Minolta Dimage F100 Digital Camera

November 27, 2008

Minolta Dimage F100 is a combination of style and performance . The automatic digital subject program selection helps this camera respond to each new situation.  This camera has a high precision electro-optical system designed to maximize image quality. The new AF system helps make focusing easy.

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.

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