CCD

1/1.8-type interline primary-color CCD with a total of 3.34 million pixels

Number of effective pixels

3.17 million

A/D conversion

12 bits

Camera sensitivity

Auto, ISO 100, 200, 400, 800 (ISO equivalent)

Aspect ratio

4:3

Focal length

7.2 - 50.8mm (35 mm equivalent: 35 - 250 mm)

Lens construction

16 elements in 13 groups (includes 2 AD glass elements and 2 aspheric elements)

Maximum aperture

f/2.8 - f/3.5

Minimum focus distance

0.5m (from the CCD)

Minimum macro focus distance

25cm (from the CCD)
Approx. 13cm (from the front of the lens)

Maximum magnification

0.18X

Optical zooming control

Manual zooming ring

Filter diameter

49mm

Viewfinder type

EVF (Electronic viewfinder)
Variable-position: 0-90º

Viewfinder LCD

Ferroelectric 4.8mm (0.19 inch) reflective liquid crystal microdisplay
Equivalent visual resolution: 220,000 pixels

LCD monitor

46mm (1.8 inch) TFT color
Total number of pixels: 122,000

Field of view

EVF: 100% (approx.)
External LCD monitor: 100 % (approx.)

Display-mode switch

Auto-display, Electronic-viewfinder display, External LCD-monitor display

Viewfinder magnification

0.38 - 2.58X

Diopter control

- 5 ~ +0.5 diopter

Eye relief

20mm (from the eyepiece)
17.5mm (from the eyepiece frame)

Shutter

CCD electronic shutter and mechanical shutter

Shutter speeds

1/2000 - 4 s, Bulb (max. 30 s)

Autofocus system

Wide focus area, Spot focus point
Flex Focus Point control is available with the spot focus point

Focus modes

Autofocus: Single-shot AF, Continuous AF
Manual focus

Focus lock

With AF/AE-lock button or by pressing the shutter-release button partway down

Metering

Multi-segment, Center-weighted, Spot

Multi-segment metering

256 segments

Exposure control range

Wide: Ev 1 - 17
Telephoto: Ev 1.6 - 17.7

Exposure modes

Programmed AE (with program shift), Aperture priority, Shutter priority, Manual
Digital subject program selection (Portrait, Sports action, Sunset, Night portrait, Text)

Exposure compensation

± 2 Ev in 1/3 increments

AE lock

With AF/AE-lock button or by pressing the shutter-release button partway down

Flash metering

ADI, Pre-flash TTL

Built-in flash range

Wide: 0.5 - 3.8m (approx.)
Telephoto: 0.5 - 3m (approx.)
(Camera sensitivity: auto)

Flash modes

Fill-flash, Red-eye reduction, Rear flash sync

Built-in flash recycling time

7 s (approx.)

Flash compensation

± 2 Ev in 1/3 increments

Flash-sync speeds

All shutter speeds

Dedicated external flash

Auto-flash metering with Program Flash 3600HS(D), Program Flash 5600HS(D), Macro Twin Flash 2400,* Macro Ring Flash 1200*
*Macro Flash Controller is necessary.

Continuous advance

1.3 fps (max.)
* Continuous advance speed is approximate and may vary depending upon the subject and shooting conditions.
* Continuous advance speed is approximate and may vary depending upon the subject and shooting conditions.
* Continuous advance is not available for images recorded in the super fine or RAW mode.

Interval recording

2 - 99 frames
Interval time: 1 - 10 min., 15 min., 20 min., 30 min., 45 min., 60 min.

Digital Enhanced Bracketing

Exposure, Contrast, Color saturation
Exposure: 1.0, 0.5, 0.3 Ev increments
Contrast, Color saturation: fixed increments
Number of brackets: 3 frames

Self-timer

10 s (approx.)

Movie recording

60 s (max.)

Operating time

Start-up time: 2.6 s (approx.)
Shutter-release time lag: 0.1 s (approx.)
Capturing interval: 0.75 s (approx.)
Playback loading interval: 0.2 s (approx.)

Colour modes

Colour, Black and white

White-balance control

Automatic, Preset (Daylight, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Cloudy), Custom

Sharpness settings

Three levels (Soft, Normal, Hard)

Digital Effects Control

Exposure, Color saturation, Contrast compensation

Digital zoom

2X

Delete function

Single, multiple, or all frames can be deleted.

Format function

Available in the setup mode

Data imprinting

Year/month/day (Format can be changed.)
Month/day/time
Text
Text and serial numbers
Imprinting can be disabled.

Image-quality modes

Economy, Standard, Fine, Super fine, RAW

Number of recorded pixels (Still images)

2048 x 1536, 1600 x 1200, 1280 x 960, 640 x 480

Number of recorded pixels (Movie clips)

320 x 240

Storage capacity

Approximate storage capacity of a 16 MB CompactFlash card:
RAW: 2 frames
Super fine: 1 frame
Fine: 9 frames
Standard:16 frames
Economy:27 frames
Movie* 71 seconds
Recorded pixels: 2048 x 1536
Actual number of images may vary depending
* Total number of seconds that can be stored

File format

Exif 2.1 (JPEG, TIFF), Motion JPEG (AVI), RAW DCF 1.0-compliant
DPOF-compliant (Supported by printing functions in ver. 1.1)

Exif tag information

Date and time, Exposure mode, Shutter speed, Aperture value, Exposure compensation value, Metering method, Flash on/off, Camera sensitivity, White balance setting, Focal length, Color space, etc.

Printing output control

PRINT Image Matching

Recording media

Type I and Type II CompactFlash cards
IBM Microdrive (170MB, 340MB, 512MB, 1GB)

PC interface

USB ver. 1.1

Video output

NTSC, PAL (selected on the camera)

Audio signal

Tone indicates operation.
Audio signal can be disabled.

Batteries

4 AA batteries (Ni-MH, alkaline)
Use of Ni-MH batteries is recommended.

Battery performance (Playback)

Continuous playback time: 110 min. (approx.)
Based on Minolta's standard test method: Ni-MH batteries, external LCD monitor on, EVF off.

Battery performance (Recording)

Number of recorded images: 200 frames (approx.)
Based on Minolta's standard test method: Ni-MH batteries, EVF on, external LCD monitor off, flash used with 50% of the frames, no instant playback, standard image quality, full-size images (2560 x 1920).

External power source

6V DC with specified AC adapter (sold separately)

Dimensions

116.5 (W) x 90.5 (H) x 112.5 (D) mm

Weight

Approx. 505g (without batteries or recording media)

Operating temperature

0-40 ºC