Minolta Dimage EX WIDE Digital Camera

Minolta’s Dimage EX 1500 Wide Digital Camera is a high-quality digital camera with a detachable 3x zoom lens and high-speed, 3.5 frame-per-second shooting capability. The 1.5 million pixel CCD and primary color filter provide beautiful image quality with realistic color fidelity. The Minolta Dimage EX 1500 Wide Digital Camera also features Minolta’s advanced autofocus and exposure systems, digital subject program selection, and automatic white balance, for ease of use with a wide variety of subjects.

The new Minolta Dimage EX 1500 Wide Digital Camera sets new standards in digital imaging. Partnering with LSI Logic and its DCAM-101™ image processor, and FlashPoint Technology with its Digita™ operating environment, Minolta created a digital camera that incorporates the most advanced technology available today. Among the many advances of the Minolta Dimage EX 1500 Wide Digital Camera are Minolta superior 300 lines per mm optics, Megapixel EXpress resolution of 1.5 million pixels, professional SLR-like camera capabilities, and unique features found only in Minolta digital cameras.

Type: Compact digital camera

CCD: Total No. of pixels:1,500,000 pixels
Effective pixels:1,450,000

Lens: 7-21mm f/3.5-5.6 (equivalent to approx. 38-115mm format) 5.2mm f/1.9 (equivalent to approx. 28mm in 35mm format)

Image Storage: Recording Medium: compact Flash Card
File Format: Exif 2.0 (JPEG)
No. of Pixels: 1344 x 1008/640 x 480 pixels
Storage capacity (4MB Compact Flash Card): S. FINE: aproox. 2 image, FINE: approx. 7 images
STD: approx. 20 imags, ECON: approx. 40 images (in Full Size: 1344 x 1008 pixels)

Focusing: External passive AF system

Exposure: Type: Programmed AE
Exposure compensation: +/-2 EV in 1/3 EV increments
Metering system: 25-segment metering
Sensitivity: equivalent to approx. ISO 125

Shutterspeed:1/4000 –2sec.

White Balance:Automatic, manual setting available

Flash:Type: Built-in
GN: 11 (ISO 125 equivalent)
Modes: Auto, red-eye auto, fill, red-eye fill, off

Viewfinder:Real image optical viewfinder

LCD Monitor:2-inch TFT LCD monitor made of low-temperature polysilicon
Single mode, Burst capture, Timelapse
Burst capture: max. 3.5 frames per second (in 1344 x 1008 pixels, up to 7 frames)
Timelapse mode: Set to capture at user-selected intervals up to approx. 60 min.
1-60 sec.: selectable by seconds, 1-60 min.: selectable by minutes

Self-timer: approx. 10 sec. delayed release

Video output:NTSC, PAL

Interface: Serial: RS-232C
Infrared correspondence: IrDA

Power source:AA alkaline (AA Ni-Cd, AA Ni-MH and AA lthium also usable) x 4 External AC adapter

Standard accessories:
Camera Case, Hand Strap, Video Cable, Caompact Flash Card, AA alkalinebatteries, PC Serial Adapter, Macintosh Adapter, CD-ROM for Dimage EX

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