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Just in case someone out there is interested, here is my ten pennyworth on the Konica Minolta X1 (That is a Number one not a letter after the X). I believe this is the last camera they produced before selling their technical expertise to Sony. This model was not without controversy, there were major criticisms, The first was they did manufacture different colour models including the one they called Black. This was the particular one I set my Heart on and eventually purchased New, direct from Japan via Ebay. I do not mind saying here and now (some folks did – there and then !). BLACK IT WAS NOT. It is a sort of metallic grey and if you wanted any proof you only had to look at the rear of the camera, where the superb 2 and ½ inch Colour LCD monitor screen (The camera does not have a conventional view finder), has a handsome BLACK border which frames the monitor screen. To see what BLACK is. Novel it was, BLACK IT AINT. And yes I was, still am, bitterly disappointed I would have sent it back if I had bought it here in the UK. Not only the Colour discrepancy, but the case has a shiny surface which shows finger-marks so badly unless you wear cotton gloves. I should have stayed with the Xt, my previous purchase, now THAT was Black, but it was only just over 3mega pixels and I stupidly thought I needed/wanted eight !. For a time I virtually hid it away and used the Xt instead, until the waste of money forced me to concede to the slightly larger newer model !. The other (major) criticism as far as I was concerned is that it is not able to take photos in low light conditions without flash and the naturally small sized flash it has, is only really effective over very short distances. Otherwise I could be very happy with the camera, it IS capable of taking some quite superb and easily captured photos if you read the excellent Instruction Manual, and learn to use the camera properly. Last point, Konica Minolta (K.M.) repairs can be very costly. The Company recommended by K. M.,(NOT SONY who are now – or WERE, apparently committed to repair of some of the K.M models)requested more than £15 for a replacement plastic shutter operating button, for one of the K.M. models and which they eventually sent free of charge when I threatened them with taking the story to the Press, so be warned !. End.Read full review
I took this camera on a recent trip to Hong Kong. Each member of the family took along their own compact digital camera, so there was something of a competition between us. The others all brought "conventional" cameras - press the "on" button, and the lens (eventually) extends itself from the front. Mine (this one!) is different: the lens is mounted sideways inside the camera, and looks forwards through a prism (a bit like a submarine's periscope) This doesn't affect the quality of the pictures in any way... but it DOES affect how long you have to wait between reaching for your camera and actually USING it. Generally, I'd pulled my camera out of my pocket, taken the shot, reviewed it and put the camera away before the others had even taken their pictures. It was also - by far - the smallest camera in the bunch (although the LED screen at the back was the second biggest) Bottom line, this is the perfect camera for "happy snappers", possibly less so for photo perfectionists (although the pictures taken were of excellent quality) It does everything than a "Normal" camera does... but generally does it much faster and more conveniently. Reminds me of the old adverts by Victor Kyam. Sony liked the idea of "folded optics" so much... that they bought the company! These days, you can't buy a new Minolta camera like this one - but you CAN buy its grandchildren... made by Sony. Same product, just a different brand name. I wouldn't swap mine for a camera costing ten times as much: it does what I need it to do, quickly and easily. In fact a lot MORE quickly and easily than most of its rivals. For what it's worth, I also bought a spare battery and external charger for the camera - when (after a couple of hunded shots) the battery runs flat, you can swap it for a fully charged replacement. With a 2 Gigabyte SD card, that provides more than enough to keep the busiest of snappers busy all day.Read full review
After a decade of digital photography which superseded a 1/4 of a Century of Silver Halide-driven real photography I rediscovered the 8-Megapixel Konica Minolta X1 Digital camera who founding design philosophy has pervade almost every brand of today's digital camera - The folded light-path digital camera. In 2002 Minolta launched the DiMAGE X, 3/4 inch thin this pocketable 2-Megapixel wonder was the first outing for a very revolutionary lens design with 35mm equivalent focal length of 37mm-111mm the slim DiMAGE X body had no protruding lens assembly as the lens CCD assembly was mounted vertically in the camera body the forward looking lens aperture in the slim satin-finish alloy body was fronted by a pentagrams that changed the vertical optical axis of the lens through 90 degrees so the light entered the folded bath lens through a convention vertical optical aperture in the front of the camera body, Successive models were launched, the DiMAGE X21; X31 Xt & Xg as the CCD imaging chip climbed through the 2-Megapixel range to a heady 3.2 megapixel count - not bad for a 2003 digicam! In 2005 Konica Minolta (the result of Konica & Minolta merging in an increasingly competitive film camera; then digital camera market-place launched the biggest small idea the had every had; an 8-megapixel camera that was onLy 3.7 x 2.7 x 0.8inch inch thick was equipped with large 2.5inch LCD screen & weighed less than 150g/6 ozs with Lithium-Ion battery & SD Card. Although some reviewers took an instant dislike to the X1, my results half a decade later prove that were a bunch cretins when it came to intelligent comment! Overall the X1 is a revelation to the digital photographer, its pocketable - so it goes "Everywhere" you do, it shrugs off poor choices of lighting as it "knows" you could have done better, and its image depth is impressive. I have recently "won" several X1's on eBay, and by the way that Mint examples are fetching in excess of £60, many others also rate this camera as very highly! But perhaps I shouldn't praise the X1 too highly otherwise you'll be bidding against me on future eBay auctions for the Konica Minolta X1!!!Read full review
8 MP camera that is easy to use and now cheap to buy. Not the best on the market, but a good quality point and shoot compact digital. Battery life is good,but not great. Advantage is that additional batteries are cheap. Bought the camera as an upgrade. I have a Konica Minolta Dimage X60 5 MP already and have not had any problems since I bought it 18 months ago. Liked the X60 so bought the X1 as a present for my Wife. I would recomend it if you want a good camera from a quality manufacturer, without breaking the bank. I would not recommend it if you serious about photography.
I bought the DiMAGE X1 8MP digital camera to replace my old DiMAGE X20 2MP (A good digital camera in itself, durable and compact. Although it still took pictures, the LCD would often discolor or warp. During it on and off did the trick but I wanted something updated and more powerful). First thing I noticed was it's stylish design. Very sleek and sexy (although a bit on the heavy side). Screen was also a big plus. 2.5 inches of beautiful clarity and sharpness. At a large 8 megapixels, you still retain sharpness and clarity when you enlarge picture, which is good. It comes with a dock, which is very useful for charging as well as data transfer at the same time. The USB cable that comes with it will not fit on any ports on the camera, must be plugged into dock and camera must be used on dock to transfer files, something I did not prefer. The anti-shake feature was nice too, although getting it to work is somewhat of a pain. Sometimes, with it on, the pictures came out more blurry! Control layout is good, but finding some of the settings took a slightly longer learning curve than usual. Not sure if it's my fault, but camera takes pretty blurry pictures in low-med light setting (i don't use flash, but i did the same thing with my old DiMAGE X20 and pictures came out sharp and clear). No matter how much I hold still, pictures came out bad. I tinkered around with the setting but nothing helped. Other than that, it took pictures just fine at other times. Video recording comes out pretty good as well. All in all, it's been an average experience. I liked my friends Canon Digital Elph a lot better. But for the money, it was a decent purchase.Read full review