Dear big brothers and sisters,

Since the camera of my wife (Minolta Dynax 5) has been damaged by a serious drop last week, may I ask for your valuable advice on whether it is ought to acquire a new film based camera body or not.

You know, film based market is dimishing and most of people are switching to DC or DSLR.  However, my wife is still not satisfying the images produced by current digital technology after experienced a few DCs results.  

Besides, is it worthwhile to buy a Dynax 7 at US$399 as a upgrade (from B&H) ?  The major reason is that my wife owned several minolta optics and accessories and she don"t want to invest on a whole new system (neither Nikon or Canon.)  Sorry, we"ve made some branding preference here.

Very thanks for your assistance in advance.