Konica Minolta DiMAGE A200 Digital Camera

Great Camera

By Tom  Oct 29, 2008

Pros: The flip screen The manual zoom

Cons: The electronic viewer

I have come to love this camera. The size is perfect, the features and even the lack of some really work for me. I'd MUCH rather zoom by hand. The big thing, I've found, is it's best to use a low ISO setting. I keep mine locked on ISO 50 because the pictures are just SO much better there! I have 7 digital cameras and this one, I find, seems to do most of the work. I've used it for sports action too.. it can be done but the Canon DSLR's do it so much better. A really nice camera. Sony should have kept this line going.

By Kristine  Jul 15, 2008

By athanasios  May 28, 2008

Konica Minolta DiMAGE A200 Digital Camera

By Marius Muscalu  Jan 21, 2008

Pros: great image quality, nice manual focus

Cons: bad focus in bad light conditions

it's great for natural light portraits...

By George  Apr 2, 2007

My Shot at the A200

By nycgraphix  Feb 12, 2007

Pros: Lightweight, Antishake, Image Quality, Durability

Cons: No Support System

I LOVE this camera! I just hate the fact that Konika Minolta sold out to Sony because they will not offer any type of customer support or warranty related repairs. That Sucks! But that is all, otherwise this is the best camera ever! The amazing photographs I have taken with this camera are surreal.

Out of business

By AL  Dec 27, 2006 | 1 out of 2 found this Konica Minolta DiMAGE A200 review helpful

Pros: Light weight, good quality photos, Anti-Shake works great

Cons: impossible to find accessories in Canada

2 months after I bought this camera Konica Minolta pulled the digital camera line out of Canada. It's now impossible to purchase accessories such as batteries.

By mohammad  Oct 1, 2006

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By Howard W  Jan 6, 2006

Great Camera!

By Mark  Dec 6, 2005 | 10 out of 10 found this Konica Minolta DiMAGE A200 review helpful

Pros: Lens is Superb, Flip-out LCD Screen, Included Remote, etc...

Cons: Slow Autofocus in low light and shot to shot times are slow.

Did a lot of research and bought this camera because it is a great value. The A2 (previous model) is considered a better camera by some because of its better optical viewfinder, PC flash synch, and fast shot to shot perfomance. I decided on the A200 because it has a newer CCD sensor and in-camera software takes lower digital noise photos without the use of much noise reduction software. I only take this camera on travel and to take landscape photos, so the shooting speed and external flash were not an issue (although you can still buy an external flash through KM and use the A200 flash hotshoe). It would have been nice to have these plus the better optical viewfinder but I am sure KM excluded them to keep the cost down.
The Good (expanded)
This camera is a great choice for any serious amature photgrapher that does not want to deal with all the inconvenient issues assosiate with Digital SLR's. This camera produces low noise photos, a manual zoom ring, intuitive menu set (with customizable functions), flip-out and twist lcd screen, wireless remote, manual focus ability, and image stabilization. The 28-200mm 2.8-3.5 equivalent manual zoom lens(great for 90% of shooting conditions I do) is versital, bright, and high quality. This camera has allowed me to take the best macro shots I have ever taken. This is mostly do to the anti-shake mechanism built-into the camera, which allows me to hand-hold the camera instead of using a tripod. There a many buttons on the outside of the camera which allows you to change most of your shot values on the fly. The camera is lighter than most in its class and can shoot in RAW+JPEG at the same time. Lens filters are best when using a 49mm-62mm step-up ring.

The Not So Good:
No PC flash synch for after market flashes (must us KM's flashes). The optical viewfinder is not as clear as an SLR. Slow autofocus system, (sometimes hits, sometimes misses, but there is a feature where it tries to focus on a subject and if it has difficulty you can manually focus from where it left off). It would not be the best choice for sports photography because of the slow autofocus, but for travel and nature shots it is a great choice. The shot to shot times can be up to 8 seconds if you are shooting in RAW + JPEG (in all fairness though it is writing 20mb of data on your memory card). The write time is not a problem if you are shooting in high quality JPEG only though.

By robert  Aug 5, 2005

A200 - SLR Features, Point & Shoot Convenience

By Gerald  Jul 23, 2005 | 13 out of 13 found this Konica Minolta DiMAGE A200 review helpful

Pros: Wealth of creative controls, 7x zoom, picture quality, movie mode, adjustable LCD

Cons: None to date

The Konica Minolta A200 is the perfect blend of point and shoot convenience and SLR flexibility. Not only does it offer a 7X optical zoom lens with macro and 2x digital enhancement, there's also a full range of built in color filter, exposure, contrast, white balance and saturation controls; the ability to work as true point and shoot or in full manual SLR-like mode to control shutter speed and f-stop; multiple focus zones; live histograms; multiple preset modes for portrait, sport, etc shooting; even the ability to save custom white balance settings and even save entire camera setups as custom modes. The 8MB resolution delivers sharp, bright images that can be saved as RAW or JPG files. The manual optical zoom control gives you infinite adjustment ability and even allows you to zoom while you're taking VGA quality movies. The adjustable LCD viewer lets you take pictures from any angle and see what you're taking. Remote control included.
The operation is slick and logical