With an amazingly fast start-up time of just 0.7 seconds, the Minolta Dimage G400 is ready when you are to capture life's most precious memories. The compact and stylish G400 also features an all-metal case, a 4.2-megapixel resolution, 3x optical zoom lens, movie mode with audio, and compatibility with both SD memory cards and Memory Sticks.
Optics and Resolution
With the Dimage G400's 4 megapixel resolution, you can capture 2272 x 1704 pixel images for photo-quality 11 x 17-inch enlargements. It also offers 1600 x 1200 (2 MP) and 640 x 480 (VGA) resolution modes.
The 3X optical GT Hexanon zoom lens is comprised of seven elements in six groups to provide sharp, high-contrast images. With a focal range of 5.6–16.8mm, the lens is equivalent to a 34–101mm zoom on a 35mm camera and it covers everything from scenic landscapes to interiors and group shots to portraits and detailed close-ups. It also has a 2x digital zoom.
More Features
The Dimage G400 has a newly designed signal-processing engine with a 0.7 second startup time. You can turn the camera on, focus, set the exposure, capture an image, and turn the camera off in 1.5 seconds. The camera can also focus and determine the exposure in approximately 0.2 second, and the shutter-release time lag is approximately 0.03 second. The Dimage G400 employs Rapid AF to ensure sharp images with minimum delay. Rapid AF uses a passive AF sensor to instantly estimate the distance to the subject and the camera's CCD to determine the precise focus point.
The e-mail copy function creates a 640 x 480 or 160 x 120 JPEG copy of an image on the memory card so that it can be easily transferred over the Internet.
The Dimage G400's versatile flash modes let you shoot in a variety of lighting situations with confidence. In automatic mode, the flash fires whenever it's needed. If the main subject is backlit, you can select fill-flash for additional subject illumination.
Other features include:
- 1.5-inch LCD with optical real-image viewfinder
- Continuous mode of 2.5 frames per second for up to 3 frames
- Six scene modes: Portrait, Scenery, Night, Snapshot, Sports, and Angel
- White balance controls: Automatic, Daylight, Cloudy, Tungsten, and Fluorescent
- Color modes: Standard, Cold, Warm, Black and White, Sepia
The Dimage G400 features a dual card slot system for expanded image storage; Memory Sticks and Secure Digital (SD) memory cards can be used alone or in combination. A 16 MB SD card is included with the Dimage G400, and it can store approximately 16 images shot in Normal, 4-megapixel mode. Images can be downloaded to either a Mac or PC via USB 1.1, which means the camera can be connected to any USB-based Windows Me/2000/XP and Mac OS 8.6 or later computer without installing any software.
Power and Size
The camera is powered by a rechargeable lithium-ion battery (BP-600). It measures 3.7 by 2.2 by 1.2 inches and weighs 5.1 ounces excluding the batteries or 6.3 ounces when loaded with the battery.
What's In The Box
This package contains the Dimage G400 digital camera, 16 MB SD memory card, lithium-ion battery (BP-600), battery charger (BP-600U), USB cable (USB-810), neck strap (NS-DG130), Dimage Viewer CD-ROM, instruction manual CD-ROM, and quick-start guide.
Product Description:
The new DiMAGE G400 is an easy-to-use digital camera housed in a slim, elegantly-styled body. This 4.0 megapixel camera creates beautiful images at the touch of a button. In spite of its size, the DiMAGE G400 is well-equipped with powerful imaging tools plus a dual memory-card slot for expanded storage capability. Konica Minolta's DiMAGE G400 brings the fun of digital photography to a broad range of consumers, especially beginners who'd prefer a higher class digital camera and those who want to carry a high-quality digital camera with them wherever they go. The DiMAGE G400 features a 4.2 megapixel, 1/2.5-type interline CCD that enables virtually anyone to create beautiful digital images. In addition, a new signal-processing engine ensures that the captured images are reproduced as accurately as possible. The super-quick DiMAGE G400 uses Rapid Autofocus to ensure sharp images with minimum delay. Rapid AF uses a passive AF sensor to instantly estimate the distance to the subject and the camera's CCD to determine the precise focus point. The DiMAGE G400 has a dual card-slot system for flexible image storage. Both Memory Sticks and SD Memory Cards can be used alone or in combination. When both memory card types are used in the camera at the same time, up 640MB of data can be saved depending on card capacity eliminating the worries of running out of memory during important events. The 3X optical GT Hexanon zoom lens is comprised of seve
Minolta Dimage G400 4.0 MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical