I just can’t get over the oddball look to this thing. Regardless, the high performance 6.0-megapixel Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z6 digital camera features a built-in 12x optical Mega Zoom lens, Konica Minolta’s anti-shake system, rapid autofocus (AF), and excellent battery performance. The Z6 offers Konica Minolta’s proprietary, Rapid AF with Predictive Focus Control for fast overall responsiveness, built-in flash and excellent battery performance.
DigitalCameraInfo.com have posted a Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z6 Digital Camera Review and conclude-
“The DiMAGE Z6 is a budget compact camera with a 12x lens. It’s not budget in terms of construction – Konica Minolta’s Anti-Shake mechanism moves the CCD, not a lens element, after all. It performs like a budget camera, though. An ultra zoom should have more serious capability than the Z6 offers. The displays aren’t good enough to check the images; they’re small, and low-resolution. The ISO ratings are limiting, too. ISO 320 just isn’t good enough for available light snapping indoors. A fair number of bird watchers use super zooms, and ISO 320 sure won’t be good enough to catch the twilight-feeding warblers and finches.
Users looking to graduate from point-and-snap models may be content with the Z6. It offers a long zoom lens with Anti-shake technology, manual exposure controls, and a strong software package at an affordable price. However, those looking to push the limits of fixed-lens cameras should look elsewhere. “
DiMAGE Z6 Features:
* 6 megapixel imager and 12x optical zoom (35 - 420mm equivalent 35mm)
* High-speed autofocus and Anti-Shake for sharp images at long focal lengths
* Large 2-inch color LCD with 114,000 pixels and auto-brightness
* Electronic viewfinder (EVF), 0.3 inch 118,000 pixels with dioptric adjustment
* Program AE, Aperture priority, Shutter priority and Manual exposure modes
* Capture up to 20 full size frames at 1.8fps
* Digital Program modes: Portrait, Sports action, Landscape, Sunset, Night portrait
* Multi-segment, center-weighted and spot exposure metering modes
* 320×240 motion video at 15fps or 30fps with audio, length limited only by SD card capacity. Night Movie compensates for low light conditions.
* Automatic noise-reduction for one second or longer exposures
* Auto White Balance with 5 presets and Custom
* Sharpness and Contrast control, adjustable in 3 levels
* Color modes: Vivid, Natural, Black and White, Sepia
* Hot shoe for optional Maxxum Digital Flash units
* ISO Sensitivity: Auto, 50, 100, 200, and 320 equivalents
* Playback/QuickView with histogram feature
* Data imprinting that records date, time and descriptive information on an image.
* Powered by four standard AA type batteries
* USB connectivity for Windows and Mac OS X
* PictBridge, Exif Print, and Epson PRINT Image Matching II compatible
* Optional 26mm wide-angle conversion lens
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Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackI have ventured into the world of digital photography with the Z6. As a long-time user of SLRs, I have been very pleased so far with this camera with one exception: battery use. I have been told too expect this with digital cameras. I recently started out shooting awards winners at work, using a fresh set of Duracell batteries, and ran out of power before the end of the shoot. So: where can I get a potable, rechargeable power pack that I can plug into this camera?
Thanks!