We first heard of the two new Minolta DiMAGE 5 and 7 digital cameras at PMA on 11th February this year (although there had been leaked information earlier). Both cameras are based on the same functionality, body and 7x optical zoom lens, the DiMAGE 5 has a 3.3 megapixel CCD and 32 - 250 mm equiv. focal length range, the DiMAGE 7 a 5.2 megapixel CCD with a 28 - 200 mm equiv. focal length range.
Much of this operational / design part of this review is simply reproduced from the DiMAGE 7 review because the two cameras (in this respect) are virtually identical.
DiMAGE 5 compared to DiMAGE 7
Here's a quick breakdown of the DIFFERENCES between the DiMAGE 5 and 7 (you'll find full specifications for the DiMAGE 5 on the next page):
 Minolta DiMAGE 5 |
 Minolta DiMAGE 7 |
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| Street Price | US: $900 UK: £799 |
US: $1500 UK: £999 |
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| Expected Availability | August 2001 | June 2001 | |
| CCD pixels |  |
3.3 megapixels | 5.24 megapixels |
| CCD effective output | |
3.14 megapixels | 4.92 megapixels |
| CCD size** | |
1/1.8" | 2/3" |
| CCD Colour Filter Array | |
G - R - G - B | G - R - G - B |
| Max resolution | 2048 x 1536 | 2560 x 1920 | |
| Zoom wide (W) | |
35 mm | 28 mm |
| Zoom tele (T) | |
250 mm (7x) | 200 mm (7x) |
| Metering | |
• 256 Segment Metering • Center-Weighted Average • Spot |
• 300 Segment Metering |
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