The jesters and the X1

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First shots with my recently acquired, diminutive Minolta Dimâge X1, featuring Anti-Shake and a 8Mp CCD.

It was very dark outside, and naturally some images were more "arty" than others due to this. At 1/10 with such a tiny camera, especially held vertically, it's hard to keep it still regardless of anti-shake. This camera really misses an optical viewfinder; you can't hold it still without pressing it against your body, but if you do, you can't compose. Smaller screen and real viewfinder would have made this a very competent tool, but more about that in my forthcoming review.

First impressions is that it does its job well, and some shots wouldn't have been much better with the Dynax 7D. On the other hand... many would. :-)

Everything was shot in Fine mode, at 5Mp resolution.

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