Konica Minolta -Z2 Comments?

[martin]

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I'm considering getting the -Z2. It's in the right price range, and has
the features I think I want, particularly the 10x optical. I'd appreciate
comments from anyone who actually has one or has used one enough to judge
its pros and cons.

Thanks.

 

[Guest]

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I had one for a while. I loved the zoom, the macro and the super macro
modes. Most of the shots credited to "Gary" (me) on this site were
taken using that camera (the ones credite to "Ben" were taken with a
Nikon D70):

http/www.eighteenpercent.net

What I didn't like was the usual pro-sumer problems. Shutter lag and
overall slowness, electronic manual focus. I decided to upgrade to a
DSLR about 9 months after buying it.

You may want to look into the Z3. It's got 12x zoom plus anti-shake
(well worth the extra $$ in my opinion).

Hope that helps.

-gary


On Thu, 03 Mar 2005 00:31:45 GMT, "Martin" <cresident41@swfla.rr.com>
wrote:

>I'm considering getting the -Z2. It's in the right price range, and has
>the features I think I want, particularly the 10x optical. I'd appreciate
>comments from anyone who actually has one or has used one enough to judge
>its pros and cons.
>
>Thanks.
>


-gary
gmr2048 at yahoo dot com
Washington DC, USA
http/www.eighteenpercent.net

 

[martin]

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Thanks for the reply. Those were very nice pictures. I'm being tempted to
stretch my budget and consider the Z3. Hadn't considered the shake problem.


"gmr2048" <gmr2048@nuthin.com> wrote in message
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> I had one for a while. I loved the zoom, the macro and the super macro
> modes. Most of the shots credited to "Gary" (me) on this site were
> taken using that camera (the ones credite to "Ben" were taken with a
> Nikon D70):
>
> http/www.eighteenpercent.net
>
> What I didn't like was the usual pro-sumer problems. Shutter lag and
> overall slowness, electronic manual focus. I decided to upgrade to a
> DSLR about 9 months after buying it.
>
> You may want to look into the Z3. It's got 12x zoom plus anti-shake
> (well worth the extra $$ in my opinion).
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> -gary
>
>
> On Thu, 03 Mar 2005 00:31:45 GMT, "Martin" <cresident41@swfla.rr.com>
> wrote:
>
> >I'm considering getting the -Z2. It's in the right price range, and has
> >the features I think I want, particularly the 10x optical. I'd
appreciate
> >comments from anyone who actually has one or has used one enough to judge
> >its pros and cons.
> >
> >Thanks.
> >
>
>
> -gary
> gmr2048 at yahoo dot com
> Washington DC, USA
> http/www.eighteenpercent.net