Gadget Review

Konica Minolta’s Dimage highly successful X-series represents the original ultra-compact digital camera range. When the first of the line, the 1.9 megapixel Dimage X, was launched in early 2002, it was by far the smallest and lightest digital camera on the market, and also had one of the fastest start-up times. It achieved both of these feats thanks to an innovative lens design. Konica Minolta DiMAGE X1 offers Anti-Shake functioning to help reduce the effects of camera shake, ensuring clear, steady shots of scenes that are otherwise difficult to shoot by hand such as in low light situations or indoors. Unlike the A and Z series, the DiMAGE X1 boasts a newly developed type of Anti-Shake system that complements its folded optics and allows for a more miniaturization.

Konica Minolta DiMAGE X1’s employs a newly designed “non-protruding” 3X optical zoom lens and delivers a lens focal length of 7.7 to 23.1mm (equivalent to 37 to 111mm in 35mm format) and an aperture range from F3.5 to F3.8. Complementing this exceptional optical system, the Konica Minolta X1 offers two ways to take close-ups: Auto Macro Mode (Shortest shooting distance: 10cm in Wide-angle and 40cm in Telephoto positions), which takes macro shots without having to switch the mode, and Super Macro mode, which captures amazing close-ups as near as 5cm.

Konica Minolta DiMAGE X1 specifications:

Resolution 8.00 Megapixel
Maximum resolution 3264×2448
Minimum resolution 640×480
Sensor size 1/2.8 inch
LCD Resolution (pixels) 118,000 pixels

Brand Konica-Minolta
Type DiMAGE X1
Resolution 8.30 Mpixel
Maximum resolution 3264×2448
Minimum resolution 640×480
Sensor size 1/1.8-inch
Sensor type CCD
Optical zoom Yes
Focal length multiplier n/a
Zoom wide (mm) 37
Zoom tele (mm) 111
Digital zoom Yes
Auto focus Yes
Manual focus No
Focus range (cm) 10
Macro focus range (cm) 5