So, now I've started the culling of my
Minolta Dynax heap. But it's obvious that it's going to be a long game...
This culling starts with the acquisition of this
Minolta Dynax 5000i in mint condition.
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With it I also got my first
Minolta Creative Expansion Card, the
A/S Mode expansion card!
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And a metal bayonet
35-80 mm. Which frees up one of the plastic bayoneted kit lenses for sale!
Complete with all the documentation.
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And a nice bag.
But the high point is the
B+W skylight filter, made by
Schneider-Kreuznach.
This filter, alone, is worth more than three times what I paid for this auction.
But I'm not doing this for myself!
If I can get the
Sony α-230, belonging to my brother, up and running from its battery concerns, I'll have some lenses for him.
And a bag, maybe. If he's nice.
And if it comes to the worst, I can throw out everything, but the B+W filter, and still have tripled my investment.
As previously mentioned, this is a long game!
The
Minolta Dynax 5000i, also known as the
Maxxum 5000i in North America, and the
α-5700i in Japan, is a 35mm SLR belonging to the second generation of bodies in Minolta's autofocus SLR system, fitting between the cheaper
3000i, and the more expensive semi-pro
7000i, and replacing the
5000. The "
i" in the names of the new camera range stands for "
intelligence".
Like the 7000i, the 5000i supports Minolta's
Creative Expansion Cards, plug-in electronic modules that added new functionality to the camera.
The 5000i uses Minolta's second generation wide-area autofocus sensor, giving single-shot autofocus, including predictive autofocus on a moving subject.
Continuous AF is available with the optional
Sports Action expansion card.
The available exposure modes out of the box are
Program, using a 2-area evaluative metering system, and
Manual, with a center-weighted averaging meter.
Aperture priority and shutter priority are also available with the aforementioned
A/S Mode expansion card.
Unlike the 7000i, the 5000i includes a built-in flash, mounted on top of the pentaprism. Minolta claimed that this was "
the world's most compact AF SLR camera with built-in flash".
The flash fires automatically in Program mode if the camera determines that the shutter speed will be too low to hand-hold, or if the main subject is backlit.
The flash can be turned off, and can be manually selected in Manual mode.