For my friend who likes to bash Minolta........

[KevLeviathan]

I would like evidence and support from you to explain why Minolta isn't bad. He keeps going on about how Nikon, Canon and Kodak all make better cameras than Minolta. Moreover, he keeps saying their lenses are terrible. Here's a snippet:

[16:13] Don - life is fixed: i dont think they are nice camera
[16:13] Don - life is fixed: it*
[16:13] Don - life is fixed: is
[16:13] Kevin - Fencing is my game: :O
[16:13] Kevin - Fencing is my game: ehy
[16:14] Kevin - Fencing is my game: why*
[16:14] Don - life is fixed: because I heard about all this bad things about ur brand
[16:14] Don - life is fixed: konica right?
[16:14] Kevin - Fencing is my game: LOL
[16:14] Don - life is fixed: minolta
[16:14] Kevin - Fencing is my game: from who?
[16:14] Don - life is fixed: on internet
[16:14] Kevin - Fencing is my game: dude Minolta is one of the best camera brands
[16:14] Don - life is fixed: it got like 3 out of 5

...later.......

[16:14] Don - life is fixed: Nikon is the best actually
[16:15] Don - life is fixed: and then canon
[16:16] Kevin - Fencing is my game: what makes it so?
[16:16] Don - life is fixed: they actually tests camera........
[16:16] Don - life is fixed: people
[16:17] Kevin - Fencing is my game: what......?
[16:17] Don - life is fixed: people who tests camera
[16:17] Kevin - Fencing is my game: ??????????????
[16:17] Don - life is fixed: ???????????????
[16:18] Don - life is fixed: what makes it so?
[16:18] Don - life is fixed: the lens

...a bit later

[16:18] Kevin - Fencing is my game: well Minolta makes some of the best lenses out there...
[16:18] Don - life is fixed: man u think u know evrything

/sigh
This is almost like an Intel vs AMD Fanboy contest