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Japan's Konica Minolta announced today that it is exiting the camera and film businesses, putting an end to one of the world's most-recognized names in photography. Company President Fumio Iwai also announced he would be stepping down April 1, 2006, to be replaced by Vice President Yoshikatsu Ota. Konica Minolta had said in November 2005 that it was considering scaling back its traditional photography business, but not shutting… Read More

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… Read More

The new DiMAGE Z5′s 12x optical zoom lens and 4x digital zoom combine for a total 48x zoom. Konica Minolta's proprietary CCD-shift Anti-Shake System–the same one used on the top-of-the-line Maxxum 7D and DiMAGE A200 models–is particularly effective at such high zoom ranges. It allows photographers to shoot with shutter speeds four to eight times longer (2-3 stops) than when shooting without an Anti-Shake function. It… Read More

Equipped with Konica Minolta's Anti-Shake technology featuring a unique CCD-shift mechanism that offsets handheld shaking, it is easy to capture sharp images with the DiMAGE A200, even in lowlighting and without the use of a tripod. In addition, the camera's rotating 1.8-inch TFT Vari-angle LCD monitor allows photographers to get a clear viewpoint for shooting artistic angles or taking flawless self-portraits. And, the Konica… Read More

From the press release: Konica Minolta introduces a new addition to the Z-series of digital cameras - the DiMAGE Z3. With Konica Minolta's unique CCD-shift Anti-Shake System accompanying the camera's built-in 12x optical zoom lens, the stylish DiMAGE Z3 provides photographers of all levels with very steady and sharp hand-held telephoto shots. Its speed also enables photographers to get those action shots right away with Rapid… Read More

Quote from the review: “The high-performance and compact six-megapixel Konica Minolta DiMAGE G600 features 3x optical zoom lens, sleek metal exterior, autofocusing, autoexposure, auto white-balance, and Rapid Response with a 1.3-second start-up time. High picture quality is obtained through the camera's GT HEXANON lens that's designed to produce stunningly accurate images. These images are then received by the… Read More