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Konica Minolta Maxxum 5

  • SLR
  • 35mm Film
  • Manual, Auto Focus
  • Built In Flash
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars (20 reviews)
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    • Product Rating: 5 star(s) Excellent camera for the money
      by flyweed, Mar. 16, 2004
    • Pros: very fast focus, nice clear viewfinder, and very easy to use
    • Cons: camera body is just a bit too small for my hands
    • Has Owned Product: 10 days
    • Comments:
      If you want a low priced camera, that does everything a higher end "pro's" camera will do, then the Minolta Maxxum 5 is it. For the beginner, you can take this camera right out of the box put in the batteries and film, set the camera to full auto functio...
     

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    • Product Rating: 5 star(s) great all-round camera
      by camMMac, Dec. 27, 2003
    • Pros: almost all the features you could want in a compact camera
    • Cons: none
    • Has Owned Product: 7 months
    • Comments:
      the minolta maxum 5 is a great camera with tons of features. it has a great motordrive shooting at 3fps and an exelent metering and autoexposure system. with 14 custom functions you can set up your camera to work with you. this camera is amazing and i...
     

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    • Product Rating: 5 star(s) NICE LOOKING COMPLETE CAMERA
      by Online Shopper, Jun. 2, 2003
    • Pros: All the features in a mid range price camera, light weight +
    • Cons: Minolta accesories are expensive (specially flashes)
    • Has Owned Product: 6 months
    • Comments:
      The camera includes all the features you can imagine, probably you will use half of them, recommend the 75-300 zoom appart from the usual 35-80 to have a complete variety of ranges. The remote control costs around $25 and is a nice accesory to have. Read...
     

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    • Product Rating: 5 star(s) great all-around camera!
      by Online Shopper, May. 20, 2003
    • Pros: in this class of cameras the maxxum 5 graduates top of class
    • Cons: nothing comes to mind immediatly.
    • Has Owned Product: 5 months
    • Comments:
      I started out looking around for a good quality camera that was under $400 american and that had features that I could expand into as a photographer. Then I pick up a copy of PHOTOGRAPHIC and it happend to have the annual SLR camera buyers guide so I flip...
     

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    • Product Rating: 5 star(s) great camera
      by Online Shopper, May. 7, 2003
    • Pros: Unless you retarded. It easy to use.
    • Cons: Buttons for spot ae and af are to small and poorly located
    • Has Owned Product: 6 months
    • Comments:
      GREAT PRICE LOTS OF FEATURES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...
     

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    • Product Rating: 5 star(s) A very good & capable SLR
      by Shoubhik, Mar. 31, 2003
    • Pros: Most advanced features in it's class,Light,Great performance
    • Cons: Limited extra accossory availablity, Less publicity
    • Has Owned Product: 8 months
    • Comments:
      It's a very good & capable camera. But I have a few suggestion for new & amateur users to avoid possible initial disappointment - 1.Don't use factory-set 'All-auto' mode initially. Use aperture-priority mode with shutter speed 125(or at least 90). Read t...
     

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    • Product Rating: 5 star(s) Love it
      by L.S., Jan. 16, 2003
    • Pros: many features, light, fast autofocus
    • Cons: Not so many accessories as other brands
    • Has Owned Product: 5 days
    • Comments:
      Maxxum 5 is cheaper, better & lighter than Canon Rebel 2000/Ti or Nikon 65. It has more features than others at the same price level, such as 1/4000 speed, 3 frames per second and so on. ...
     

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    • Product Rating: 5 star(s) best SLR Camera in its class
      by Jerry, Jan. 8, 2003
    • Pros: Lighweight, easy switch to manual, cool features
    • Cons: beats rebel 2000/Ti easily yet not advertised aggressively
    • Has Owned Product: 5 months
    • Comments:
      I dont want to sound too biased but I think its the best camera in its class. Everyone I know has a Rebel 2000 and no one is able to use it as much as they want too. But I am talking about average photographers who dont want a point a shoot but also are...
     

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    • Product Rating: 2 star(s) needs improvement
      by Online Shopper, Dec. 29, 2002
    • Pros: It is a manuel SLR
    • Cons: TO atomatic royal pain to change to manuel
    • Has Owned Product: 3 months
    • Comments:
      the product is a phd camera (push here dummy) you should buy this camera only if you dont know how to use a camera properly...
     

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    • Product Rating: 5 star(s) Best so far.
      by disneydentist, Dec. 23, 2002
    • Pros: Fantastic autofocus. Super lightweight. Lots of features.
    • Cons: Manual fill flash.
    • Has Owned Product: 5 days
    • Comments:
      This is the 4th Maxxum body that I've owned. By far the best. The new 7-point autofocus is fantastic. It locks on really quickly. Full slate of built-in programs. A couple of ounces less might not sound like a lot(versus the Minolta HTSi Plus)but it...
     

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