These include a 1/4000 minimum shutter speed, multiple exposure and bracketing modes, manually selectable ISO speeds ranging from 6-6400 in deference to the DX coding detection, continuous autofocus availability and 7-point selectable autofocus, exposure compensation, as well as a "panic" button to quickly throw out any settings and return to the default settings and ready to set in the Program mode.Īlso available are 14 customizations that allow you to tailor your Maxxum 5 to behave how you wish. Despite its small size and light weight, the Maxxum 5 crams an impressive number of features into a portable and easy to carry package that offers all the easy quick features, but doesn't skimp on the nice extras and specs. But this is no bland vanilla camera in the least.
Standing in the shadows of its much adored sibling, the purchase of a Minolta Maxxum 5 can often be seen as settling, and in some ways it is.
Unlike the dated look of many Maxxum line cameras of the 1980's and 1990's, the 2000 vintage Maxxum 5 presents a fairly contemporary look in comparison. This my friends, is the Minolta Maxxum 5. It has, to this date, retained a certain degree of cult status that is only reinforced by the scarcity and price in the used market.īut for a mere fraction of the price of a Minolta Maxxum 7, a comprehensively featured alternative in this same line up can be readily found in working condition: a light weight camera excellently suited for advanced film photography on a budget. It is a film camera that can easily be mistaken for a DSLR, and regularly fetches upwards of $100 on the used market. However, the one most novel standout from the procession of about 15 years of Minolta "Maxxum" film SLR models is the Minolta Maxxum (Dynax) 7, an amazing machine that uses an intuitive LCD display on the back to display settings. To those of us either discovering or re-discovering film, the myriad of Minolta Maxxum models and their generational successions can be a daunting learning curve. Like a Hollywood reboot brought 30 years forward from its original setting, I'm once again here to espouse the virtues of an oft-overlooked Minolta camera model that I feel to be a phenomenal bargain in the marketplace today. A few months ago, I waxed poetic about an oft-overlooked Minolta camera model, remarking of its many charms, and insisting that it was a great sleeper find that was overlooked due to all of the attention of its slightly more capable siblings that hog the spotlight.
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