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I was ready to make a purchase of the Konica Dimage A2 based upon the review I read from CNET selecting it as the editor choice and rating it higher than that of the Sony Dsc-f828 that I originally had planned to purchase. But, when I started some last minute research I found a lot of problems posted on the web which implied problem and returns for malfunctioning A2 cameras. I did a search on google under "Dimage A2 problem" and way too many to list in this forum. The Dimage if operating properly for my needs would be ideal however, I don't know that I have the skill level to determine whether the camera is defective or not. A major financial investment for me. Am I being over cautious
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I read the same remarks on one of the Minolta forums.
The reports implied that the camera would sometime fail to achieve a locked focus before taking the photo.
They were reporting many random out of focus photos.
Some were due to faulty cameras (early released cameras). Their also seems to be a learning curve to handling that camera.
I would be cautious too, that is not an inexpensive camera.
Here is a link to a Konica-Minolta Forum:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/forum.asp?forum=1024
You can check and see if the complaints have disappeared from current posts.
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I want to share my bad experience with a new Dimage A2 and Minolta US service center. I am curious if A2 has in particular higher failure rate than other similar models.
Both of my LCD's (viewfinder too!) went completely blank after 2 weeks of use during my learning period. I had to sent almost new A2 to Minolta repair center in NY, and it has been waiting there for repair for over 4 weeks! Their service center is the only one in the US and it seems they don't have spare parts to fix A2's. They have been waiting for 4 weeks just to get some spare part and all they can "guarantee" is up to another 4 weeks of repair time! I am wondering if I am just unlucky or other A2 owners share the same fate.
With all the respect to many possitive reviews I have seen for A2, I will never buy Minolta again because of their service. It's not exactly a cheap camera to get such a poor support during waranty. I have seen other post reporting early failures of A2, so maybe Dimage A2 has some production quality issues.
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Hello I have a Konica Minolta DiMAGE A2 and every time i turn it on it reads accesing file and then unable to read card i dont have the first clue what to do i have tried replacing the card but it just isnt functioning any ideas or suggestions on how to fik the camera my camera worked on my old computer windowsxp and now i have windows 7 the **** thats comes with the camera will not load the usb bit on the formatting disk the rest seems to load. any help welcome please, ian
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