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I know Moose expressed some interests and others might be interested in
this too. However, I promise I will not talk any more about the A2 (unless
asked etc.)
Overall comments - it's "my wife's camera," but I got to play with it a
bit. The anti-shake is pretty amazing, this is a 1/2 sec indoor shot:
http://www.dragonsgate.net/karisusama/LJpics/NewMinolta/Silkworms.jpg It's
sharp enough for web and for 4x6 for sure. (Brian, notice the didjeridus
and bunny book on the back) The color is fairly nice and accurate. I don't
see much of the "plastic" look on skin that I detest from some of the
digital cameras (e.g. just look at the ads from Sigma, or even Nikon dSLR,
eek):
http://www.dragonsgate.net/karisusama/LJpics/NewMinolta/SleepyAndBunny.jpg
The macro mode with the flash compensation work fine together:
http://www.dragonsgate.net/karisusama/LJpics/NewMinolta/SilkwormCalligraphy.jpg
Finally, just to show other things that we do:
http://www.dragonsgate.net/karisusama/LJpics/NewMinolta/ChenForm.jpg
http://www.dragonsgate.net/karisusama/LJpics/NewMinolta/TaiChiPushHands.jpg
Pluses: Anti shake. Manual focus works fine. It's really nice to be in
Quickview mode and get back to shooting by lightly pressing the shutter.
The EVF/LCD is very nice. the auto switching between the EVF and LCD is a
great feature. Manual zoom. Can't stand electronic zoom. Nice control layout.
Minuses: slow shutter lag. Not that it is really slow, it's probably as
good as most digicam, but it is no OM, let alone Leica. After pre-focusing,
the lag time is probably still in the order of .2 to .4 seconds. The OM is
around .12 and the Leica is in the order of .014. You really get spoiled
with lag time like that. Image write time also takes, I don't know, may be
a second or so. Just long enough to be noticeable. I didn't try any of the
quick burst mode. I bought the WA card even though I am 99% certain that it
doesn't do anything more on the A2. The grip is a bit weird shaped for my
small hand.
Haven't shot enough to comment on image quality or noise or white balance
etc. Overall it is a good camera. For the time being, I will still be using
my OM and Leica, my trusty Jobo processor and Nikon 4000 scanner to have a
semi-digital workflow.
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