Minolta DiMAGE 7 Specifications
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| Street Price | US: $1500 UK: £999 |
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| Body Material | Magnesium Alloy / Plastic | |
| CCD pixels |  |
5.24 megapixels |
| CCD effective output | |
4.92 megapixels |
| CCD size** | |
2/3" |
| CCD Colour Filter Array | |
G - R - G - B |
| A/D Converter | 12 bits | |
| Max resolution | 2560 x 1920 | |
| Lower resolutions | • 1600 x 1200 • 1280 x 960 • 640 x 480 |
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| Image ratio w:h | 4:3 | |
| Image formats | |
• TIFF • RAW • JPEG (EXIF) |
| Quality Levels | • Super-Fine (TIFF) • Fine • Normal • Basic |
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| Sensitivity equiv. | |
• Auto (ISO 100 - 200) • ISO 100 • ISO 200 • ISO 400 • ISO 800 |
| Zoom wide (W) | |
28 mm |
| Zoom tele (T) | |
200 mm (7x) |
| Zoom control | Mechanical zoom ring on lens | |
| Lens Thread | 49 mm | |
| Lens Max Aperture | |
F2.8 - F3.5 |
| Lens Construction | |
16 glass elements in 13 groups, 2 AD elements, 2 aspherical elements, coated |
| Digital zoom | |
x2.0 |
| Auto Focus | Contrast detection, 3 "wide
area" auto selected Spot AF - flex focus point (movable focus point) |
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| Auto Focus modes | • Continuous auto-focus (while
LCD is on) • Single auto-focus (half-press of shutter release) |
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| AF Illumination lamp | |
No |
| Manual Focus | |
Via "focus by wire" ring at rear of lens barrel |
| Normal focus range | |
50 cm (19.7 in) - Infinity |
| Macro focus range | |
25 cm (9.8 in) - 60 cm (23.6 in) |
| Min shutter | |
4 secs + Bulb in Manual Exposure mode; max 30 secs |
| Max shutter | |
1/2000 sec |
| Noise reduction | No | |
| Exposure Modes | • Program AE • Aperture Priority • Shutter Priority • Full Manual • Scene mode: Portrait, Sports, Sunset, Night, Text |
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| Aperture Priority | Wide: F2.8, F3.5, F4, F4.5, F5.6,
F6.7, F8 Tele: F3.5, F4, F4.5, F5.6, F6.7, F8, F9.5 |
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| Shutter Priority | 4, 3, 2, 1.5, 1, 0.7, 0.5, 1/3, 1/4, 1/6, 1/8, 1/10, 1/15, 1/20, 1/30, 1/45, 1/60, 1/90, 1/125, 1/180, 1/250, 1/350, 1/500, 1/750, 1/1000, 1/1500, 1/2000 sec | |
| Metering | |
• 300 Segment Metering |
| Exposure adjustment | |
-2EV to +2EV in 1/3EV steps |
| AE Lock | Yes, dedicated button | |
| Auto bracketing | |
• 3 images • 0.3, 0.5 or 1.0 EV steps |
| Picture Controls |
• Contrast |
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| Colour Modes | • Colour • B&W |
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| White Balance | |
• Auto • Manual preset (custom) • Daylight • Tungsten • Fluorescent • Cloudy |
| Continuous | |
Approx. 1.1 fps for 4 images (unconfirmed) |
| Movie clip | 320 x 240, no audio, 60 sec max | |
| Built-in Flash | Yes, pop-up | |
| Flash Range (approx.) |
Wide: 0.5 - 3.8 m (1.6 - 12.5 ft) |
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| Flash Metering | ADI, Preflash TTL meter | |
| Flash modes |
• Auto |
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| Flash compensation | +/-2 EV in 0.3 EV steps | |
| Flash synch speed | Any shutter speed | |
| External flash | Yes, Minolta hot-shoe: • Program Flash 3600HS(D) • Program Flash 5600HS(D) • Macro Twin Flash 2400 • Macro Ring Flash 1200 |
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| Data Imprinting |
• Year/month/day (format can be changed) |
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| Tripod mount | Yes, metal | |
| Self-timer | Yes, 10 sec delay | |
| Remote control | Optional extra, wired | |
| Time-lapse recording | Yes, 2 - 99 frames, intervals:
• 1 - 10 min • 15, 20, 30, 45, 60 min |
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| Video out | Yes, selectable NTSC / PAL | |
| Storage media | |
Compact Flash Type I or Type II, IBM Microdrive compatible |
| Storage included | 16 MB Compact Flash card | |
| Viewfinder | |
• Electronic viewfinder • Ferroelectric LCD (4.8mm, 71,000 24-bit colour pixels) • Can be swivelled upwards through 90 degrees • Frame coverage 100% • Dioptre adjustment • Automatic mode detects locality of eye |
| LCD | |
1.8" TFT 112,000 pixels |
| Record zoom | View can be magnified up to 4x for accurate focusing (MF only) | |
| Print compliance | DPOF, Print Image Matching | |
| Playback zoom | Yes, 2.0x, 2.5x, 4.0x, scrollable | |
| Operating system | Proprietary | |
| Connectivity | |
USB |
| Battery | |
4 x AA batteries (NiMH recommended) |
| Battery charger | |
No |
| Weight (inc. battery) | 603 g (1.3 lb) | |
| Dimensions (inc. grip) | 117 x 91 x 113 mm (4.6 x 3.6 x 4.4 in) |
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Click for glossary entry / help |
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This measuring system is a leftover from the days of video TUBES and has nothing to do with the surface area of the chip in a direct sense. The Edmund Scientific Optics catalog has a sidebar that completely backs up the idea. For instance, a "one inch" chip has a 16mm diagonal sensor array. A "one half inch" chip has an array of only 8mm in the diagonal. This means that the 1/1.8 = 0.555 inch measurement means NOTHING about the sensor array size. Unless they have changed the entire measurement system just for this chip, the actual sensor patch is 11% larger than the 8mm of a 1/2 chip or 8.88mm in diagonal. (Mark Schubin of Videography Magazine) |
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