Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z20 Digital Camera Review
Pro Review:Steves Digicams Review the Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z20 Digital Camera and they say-"The DiMAGE Z20 is an affordable 5.0-megapixel digital camera featuring a long focal length 8x optical zoom lens. It's perfect for taking high quality close-up portraits as well as distant scenic landscapes. And with the its Rapid AF with Predictive Focus Control and a 0.5-second (approx.) fastest-in-class startup, photographers will be sure to captures those unexpected photographic opportunities. Despite the large zoom lens, the DiMAGE Z20 weighs only 10.6 ounces (without batteries) and has an ergonomic form to give users a steady grip and an easy to use, intuitive control button layout...."
1.5" LCD display
15fps VGA movie mode
14.5MB of built-in memory
Secure Digital removeable storage
NTSC / PAL video and USB connectivity
Power from four AA batteries.
Minolta DiMAGE Z20 Specifications:
| Image Sensor Type | CCD |
| Resolution | 5.2 Megapixel |
| Optical Zoom | 8x |
| Camera Type | Standard Point and Shoot |
| Lens | |
| Interchangeable Lens | Without Interchangeable Lens |
| Optical Zoom | 8x |
| 35mm Zoom Lens | 36 - 290 mm |
| Digital Zoom | 4x |
| Focus Type | Autofocus & Manual Focus |
| Focus Range | 19.2 in. to Infinity (w) / 58.8 in. to Infinity (t) |
| Macro Focus Range | .36 - 39.6 in. (w) / 24 - 79.2 in. (t) |
| Focal Length | 6 - 48 mm |
| Image Quality | |
| Camera Resolution | 5.2 Megapixel |
| Image Resolutions | 640 x 480 • 2560 x 1960 • 2048 x 1536 • 1600 x 1200 |
| Video | |
| Video Resolutions | 640 x 480 (VGA) • 320 x 240 (QVGA) |
| Video Speed | 15 fps |
| Max Movie Length | Without Limit (Depends on the camera free memory size) |
| Video Format | QuickTime |
| Exposure Control | |
| ISO Speeds | Auto • 50 • 100 • 200 • 320 |
| Aperture Range | f3.2/f3.4 (w/t) |
| Shutter Speed | 4 - 1/2000 sec |
| White Balance | Auto • Manual • Daylight / Sunny (Preset) • Cloudy (Preset) • Fluorescent (Preset) • Tungsten (Preset) • Flash (Preset) |
| Frames Per Second | 1 Frames |
| Storage | |
| Memory Type | Built-in • MMC Card • SD Card |
| Built-in Memory Size | 14.5 MB |
| Compression Modes | Fine • Normal • Basic |
| Compression Type | JPEG |
| File Size (High Res.) | 4.46 MB (29 images on 128MB card) |
| File Size (Low Res.) | .1 MB (about 1,280 images on 128MB card) |
| Flash | |
| Flash Type | Built-In |
| Flash Functions | Flash Off • Auto Flash • Fill-in Flash • Red-eye Reduction Flash • Slow Sync |
| Viewfinder / Display | |
| Viewfinder | Digital |
| LCD Panel | With LCD Panel |
| LCD Panel Size | 1.5 in. |
| LCD Screen Resolution | 113,000 pixels |
| LCD Protected Position | Without LCD Protected Position |
| Interfaces | |
| Interface Type | USB 2.0 |
| Video Interface | Video Out |
| Power Supply | |
| Battery Type | 4 x AA Batteries |
| Battery Life | 450 Images |
| Included Features | |
| Self Timer | 2 Sec. • 10 Sec. |
| Mp3 Built In | Not available |
| Built-in Microphone | With Built-in Microphone |
| System Requirements | |
| Operating System | Apple Mac OS 9 • Apple Mac OS X • Microsoft Windows 2000 • Microsoft Windows 98 • Microsoft Windows 98SE • Microsoft Windows ME • Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition • Microsoft Windows XP Professional |
| Dimensions | |
| Width | 4.3 in. |
| Depth | 3.7 in. |
| Height | 3.2 in. |
| Weight | 0.66 lb. |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Included Accessories | 4 x AA Batteries • Software • USB Cable • Video Cable • Neck Strap • Lens Cap |
Stumble It! | Posted by Paul on August 3, 2005 5:50 AM
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