3/31/2024 0 Comments Beseler 45a![]() ![]() Notably, the lens had a pair of anomalous dispersion elements, which Minolta claimed improved color accuracy. ![]() The maximum aperture range was F2.8-3.5 with an equivalent focal range of 28-200mm. The Minolta GT apochromatic lens had a manual zoom ring (please, someone do this again on a long-zoom camera!) and a fly-by-wire focus ring. All of that came at a price: $1500, to be exact. Its 2/3" 5 Megapixel CCD had the highest resolution of any non-pro camera at the time. One of the real highlights was the Minolta DiMAGE 7, a prosumer camera with an unconventional design, a long lens and tons of direct controls. Along with those was probably the biggest vaporware product of all-time: the Silicon Film EPS-1. A prototype of a full-frame Pentax DSLR was also shown, but whether that's also vaporware is up for debate. It saw the release of the Nikon D1X and D1H, the Fujifilm S1 Pro, Kodak mc3 camera/MP3 player (a camera so bad that I couldn't complete my review) and the impressive Sony Cyber-shot DSC-S75. PMA 2001 was a pretty exciting show for new cameras. ![]()
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