Minolta DiMAGE S304 Review
The DiMAGE S304 was announced at the same time as the
DiMAGE 5 and 7 at PMA on 11th
February this year. The S304 has a 3.3 megapixel CCD (3.14 effective
- 2048 x 1536) and a 4x optical zoom lens. It shares much of its functionality
and features with it's "bigger brothers" the DiMAGE 5 and 7.
The S304 is part of the new range of Minolta DiMAGE digital
cameras, it marks a definite advance in features and resolution for the
compact end of the Minolta range. The S304 is one of only two three megapixel
digital cameras with a 4x optical zoom lens, the other of course being
the Nikon Coolpix 995 and it will therefore be our benchmark for comparison
in this review.
This review is based on a pre-production S304, we hope
to update the review with results from a production camera as soon as
one is made available.
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