Konica Minolta 7D - The Birth Of An Alpha

Konica Minolta Maxxum 7D

Attention to all Sony Alpha user, this article is just for your information about the ancestors of Sony DSLR. As a Minolta SLR user (since 1999) I'm very satisfied about it and I hope that an Alpha user stand your ground for this brand.

Konica Minolta Maxxum 7D 6MP DSLR

Technical Spec.

Body material

• Top and Front: Magnesium Alloy
• Rear: Plastic Sensor • 23.5 x 15.7 mm CCD

Sensor

• RGB Color Filter Array
• Interline interlaced CCD
• Built-in fixed low-pass filter
• 6.31 million total pixels
• 6.1 million effective pixels
• 12-bit ADC

Image sizes

• 3008 x 2000
• 2256 x 1496
• 1504 x 1000

File formats

• RAW (12-bit) (approx. 9.8 MB per image)
• RAW + JPEG (Fine)
• JPEG (EXIF 2.21) - (Extra Fine, Fine, Standard)

Continuous shooting

• RAW / RAW+JPEG: 3 fps, up to 9 frames
• JPEG Extra Fine: 3 fps, up to 12 frames
• JPEG Fine: 3 fps, up to 15 frames
• JPEG Standard: 3 fps, up to 19 frames

Self-timer

• 10 sec
• 2 sec Interval timer • Interval time: 30 seconds/1-10, 15, 20, 30, 45, 60 minutes
• 2 -240 frames
• Start timer is equipped. (Setting: 0.5 to 24H, in 0.5 increments)

Connectivity

• USB 2.0 Hi-Speed
• Video out
• DC-IN
• Remote terminal Video out Selectable NTSC or PAL

Storage Compact

Flash Type I/I

Power

• NP-400 Lithium-Ion rechargeable battery
• Battery charger included
• Optional AC adapter
• Optional Vertical Control Grip VC-7D

Konica Minolta Maxxum 7D Test Image