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Minolta DiMage G400
Pros: Excellent resolution, a regular photo could be used as a screen saver and it looks perfect. Great zoom, manual settings, continuous shutter, timer, tripod mount is helpful (I use a mini pod, with a velcro strap to attach to trees and such while I'm in the woods). Camera is tiny and light. Red eye reduction is good. Mpeg feature is pretty cool too. The digital zoom is nuts, you can take a photo of a street sigh that you couldn't read with the naked eye, and using the digital zoom, blow it up and see the bolt that holds the sign onto the post!
Cons: Batter life sucked, expecially when taking movies, but this may be normal? I tried to find a replacement batter in all major retailers, couldn't find one, it's a real pain. The manual being on disk was a pain, I had to print it myself and ended up with like 132 pages of stuff from the PDF. The settings are somewhat confusing, in that some have to be reset after every photo, making it tough to hand the camera to somebody and have them take photos (you 'd have to reset red-eye, continuous shutter, timer, etc every time). Sound on the mpeg isn't great, but it'll do. No case provided, which for this price is ridiculous, I've had to carry the battery charger with me , significantly increasing the amount of stuff to carry. Other drawback is the hassle of uploading photos: I have to recharge the battery, then link up to usb, then up load. AC adapter should come with camera, but this goes back to my spare battery issue , I guess the solution for me is to get another battery, huh!? ANyway, other cameras that I've seen have a much easier re-charge process, just plug in and insert a jack, but here you have to take battery out , sort of a pain.
Overall , it's been a great camera, everyone is very impressed with the image quality especially on "fine" setting. Seems like the price is coming down too, it's a great camera.
Was this review helpful? Yes - NoSweet Camera
Pros: size, zoom, flash, features
Cons: the sliding lens cap
I bought mine on Overstock.com. I was using it right out of the box.
Was this review helpful? Yes - NoSpeedy snapper with excellent manual features
Pros: high-speed, never miss a key shot, excellent outside shooting
Cons: color balance undersaturated, indoors lowlight less than ideal
My third digicam, I took this little guy out shooting along with a Canon S400 to compare shot-shot performance. Sizes are comparable (G400 is thinner, trifle longer, S400 is wider, boxier, heavier).
Minolta beats the Canon hands down on performance (shot-to-shot speed, autofocus speed, shooting from startup) and on features for manual shooting (if you ever use them). Also seems to get much longer battery life.
Canon beats Minolta on color accuracy (healthier looking skin tones) when using default mode and some indoor shooting.
The Minolta's dual memory card system (Smartmedia + Memstick) lets me copy photos to share with people using other cameras (sort of like old computers using two floppy drives--back when people needed floppies, that is). That feature alone proves remarkably useful while traveling.
Since I photo-adjust all my shots on the computer to optimize the skin tones, the Minolta comes out ahead.
Either one is a winner of a camera--and with the Minolta, you really won't be missing many shots.Was this review helpful? Yes - No
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