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Category: Beginner to Serious Amateur

The Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z3 features a whopping 12x optical zoom, the unique Anti-Shake System introduced in the DiMAGE A1 and A2, and now an all-black professional looking body.

The DiMAGE Z3 retains the distinctive futuristic look, though it is now more rounded instead of angular. It has fast operations, and provides flexible exposure control. Those who wear glasses will welcome the diopter control on the viewfinder, which covers about 100% of the frame. The 1.5 in. LCD has automatic monitor amplification and covers approx. 100% of the frame. The Anti-Shake System is an image stabilization system that works on the CCD image sensor instead of a lens element; its main function is to reduce camera shake at long focal lengths and slow shutter speeds.

The DiMAGE Z3 now has a Super Macro mode that allows focusing as close as 1 cm (0.4 in.).

The Z3 is full-featured and, like the Z2 and Z1 before it, will appeal to soccer moms and wildlife photographers, both beginner and serious amateur photographers, who desire an ultra zoom digital camera with easy point-and-shoot as well as flexible exposure control -- now with Anti-Shake!

	Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z3	QuickFact™ Sheet
	Image Sensor	4.0 effective megapixels 1/2.5 in. CCD
	Lens	Minolta APO GT
	Focal Length	5.83-69.9mm (35-420mm, 35 mm equivalent)
	Maximum Aperture	F2.8(W)-F4.5(T)
	Optical Zoom	12x
	Macro	10cm / 3.9in. (Supermacro: 1cm / 0.4in.)
	Auto Focus	• Video AF system • 5-point Wide Focus Area with Focus Area Selection • Single-shot AF, Continuous AF with predictive focus control, Full-time AF, Manual focus
	Shutter Speed	• 4 – 1/000s in programmed AE and aperture-priority modes • 15 – 1/1000s in shutter-priority and manual exposure modes • 2 – 1/1000s in auto-recording and Digital Subject Programs • Bulb (max. 30 sec.)
	Exposure Control	Programmed AE, Aperture priority, Shutter priority, Manual
	Shooting Modes	Digital Subject Program Selection (Portrait, Sports action, Landscape, Sunset, Standard, Night portrait -- Automatic and manual selection), Movie (640x480 30fps Motion JPEG MOV with sound limited only by capacity of memory card), Continuous (2.5fps)
	Exposure Compensation	+/- 2EV in 1/3 increments; Exposure Bracketing (three frame bracket in 1.0, 0.5, 0.3 EV increments)
	Light Metering	Multi-segment, Center-weighted, Spot
	White Balance	Automatic, Preset (Daylight, Tungsten, Cloudy, Flash and Fluorescent), Custom
	Viewfinder	Electronic viewfinder (EVF), 0.3-type with a total of 118,000 pixels; @ 100% coverage; diopter control
	LCD	3.8cm (1.5 inch) digital-interface TFT colour; 78K pixels; automatic monitor amplification; @ 100% coverage
	ISO Sensitivity	• Auto • Manual equivalent 50, 100, 200, 400
	Storage Media	SD (Secure Digital) Memory Cards, MultiMediaCards
	Battery	4 AA batteries: Alkaline, Ni-MH
	Included Accessories	• 16MB SD Memory Card • 4 AA Alkaline Batteries • A/V Cable, USB 2.0 Cable • Strap (Neck), Lens Cap • Software CD-ROMs (DiMAGE Viewer, ArcSoft VideoImpression 2)
	Dimensions (W x H x D)	108.5 x 80 x 83.5 mm / 4.3 x 3.1 x 3.3 in.
	Weight (Camera body only)	335 g / 11.8 oz.
	MSRP	$

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