Minolta A2 users

How do you like your camera? How do you get the best picture quality?

I find FFP helps and software correction.

I'm trying to decide if this camera is right for me. I love it's features!
Who wouldn't?

Thanks,
Bill

Bill wrote:
How do you like your camera? How do you get the best picture quality?

The picture quality on my A2 was worse than on the 5MP Nikon Coolpix 5700
it might have replaced! They hadn't even fixed the faults from the A1. I
sent the camera back and got a refund.

David

Bill wrote:
How do you like your camera? How do you get the best picture quality?

The picture quality on my A2 was worse than on the 5MP Nikon Coolpix 5700
it might have replaced! They hadn't even fixed the faults from the A1. I
sent the camera back and got a refund.

David

On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 16:29:41 -0000, "David J Taylor"
wrote:

Bill wrote:
How do you like your camera? How do you get the best picture quality?

The picture quality on my A2 was worse than on the 5MP Nikon Coolpix 5700
it might have replaced! They hadn't even fixed the faults from the A1. I
sent the camera back and got a refund.

David


I suspect that there is a quality control problem. Some people,
including me, get excellent results and others don't. If you buy one
and it has problems try to exchange it for another.

On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 16:29:41 -0000, "David J Taylor"
wrote:

Bill wrote:
How do you like your camera? How do you get the best picture quality?

The picture quality on my A2 was worse than on the 5MP Nikon Coolpix 5700
it might have replaced! They hadn't even fixed the faults from the A1. I
sent the camera back and got a refund.

David


I suspect that there is a quality control problem. Some people,
including me, get excellent results and others don't. If you buy one
and it has problems try to exchange it for another.

Morton Klotz wrote:
[]
The picture quality on my A2 was worse than on the 5MP Nikon Coolpix
5700 it might have replaced! They hadn't even fixed the faults from
the A1. I sent the camera back and got a refund.

David


I suspect that there is a quality control problem. Some people,
including me, get excellent results and others don't. If you buy one
and it has problems try to exchange it for another.

Unlikely - the image quality problems were reported on the A1 and were NOT
fixed on the A2. Poor - can't they be bothered to update the firmware?
Identical problems, reported by more than one user, concerned with the
in-camera conversion to JPEG. OK if you use raw. These problems were
also reported in the reviews of the camera, so I'm not just making it up.
Subjectively, images of the same subject from the 5MP Panasonic FZ20 and
the Nikon Coolpix 5700 were better.

I did not like the tinny construction of the LCD viewfinder, the fact that
the image stabilisation didn't work at low shutter speeds, and the highly
misleading statements (which I would call lies) made about the viewfinder.
It is NOT, as described on the box, 900,000 pixels. It is 300,000 pixels
(VGA resolution).

I'm glad you get excellent results, but Minolta have a huge credibility
gap to rebuild with me. It seemed to be fundamental design problems
rather than just bad quality control. It was a most disappointing camera.

Cheers,
David

Morton Klotz wrote:
[]
The picture quality on my A2 was worse than on the 5MP Nikon Coolpix
5700 it might have replaced! They hadn't even fixed the faults from
the A1. I sent the camera back and got a refund.

David


I suspect that there is a quality control problem. Some people,
including me, get excellent results and others don't. If you buy one
and it has problems try to exchange it for another.

Unlikely - the image quality problems were reported on the A1 and were NOT
fixed on the A2. Poor - can't they be bothered to update the firmware?
Identical problems, reported by more than one user, concerned with the
in-camera conversion to JPEG. OK if you use raw. These problems were
also reported in the reviews of the camera, so I'm not just making it up.
Subjectively, images of the same subject from the 5MP Panasonic FZ20 and
the Nikon Coolpix 5700 were better.

I did not like the tinny construction of the LCD viewfinder, the fact that
the image stabilisation didn't work at low shutter speeds, and the highly
misleading statements (which I would call lies) made about the viewfinder.
It is NOT, as described on the box, 900,000 pixels. It is 300,000 pixels
(VGA resolution).

I'm glad you get excellent results, but Minolta have a huge credibility
gap to rebuild with me. It seemed to be fundamental design problems
rather than just bad quality control. It was a most disappointing camera.

Cheers,
David

"David J Taylor" wrote in
:

Unlikely - the image quality problems were reported on the A1 and were
NOT fixed on the A2. Poor - can't they be bothered to update the
firmware? Identical problems, reported by more than one user,
concerned with the in-camera conversion to JPEG.

Just a note on this -- the JPEG writing algorithms might be hardwired in
the processor, and thus can't be upgraded by firmware.

"David J Taylor" wrote in
:

Unlikely - the image quality problems were reported on the A1 and were
NOT fixed on the A2. Poor - can't they be bothered to update the
firmware? Identical problems, reported by more than one user,
concerned with the in-camera conversion to JPEG.

Just a note on this -- the JPEG writing algorithms might be hardwired in
the processor, and thus can't be upgraded by firmware.

Magnus W wrote:
"David J Taylor" wrote in
:

Unlikely - the image quality problems were reported on the A1 and
were NOT fixed on the A2. Poor - can't they be bothered to update
the firmware? Identical problems, reported by more than one user,
concerned with the in-camera conversion to JPEG.

Just a note on this -- the JPEG writing algorithms might be hardwired
in the processor, and thus can't be upgraded by firmware.

Yes, that's possible. If not the whole algorithm, then perhaps some key
arithmetic part.

So avoid all Minolta cameras with that chip!

David