Konica Minolta Dynax 5D

(Konica Minolta Maxxum 5D in the USA)

Review Date: October 20th 2005

Page 1
Introduction / Price
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Features
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Specifications
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Design
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Ease of Use
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Image Quality
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Sample Images
Page 8
Conclusion / Links

Specifications

CAMERA TYPE

Digital SLR with built-in flash and interchangeable lenses

LENS MOUNT

Minolta A-type bayonet mount

IMAGE CAPTURE

Image sensor

Interline primary color CCD (23.5 mm x 15.7 mm) with interlace scan

No. of pixels (approx.)

Total: 6.3 million, Effective: 6.1 million

Sensitivity

Auto, ISO 100 / 200 / 400 / 800 / 1600 / 3200 equivalent

White balance control

Automatic, Preset (Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Flash), Custom, Color temperature (2500 ~ 9900K with 19-step Magenta / Green compensation)

RECORDING

Recording media

Type I and Type II CompactFlash Cards, Microdrive, SD Memory Card*, MultiMediaCard*
(* with optional SD-CF1)

File format

JPEG, RAW
(DCF 2.0 compliant, DPOF supported by printing functions in ver.1.1, Exif 2.21)

No. of recorded pixels

L: 3008 x 2000, M: 2256 x 1496, S: 1504 x 1000

Storage capacity (approx.)
(with 512MB CF card in L / M / S size)

STD: 277 / 470 / 926,
FINE: 163 / 282 / 584,
EXTRA-FINE: 82 / 145 / 314,
RAW+JPEG: 39 / 44 / 48,
RAW: 53

Color modes

Natural, Natural Plus, Portrait, Landscape, Sunset, Night View, Night Portrait, Black & White, Adobe RGB, Embedded Adobe RGB. Except for Adobe RGB and Embedded Adobe RGB, all other color modes use the sRGB color space.

Image quality modes

Standard, Fine, Extra-Fine, RAW, RAW+JPEG

Contrast / Saturation / Sharpness

5 steps: +2, -1, ±0, +1, +2

Noise reduction

Available at shutter speeds longer than 1 s

Delete function

Single, multiple, or all frames in a folder / memory card can be deleted. Folders can be deleted in the File Browser.

PLAYBACK

LCD monitor

2.5-inch TFT color, Total pixels: 115,000

Playback mode

Single-frame (Image only, Image and information), Histogram with luminance limit display, Index (4, 9, or 16 frames), Enlarged playback (up to approx. 5x), File Browser, Slideshow, manual and auto rotation

AF SYSTEM

Type

TTL phase-detection system

Sensor

CCD line sensors (9 points, 8 lines with center cross-hair sensor)

Sensitivity range

-1 EV ~ 18 EV (at ISO 100 equivalent)

Main functions

Wide AF area, spot AF area, and 9 local AF areas with Focus Area Selection. AF-A / AF-S / AF-C / DMF. Predictive Focus Control (with moving subjects in AF-A and AF-C), auto-tracking focus-point display

AF illuminator

Available with built-in flash. Range: 1 m ~ 5 m

AE SYSTEM

Metering type

TTL metering; multi-segment metering, Center-weighted metering, Spot metering

Metering cell

14-segment honeycomb-pattern SPC

Metering range

+1 EV ~ +20 EV (+4 EV to +20 EV with Spot metering), (at ISO 100 with f/1.4 lens)

Exposure modes

Auto recording / P (with program shift), A, S, M, and Portrait, Sports Action, Landscape, Sunset, and Night Portrait Digital Subject Programs

Exposure compensation

±2 EV in 1/3 EV increments

AE lock

Automatically activated with AF lock, available via AEL button

BUILT-IN FLASH

Flash metering system

ADI / Pre-flash TTL flash metering

Flash compensation

±2 EV in 1/3 EV increments

Guide No.

GN 12 (in meters at ISO 100)

Recycling time

Approx. 3 s

Control

Manual (raise the flash to activate)

Flash modes

Fill Flash, Red-eye reduction (via pre-flash), Rear Sync flash, (Wireless / Remote off-camera flash, High-speed sync available with Program Flash 5600HS(D) / 3600HS(D)), Slow sync activated via AE lock button

SHUTTER

Type

Electronically-controlled, vertical-traverse, focal-plane type

Speed range

1/4000 s ~ 30 s, bulb exposures possible

Flash sync speed

1/160 s (with Anti-Shake off), 1/125 s (with Anti-Shake on)

VIEWFINDER

Type

Fixed eye-level system with roof mirror type pentaprism

Focusing screen

Spherical Acute Matte

Field of view

95 %

Magnification

0.83 x with 50mm lens at infinity, -1 m-1

Eye relief

Approx. 20 mm from the eyepiece, 16 mm from the eyepiece frame at -1 diopter (-1m-1)

Diopter control

-2.5 ~ +1.0 m-1

DRIVE

Drive mode

Single-frame advance, Continuous advance, 10 s and 2 s Self-timer, Single-frame advance bracketing, Continuous-advance bracketing. Continuous-advance rate: 3 frames per second (approx.), Max. 5 frames (RAW), max. 3 frames (RAW+JPEG)

Exposure bracketing

With 0.3 EV / 0.7 EV increments, 3 frames

ANTI-SHAKE

System

CCD-Shift mechanism

Anti-Shake display

Anti-Shake scale in viewfinder

Anti-Shake compensation

Approx. 2 EV ~ 3 EV decrease in shutter speed(varies according to shooting conditions and lens used)

OTHERS

Other functions

Instant playback, Customization, Zone Matching, Depth-of-field preview

PC interface

USB: Full-Speed 12Mbps data transfer with a USB2.0 compatible computer

Video output

PAL / NTSC (selected on the camera)

Operating temperature

0 ~ 40°C / 32 ~ 104°F

Printing output control

Exif Print, PRINT Image Matching III, PictBridge

Battery

Lithium-ion battery NP-400

Battery performance

No. of frames recorded: approx. 550 (CIPA measurement), approx. 700 (Konica Minolta measurement)

External power source

6 V DC (with AC adapter AC-11)

Dimensions (WxHxD)

Approx. 130.5 mm x 92.5 mm x 66.5 mm

Weight (approx.)

Approx. 590 g*
* without batteries, memory card and body accessories

COMPATIBLE COMPUTERS

IBM PC / AT compatible computers:
Windows Me, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP (Home / Professional), Windows 98, or Windows 98 Second Edition
Apple Macintosh computers:
Mac OS 9.0 ~ 9.2.2, Mac OS X v.10.1.3 ~ 10.1.5, v.10.2.1 ~ 10.2.8, v.10.3 ~ 10.3.9, v10.4 ~ 10.4.1

 

 

Number of frames recorded based on image quality and size

Image quality mode

Image size*2

File size (approx.)

Continuous advance*1

Storage capacity
(w/ 512 MB CF Card)

RAW

  8.8 MB 5 53

RAW + JPEG

L 11.5 MB 3 39
M 10.2 MB 3 44
S 9.3 MB 3 48

EX-FINE (JPEG)

L 5.9 MB 3 82
M 3.3 MB 9 145
S 1.6 MB 314 314

FINE (JPEG)

L 3.0 MB 10 163
M 1.7 MB 40 282
S 850 KB 584 584

STD (JPEG)

L 1.8 MB 24 277
M 1.0 MB 470 470
S 540 KB 926 926
         
*1 In AF-S mode at shutter speeds above 1/500 s, using a SanDisk ULTRA II 512MB CompactFlash card. File size and frame storage capacity vary according to subject matter.
*2 L: 3008 x 2000, M: 2256 x 1496, S: 1504 x 1000

Page 1
Introduction / Price
Page 2
Features
Page 3
Specifications
Page 4
Design
Page 5
Ease of Use
Page 6
Image Quality
Page 7
Sample Images
Page 8
Conclusion / Links

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