera which is great because modern software is much better.
@@dwaynepiper3261thank you
Do you have any tips for a black screen? The screen does work for the setting but I get no live view and after taking a picture it is still black. I looked at the settings in M.. no luck till know
just paid £4.99 for one. love old cameras. gotta love e bay.
Excellent price, you got a bargain. Enjoy
Hi! I have that camera, and it won't let me use any kind of CF card, I've tried with old CF cards from 125mm to 4GB do you know any solution for my problem? I'd appreciate a lot of your help!
Try a different maker, check dp review threads
I owned the entire DiMAGE family. D5, D7, A1, and A2. The two latter being Konica-Minolta. It so happens I dragged my A2 off of the shelf last week since I really hate phone camera ergonomics. Nothing mechanical, very tender to hold or else. Gimme knobs and dials!
The use of AA's in the D5 and D7 was a real Achilles heel. Alkalines are worthless. With just a bit of use, the internal resistance increases and they act half dead. I solved that with a healthy batch of rechargeables, but that was a lot of batteries in and out, camera and charger. This was solved with the single lith-ion battery used in the A1 & A2. Far smaller, and much more practical.
I'm really amazed at the A2. Sadly, the screen on back has lost all image detail, just light or dark rectangle , and the eye level finder looks washed out even when exposure is perfect per the histogram. I live in the path of the recent eclipse and was able to set it up for interval shooting on a tripod. One exposure (my driveway, car, and me) every minute, fully adjustable. AND it made a simultaneous 13 second MOV file from the 57 jpg files!
The biggest downside, perhaps, is that the videos are 320x240 pixels max, even though the pixel dimensions of the CCD would make it almost 4K. Repeat, almost. I suspect that a larger image would have overwhelmed that 2010 processor. The same problem why it takes so long to process RAW and TIFF files.
I bought a Pentax DSLR in 2016. Used it a year, I should sell it. I'd love to find a fixed lens "bridge" camera that has the computeriization of just about any old cheap plain vanilla phone camera. Pixel binning, automatic HDR, 2K or 4K video, etc.
If you think you would like to own one of these, skip forward three generations to the A2.
Thanks for the info; what brand, type and sizes CFs have you tried with it?
Would you recomend it over Olympus C5050?
I had one, can't remember if it was a 7 or 7i, but it literally ate batteries. I could get 10 shots out of one set of batteries, if I was lucky.
Because alkaline batteries have too much internal resistance. Can't get enough current to flow. The very simple solution was to use NiMH rechargeables. The downside of THAT was a LOT of battery swapping between the camera and charger. This was all solved with the A1 and A2 lith-ion battery pack. A lot smaller, too.
I always used to prefer the look of CCDs back in that time period. I bet you could still print those images quite large and they'd hold up well.
A bit of modern upscaling helps, but yes they do hold up well to larger prints (A3 quite happily, A2 at a push depending on the image).
The sensor type has nothing to do with the size of a print quality. Nothing. It's all about the pixels on the short axis. The long held standard is 250-300 dots (printing press days) or pixels per inch is "photo quality." In other words, no visible dots at normal viewing length. The D5 is only 2048 pixels vertically and that translates to only 7". You could get away with 8x10". CCD or CMOS, it doesn't matter.
I bought one for 2.50 euro in a thriftstore. Ccd😅😅😅😅
Love it.😂😂
Great find
13:10 for a image sample if you want to skip John cleese
The video has images samples throughout it, makes me hard to avoid I'm afraid...
@@gideonliddiardphotography😂😂. It's OK Mr Cleese, the images were nice. Is it worth $30 for fun?