| CAMERA TYPE |
Digital SLR camera with built-in flash and interchangeable lens |
| LENS USED |
Minolta A-type bayonet mount |
| IMAGE CAPTURE |
| Image sensor |
Interline primary color CCD (23.7 mm x 15.6 mm) with interlace scan |
| No. of pixels (approx.) |
Total: 6.3 million, Effective: 6.1 million |
| Sensitivity |
Auto, ISO 100 / 200 / 400 / 800 / 1600 / 3200 equivalents |
| White balance control |
Automatic, Preset (Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Flash), Custom,Color temperature setting available |
| RECORDING |
| Recording media |
Type I and Type II CompactFlash Cards / Microdrive, SD*Memory Cards / Multi Media Card* * with optional SD-CF1 in use |
| File format |
JPEG, RAW, RAW+JPEG,
(DCF 2.0 compliant, DPOF supported by printing functions in ver.1.1, Exif 2.2) |
| Format function |
FAT 12, 16, 32 supported |
| Folder name formats |
Standard, Date |
| Color mode |
Natural (sRGB), Natural+ (sRGB), Adobe RGB |
| Image quality mode |
Standard, Fine, Extra-fine, Raw, RAW+JPEG |
| Contrast / saturation / sharpness / hue adjustment |
5 steps: -2, -1, 0, +1, +2 |
| Noise reduction |
Available at shutter speed longer than 1 s |
| Delete function |
Single, multiple, or all frames in a folder / memory card can be deleted
*selectable in the Menu, except single frame deletion |
| PLAYBACK |
| LCD monitor |
2.5-inch TFT color, Total pixels: 207,000 |
| No. of frame displayed |
1, Index (4, 9, 16 selectable) |
| Display mode |
Image only, image + text, image + text + histogram |
| AF SYSTEM |
| Type |
TTL phase-detection system |
| Sensor |
CCD line sensors (9 points, 8 lines with center cross-hair sensor) |
| Sensitivity range |
EV-1 ~ EV18 (ISO 100 equivalent) |
| Main functions |
Wide area with local area selection, AF-A/C/S/MF switchable, predictive focus control for moving subject, auto-tracking focus-point display |
| AF illuminator |
Activated with the built-in flash in low-light / low contrast situations.
Range: 1 m ~ 5 m / 3.3 ft ~ 16.4 ft |
| AE SYSTEM |
| Metering type |
Direct TTL metering; 14-segment honeycomb-pattern metering, Center-weighted metering, Spot metering |
| Metering cell |
14-segment honeycomb-pattern SPC |
| Metering range |
EV 0 (EV 3 with Spot metering) ~ EV 20 (ISO 100 equivalent, with f/1.4 lens) |
| Exposure modes |
P/Full-auto program (Programmed AE with program shift), A, S, M |
| Exposure compensation |
± 3EV in 1/2 EV increments, ± 2EV in 1/3 EV increments |
| Flash compensation |
± 2EV in 1/2 EV increments |
| Flash metering system |
Multi-segment ADI / P-TTL flash metering, Manual |
| AE lock |
Automatically activated with AF lock. Available with AEL button |
| BUILT-IN FLASH |
| Guide No. |
GN 12 (in meters at ISO 100), GN 17 (ISO 200) * with 24mm lens cover in use |
| Recycling time |
Approx. 3 s |
| Control |
Manual switchover; lift-up for Fill Flash, push down for Flash Cancel |
| Flash mode |
Fill Flash, Pre Flash with Red-eye reduction.
(Rear flash sync, Wireless/Remote off-camera flash, High-speed sync: Flash available with external flashes) |
| SHUTTER |
| Type |
Electronically-controlled, vertical-traverse, focal-plane type |
| Range |
1/4000 s ~ 30 s, Time-exposure (Bulb) possible |
| Flash sync speed |
1/160 s (with Anti-Shake OFF), 1/125 s (with Anti-Shake ON) |
| VIEWFINDER |
| Type |
Eye-level fixed system with optical-glass pentaprism |
| Focusing screen |
Spherical Acute Matte (G-type as standard) |
| Field of view |
Approx. 95% |
| Magnification |
0.9x * with 50mm lens focused on infinity, at -1 m-1 |
| Eye relief |
Approx. 25 mm from the eyepiece, 21 mm from the eyepiece frame in -1 dioptor
(-1m-1), Eyepiece cup removable. |
| Diopter control |
-3.0 ~ +1.0 m-1 |
| DRIVE |
| Drive mode |
Single,Continuous, 10 s / 2 s Self-timer, Single bracket, Continuous bracket |
| Continuous advance(approx.) |
Max. 9 frames (RAW / RAW+JPEG),max. 12 frames (JPEG, L-EXTRA-FINE), max. 15 frames (JPEG, L-FINE) |
| Interval |
2-240 frames, Interval time:0.5/1-10/15/20/30/45/60 minutes, Start timer is equipped. (Settings: 0.5 to 24 H, in 0.5 increments) |
| Self-timer |
10 s / 2 s delay selectable, with time display by LED |
| Exposure bracketing |
With 0.3 / 0.5 EV increments, 3 / 5 frames |
| ANTI-SHAKE |
| System |
CCD-Shift mechanism |
| Shake display |
LED indicator in viewfinder |
| Shake compensation |
Equivalent to 2 – 3 steps in shutter speed(varies according to the lens used & shooting conditions) |
| OTHERS |
| Other functions |
Instant playback, zone matching, remote-storage function* (*Requires firmware update. Firmware updater and DiMAGE Transfer software will be available for download in January 2005.) |
| PC interface |
USB 2.0 High-Speed |
| Video output |
PAL / NTSC |
| Operating temperature |
0 to 40 degrees centigrade / 32 to 104 degrees Fahrenheit |
| Printing output control |
Exif Print, PRINT Image Matching III, PictBridge |
| Battery |
Lithium-ion battery NP-400 |
| Battery performance |
No. of frames recorded: approx. 400 (CIPA measurement),
approx. 600 (Konica Minolta measurement) |
| External power source |
6 V DC (with specified AC adapter AC-11), Vertical Control Grip VC-7D (possible to adopt two NP-400 batteries, or six AA size Ni-MH batteries) |
| Dimensions (WxHxD) |
Approx. 150 mm x 106 mm x 77.5 mm / 5.9 in. x 4.2 in. x 3.1 in. |
| Weight (approx.) |
Approx. 760 g / 26.8 oz. * without batteries and recording media |
| COMPATIBLE COMPUTERS |
| IBM PC / AT compatible computers: Windows Me, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP (Home / Professional), Windows 98, or Windows 98 Second Edition |
| Apple Macintosh computers:Mac OS 9.0 – 9.2.2, Mac OS X v.10.1.3 – 10.1.5, v.10.2.1 – 10.2.8, v.10.3 – 10.3.5. |