Digital Photography Review
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| Street Price | US: $ 999 [check
/ order] UK: £ 799 [check / order] |
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| Body Material | Metal Alloy / Plastic | |
| CCD pixels |  |
5.24 million |
| CCD effective pixels | |
5.0 million |
| CCD size | |
2/3" |
| CCD Colour Filter Array | |
G - R - G - B |
| A/D Converter | 14 bit | |
| Max resolution | 2560 x 1920 | |
| Lower resolutions | • 2560 x 1920 • 1600 x 1200 • 1280 x 960 • 640 x 480 |
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| Image ratio w:h | 4:3 | |
| Image formats | |
• TIFF • RAW • JPEG (EXIF 2.2) |
| Quality Levels | • RAW (only 2560 x 1920) • TIFF • Extra Fine (JPEG) • Fine (JPEG) • Standard (JPEG) |
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| Sensitivity equiv. | |
• Auto (ISO 100 - 200) • ISO 100 • ISO 200 • ISO 400 • ISO 800 |
| Zoom wide (W) | |
28 mm |
| Zoom tele (T) | |
200 mm (7x) |
| Zoom control | Mechanically linked zoom ring on lens | |
| Lens Thread | 49 mm | |
| Lens Max Aperture | |
F2.8 - F3.5 |
| Lens Construction | |
16 glass elements in 13 groups, 2 AD elements, 2 aspherical elements, coated |
| Digital zoom | |
x2.0 |
| Auto Focus modes | • Single shot AF • Continuous AF • Full-time AF • Subject Tracking AF • Manual Focus (2x or 8x magnifier, focus by wire ring) |
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| Auto Focus areas | • Wide focus area (one of
11 focus points automatically selected) • Spot focus point (center) • Flex Focus Point control |
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| AF Illumination lamp | |
No |
| Normal focus range | |
50 cm (19.7 in) - Infinity |
| Macro focus range | |
• Wide angle macro: 30 - 60
cm (11.8 - 23.6 in) • Telephoto macro: 13 - 60 cm (5.1 - 23.6 in) |
| Shutter | Mechanical and Electronic (CCD) | |
| Min shutter | |
• Auto: 4 sec • P/A/S/M: 30 sec (Bulb: 30 sec) |
| Max shutter | |
1/16000 sec |
| Noise reduction | Yes, for long exposures (can be disabled) | |
| Exposure Modes |
• Auto |
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| Aperture Priority | • Wide: F2.8, F3.2, F3.5, F4,
F4.5, F5.0, F5.6, F6.3, F7.1 F8, F9, F10, F11 • Tele: F3.5, F4, F4.5, F5.0, F5.6, F6.3, F7.1 F8, F9, F10, F11 |
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| Shutter Priority | 30, 25, 20, 15, 13, 10, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3.2, 2.5, 2, 1.6, 1.3, 1, 0.8, 0.6, 0.5, 0.4, 1/3, 1/4, 1/5, 1/6, 1/8, 1/10, 1/13, 1/15, 1/20, 1/25, 1/30, 1/40, 1/50, 1/60, 1/80, 1/100, 1/125, 1/160, 1/200, 1/250, 1/320, 1/400, 1/500, 1/640, 1/800, 1/1000, 1/1250, 1/1600, 1/2000, 1/2500, 1/3200, 1/4000, 1/5000, 1/6400, 1/8000, 1/10000, 1/13000, 1/16000 sec | |
| Manual exposure | Apertures and shutter speeds as above plus Bulb (maximum 30 secs) | |
| Metering | |
• 300 Segment Metering |
| Exposure adjustment | |
-2EV to +2EV in 1/3EV steps |
| AE Lock | Yes, AE Lock button (partial, hold, toggle) | |
| Bracketing | |
• Exposure, contrast, colour
saturation, filter • Exposure: 0.5 or 0.3 EV steps • Contrast and Colour Saturation, Filter: fixed increments • Bracket: 3 frames |
| Picture Controls |
• Filter (Colour: -5 to +5: Warm to Cool, B&W: 11 filters) |
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| Colour Modes | • Natural Color (sRGB) • Vivid Color (sRGB) • Adobe RGB • Embedded Adobe RGB • B&W (Neutral and Toned) • Solarization |
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| White Balance | |
• Auto • Daylight * • Tungsten * • Fluorescent * • Cloudy * • Shade * • Flash * • Manual preset 1-3 * Can be fine tuned in 7 steps |
| Continuous | |
• High-continuous - 2.8 fps
(3 frames @ 2560 x 1920 Fine) * • Continuous - 2 fps (3 frames @ 2560 x 1920 Fine) * * 5 frames in a burst in RAW mode |
| Movie clip | • Standard: 320 x 240, 24
fps, max 15 mins with audio • Night movie: 320 x 240, 24 fps, max 15 mins, with audio • Time-lapse movie: 640 x 480, 4 fps no audio |
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| Voice memos | • 5 or 15 seconds (max) with still image | |
| Built-in Flash | Yes, manual pop-up | |
| Flash Range (approx.) |
Wide: 0.5 - 3.8 m (1.6 - 12.5 ft) |
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| Flash Metering | • ADI (Advanced distance integration) • Pre-flash TTL • Manual flash control |
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| Flash modes |
• Auto |
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| Flash compensation | +/-2 EV in 0.3 EV steps | |
| Flash sync speed | Any shutter speed | |
| External flash | Via flash hot shoe: Auto-flash metering
with Minolta Program Flash 5600HS(D), Program Flash 3600HS(D), Macro
Twin Flash 2400*, Macro Flash Ring 1200* *Macro Flash Controller is necessary Compatible with Minolta PC Flash Adapter |
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| Data Imprinting |
• Year/month/day (format can be changed) |
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| User memories | Five user memories | |
| Tripod mount | Yes, metal | |
| Self-timer | Yes, 2 or 10 sec delay | |
| Remote control | Optional extra, wired | |
| Time-lapse recording | Yes, 2 - 240 frames, intervals:
• 30 sec, 1 - 10 min • 15, 20, 30, 45, 60 min • Start time: 0-24 hour in 30 min increments • Can be recorded as separate images or as a 4 fps movie clip |
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| Video out | Yes, selectable NTSC / PAL | |
| Storage media | |
• Compact Flash Type I or
Type II • IBM Microdrive compatible • FAT32 compatible |
| Storage included | 16 MB Compact Flash card | |
| Viewfinder | |
• Electronic viewfinder • Ferroelectric LCD (4.8mm, 71,000 24-bit colour pixels) • Can be tilted upwards through 90 degrees • Frame coverage 100% • Dioptre adjustment • Auto-display (eye proximity sensor) |
| LCD | |
• Can be tilted -20 to 90
degrees • 1.8" TFT 118,000 pixels • Frame coverage 100% |
| LCD/Viewfinder | Customizable live view display modes
(any can be enabled / disabled): • Standard display • Focus frame only • Standard display with histogram • Grid • Scale • Image only |
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| Record zoom | View can be magnified up to 4x for accurate focusing (MF only) | |
| Print compliance | • DPOF • Print Image Matching II • ExifPrint (EXIF 2.2) |
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| Playback zoom | Yes, 2.0 - 8.0x, scrollable | |
| Connectivity | |
USB 1.1 |
| Power | |
• NP-400 Lithium-Ion rechargeable
battery • 1500 mAh 7.4 V |
| Battery charger | |
Yes, included |
| Weight (inc. battery) | 639 g (1.4 lb) | |
| Dimensions (inc. grip) | 117 x 85 x 114 mm (4.61 x 3.35 x 4.47 in) | |
| Standard accessories | Neck Strap NS-DG4000, Lens Cap (49mm) LF-1249, Accessory Shoe Cap SC-10, AV Cable AVC-400, 16MB CompactFlash Card, USB Cable USB-500, DiMAGE Viewer, Lens Shade DLS-1, Lithium-ion Battery NP-400, Lithium-ion Battery Charger BC-400 | |
| Optional accessories | AC Adapter AC-1L, Leather Neck Strap NS-DG1000, Holding Strap HS-2, External High Power Battery Pack Kit EBP-100, Remote Cord RC-1000S, Remote Cord RC-1000L, Step Up Adapter 49mm - 62mm, CompactFlash Adapter for SD Memory Cards SD-CF1, Battery Pack BP-400, DiMAGE Capture |
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