Compared to...

Below you will find a studio comparison between the Konica Minolta DiMAGE A200 and the Olympus C-8080, our current benchmark 8MP camera, at ISO 400.

Studio scene comparison (@ ISO 400)

• Konica Minolta Dimage A200: Manual mode, ISO 400, Default Image Parameters,
  Manual white balance
   
• Olympus Camedia C-8080: Manual mode, ISO 400, Default Image Parameters,
  Manual white balance
   
• Lighting: Six 18W Full Spectrum (>98 CRI) fluorescent tubes

Minolta Dimage A200	Olympus Camedia C-8080
ISO 400, 1/500 sec, F5	ISO 400, 1/800 sec, F5
2,933 KB JPEG	3,501 KB JPEG
Noise, std dev: 3.1	Noise, std dev: 3.1

At ISO 400 the difference between the two cameras is far less obvious (though the C-8080 still has the advantage on very fine detail), thanks to the combined detail-destroying effects of noise, and noise reduction.