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Konica Minolta Z6 review at Steves Digicams
Ilse Jurriën : November 14th 2005 - 10:45 CET
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 Konica Minolta Z6 review at Steves Digicams : Our good friends at Steves Digicams have published their review of the Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z6 digital camera. The new DiMAGE Z6 features 6.0 Megapixels resolution and offers a built-in 12x optical Mega Zoom lens, Konica Minolta’s proprietary Anti-Shake system, Rapid AF with Predictive Focus Control for fast overall responsiveness, built-in flash and excellent battery performance. The DiMAGE Z6’s built-in 12x optical zoom lens and 4x digital zoom capability combine for a total zoom 48x. Konica Minolta’s proprietary CCD-shift Anti-Shake system allows photographers to shoot with shutter speeds four to eight times longer (2-3 stops) than when shooting without an Anti-Shake system.
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 DiMAGE Z6 review Steves Digicams
According to Steve Sanders: "Shooting performance was very robust. From power-up to first image captured measured approx. 2.2 seconds, which includes extending its 12x zoom lens and booting up. Shutter lag was an impressive 1/10 of a second when pre-focused, and 2/10 of a second including autofocus. The autofocus system is fast and accurate in brightly lit conditions, and was a little better than average in low-light conditions even though it lacks an AF-assist lamp."
Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z6 - Image quality
Steve continues: "The overall image quality of the Z6's 6-megapixel Fine mode wasn't what we had expected. While the majority of our images were sharp, there was very noticeable noise present in areas of contrast, giving images a grainy look. Our outdoor samples had good color saturation with good exposure in most cases, however in instances of harsh sunlight it did tend to over-expose the entire shot."
Konica Minolta Z6 - Steves Digicams review conclusion
"When pictures aren't enough, the Z6 can record movies at QVGA (320x240) resolution at either 30 or 15 frames per second. I was surprised that it doesn't feature a VGA (640x480) resolution mode like other "Z" series models. While it offers all of the features we love about these "super zoom" models, its mediocre image quality really drags it down. It has the ability to capture awesome video, but only at the smaller 320x240 resolution," says Steve Sanders from the well-known US based website Steve's Digicams. You want to learn more about the new Konica Minolta DiMAGE camera? Continue to read the Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z6 digital camera review at Steve's Digicams.
About Steve's Digicam Online
Steve's Digicams was founded in the year 1997, by, indeed, Steve. Steve Sanders is well experienced in photography, 30 years, and wants to share this experience with everyone on the Internet. Steve's motto is: simplicity. The way the website is build makes it also possible for those who haven't got a fast connection to download the website very quickly. In the same way the reviews are being written. According to Steve, it should not be necessary to follow a course in photography to be able to understand a review. For this approach Steve is well known world wide and he is welcome to it by his many readers. Beside test reports Steve's site has various other items, like a forum, camera specifications, daily "breaking" news.
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