by Jack Neubart In my opinion the DiMAGE 7Hi is what the 7i should have been to begin with. Not only does this 5 MP, 7X-zoom camera offer higher-quality JPEG capture (with lower compression), it has truly evolved into a studio camera. How? With the addition of a standard sync terminal ...

by Vivid Light Staff It's hard to believe that it's been a year and a half since Minolta introduced the diminutive Dimage X. When we first saw it we were taken by it's small size and surprising image quality.   In this front and back view you can see how simple the controls ...

by Vivid Light Staff The one question we receive more than any other is "what camera should I buy?" Let's face it, for someone new to "serious cameras" the market is pretty damn confusing right now. There are numerous manufacturers, each with multiple models, and every model has dozens of features. Everyone ...

by Jim McGee After we ran headline articles last month about the first two digital SLRs to have full size CMOS chips we received a surprising number of emails from folks asking just this question. We also received emails from a number of folks indicating that full size chips were a ...

by Jim McGee Want a lightweight camera with a lightweight price and heavyweight features that is easier to use than pretty much anything in it's class? Take a hard look at the Maxxum 5. This is a camera that is comfortable for the novice shooting soccer games or the photographer who wants ...

by Jim McGee Overview When most people decide to start working with their images digitally they don't give much thought to the scanning process. The misconception is that you simply press a button, the scanner does it's thing, and now you have a digital file to work with. If only it were ...

by Vivid Light Staff The thing I really despise about writing digital camera reviews is that by the time you get done covering all the technical detail the article sounds more like a spec sheet than a camera review.  What gets lost in all that detail is what it's like to ...

by VividLight Staff Price Comparison  Minolta $4,000  Nikon $4,600  Sigma $2,200  Tokina $2,200 For this article in our ongoing pro series we shot the X Games in Philadelphia using several 300mm f2.8 pro lenses.  So how did those lenses stack up when we put them to the test? Overall Every lens has strengths and weaknesses that make it better suited for ...

In this installment in our "pro series" we give you a feel for what it's like to shoot this kind of major sporting event. by VividLight Staff I think every photographer who enjoys watching sports has wondered what it's like to actually be one of the photographers on the sidelines, in ...

by Vivid Light Staff Someone at Minolta has their eye on the ball.  Their newest line of Maxxum cameras, the new Maxxum 5, the Maxxum 7, and the pro level Maxxum 9, are doing all the right things and incorporating some trick new features. We received our Maxxum 7 along with a ...