Konica Minolta DiMAGE 7i Digital Camera

A camera to give superb results. Minolta joined with Konica, and their products are now marketed under the joint Minolta-Konica name, but sadly in January 2006 they announced they were pulling out of the digital camera market and now only manufacture and supply other products, such as colour copiers etc.
Only one complaint, the 4 AA batteries when fully charged, will not last for long, so you need to have a spare fully charged set to hand, or better still it is feasible to use a separate 6 volt battery shoulder carry pack with a flying plug in lead. There is also a 6 volt unit mains powered unit available, recommended when you are downloading images from the flash memory into your computer, to use the mains powered unit. The zoom lens is incredible, going from quite wide angle to a strong telephoto. If the latter is used at maximum and the digital zoom is simultaneously used, you will photograph things on the horizon practically invisible with the unaided human eye. Only when you download to your computer do you then appreciate the image !
There are four picture quality settings. At the highest, the 7 megapixel setting, the processing time of transferring the image to the flash memory takes about 3 seconds, but I find that the 3rd setting is more than sufficient for superb quality, and the processing time for that is almost instant. The automatic focus is a bonus, light pressure on the shutter button activates that, and a brief beelp and red square seen on the LCD indicates focus found, and more pressure takes the picture. peelwhite