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Heiko R.Feb 18, 2025

"My little Pretty (one of them 😎)"

As announced yesterday while chatting with @dirt , I picked out a picture of my ancient #Minolta #Dimage7. This picture was taken a few months ago when I repaired this camera as a successor to the Z3, which had recently died.

With the new(😁) firmware from 2004 or 2005, it now even 'eats' SD cards in via CF adapter. And the operating time is long enough with Li-ion batteries (real 1.5 volts!), so I don't have to replace the batteries anymore after taking just 5-10 pictures.

It's really fun to shoot with!

#MinoltaDimage7 #BridgeCamera #camerarepair #digitalbridgecamera #oldcamera #olddigitalcamera
#OldButGold

Heiko R.Feb 17, 2025

"Sometimes, wenn I go out for JPG & unedited"
- esp. for @dirt (and all others, too 😉) -

IMG 1: #Minolta #DimageZ3 #bridgecamera
IMG2: unedited (cropped to square only) #JPG

Unfortunately she died some time ago - img sensor damage. 🥴

A Dimage 7 (and a 7i, too) have now taken their place. There will be an image of this camera later.

#jpgphotography #olddigitalcamera #oldcamera #Minolta #digitalbridgecamera #MinoltaDimage #digitalphotography

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Heiko R.Feb 12, 2025

@textovervideo Oh, I should recharge the batteries of my #DImage7i camera. Its not so different to the Dimage5, so I think I'll go to shoot a few #raw shots on the wekend for a try in Darktable. 🤩

#Minolta #Dimage7 #DImage5 #Bridgecamera #oldcamera

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Nikon's Coolpix P1100 Lightly Refreshes the 24-3000mm Optical Zoom Behemoth

The Nikon Coolpix P1100 features a massive 125x optical zoom lens that the company describes as the "gold standard" of its class.

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Heiko R.Aug 27, 2024

Played a bit around with the #Minolta #Dimage7 which I finished repairing a few weeks ago...

#ISO100, jpg
3 sec @ #availablelight

The image sensor, which is more than 20 years old, shows some clear #HotPixels @ longer exposure times, but I can tolerate that. I just have to take a few 'empty' black pictures to filter out and everything will be fine. :wink:

And yeah, I love the Dimage7's fucking old macro lens! 🤩🤭

#oldcamera #testshot #camerarepair #MinoltaDimage7 #macro #BridgeCamera

Heiko R.Aug 4, 2024

Ich habe fertig! (Just finished!)
(en: below)

Die alte Dame aus 2002 ist endlich wieder vollständig einsatzbereit. Letzte Woche habe ich noch die Kontakte im Batteriefachdeckel ausgetauscht und ihr anstelle der Ni-mh #Akkus zwei Sätze wiederaufladbare #Lithiumbatterien gegönnt. Dank neuer (🙄😁) Firmware von 2004 und eines SD>CF Adapters speichert sie nun auch etwas schneller und kann, je nach SD-Karte mit bis zu 4GB Speicherkapazität umgehen. Das funktionierte seinerzeit ja nur mit Karten bis zu 1GB.

Ach, ja: bei ALI Express habe ich einen tatsächlich einen passenden ø49mm Polfilter (zirkulär) ergattern können. Der Preis dafür war mit $5.17 so unverschämt billig, dass ich mich fast dafür schämen möchte. Die Kamera darf nun gerne nochmal weitere 20 Jahre halten. Das Objektiv ist eine Wonne, und der Bildsensor mit seinen nur 5.2 Megapixeln liefert eine knackige Schärfe und oft schon fast pastellig wirkende Farben.

Dafür lasse ich gerne mal die analogen Filme im Kühlschrank und gehe bestimmt wieder häufiger mit dieser Oma auf Tour.

(English)
My good old lady, a #Minolta #Dimage7 from 2002, is finally fully operational again. Last week I replaced the contacts in the battery cover with new ones and treated it to two sets of #EBL rechargeable AA 1.5V #lithiumbatteries instead of the 1.2V Ni-mh ones.

Thanks to new firmware from 2004 and an SD>CF adapter, it now saves a little faster and, depending on the SD card, can even handle up to 4GB storage capacity. At the time, this only worked with cards up to 1GB.😜

Oh, btw: at #AliExpress I got a suitable ø49mm circular polarizing filter. The price for it was so outrageously cheap at $5.17 that I almost want to be ashamed of it.

The camera can now last another 20 years (😎). To me the lens is a delight, and the sensor with its only 5.2 megapixels delivers crisp sharpness and often wonderfully pastel-prone colors.

I like to leave the analogue films in the fridge and will definitely go on tour with this 'grandma' more often.

#MinoltaDimage7 #CameraRepair #OldCamera #BridgeCamera #DigitalBridgeCamera #OldButGold #photography #fotografie