12:00 PM EST: The second camera in Minoltas new camera announcements is the DiMAGE G500. The G500 has a five megapixel CCD sensor and a three times optical zoom lens. This camera appears to be the first which has come out of the union of Konica and Minolta, it looks an awful lot like the Konica KD-510 Zoom. "This new digital camera is a high quality image maker in a sleek, metal wrapper," said Jon Sienkiewicz, vice president of marketing, Minolta Corporation's Consumer Products Group. "The easy-to-use DiMAGE G500 is the perfect companion for any photographic occasion."