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Konica Minolta Dimage S414 4MP Digital Camera w/ 4x Optical Zoom

Made:	Konica Minolta
Date:	06 March, 2003
Media:	Electronics
Sales Rank:	121
Availability:	Usually ships in 24 hours
Our Price*:	$194.88

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4.0 megapixel sensor captures enough detail to create photo-quality prints up to 11 x 14 and medium-quality poster-size prints
4x optical plus 2.2x digital (8.8x total) zoom lens with autofocus
Capture interval time of 0.8 seconds and continuous advance speed of 1.3 frames per second
Included 16 MB CompactFlash memory card holds 11 images at 2272 x 1704 HQ setting
Powered by 4 AA batteries (alkalines included); connects with Macs and PCs via USB port

Rating: 3.68/5 from 63 reviews

Ok camera for the price

Rating: 3/5

Pay 199, new. cheapest 4MB and 4x optical I found, so what you get.
I own a Olympus D-380 too (for 2 years). Focus free and 2 MB. Sometimes I prefer the 380, it doesn't eat so fast the batteries.
(but 380 gets sometimes wear little white rounds spots with pictures taken with flash at night, sometime too many).
The Minolta is clean in that way. Heavy camera, good features at menus.
Pictures with flash are fine at night. Pictures at day too blue, not good auto white. Sometimes better do it manual.
CONS:
- eats a lot of baterry
- color quality is not I aspect. much better is Olympus. Color quality is similar to HP products (2002-03) kind of dark.
- most of cons of previews reviewers are true.
PROS
-Price and 4x optical

Excellent Choice

Rating: 5/5

The S414 is an excellent choice if you are looking for an all-around awesome camera. A very good fried of mine has the S404 and loves it. I consider myself an advanced photographer that has been fighting off the digital craze. Until now 35mm is had been dear to me but the instant gratification of digital is amazing. I am very happy with the manual settings that let me be creative. The auto setting also takes very good pictures. My 10 year old daughter has no problems in taking nice shots. I would recommend NiMh batteries and at least a 128 meg CF card. I purchased a 256 meg card and at medium setting the card will hold over 400 images. At this price with all the features...well I am very happy!!!

A great camera for most situations.

Rating: 4/5

I bought this camera because it saved in TIFF format, had 4x optical zoom and uses Compact Flash and the price was reasonable at $200. It came with NiMH batteries and charger which was a surprise. Overall I am very satisfied with this camera and recommend it to all but the very discerning. You get a lot for the buck. There are some drawbacks that are livable to me.
Pros:
1.Saves in TIFF format (I keep the size down, so I get 1 picture per 4MB of card)
2.4x optical zoom (I disabled the digital zoom)
3.Uses inexpensive compact flash
4.Takes quality images in AF and Macro mode.
5.OK batteries useage(I bought 2200mAh which take 80 pictures per charge, more at lower resolution).
Cons:
1.Heavy and bulky.
2.Tripod mount off center.
3.Focus OK indoors, diificult outdoors, resulting in some blurry images in the sun. Shade is not a problemNeeds a focus shade.
4.Overall color OK. could be better.
I use Photoshop to crop and color correct almost every image. I usually don't have to color correct images taken with this camera, like I did with my Kodak 280 so I am very please with that. The Outdoor shots in full sun can be a problem. I bought my daughter a SONY Cyber-shot, 2MP and no zoom. It is a basic camera that is wonderful. Light weight & easy to use, fits in shirt pocket and takes excellent images. It makes a great companion to the Minolta S414.