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.
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