Konica Minolta Dimage 7Hi - Faulty

I don't know much about firmaware upgrade. Check here
http://www.velocityreviews.com/threads/firmware-upgrade-for-minolta-dimage-7.510561/

Hi,

You may want to download your camera's user's manual from this LINK. Read through pages 22 upto 23 pages for proper guidance in inserting and removing your camera's memory stick. Other features of your camera are available for reading.

I hope this works for you. Kindly reply for further assistance. Good Luck!

Thanks for using Fixya!
Mongkey
TIPS: Is your computer slow? This might help
http://www.fixya.com/support/r8158906-diy_manual_pc_tune_up
(for Windows only)

Is there a slide switch on the side of the card?

If the LCD and pictures are both bad, the CCD is most likely going south. It is an expensive repair via SONY but I may start doing these far cheaper myself if I get a few customers. pishta68 at hotmail.com

This sounds like a defective Sony CCD issue. If so, Sony will fix your Minolta camera for free (with free shipping) regardless of warranty. You need to do this before March 31, 2008 so get going! See this link:
http://camerarepair.blogspot.com/2007/11/sony-konica-minolta-cameras.html

The Dimage models that Sony is accepting for the recall repair are:
Dimage 7HI, 7I, A1, Xi, F300, XT, X20, S414.

If this also shows up on the pictures it could be a defective Sony CCD issue. If so, Sony will fix your Minolta camera for free (with free shipping) regardless of warranty. You need to do this before March 31, 2008 so get going! See this link:

http://camerarepair.blogspot.com/2007/11/sony-konica-minolta-cameras.html

The Dimage models that Sony is accepting for the recall repair are:
Dimage 7HI, 7I, A1, Xi, F300, XT, X20, S414.

You both are in luck. This sounds like a defective Sony CCD issue. Sony will fix your Minolta camera for free (with free shipping) regardless of warranty. You need to do this before March 31, 2008 so get going! See this link:
http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/news-item.pl?template_id=1&news_id=131#
The Dimage models that Sony is accepting for the recall repair are:
Dimage 7HI, 7I, A1, Xi, F300, XT, X20, S414.

This sounds like a defective Sony CCD issue. If so, Sony will fix your Minolta camera for free (with free shipping) regardless of warranty. You need to do this before March 31, 2008 so get going! See this link:
http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/news-item.pl?template_id=1&news_id=131#
The Dimage models that Sony is accepting for the recall repair are:
Dimage 7HI, 7I, A1, Xi, F300, XT, X20, S414.

The ferroelectric 4.8mm (0.19 type) reflective micro LCD adopted for DiMAGE 7i's EVF has approximately 220,000 pixels.

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