CCD

2/3-type interline primary-colour CCD with a total of 5.24 million pixels

Number of effective pixels

4.95 million

A/D conversion

12 bits

Camera sensitivity

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

Focal length

7.2 - 50.8mm (35 mm equivalent: 28 - 200 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 (1.6 ft) (from the CCD)
Approx. 13cm (from the front of the lens)

Macro focus range

At 7.2mm:
30 - 60 cm (11.8 - 23.6 in.) from CCD
21 - 51 cm (8.3 - 20 in.) from front of lens

At 42.7 - 50.8mm:
25 - 60 cm (9.8 - 23.6 in.) from CCD
13 - 50 cm (5.1 - 19.7 in.) from front of lens

Maximum magnification

0.177x (1: 5.65)
Equivalent to 0.7x (1: 1.43) in 35mm format

Area covered at maximum magnification

50 x 37 mm (1.97 x 1.46 in.)

Optical zooming control

Manual zooming ring

Filter diameter

49mm

Viewfinder type

EVF (Electronic viewfinder)
Variable-position: 0-90º
Automatic monitor amplification
Electronic magnification for manual focusing

Viewfinder LCD

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

LCD monitor

46mm (1.8 inch) low-temperature polysilicon TFT colour
Total number of pixels: 118,000

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

0.31 - 2.1X

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 range

4 - 1/4000 s in programmed AE and aperture-priority modes,
Maximum shutter speed in shutter-priority and manual modes is 1/2000s. Bulb (max. 30 s)

Autofocus system

Video AF

Autofocus areas

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

By pressing shutter-release button partway down. Also possible with spot-AE lock button.

Metering

Multi-segment, Center-weighted, Spot

Multi-segment metering

300 segments

Exposure control range

Programmed AE and aperture-priority modes:
Wide: Ev 1 - 18
Telephoto: Ev 1.6 - 18.5

Shutter-priority and manual modes:
Wide: Ev 1 - 17
Telephoto: Ev 1.6 - 17.7

Exposure modes

Programmed AE (with program shift), Aperture priority, Shutter priority, Manual

Digital Subject Programs

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, Manual flash control

Built-in flash range

Wide: 0.5 - 3.8m (1.6 - 12.5 ft.) (approx.)
Telephoto: 0.5 - 3m (1.6 - 9.8 ft.) (approx.)
(Camera sensitivity: auto)

Flash modes

Fill-flash, Red-eye reduction, Rear flash sync, Wireless/Remote flash

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.
Compatible with PC Flash Adapter

Continuous-advance modes

UHS (Ultra High Speed) continuous advance: 7 fps (approx.) with SXGA (1280 x 960) images
Standard continuous advance: max. 2 fps (approx.)

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

Self-timer

10 s (approx.)

Movie recording

- Standard movie mode: 60 s (max.) at 15fps with and without monaural audio
- Night movie mode: 60 s (max.) at 15fps with and without monaural audio, Automatic selection function between standard and night movie modes available.
- UHS (Ultra High Speed) continuous-advance movie mode: at 7 fps (approx.) without audio
- Time-lapse movie mode: at 4 fps without audio

Audio

Voice memo: 5s or 15s (max.) monaural audio with still image

Colour modes

Natural Colour, Vivid Colour, Black and white (neutral and toned), Solarization

White-balance control

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

Sharpness settings

Three levels (Soft, Normal, Hard)

Digital Effects Control

Exposure, Colour saturation, Contrast compensation, Filter

Digital zoom

2X

Data imprinting

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

Image-quality modes

RAW, Super fine, Fine, Standard, Economy

Number of recorded pixels (Still images)

2560 x 1920, 1600 x 1200, 1280 x 960, 640 x 480

Number of recorded pixels (Movie clips)

Time-lapse movie at all image sizes
640 x 480 (in UHS continuous-advance mode)
320 x 240 (in standard and night movie modes)

Storage capacity

Approximate storage capacity of a 16 MB CompactFlash card:
RAW: 1 frame
Super fine: 1 frame
Fine: 5 frames
Standard: 8 frames
Economy: 13 frames
Movie* 49 seconds
- Recorded pixels:2560 x 1920 upon subjects.
- Actual number of images may vary depending upon the subject and memory card used.
* Total number of seconds that can be stored

File formats

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

Printing output control

PRINT Image Matching, Exif Print

Recording media

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

PC interface

USB ver. 1.1

AV output

NTSC, PAL (selected on the camera)

Batteries

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

Battery performance (Playback)

Approximate continuous playback time: 110 min.
Based on Minolta's standard test method: 1700mAh Ni-MH batteries, external LCD monitor on, EVF off.

Battery performance (Recording)

Approximate number of recorded images: 200 frames
Based on Minolta's standard test method: 1700mAh Ni-MH batteries, EVF on, External LCD monitor off, Full-size images (2560 x 1920), Standard image quality, No instant playback, No voice memo, Flash used with 50% of the frames.

External power source

6V DC with specified AC adapter (sold separately)

Dimensions

117 (W) x 90.5 (H) x 112.5 (D) mm
(4.61 (W) x 3.56 (H) x 4.43 (D) in.)

Weight

Approx. 525g (18.5 oz.) without batteries or recording media.

Operating temperature

0-40 ºC (32-104 ºF)