| CCD Imager |
2/3 inch-type interline
CCD with a total of 5.24 million pixels and a primary color filter
|
| Number of effective pixels |
4.95 million pixels
(2568x1928) |
| Image Sizes |
Still images: 2560x1920,
1600x1200, 1280x960, 640x480, Movie: 320x240 |
| Image compression mode
|
Raw, Super Fine (TIFF
uncompressed), Fine, Standard or Economy JPEG |
| Storage capacity (16 MB)
|
Raw: 1, Super Fine: 1,
Fine: 6, Standard: 12, Economy: 20, Movie: 90 seconds |
| File format |
Exif 2.1(JPEG, TIFF),
Motion JPEG (AVI) and RAW, DCF 1.0-compliant, DPOF-compliant (Supported
by printing functions in version 1.1) |
| Exif tag information
|
Date and time, Exposure
mode, Shutter speed, Aperture value, Exposure compensation value,
Metering method, Flash on/off, Camera sensitivity, White balance
setting, Focal length, Color space, etc. |
| Recording medium |
CompactFlash card Type I
and Type II, (IBM Microdrive: 340MB, 512MB, 1GB) |
| A/D conversion |
12 bits per color RGB |
| Sensitivity |
Auto, fixed ISO 100,
200, 400 or 800 |
| Aspect ratio |
4:3 |
| Lens focal length |
7.2mm – 50.8mm (28mm -
200mm in 35mm format) |
| Lens construction |
All glass: 16 elements
in 13 groups (including two AD glass elements and two aspheric surfaces)
|
| Maximum aperture |
f/2.8 – f/3.5
|
| Focusing range |
Normal: 1.6 feet
(0.5m) from the CCD to infinity |
| Minimum Macro focus distance
|
Approximately 5 inches
(13cm) from the front of the lens |
| Maximum magnification
|
0.18x |
| Optical zooming control
|
Manual zooming ring
|
| Threaded filter diameter
|
49mm |
| Viewfinder |
EVF (Electronic
viewfinder) with ferroelectric 0.19-inch reflective liquid crystal
microdisplay with equivalent resolution of 220,000 pixels with automatic
monitor amplification and electronic magnification. Magnification of
0.31-2.1x. 90-degree variable position |
| Liquid Crystal Display (LCD)
|
46mm (1.8-inch) TFT
color LCD monitor with total 122,000 pixels |
| Display-mode switch
|
Auto-display,
electronic-viewfinder display and external LCD monitor display mode
|
| Field of view |
EVF and external LCD
monitor: approximately 100% |
| Diopter control |
Continuously variable;
-5 to +0.5 diopter |
| Eye relief |
20mm from the eyepiece
|
| Shutter |
CCD electronic shutter
and mechanical shutter |
| Shutter speed |
4 seconds – 1/2000
second, plus bulb (maximum 30 seconds) |
| Autofocus |
Video AF system
|
| Autofocus areas |
Wide focus area, Spot
focus point, Flex Focus Point control is available with the spot focus
point |
| Focus modes |
Single-shot AF,
Continuous AF or Manual |
| Focus lock |
Available with
AF/AE-lock button or by pressing the shutter-release button part-way
down |
| Metering |
300 multi-segment,
center-weighted and spot |
| Exposure control range
|
Wide: EV1-17
Telephoto: EV1.6-17.7 |
| Exposure modes |
Programmed AE (with
program shift)
Aperture priority
Shutter priority
Manual
Digital subject program selection (Portrait, Sports action, Sunset,
Night portrait, Text) |
| Exposure compensation
|
+/– 2 EV (in 1/3 EV
increments) |
| AE lock |
Available with AF/AEL
button or by pressing the shutter-release button part-way down
|
| Flash metering |
ADI (Advanced Distance
Integration), Pre-flash TTL |
| Built-in flash range
|
Wide: approximately 1.6
– 12.5 feet (0.5-3.8m), Telephoto: approximately 1.6 – 9.8 feet (0.5-3m)
(Camera sensitivity: auto) |
| Flash mode |
Fill-flash, Red-eye
reduction, Rear flash sync |
| Built-in flash recycling time
|
Approximately 7 seconds
|
| Flash compensation
|
+/- 2EV (in 1/3 EV
increments) |
| Flash-sync speeds
|
All shutter speeds
|
| Dedicated external flash
|
Auto-flash metering with
Program Flash 3600HS(D), Program Flash 5600HS(D), Macro Twin Flash
2400*, Macro Ring Flash 1200* (*Macro Flash Controller is necessary.)
|
| Continuous drive advance
|
1.1 fps (max.)
* Continuous advance speed is approximate and may vary depending upon
the subject and shooting conditions.
* Continous advance is not available for images recorded in the super
fine or RAW mode |
| Interval recording
|
2-99 frames. Interval
time: 1-10 minutes, 15 minutes, 20 minutes, 30 minutes, 45 minutes, 60
minutes |
| Digital Enhanced Bracketing
|
Exposure, Contrast,
Color saturation.
Exposure in full stop, 1/2 stop, and 1/3 EV increments.
Contrast and Color saturation in fixed increments.
Number of brackets: 3 frames |
| Electronic Self-timer
|
Approximately 10-second
delayed release |
| Movie recording |
Maximum 60 seconds
|
| Operating speed |
Start-up time:
approximately 2.6 seconds
Shutter-release time lag: approximately 0.13 second
Capturing interval: approximately 0.9 second
Playback loading interval: approximately 0.2 second |
| Color modes |
Color, Black and White
|
| White balance |
Preset (Daylight,
Tungsten, Fluorescent and Cloudy) plus Custom |
| Sharpness setting
|
Three levels (Soft,
Normal, Hard) |
| Digital Effects Control
|
Exposure, Color
saturation, Contrast compensation |
| Digital zoom |
2x |
| Delete function |
Available (single frame,
all frames or specified frames) |
| Format function |
Available in the setup
mode |
| Data imprinting |
Year/month/day (Format
can be changed), Month/day/time, Text, Text and serial numbers,
Imprinting can be disabled |
| Printing output control
|
PRINT Image Matching
|
| PC interface |
USB version 1.1
|
| Video output |
NTSC, PAL (can be
selected by user) |
| Power |
Four AA Alkaline or four
AA Ni-MH batteries (Use of Ni-MH batteries is recommended.) |
| Battery performance playback
|
Continuous playback
time: approximately 110 minutes
(Based on Minolta's standard test method: Ni-MH
batteries, external LCD monitor on, EVF off) |
| Battery performance recording
|
Number of recorded
images: approximately 200 frames
(Based on Minolta's standard test method: Ni-MH
batteries, EVF on, external LCD monitor off, flash used with 50% of the
frames, no instant playback) |
| External power source
|
6V DC with specified AC
adapter (sold separately) |
| Dimensions (WxHxD)
|
4.6 x 3.6 x 4.5 inches
(116.5 x 90.5 x 112.5 mm) |
| Weight |
Approximately 17 ounces
(505g) (without batteries and CompactFlash card) |
| System Requirements
|
IBM PC/AT compatible
computer with Windows Me, Windows 2000, Windows 98, or Windows 98 SE and
a built-in USB port.
Power Macintosh G4 series, G3 series, iMac series, iBook, PowerBook
G3 with Mac OS 8.6 – 9.1 and a built-in USB port |
