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Jim Spencer wrote:
Alan Browne wrote in message . .. For general snaps and photo training wheels, the 28-80 kit lens is decent enough. That's good to know. From what I gather from further reading on the group, the 28-100 is not a good lens? No experience with it, but it appears to be less than stellar. Again, although not cheap, a good match to the Maxxum 5 is the 24-105 (D). My SO has a Maxxum 5 and is very pleased with her Sigma 28-200 ... which is predictably soft ... but perfect for her as her photos are used to support her painting and so one lens covers a huge range of FL's for her... not a lens I'd reccomend at all. I bought her a used 50mm f/1.7 ... when she used to borrow my 7xi and that lens she produced sharp, contrasty (and superbly composed) shots. BTW: My SO shoots 400 Fuji Superia and she rates it at 200 (she sets the ISO to 200). This takes advantage of the exposure range of negative film and she gets great results. Maxxum 5 refurbished? Hmm. Better go new. (I say 'Hmm' cause it is a relatively new model and I'd be surprised that there any refurbs on the market...) Ebay and Overstock.com both list refurbished cameras. In part, they're claimed to be returns of new or fairly new cameras. Isn't the Maxxum 5 3-4 years old? To me, 3-4 years old a camera is just beginning to be a good friend. I've had Minolta cameras, lenses and flashes for a little over 10 years. Only one failure of a 5400HS flash in all that time... which Minolta repaired, N/C out of warranty. The built in flash is okay for snaps with high speed film (400-800), but consider a future purchase of a 2500D or 3600HS D flash as well. My wife tends to buy 200 film for the family shots. With this camera, should I encourage the higher speeds, or was your recommendation for higher-quality photographs? 200 is not much margin for the built in flash. Some 400 speed films are quite decent for grain, esp. if you don't blow them up too far (they do okay even up to 8x12 if well exposed). If you do a lot of flash photos, then an accessory flash will not only do better, but save the camera battery as well ... and get the flash above the lens axis and help reduce red-eye... Thanks for your response. Very helpful. You're very welcome. Cheers, Alan -- -- rec.photo.equipment.35mm user resource: -- http://www.aliasimages.com/rpe35mmur.htm -- e-meil: there's no such thing as a FreeLunch.-- |
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OK, now I'm bottom posting. There's a feature on the Maxxum 5 that allows the camera to "automatically" rewind leaving the leader protruding. And you didn't answer my question. I well aware that you won't get an exposure when using a lens cap. I've had it happen to me numerous times. I didn't know about the leader out option. The only way with that camera to advance frames is to use the shutter (unlike the Maxxum 9 [and prob'y the 7] which has a feature to advance it to a specific frame ... which I never use as it's not something I want to bother remembering and clicking through a few frames with the lens cap on is no big deal). If you don't have the Maxxum 5 manual, it can be downloaded in pdf (3 parts, searchable) from the Minoltausa site. Cheers, Alan. -- "There is no such thing as inaccuracy in a photograph. All photographs are accurate. None of them is the truth." -Richard Avedon -- rec.photo.equipment.35mm user resource: -- http://www.aliasimages.com/rpe35mmur.htm -- e-meil: there's no such thing as a FreeLunch.-- |
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"Alan Browne" wrote in message ... wrote: (Note: I often reccomend the 24-105 as a GP lens, but it is outside your budget by a bit). KEH has on at a "bargain" for $179. Go to: http://www.keh.com/shop/product.cfm?...d&crid=8781697 |
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Jim Spencer wrote:
My wife tends to buy 200 film for the family shots. With this camera, should I encourage the higher speeds, or was your recommendation for higher-quality photographs? There is no 200 speed film currently on the market that is better (sharper, lower grain) than Ultra Color 400, formerly Portra 400UC. It looks best printed on Kodak or Agfa paper, but works OK on a Fuji Frontier. I've heard even Walmart sells UC400 now. |
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Jim Spencer wrote:
My wife tends to buy 200 film for the family shots. With this camera, should I encourage the higher speeds, or was your recommendation for higher-quality photographs? There is no 200 speed film currently on the market that is better (sharper, lower grain) than Ultra Color 400, formerly Portra 400UC. It looks best printed on Kodak or Agfa paper, but works OK on a Fuji Frontier. I've heard even Walmart sells UC400 now. |
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