Konica Minolta DiMAGE X1 Digital Camera

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Konica Minolta Dimage X1

The smooth, metallic body is comfortable to hold, and the buttons are well-placed for easy use. Read more

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Konica Minolta DiMAGE X1 Digital Camera

The Konica Minolta DiMAGE X1 is an unusual digital camera, packing an 8 megapixel sensor, a 3x zoom lens, and anti-shake technology into a compact, stylish case. Its image quality is good, with a much better than average lens for a subcompact camera, very accurate color, and loads of resolution. Packing all those pixels into a tiny sensor does make for higher image noise, and the X1 has taken some knocks from other reviewers on that score. As is often the case with high-resolution digital cameras though, we found that noise that was very evident on-screen became much less so when printed at typical photo sizes. Even at its (modest) maximum ISO of 200, 8x10 prints from the X1 looked surprisingly good: There was noise there, but we didn't find it nearly as obtrusive as that from many cameras we've tested, including some with significantly lower pixel counts. On the color front, the X1 renders its images with less saturation and thus greater technical accuracy than many cameras on the ... Read more