Thank God Minolta has now also presented the proof that they will enter the digital SLR age.
I have many professional telelenses (APO 300mm, APO 400mm, APO 600mm) and with bird photography as my hobby, frequently having only one unique chance to make a set of photos, digital will be an enormous advantage. I think 6 MP will do for the start, 8 MP would certainly help me to blow up the picture in case I cannot approach a bird close enough.
What I think is really important is the speed of the camera and the quality of the digital image recording and processing. Much of the inherent and hidden potential quality of digital cameras is lost by a far from perfect system optimization; this includes the optics (lenses) matching the characteristics of the CCD (see a recent test in the German Magazine, Color Photo, where this is tested). Let Minolta please take the time to finish the development of the camera, thus the CCD sensor electronics and software and optics integration. This will pay out in terms of satisfaction of their customers, who like me are locked into the Minolta system anyhow.
I have many professional telelenses (APO 300mm, APO 400mm, APO 600mm) and with bird photography as my hobby, frequently having only one unique chance to make a set of photos, digital will be an enormous advantage. I think 6 MP will do for the start, 8 MP would certainly help me to blow up the picture in case I cannot approach a bird close enough.
What I think is really important is the speed of the camera and the quality of the digital image recording and processing. Much of the inherent and hidden potential quality of digital cameras is lost by a far from perfect system optimization; this includes the optics (lenses) matching the characteristics of the CCD (see a recent test in the German Magazine, Color Photo, where this is tested). Let Minolta please take the time to finish the development of the camera, thus the CCD sensor electronics and software and optics integration. This will pay out in terms of satisfaction of their customers, who like me are locked into the Minolta system anyhow.