Konica Minolta DiMAGE 7 Digital Camera

I bought this camera because my existing digital camera which is a Minolta Dimage Z5 does not have the professional functions I was looking for. For example you can plug in a remote cable release (also bought on ebay). You can do very long exposures. As high as 30 seconds. I like the manual zoom as this give you total control over framing a image. There is also a seperate manual focus if you wish to handle that. The camera has a wide lens (28mm when compared to a 35mm film camera). On the negative the camera is power hungry and alittle awkward to physical handle. Also it is slow at writing the images to the memory card. But this camera was the best in 2001 and cost over £1000. It still holds up against today cameras quite well therefore in my view it was at a bargain price.