The Konica-Minolta Dimage A2 Best choice in the new eight megapixel prosumer digicam class?
Written: Mar 21 '04 (Updated Sep 26 '04)
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Pros: 7X optical zoom, image stabilization, hot shoe, amazingly fast AF, and excellent battery life
Cons: Very complex operation, slightly noisy images
The Bottom Line: The new Dimage A2 is the ultimate incarnation of Minolta’s consumer darling, the DiMAGE 7 and a strong contender for the best-in-class.
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| Howard_Creech's Full Review: Konica Minolta DiMAGE A2 Digital Camera |
Right on the heels of Konica-Minolta’s superb five megapixel Dimage A1 super-cam comes its eight-megapixel big brother, the new Dimage A2. The A2 (like the A1, Z1, and Z2) was designed by a savvy group of “out of the box” thinkers and imaginative digital engineers determined to create the next generation of digital imaging tools. If the A2 is any indication, then Konica-Minolta seems well positioned to displace Canon as the leader in the digital camera sector of the high tech marketplace.
What’s New? How Does the A2 differ from the A1?
The A1 generously shares its tough Magnesium alloy-Polycarbonate body, anti-shake image stabilization technology, 7x zoom lens, improved A/D converter, tilting LCD screen, intelligent sensor grip (that knows when users have the camera in-hand), hot shoe for external flash units, and powerful Lithium-Ion rechargeable battery with its more powerful sibling.
Improvements to the basic A1 platform include a new 8 megapixel CCD, a new EVF (electronic viewfinder) with VGA resolution, a new 3D AF system (that’s 1.5 times faster than the A1’s) with Predictive Focus Control and subject tracking, new CxProcess II Image Processing technology, high-speed USB 2.0 connectivity, a better movie mode, and a snappy 7 fps continuous advance rate.
NUTS & BOLTS
Viewfinder/LCD
The A1’s EVF was very good, but the A2’s newly designed Super Fine EVF (Electronic Viewfinder) with VGA resolution display is better. Users can configure the A2’s EVF to operate in either the High-Precision (30 fps) mode (four times as sharp as the A1’s EVF) for tack sharp landscapes, portraits, and macro subjects without the need for image magnification or Smooth (60 fps) mode for an extremely fluid real time view without the blurring or jerky movement often associated with EVF’s.
An infrared sensor detects the user’s eye as it approaches the high eyepoint viewfinder automatically switching the view to the EVF and disabling the LCD screen (when the auto-switching option is enabled). To conserve power the Eye-start feature only starts up when the user’s eye approaches the EVF. Users can choose to have the display always appear on the EVF or the LCD, or they can switch back and forth between the two.
The A2’s variable angle viewfinder eyepiece tilts upward 90 degrees, to facilitate waist level and low angle compositions. The A2’s hi-res EVF automatically boosts gain in low light and shows one hundred per cent of the image frame.
The A2’s 1.8” TFT LCD screen is large, bright, and fluid with a full exposure/status display and a "live" histogram (in Play or QuickView mode). The A2’s LCD screen flips out from the camera’s rear deck and tilts up 90 degrees or down 20 degrees. Like the EVF, the LCD automatically boosts gain in low light.
The A2 also provides a top deck LCD status screen that displays battery status, exposure/camera settings, etc.
Lens
The A2 uses the same f2.8-f3.5/28-200mm (35mm equivalent) all glass 7X zoom as the Dimage A1 and Dimage 7Hi. The A2’s zoom utilizes a rotating lens ring (coupled mechanically to the lens elements) for precise zooming control, just like 35mm SLR zoom lenses.
The A2’s 7X zoom provides optical performance that is consistently above average. Barrel distortion is slightly higher than average at the wide-angle end of the zoom range, but chromatic aberration (purple fringing) is very low and pincushion distortion at the telephoto end of the zoom range is very well controlled. There’s no vignetting (dark corners) visible but there is some just barely discernable corner softness at the maximum aperture. The zoom provides a 49mm thread so there’s no need to buy an optional lens adapter in order to use filters.
Auto Focus
The A2 features a new 3D Predictive Auto Focus system. The 3D AF system provides super fast and absolutely seamless AF by calculating exactly where in the frame the subject is, how fast it is moving (and in what direction). The Subject Tracking accurately follows the subject and continuously adjusts focus right up to the moment of exposure, even if the subject is moving toward the camera (as opposed to across the lens axis). This is a super feature for action photographers because the A2’s AF system continues to adjust focus during the interim between when the shutter button is pressed and when the shutter actually fires. This may seem unnecessary (because the time is measured in hundredths of a second) but it can make a big difference when shooting moving subjects. Pair the A2’s nifty Subject Tracking 3D AF with Minolta’s new Anti-Shake System and this SLR-like digicam easily becomes the best choice imaging tool for Sports/Action and Low Light/Natural Light photographers.
Manual Zooming/Focus
Like a 35mm SLR, image magnification is controlled manually by turning the zoom ring on the lens barrel. In Manual Focus mode the A2 displays a distance scale at the bottom of the LCD monitor (or EVF) and focus is adjusted by turning the focus ring (at the base of the zoom). The center of the LCD screen can be magnified from 2X to 8X to aid in critical focusing. Direct Manual Focus (enabled via the A2’s menu system) permits users to manually tweak AF without switching to MF mode, just press the shutter button halfway and rotate the focus ring to fine-tune focus.
Anti-Shake/Image Stabilization
The A2’s most impressive feature is its genuinely unique approach to image stabilization. Minolta’s design engineers developed a creative new system that neutralizes camera shake by stabilizing the CCD imager, rather than the zoom lens. The system works by analyzing input from motion detectors in the camera body and producing a precisely equal and opposite shift in the CCD, counteracting camera shake.
Minolta claims that with anti shake enabled users can shoot at shutter speeds up to 3 stops slower. For example if a shutter speed of 1/125th of a second is required to avoid the effects of camera shake --- the A2 can capture a sharp picture at 1/15th of a second. A2 purchasers will immediately notice the benefits of Minolta’s nifty anti shake system; sharp handheld action-sports/low light images even at the telephoto end of the zoom range. The A2’s anti shake feature produces dependably sharp images at shutter speeds that would normally generate blurry pictures, but this capability comes at a significant cost in terms of power consumption.
Metering
The A2’s default light metering uses a 300-segment evaluative system that reads numerous areas of the frame and instantly evaluates brightness and contrast in each of those areas to determine the best overall exposure. More advanced users can select Spot or Center-Weighted metering modes (via the Function Dial) for more control in tricky lighting situations. The Spot mode allows users to align the center of the frame with the most important compositional element (like the face in a portrait) and bias the exposure on that very small area and then re-compose. Center-Weighted metering is useful for re-creating the retro look of “classic” golden age photography or ensuring that the exposure is based on the central area of the frame.
Flash
The A2’s multi-mode (Auto, fill-flash, red-eye reduction, Slow-Synch (similar to second curtain synch) built in flash recycles in about five seconds. Minolta claims a conservative maximum flash range of 12.5 feet at the wide-angle zoom setting and 9.8 feet at the telephoto end of the zoom range. Flash output can be adjusted +2/-2 EV (in 1/3 EV increments) and the built in flash throttles down very nicely for macro work.
The A2 provides users with two flash metering options. The default mode is ADI (Advanced Distance Integration), which bases flash exposure on lens aperture, distance measurements from the AF system, and light reflected back from a pre-flash. The second flash metering option, TTL Pre-Flash (used in conjunction with spot AF) bases flash output on a small metering flash fired before the primary exposure. The A2’s manual flash option allows users to set flash power to full, ½, ¼, 1/8, or 1/16 power.
In addition to the built-in flash, the A2 features a dedicated (Minolta only) hot shoe allowing photographers to mount Minolta Maxxum Program 5600 HS, Program 3600 HS, and 2500D external speedlights. Minolta’s versatile Macro Twin Flash 2400 and Macro Ring Flash 1200 can also be used.
An external PC flash sync terminal allows the use of third-party flash units (manual operation only), studio strobes, and slaved units.
Image File Storage/Memory Media
The A2 saves images to Compact Flash cards type I or II and the camera is FAT-16 & FAT-32 compatible so users can mount CF cards and Microdrives of any capacity including 4GB Microdrives.
Like many professional level digital cameras, the A2 doesn’t include a CF card in the package. Users will need to pony up for a minimum 512MB CF card. A 1GB (or larger) capacity CF card or Microrive would be a better choice.
Image File Format(s)
RAW, TIFF, & jpeg
Connectivity
USB 2.0, A/V (NTSC / PAL) out, and DC in (with optional Minolta AC-1L AC adapter)
Power
The A2 draws its juice from a proprietary Minolta NP-400 7.4v 1500mAh lithium-ion rechargeable battery. Users can expect to record from 200 - 300 images (depending on anti shake, LCD/EVF and flash use—and review frequency) with a fully charged battery, enough power for a heavy daylong shooting session or a mini vacation. My friend and I used the A2 for two weekends of fairly heavy shooting without exhausting the original battery.
EXPOSURE
The DiMAGE A2 provides serious photographers with all the exposure flexibility they are ever likely to need, including: Auto, Program AE (with Shift), Scene (Minolta calls these Digital Subject Programs) modes, Shutter Priority, Aperture Priority, Memory Recall, and full Manual modes.
In Auto (point & shoot) mode, the A2’s CPU makes all exposure decisions. In Program AE mode, the camera automatically selects the aperture and shutter speed, but users are free to choose all other exposure variables. When the “Shift” option is enabled users can also vary shutter speed/aperture combinations. In Aperture Priority mode, shooters select the lens aperture and the A2’s CPU selects the appropriate shutter speed. In Shutter Priority mode users select the shutter speed (high shutter speeds to freeze rapidly unfolding action or slow shutter speeds to blur motion) and the A2 automatically selects the proper lens aperture. The shutter speed range is from 30 seconds to 1/4000 (1/2000 max in S / M modes) and in Bulb mode the maximum setting is 30 seconds (@ ISO 64 / 100).
Users can also choose one of the Scene modes -- Portrait, Sports, Sunset, and Night Portrait scene modes -- and the camera will optimize all exposure parameters for the specific type of scene selected. In Memory Recall mode users can save up to five sets of personal camera settings to memory. In Manual mode users have complete control over all exposure parameters.
Macro Mode
The DiMAGE A2 features the same macro mode as the A1. Users must lock the lens at either the wide-angle or telephoto end of the zoom range. Macro shooters can set the 7X zoom at wide-angle for a wider field of view and better depth of field or isolate and magnify the subject (but with shallower depth of field) at the telephoto setting. The minimum focusing distance (measured from the CCD rather than the front element of the zoom lens) is 11.8” at the wide-angle end and 5.1” at the telephoto end---more than tight enough for dramatic “bugs & flowers” close-ups.
Color in macro mode is accurate and close-up subjects are sharp, but there is some minor noise visible and there is also some noticeable corner softness, but this is fairly typical with long zoom hi-res digicams.
Movie Mode
The DiMAGE A2 can record video clips (with audio) at 544x408 @ 30 fps (the A1 tops out at 320x240 @ 24 fps). The improved video recording capability consumes memory at the rate of about 1MB per second. Filmmakers can choose between Auto, Standard, Night, and Time Lapse movie modes. In auto mode the A2 selects between standard and night movie modes based on available light. Users can enable the interval function to capture a series of still images taken at regular intervals and these images can then be combined into a 640x480 @ 4 fps (no audio) time-lapse movie.
Voice Memo Mode
A2 users also have the ability to record short audio notes (up to 15 seconds) to accompany still images.
Exposure Compensation
Very dark or very bright (or highly reflective) subjects can trick light metering systems into underexposing or overexposing images. Minor exposure tweaks can prevent this over/under exposure. The A2’s base exposure can be adjusted from -2 /+2 EV in 1/3 EV increments allowing users to easily compensate for difficult lighting/subject reflectance problems or environmental exposure variables.
Exposure Bracketing
Very minor exposure differences can dramatically affect the subjective appeal of an image. A2 users can almost guarantee that they’ll capture consistently effective images with the camera’s auto bracketing function. The A2 records 3 exposures in rapid sequence (with one press of the shutter button) varying the exposure between shots from 0.3 to 1.0 EV. Most auto bracketing programs offer only limited user input, but the A2 provides users with a wide range of additional bracketing options including Continuous-Advance Bracketing, Single-Frame Advance Bracketing, and Digital Effects Bracketing (which brackets Filter, Contrast, or Color Saturation settings). The capability to bracket hue, contrast, and color saturation is a genuinely useful feature that will appeal strongly to advanced shooters.
In-Camera Image Adjustment
In camera image adjustment is a very important tool for overcoming minor exposure problems, ensuring tack sharp resolution, tweaking white balance, balancing contrast, and fine tuning color saturation. The A2 features a professional level of In-Camera Image Adjustment options permitting skilled photographers the flexibility to fine tune images to precisely reflect their individual preferences for color and tonality.
Color Saturation
The A2 provides an incredibly broad range of color intensity/color balance options including Natural or Vivid sRGB, Adobe RGB, Embedded Adobe RGB, Black and White, and Solarization settings. Color Saturation can be adjusted over a broad range. There is also a color filter setting that permits users to adjust the overall colorcast from blue to yellow to balance color temperature with lighting. In Black and White mode users can opt for traditional B&W images or use the color filter option to produce monochrome images in red, green, magenta, and blue.
Contrast
The A2’s contrast can be adjusted through an 11 step range (+5/-5 steps). Users can manipulate image contrast to achieve better mid tones, improved shadow detail, or more dramatic highlight detail.
Sharpness
A2 users can manipulate (soft, normal, or hard) apparent image sharpness.
White Balance
The A2’s White Balance system provides very flexible control over color balance and tonal range, including TTL Auto WB and pre-sets optimized for Daylight, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Cloudy, Shade, and 3 Custom (manual) settings. With the Custom setting, the camera adjusts color balance to render a white card (or a white wall/ceiling) as hue neutral and then saves the reading as a Custom setting. Up to three Custom settings many be saved, which is very useful for shooters who need to switch back and forth between different lighting (bright sun-shade outdoors, multiple indoor settings, or indoors-outdoors) situations quickly.
Sensitivity
The A2’s light sensitivity can be set to TTL Auto or adjusted in user selected ISO (35mm equivalent) values of 64, 100, 200, 400, or 800.
Noise-Reduction
The A2’s Noise Reduction System utilizes standard dark-frame subtraction technology to automatically minimize image noise in high ISO shots, low-light images, and long exposures. When NR is engaged the camera captures a second exposure with the shutter closed and this “dark frame” (with no image noise) is compared to the primary exposure and the noise subtracted. Noise reduction processing noticeably lengthens shot to shot intervals.
Drive Modes
The DiMAGE A2 provides a very nice range of drive modes including: Continuous (2 fps until the buffer is filled), High-Speed Continuous (burst capture @ 2.7fps for up to three full size RAW images), and Ultra High-Speed (640x480 images @ 7 fps), Interval (users can automatically capture up to 240 images in a sequence at specific intervals ranging from 30 seconds to 60 minutes), and Time-Lapse Movie modes.
DESIGN, CONTROLS, & ERGONOMICS
The A2 is a substantial package, definitely too big and heavy to drop into a pocket or purse. The A2 looks and handles like a 35mm SLR. The controls are logically laid out and come easily to hand and the menus are well organized and relatively easy to understand.
The A2 is a very complex camera and even experienced digital photographers will need some serious hands on experience (the camera’s operation is not intuitive – at least not initially) in order to maximize the A2’s remarkable image making capabilities.
Technical Specifications
Resolution: 8.0 megapixels (3264 x 2448)
Viewfinders: EVF & 1.8”LCD
Lens: f2.8-f3.5/28-200mm (35mm equivalent) all glass (16 elements in 13 groups including two AD elements and multiple aspherical elements) zoom lens
FilterThread: 49mm
Auto Focus: 3D Predictive AF
Manual Focus: Yes
Exposure: Auto, Program AE (with shift), Portrait, Sports, Sunset, and Night Portrait scene modes, Shutter Priority, Aperture Priority, Memory Recall, and full Manual modes.
Metering: Multi Segment Evaluative, Spot, and Center-Weighted
Flash: built-in multi mode and hot shoe for external flash units
Shutter speeds from 30 seconds to 1/4,000th of a second
White Balance: TTL Auto, pre-sets for Daylight, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Shade, Cloudy, Flash, and 3 Custom settings.
Sensitivity: TTL Auto and 64, 100, 200, 400, and 800 (ISO equivalent)
In Camera Image Adjustment: Yes (Sharpness, Contrast, Color Saturation)
Noise Reduction: Yes
Image File Formats: RAW, TIFF, & Jpeg
Image Storage Format: CF types I&II
Connectivity: USB 2.0, A/V out, & DC in
Power: NP-400 lithium-ion rechargeable battery
Street Price Range - $1099.00-$949.00
Included
Neck strap, lens hood, lens cap, accessory shoe cap, AV/USB cables, software CD-ROM, NP-400 lithium-ion rechargeable battery and charger, users & software manuals
Optional
BP-400 battery pack (2 NP-400 batteries or 6 AAs), Remote shutter release, Minolta AC adapter, soft case, Minolta Maxxum Program 5600 HS and Program 3600 HS external speedlights.
In the Field/Handling & Operation
The pace of digital camera evolution has been absolutely amazing. Ten years ago digicams were slow, power hungry, and very expensive techno toys that produced laughable results. Today’s digital cameras produce images that rival 35mm quality and they solidly trump traditional cameras in terms of convenience and immediacy. One of the most exciting segments of this high-tech imaging revolution is the new eight-megapixel prosumer digicam class. Consumers can currently choose between 8 megapixel models from Nikon, Olympus, Sony, and Konica-Minolta. This new “super hi-res” class of digital cameras provides not only increased resolution, they also offer much faster operation, amazing battery life, and a mind boggling array of advanced features. Clearly, digital imaging has come of age.
My friend (who sells new and used digital and analog cameras and photographic equipment) managed to get his hands on a brand new eight megapixel Minolta Dimage A2 for us to play with (oops, I mean evaluate). We started by shooting some color tests using a homemade macro stage and a selection of brightly colored (red, green, yellow, blue, and purple) plastic children’s beach toys arrayed against a white background. This test allows us to check not only color accuracy but also the precision of the white balance system. The A2 did an absolutely outstanding job---colors were bright, well saturated, and dead on accurate. The A2’s white balance system is one of the best.
After we finished our color tests, we headed for nearby Cave Hill Cemetery to search for signs of spring. The last couple of weeks we’ve had absolutely gorgeous warm days with azure blue skies and puffy white clouds alternating with cold, gray, and wet days (we even had mixed snow, hail, and sleet one day). Temperatures have ranged from the high twenties to the mid sixties.
As we headed out for Cave Hill, skies were blue with puffy white clouds and the temperature was in the mid fifties. Cave Hill is the Derby City’s oldest graveyard (chartered in 1848) and our only arboretum. Cave Hill is one of the best remaining examples of 19th century landscape architecture in the United States and the old cemetery’s 300 acres are home to hundreds of exotic tree and shrub species. The first things to bloom in Louisville every spring are Japanese Magnolias (with huge creamy white and purple flowers), Daffodils, Crocuses, and Witch Hazel. We also have Forsythia blooming in riotous neon yellow profusion that reminds me of the glowing yellow rapeseed fields that cover much of Northern and Central Europe early each spring.
Both of us have been anxious to try out the new 8 megapixel Minolta Dimage A2 (we tested the five megapixel A1 last month). As long time photographers (almost thirty years for me and over twenty years for my friend) we are both fascinated by new technology and the innovative super hi-res prosumer digicams represent the cutting edge of a whole new class of digital imaging tools.
We drove around Cave Hill, stopping to shoot the rows of uniform white marble headstones on a small hill that serves as a final resting place for thousands of Union soldiers killed in Kentucky during the Civil War. At the crest of the hill are a smaller number of Confederate graves, making this area the only place in the country where Northern and Southern troops lie at rest together. Some wonderful patterns take shape as you walk along the road above the Union headstones. We spent about an hour and were able to shoot some striking images.
After we finished up on the military side of the cemetery we drove around to the oldest section of Cave Hill searching for spots of color amid the 19th century native limestone grave markers and Victorian monuments. We also shot pictures of some of the hundreds of ducks and geese around the lake. The resident waterfowl are quite tame (since most of the folks they see have bags of stale bread in hand) making them very easy to photograph. It was a real treat to be out shooting on one of those wonderful early spring days with absolutely perfect front lighting that we sometimes get here in the Ohio Valley.
After the cemetery we drove over to the scenic loop in Cherokee Park to shoot some outdoor “people” pictures. The twisting road along Beargrass Creek was absolutely swarming with runners, skaters, bikers, and dog walkers out enjoying the gorgeous weather. We spent about half an hour shooting folks having fun in the sun before calling it a day.
The following weekend was cold with gray skies and intermittent rain so we headed for the Executive Inn on Phillips Lane to check out the annual Kentucky Orchid Society ‘s show and sale. We were able to shoot some great close ups of exotic and absolutely gorgeous orchids. After finishing up at the Orchid show we stopped at the Twig And Leaf Restaurant for coffee. When you step through the door of this old neighborhood grill it’s like you’ve stepped into a time warp straight back to the sixties. There’s a counter lined with traditional revolving stools and half a dozen booths. We sat at a booth in back and ordered coffee.
The restaurant is popular with shoppers, workmen, local businessmen, and young artists and musicians. We sipped our coffee and took turns sneaking shots of our fellow diners by placing the camera at the edge of our table on a folded newspaper (after surreptitiously adjusting the zoom setting) and using the LCD finder to frame our shots (no flash at ISO 400 & 800).
After reviewing the images we’d shot over the two weekend course of our A2 test we agreed that the outdoor images and close-ups were consistently well exposed, the color was uniformly great, and the A2’s image quality was nothing short of amazing. We put the A2 through its paces from Point & Shoot mode to full manual mode and it consistently delivered, no matter what we threw at it. The A2 (at ISO 400) did a fairly good job of capturing detail and color in the dim lighting of the Twig & Leaf, but at ISO 800 the images were so noisy they were virtually useless.
Later that afternoon, we printed three 8X10’s (a scenic shot from Cave Hill, one of our people shots from Cherokee Park, and an Orchid close-up) with an Epson Stylus Photo 2200 (on Epson photo paper) and all three showed resolution that was sharp as a tack, vibrant color, great highlight and shadow detail, and a wide dynamic range.
PERFORMANCE
Image Quality
The A2’s images are excellent with vibrant color, very good shadow and highlight detail, and accurate skin tones. White balance is precise even in difficult indoor lighting. Resolution and apparent sharpness are superb, especially at ISO 64 and 100. Noise is very well controlled at ISO 64 and 100, and quite low at ISO 200. ISO 400 shots aren’t too bad, but ISO 800 shots are very noisy. Action shots are better than average by an impressive margin and Red-eye is very well controlled.
Timing/Shutter Lag
The A2’s boot-up cycle is less than 2 seconds, which is very fast. AF lag is the shortest of any long zoom digicam I’ve used to date, in fact the A2 snaps into focus faster than most 3X zoom digicams (less than one second in good light). Shutter lag is virtually non-existent (at higher shutter speeds) with pre-focusing, and less than one second from scratch. Shot to shot times are also exceptional (about 1 second between shots at the highest resolution). The A2’s write to card times are the fastest of any prosumer unit I’ve ever used.
A Few Concerns
The A2's lens shows slightly above average barrel distortion at the wide-angle end of the zoom range. Noise levels are slightly higher than average at the auto ISO setting and image noise at ISO 800 is unacceptably high. The A2’s major drawback is complexity. Users will be obliged to spend some quality time (and return often) to the A2’s owner’s manual. This is not the camera for tyros and beginners, nor can it be used right out of the box. Those considering an A2 purchase should factor in the expense of a (minimum) 512MB CF card and a back-up NP 400 battery or the optional BP-400 battery pack (2 NP-400 batteries or 6 AAs).
Conclusion
When a serious photographer picks up the A2 they’re going feel like King Arthur felt when he yanked Excalibur out of that stone. The A2 is a rock solid choice if you’re looking for an eight megapixel digital imaging tool that handles like an SLR, provides an impressive selection of nifty “one of a kind” features, sports an excellent long zoom lens, exhibits substantially above average performance, and offers a remarkably broad “tweakability” quotient. I suspect Konica-Minolta may have some problems keeping up with the demand. Highly recommended.
Links
Check out my review of a bargain priced and very capable photo quality ink-jet printer.
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Recommended:
Yes
Amount Paid (US$): 999.00
This Camera is a Good Choice if You Want Something... Flexible Enough for Enthusiasts
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