Excerpt: The anti-shake's in the body! Who wouldn't be skeptical? Canon, Nikon, and Sigma have built anti-shake mechanisms into a selected few, expensive lenses.
Conclusion: In use the 7D proved to be an excellent 'photographic tool', it feels good to hold, it's easy to change settings (thanks to the fact that almost all the major settings
Pros: Good resolution, as good as the best six megapixel digital SLR's, Vibrant color response, fairly contrasty images (although not over the top), Low noise at higher sens...
Cons: Some color clipping with the sRGB Natural+ color mode, Slower-than-the-competition startup time (2.6 sec before you can take a shot), No automatic rotation of images i...
Conclusion: The Maxxum 7D is a very well-built, intelligently designed camera with excellent handling characteristics and antishake technology.
Pros: Extensive, intelligently placed analog controls. Big, bright LCD. Antishake technology works with any lens. Very clean images.
Cons: Small buffer limits the number of shots in a single burst. Our daylight shot was underexposed. Built-in flash was inconsistent. More expensive than the competition.
Excerpt: We put a pre-production Konica Minolta Dynax 7D through its paces at one of the biggest sporting events of the yearMonday, 22nd November - This hands-on preview started
Conclusion: The Konica Minolta Maxxum 7D has come late to the party, but, if I may be allowed to torture the analogy a bit, it is one of the most attractive dates to show up.