Minolta DiMAGE Z1 Review
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Review
Date: Jan 29, 2004 |
Image Quality
The
Minolta DiMAGE Z1 is a digital camera targeted
to beginner to serious amateur photographers and
its image quality is comparable to other 3 megapixels
resolution digital cameras.
Since most of you are interested in the Minolta
DiMAGE Z1 because of the long zoom, I have taken
a number of the picture samples at that focal
length. Of course, I have also included pictures
at other focal lengths and in different lighting
situations. The long zoom opens up picture possibilities
once reserved only to those who could afford expensive
long zoom lenses for the professional SLR or dSLR
category.
For this review, I used the following settings
as my preferred settings:
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Shooting Mode: Programmed AE
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Metering Mode: Spot
- ISO:
50
- Image
Size: 2048x1536 (3M)
- Image
Quality: Fine
- White
Balance: Auto
All the pictures on this and the other pages (including
the navigation pictures at the top of each page)
have been taken by the Minolta DiMAGE Z1 for this
review. The pictures on this page provide a good
sample of what the DiMAGE Z1 is capable of and
I have provided the 800x600 version. Remember
that this version is of slightly lesser quality
than the original 2048x1536 version. Please open
and download only once to your hard drive -- and
save me some precious bandwidth. Thanks!
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A
Personal Word
The
Minolta DiMAGE Z1 looks futuristic and, in its
shiny metallic body, is not a digital camera that
you can try to be inconspicuous with. I believe
it would look great in an all-black body finish.
Looks aside, the Minolta Z1 is everything you
need in a compact and light package. There's flexible
exposure control, a noise-free ISO 50, fast operations
with negligible shutter lag, and fast responsive
autofocus.
I
find that with an ultra zoom digital camera, I
tend to shoot more at the long end of the telephoto.
In this case, Spot metering seems to make more
sense and gives the best exposure. The EVF is
bright, the construction is solid, the handling
is comfortable, but most of all, the image quality
is simply excellent.
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