Minolta Dimage S404 Digital Camera
December 21, 2008
The Minolta Dimage S404 is a stylish and easy to use digital camera. It has video-recording capability and a built-in USB interface. It boasts a superior GT lens technology. Cx process image processing helps enhance images formed on the CCD lens.
Minolta Dimage S404 is a 4MP Digital Camera with color support. It has a CCD type optical sensor with a total of 41,30,000 pixels. The effective sensor resolution is 39,50,000 pixels and the optical sensor size is 1/1.8”. The camera is light sensitive with ISO 64, 100, 200, and 400. It has a 2.2x digital zoom. The shooting modes include a frame movie mode and the shooting programs include macro, text, night mode, portrait mode, and landscape. Maximum shutter speed is 1/1000 seconds and minimum shutter speed is 15 seconds. Exposure metering includes matrix and spot. Exposure modes include aperture-priority, manual, and program. There are 270 exposure metering zones and white balance settings include presets, automatic, and custom. White balance presets include daylight, tungsten light, cloudy, and fluorescent. Status LCD display information include flash mode, battery condition, exposure compensation, picture resolution, white balance indicators, memory card status, photos remaining, photo quality, film speed, self-timer mode, red-eye reduction, aperture, frame-counter, and shutter speed. Digital video format is AVI and still image format is JPEG and TIFF. This camera has a continuous shooting speed of 1.3 frames per second and there is an optional infrared remote control. Video capture format is AVI. There is a 16MB CompactFlash Card and the supported flash memory is a compact flash.
Image storage occurs in the Super-fine TIFF, Fine JPEG, Standard JPEG, and Economy JPEG. This Minolta digital camera has a built-in flash and the flash modes include red-eye reduction, flash OFF mode, auto mode, and fill-in mode. This camera has red-eye reduction. Effective flash range is 1.6ft-11.5ft. The lens is a zoom lens whose focal length is 7.15mm-28.6mm and the focal length equivalent to a 35mm camera is 35-140mm. Focus adjustment is manual and automatic. There is auto focus with TTL contrast detection. Minimum focus range is 23.6 inches and macro focus range is 16-60cm. This camera has a 4x optical zoom and there is a motorized drive for zoom adjustment. Additional features include a self-timer, AF/AE lock, DPOF support, date/time stamp, and a built-in speaker. The viewfinder is an optical-real-image zoom and has a field coverage of 80%. LED information is autofocus ready and flash ready. This camera has a built-in microphone and the connections include a DC power input, USB, and composite video/audio output. There is a CompactFlash Card –type 1 expansion slot. Software include ArcSoft PhotoImpression and Drivers & Utilities. This camera is Tripod mountable and accessories include neck strap and lens cap. Cables include 1 A/V cable and 1 USB cable. 4 AA alkaline batteries are included.
Minolta Dimage Xt Digital Camera
November 28, 2008
Minolta Dimage Xt measures at 8.6 x 2 x 6.7cm in dimensions and weighs 0.1 kg. Its body is made of metal. Its image resolution is 3.2mp. It has webcam capability and it supports colour too. The optical sensor type is CCD and the total pixels is 33,00,000 pixels. Effective sensor resolution is 32,00,000 pixels. Optical sensor size is 1/2.7". This Minolta silver camera is designed light sensitive with ISO speeds of ISO 50, 100, 200, and 400. It has a 4x digital zoom and a frame movie mode. Special effects include Sepia and Black & White. Maximum shutter speed is 1/1000 seconds and minimum shutter speed is 4 seconds. Exposure metering includes multi-segment and spot. Exposure modes include automatic and program. There are 256 exposure metering zones. White balance settings include presets and automatic. White balance presets include daylight, tungsten light, cloudy, and fluorescent. Digital video format is QuickTime and still image format is JPEG and TIFF. Continuous shooting speed is 1.3 frames per second.
Video capture happens in the following formats:
QuickTime -320x240-15fps-41sec-with 16MB card
QuickTime -160x120-150sec-with 16MB card
QuickTime -320x240-15fps-41sec-with 16MB card
It has A 16MB Flash SD memory card. Supported flash memory refers to a MultiMediaCard and a SD memory card. Image storage occurs in the Super-fine TIFF, Fine JPEG, standard JPEG, and economy JPEG. This camera has a built-in flash and the flash modes include flash OFF mode, night mode, red-eye reduction, auto mode, night mode, and fill-in mode. The camera has built-in red-eye reduction and the effective flash range is 0.15m-3.2m.
The lens system is a zoom lens, whose focal length is 5.7mm-17.1mm. This focal length is equivalent to a 35mm camera's focal length; 37-111mm. This camera has auto focus with TTL contrast detection. The minimum focus range is 15cm and Minolta Dimage Xt 3.2MP Digital Camera boasts of 3x optical zoom. It employs motorised drive for zoom adjustment. This camera has a self-timer, and its additional features include Print Image Matching, DPOF support, date/time stamp, digital noise reduction, auto power save, RGB primary color filter, built-in speaker, direct print, and audio recording. The view-finder is of optical real-image zoom type and the LCD display of this camera is a 1.5" colour TFT Active Matrix one, whose supported display format is 110,000 pixels. This camera has a built-in microphone and the connections include an USB, a composite video/audio output, and a DC power input. The software includes Drivers & Utilities. This digital camera accessories includes a hand-strap, A/V cable and a USB cable. The power supporting device of this camera refers to an external battery charger that promptly charges its Li-ion rechargeable battery.
Minolta Dimage F100 Digital Camera
November 27, 2008
Minolta Dimage F100 measures 11.1 x 3.2 x 5.2 cm in dimensions, and weighs 0.2kg. The enclosure colour is blue and the body material is made of aluminium. This camera is available in silver colour as well.
This digital camera has a resolution of 4mp and it supports colour. The Minolta Dimage F100 4MP Digital Camera comes with an optical sensor that is of the CCD type, studded by 41,30,000 total pixels. Effective sensor resolution is 39,50,000 pixels and the optical sensor size is 1/1.8". Light sensitivity is enabled with ISO standards, ISO100, 200,400, 800, and auto. This camera has 2.5x digital zoom and the shooting modes refer to frame movie mode. Special effects include vivid, neutral, and Black & White. Shooting programs include sports mode, macro, night portrait, portrait, landscape, sunset & moon, sports mode, macro, night mode, portrait mode, landscape, and Sunset & Moon. Maximum shutter speed is 1/1000 seconds and min shutter speed is 4 seconds. Exposure metering includes spot and matrix. Exposure modes include shutter-priority, aperture-priority, manual, automatic, bulb, and programme. There are 256 exposure metering zones. White balance settings include presets, automatic, and custom. White balance presets include daylight, tungsten light, cloudy, and fluorescent. LCD display information include programme, battery condition, metering mode, exposure compensation, picture resolution, white balance indicators, remote control indicator, photos remaining, photo quality, self-timer mode, and red-eye reduction. MJPEG is the digital video format engaged by this device, as JPEG and TIFF are the still image formats. Continuous shooting speeds offered by this camera are 1.5 frames per second and 1.2 frames per second. A remote control comes as an optional accessory.
Video capture happens in the following formats:
QuickTime-320 x 240-15fps -35sec-max clip duration.
QuickTime-320x240-15fps-41sec-with 16MB card.
There is a 32MB Flash-SD memory card, 16MB Flash-SD Memory card and the supported flash memory is a MultiMediaCard, and SD memory card.
Image storage occurs in the following formats:
Super-fine TIFF
Fine JPEG
Standard JPEG
Economy JPEG
This digital camera has a built-in flash, and the flash modes include red-eye reduction, flash off mode, auto mode , and fill-in mode. It has a built-in red-eye reduction too. The effective flash range is 0.5m-2.9m.
The lens of this imaging device is a 3 x optical zoom lens, whose focal length is 7.8mm-23.4mm. This focal length is very much equivalent to a 35mm camera's 38-114mm focal length. Focus adjustment comes as both manual and automatic. The minimum focus range is 45cm and the macro focus range is 14.5-54.5cm. The camera has a 3x optical zoom and motorised drive, explains zoom adjustment. TTL contrast detection is offered in this camera.
Additional features of Minolta Dimage F100 3 x Optical Zoom Digital Camera include a self-timer, AF lock, AE lock, PRINT Image Matching, DPOF support, date/time stamp, built-in speaker, and audio recording. The view-finder type is of optical real-image zoom as this camera also has an 1.5" LCD display, TFT active matrix, colour, whose display format is detailed by 110,000 pixels. This camera has a built-in microphone, and its connectivity options include a USB, a composite video/audio output and 1 DC power input, and there is an SD memory slot too. The software include Drivers & Utilities. Miscellaneous accessories include hand straps and cables. This camera derives its power from a CR-V3 lithium battery or 2 AA batteries.
Minolta Dimage Zoom 2330 Digital Camera
September 5, 2008
Minolta recently launched their new model of digital camera which they named as Minolta Dimage Zoom 2330 Digital Camera . It is a stylish digital camera with many new features integrated in it. It has a 1.8 inch LCD screen and it supports optical view finder and LCD view finder. It also supports Real Image Optical VF type.
Features and Specifications
Minolta Dimage Zoom 2330 Compact Flash Digital Camera includes an internal flash and it contains 5 flash modes. It supports Auto flash mode, Fill-in flash mode, Red-eye Reduction flash mode, Red-eye-fill-in flash mode and Off flash mode. External flash is also supported by this digital camera. The resolution of this camera is 2.3 MP. Image resolution of this Minolta 2.3MP digital camera are 1792 x 1200, 1280 x 856, 896 x 600 pixels with an aspect ratio of 3:2. The device comes with a CCD sensor of 2.30 mega pixels and the CCD Size of this camera is /1.76 inch and CCD filter type used in this digital camera is RGBG.
Minolta Dimage Zoom 2330 2.3MP Digital Camera supports an Image storage memory of Compact flash type 1. Memory included in this cam is 8.0 MB. Uncompressed format used in this digital camera is TIFF and Compressed Format used is JPEG. The lens of this cam has a Focal length of 38-114 mm and a zoom ratio of 3.00x. Digital zoom feature is also included in this latest digital camera. Auto focus and manual focus is also supported by this camera.
General Details
Software's included in this digital cam are Adobe PhotoDeluxe Home Edition for Windows (95/98), Adobe Photo Deluxe 2.0 for Macintosh, and USB driver. OS compatible with this digi-cam are PC and Mac. The dimensions of this camera are 116 x 73 x 62 mm and it weighs about 360 g. It has a self-timer option of 10 sec. 4 AA Alkaline batteries are used in this digital camera for power.
| General Info | |
|---|---|
| Brand | Minolta |
| Model | Minolta Dimage Zoom 2330 |
| Weight | 360 gm |
| Resolution | 2.30 MP |
| Screen size | 1.8 inches |
| Storage media | Memory Stick |
| Memory Capacity | 8.0 MB |
| Optical zoom | Yes |
| Digital zoom | Yes |
| Viewfinder | Yes |
| Focusing | auto/manual |
| Connectivity | Video out |
| Sensor type | CCD |
| File format | JPEG |
| Battery type | AA Alkaline (4) batteries |
| Features | |
| Built-in Flash | Yes |
| External flash | Yes |
| Focusing | auto/manual |
| Timer | Yes |
| Bluetooth | No |
| LCD display | Yes |
| Scene selection modes | Yes |
| Red-eye reduction mode | Yes |
Minolta Dimage S414 Digital Camera
August 18, 2008
Minolta Dimage S414 4MP Digital Camera obviously lives its name by offering a remarkable picture detailing capability realised by a 4.0 megapixel, 1/1.8 – type CCD. A Minolta GT lens of 35-140mm further augments the imaging part of this digital camera. This optical zoom lens offers an optical zoom of 4x, apart from that effective focal length mentioned above. Minimum focus distance capacitated here is 0.5 m from the CCD in wide mode and 0.9 m from the CCD in telephoto mode. This camera also offers a macro mode with a range of 10 cm to 54 cm from the lens’ front part. A 2.2 x digital zoom is also an allotment here.
This Minolta 4MP digital camera comes with a 4.6 cm monitor that is of the LCD TFT type. This display screen is fortified with a total number of pixels amounting to a massive 122,000, explaining its detailing capacity. Apart from this remarkable part, an optical viewfinder of real image zoom type also features in the image-finding sector of this digital camera. This camera provides a built-in flash of five difference modes such as auto, fill in, red eye reduction, flash on and off.
This digital camera provides the auto focus as well as manual focus modes that are of high priority to aspiring professionals. Spot focus areas can be pointed in this camera with focus area selection. In the auto focus mode, a full time auto focus is also available. Since this camera also allows a smart video mode for recording as well as playback there is a provision of video auto focus too in the device. This camera, further offers a three pronged exposure mode such as AE programme, Manual Aperture setting and Aperture priority mode. A CCD electronic shutter along with a mechanical shutter of a speed ranging from 4 to 1/1000 sec also contributes to this field. White balance controls offered in this camera are of two types – automatic and presets.
Minolta Dimage S414 Compact Digital Camera that offers a number of shooting modes to select from also provides three control modes for digital effects in filter, sharpness and contrast compensation. A few colour modes like B&W, sepia, vivid colour, natural colour and solarization are also provided here. This compact digital camera offers three sharpness-setting levels as well in normal, cool and warm.
