KONICA MINOLTA MAXXUM 7D

The 'Maxxum 7D', also known as 'Dynax 7D' in Europe/Hong Kong and 'Alpha 7 Digital' in Japan, is a 6.1 megapixel digital single-lens reflex camera, or dSLR, produced by Konica Minolta. It was the top model of their dSLR range, with the Maxxum/Dynax 5D, a consumer-grade model, being the other.
The 7D was first announced on 2004-02-12 at the PMA show,^[1]
with full details released just before the 2004 Photokina show on 2004-09-15.^[2]
The production camera was released in late 2004. Production ceased when Konica Minolta announced their exit from the camera business in January 2006,^[3] although remaining inventory continued to be sold, alongside the K-M based Sony α 100.

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Physical Features

Anti-Shake Technology

References

See also

External links

Physical Features

The 7D features a Magnesium alloy body, plastic in the rear, and primarily external controls. The presence of the external controls for most functions encourage experimentation without having to traverse through menus. It also possesses a 2.5 inch TFT LCD.
The 7D's LCD also doubles as the control LCD. Rather than having a second, smaller LCD located elsewhere, it displays information such as exposure settings, aperture, shutter speed, battery life, and other miscellaneous recording information. The LCD, when acting as the control LCD, also rotates 90º based on the rotation of the camera to keep all of the information shown upright.

Anti-Shake Technology

The Konica Minolta Maxxum/Dynax 5D and 7D both come with Konica Minolta's Anti-Shake Technology. A major difference between Konica Minolta's Anti-Shake and Canon's Image stabilization is that the operation is done in the camera itself rather than inside the lens, thus making the effects usable regardless of the lens attached. In Canon's IS the lens has a floating element that is used to redirect the frame based on outside movement. In Konica Minolta's AS, however, the CCD is on a floating plane controlled by two actuators that work based on detected outside movement and create an inverse, thereby keeping the incoming image in line with the CCD as much as possible.

References

1. Konica Minolta Maxxum 7 Digital DPReview.com
2. KONICA MINOLTA INTRODUCES THE MAXXUM 7D – WORLD’S FIRST
★ 1 DIGITAL SLR CAMERA WITH REVOLUTIONARY BODY-INTEGRAL, ANTI-SHAKE TECHNOLOGY Konica Minolta
3. Konica Minolta Announces Withdrawal Plan for Camera Business and Photo Business Konica Minolta

See also

★ Konica Minolta

★ List of Minolta products

★ Minolta Dynax

External links

★ DPReview reviews the Dynax/Maxxum 7D

★ Search function for images posted to flickr.com taken with Dynax/Maxxum 7D