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Minolta Dimage A2

Minolta Dimage A2

Minolta Dimage A2 Specification

Number of effective pixels

Approx. 8.0 million (3350 x 2482)

CCD

2/3-type interlaced primary-color CCD, total pixels: 8.3 millions

Camera sensitivity

Auto, ISO 64, 100, 200, 400, 800 equivalents

Aspect ratio

4:3, 3:2 (only for 3264 x 2176 mode)

Lens construction

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

Maximum aperture

f/2.8 - f/3.5

Focal length

7.2 - 50.8 mm (35mm format equivalent: 28 - 200 mm)

Focusing range (from CCD)

0.5 m / 1.6 feet to infinity
Macro: Wide 30 - 60 cm / 11.8 - 23.6 inch, Telephoto 25 - 60 cm / 9.8 - 23.6 inch

Maximum magnification

0.177x (Equivalent to 0.7x in 35mm format)
Area covered at maximum magnification (approx.):
52 x 39 mm / 2 x 1.5 inch (Telephoto), 283 x 213 mm / 11.1 x 8.4 inch (Wide)

Optical zooming control

Manual zooming ring

Autofocus system

Video AF. Focus lock available

Autofocus areas

Wide focus area / Spot focus point switchable, AF point movable to any desired place with in the area (FFP--Flex Focus Point control with spot focus point mode)

Focus modes

Autofocus: Single-shot AF, Continuous AF, Full-time AF, Movement-tracking AF
Manual focus with Flex Digital Magnifier (FDM) (3.3x electronic magnification)

Exposure modes

P (Programmed AE) (with program shift), A (Aperture priority), S (Shutter priority), M (Manual), AE lock available

Metering

Multi-segment (300 segments), Center-weighted, Spot (possible to work together with FFP control)

Exposure control range

P/ A modes: Wide; Ev -1.7 - 19, Telephoto; Ev -1.2 - 19.7
S / M modes: Wide; Ev -2 - 18, Telephoto; Ev -1.4 - 18

Shutter

CCD electronic shutter / mechanical shutter

Shutter speed range

30*- 1/4000 s (1/2000 s in S / M modes), Bulb (max. 30* s.) *(ISO 64 / 100)

White-balance control

Automatic, Preset (Daylight, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Shade, Cloudy, Flash), Custom (3 positions)

Digital Subject Programs

Portrait, Sports action, Sunset, Night portrait / Night View

Digital Effects Control

Color saturation, Contrast compensation, Filter

Exposure compensation

±2 Ev in 1/3 increments

Flash metering

ADI, Pre-flash TTL, Manual flash control

Flash-sync speeds

All shutter speeds

Flash modes

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

Guide number

Approx. 8 / 26 (in meter / feet at ISO 100)

Built-in flash range (approx.)

(from CCD) Wide: 0.5 - 3.8 m / 1.6 - 12.5 feet,
Telephoto: 0.5 - 3 m / 1.6 - 9.8 feet (Camera sensitivity: auto)

Recycling time

5 seconds (approx.)

Flash compensation

±2 Ev in 1/3 increments

PC terminal

Incorporated

Viewfinder type

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

Viewfinder LCD

11 mm / 0.44 inch TFT liquid crystal microdisplay, VGA size, Equivalent visual resolution: 922,000 pixels, Field of view: approx. 100%, Diagonal view angle: approx. 32°

Diopter control

-3.5 ~ +1.5 diopter (-3.5 m - 1 ~ 1.5 m - 1)

Eye relief

19.5 mm [from protection glass, in -1 diopter (-1 m - 1)]

LCD Monitor

46 mm / 1.8 inch low-temperature polysilicon TFT color, Tilting (-20° to 90°)
Total pixels: 118,000, Field of view: 100% (approx.)

Display format

Recording mode: Live image (60 / 30 fps), Grid, Scale, Quick view, Instant playback, Real-time histogram, Various statuses
Playback mode: Single-frame, Index, Enlarged playback, Slide show, Movie, Histogram, Various statuses

Display-mode switch

Auto / EVF / External LCD-monitor

A/D conversion

12 bit

Built-in memory capacity

SDRAM 64 MB

File name formats

JPEG, TIFF, Motion JPEG (MOV), RAW, DCF 2.0-compliant,
DPOF (supported by printing functions in ver. 1.1), Exif 2.21

Printing output control

Exif Print 2.2.1, PRINT Image Matching II, PictBridge

Recording media

Type I and Type II CompactFlash cards,
Microdrive (170MB, 340MB, 512MB, 1GB, 4GB), SD card (with SD-CF1 in use)

Image-quality modes

RAW+JPEG, RAW, TIFF (uncompressed), Extra-Fine, Fine, Standard

Number of recorded pixels

Still images: 3264 x 2448, 3264 x 2176 (in 3:2 mode), 2560 x 1920, 2080 x 1560, 1600 x 1200, 640 x 480
Movie clips: 320 x 240 (standard and night movie), 544 x 408 (standard movie / night movie), 640 x 480 (time-lapse movie)

Color modes

Natural (sRGB), Vivid (sRGB), Adobe RGB, Adobe RGB (ICC), B&W, Solarization

Sharpness setting

Three levels (Soft, Normal, Hard)

File size* (approx.)
(3264 x 2448)

RAW: 11.9 MB, RAW+JPEG: 15.8 MB, TIFF: 23.5 MB, Extra Fine: 7.9 MB, Fine: 4.0 MB
Standard 2.3 MB, Movie (544 x 408, 30 fps): 945 KB / second
*Numerical value may vary depending upon the subject.

Storage capacity* (32MB)(approx.)
(3264 x 2448)

RAW: 2 frames, RAW+JPEG: 1 frame, TIFF: 1 frame, Extra Fine: 3 frames, Fine: 7 frames, Standard: 13 frames
*Numerical value may vary depending upon the subject.

Continuous-advance modes

Hi-Speed continuous advance: max. 2.7 fps, RAW (3 frames) mode available.
UHS continuous advance: max. 7 fps

Interval recording

Interval time: 30 s / 1 - 10 / 15 / 20 / 30 / 45 / 60 min., 2 - 240 frames

Digital Enhanced Bracketing

Contrast, Color saturation, Filter: fixed increments
(Changeable increments: ± 5 increments). Number of brackets: 3 frames

Exposure bracketing

0.5 / 0.3 increments, number of brackets: 3 frames

Self-timer (approx.)

10 seconds / 2 seconds

Movie recording

Mode: Standard movie (544 x 408 / 320 x 240), Night movie,
Time-lapse movie
Max. recording time: 6 min. (544 x 408 / 30 fps), 15 min. (544 x 408 / 15fps, 320 x 240)

Audio

Voice memo: 15 seconds monaural audio, File format: WAVE

Exif tag information

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

Delete function

Single, multiple, or all frames can be deleted

Format function

Available (only for quick format)

Data imprinting

Year / month / day, Month / day / time, Text, Text and serial numbers

Digital zoom

2x

Batteries

One dedicated lithium-ion battery

Battery performance (approx.)

Number of recording: 280 frames, Continuous playback time: 240 min. (with LCD monitor On)
(Konica Minolta measurement)

Operating time (approx.)

Start-up time: 1.8 / 1.8 s (in record / playback mode),
Shutter-release time lag: 0.05 s, Capturing interval: 0.9 s

External power source

6V DC (with specified AC adapter AC-1L)

PC interface

USB 2.0 Hi-Speed

AV output

NTSC / PAL

Dimensions (WxHxD)

117 x 85 x 113.5 mm / 4.6 x 3.3 x 4.5 inches

Weight

565 g / 19.8 ounces without batteries and recording media



Specifications are subject to change without notice.

Minolta Dimage A2

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