Konica Minolta Dimage Z10 3MP Digital Camera with 8x Optical Zoom Description.

The DiMAGE Z10 is the digital camera to use when you want to take great pictures of a wide range of subjects, all day long. Its 32X total zoom power brings even distant subjects up close, and Rapid Autofocusing captures them in an instant. Plus, not only is the DiMAGE Z10 a sprinter with its fast startup time; it's also a marathon champ with power efficiency that allows you to take up to approximately 500 frames with the four AA alkaline batteries.

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Product Reviews:

Great camera if you learn how to use it., April 20, 2006
Reviewer: Vitali Silitski "Big Brother"

I bought my camera from Amazon several weeks ago and took it on a trip to Turkey. The product has a lot of controversy: most love it, some hate it. Here is what I have to say:

Overall, a great travel camera and outdoor pictures are just fantastic. 8x zoom is superb, you can really get smallish things in detail. Colors are great when outside. Macro functions are just awesome - you can bring camera to an inch from the object and get a crisp, clear picture! And tons of manual controls - you can control shutter speed, aperture, focus, sensitivity, which was particularly nice to get better quality snaps - I strongly recommend before you start taking pictures to read the manual carefully - it is good - and learn how to use all the features. It CAN be a point and shoot camera, but sometimes you just cannot count on using the automatic setup to get what you want. Until I did it, some pictures were disgraceful. When I learned the camera, most are amazing.

Now, some problems:

First two I quickly learned how to deal with:

1. Night pictures often don't come out nice - use night portrait
feature and white balance. HIGHLY recommended to get tripod if you want to shoot during the night
2. Red colors are too conspicuous in indoor and night shots - once again, learn to use white balance!!!! Actually, most of it can also be made up for using their amazing imaging software - I really loved it, it works, and it is relevant.
3. Now REAL problems - when indoors or bad light, autofocus may or may not work - it is pretty much the matter of luck. My only recommendation - take several pictures and see what comes out right. For this, I also recommend to have at least 256 mb SD card for this machine.
4. And the shutter speed for indoor filming is unpredictable - once again, it may come up just right or may - well... get your pictures dark.

The buttom line: if you need camera mostly for indoor use like taking pictures at the parties - probably, there are other models available for the price. If you are outdoorish, travel a lot and mostly take outside - this is an amazing buy for the money.

And yes, it will look great on you! I heard 'nice camera' several times before I got to Istanbul.
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great first camera - get one while you can, March 23, 2006
Reviewer: Ben Franklin
I did lots and lots of research and this camera looked like the best deal for my daughter and me. It did not disappoint me. My 10-year-old had it up in running in no time with no previous camera experience. The software is great even with my win98se O/S. It gives you many choices for resolution and quality (compression)but even at 640x480 it takes nice pictures, giving you 150 pictures on the 16M card it comes with. The max 3.2 megs on this is plenty of resolution unless you want to do posters. What a deal. Made in Korea, and they can be picked up new for a song online with extended warranty. I recommend Samsonite for the bag. They have a nice one at a decent price. The ergonomic design of this camera makes it hard to find a good bag.
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Great Product for the Price!!, November 2, 2005
Reviewer: Angelbo "Animal lover"
I purchased this camera for my daughter on her 13th birthday. She loves to take pictures but I hate spending the money to develop pictures that are duplicates or just not the greatest of pictures. She & I both love this camera. The book gives you detailed information on how to use it & the pictures are fabulous. I have taken my own pictures of her & printed them out on photo paper with our all-in-one printer at home & they look just like the professional's do. I don't regret this purchase at all.
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Great value for the price....., June 24, 2005
Reviewer: Sean Muradali

Bought this camera while on holidays with my family just to email friends back home ,this exceeded all expectations.......took close to 200 pics with the batteries that came with it ,bought some 2500mAh rechargeables and this is just going.To top it off the camera looks impressive..