Konica Minolta Adds New DiMAGE Camera

New DiMAGE Z6 features a 12x optical zoom, six megapixels and a compact and easy to hold design.

Konica Minolta today announced they were expanding their line of DiMAGE digital cameras. The newest entry is the six megapixel DiMAGE Z6.

The DiMAGE Z6, Konica Minolta said, offers up a 12x optical zoom and 2” LCD monitor on a compact and easy to hold design. Besides the 12x optical zoom, a 4x digital zoom capability gives the camera a total zoom range of 48x.

Other features on the new DiMAGE Z6 include a CCD-shift anti-shaking system featured in Konica Minolta’s high end Maxxum 7D digital SLR, a GT APO lens, Konica Minolta’s proprietary image processing technology, up to 240 shots on 4 AA batteries, rapid auto focus and a “progressive drive” mode which records images continuously at approximately 1.8 seconds regardless of image size or quality.