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Minolta intros DiMAGE S414
By ron carlson, Insanely Great Mac
February 12th 2003
This 4MP consumer digital camera offers high performance with fast, simple operation
Minolta USA has announced the DiMAGE S414 featuring a 4.1MP CCD, GT 4X optical zoom
lens and Minolta?s CxProcess. Based on the S404 and S304, the S414 also features a
built-in flash, video recording capability, USB interface and Compact Flash card
compatibility.
"The new DiMAGE S414 combines high quality images and automatic features, allowing
users to obtain the best photographic results with easy camera operation," said Jon
Sienkiewicz, vice president, marketing, consumer products group. "It's the ideal
digital camera for a variety of applications and users -- personal or business, from
novice to enthusiasts."
This camera?s high-precision electro-optical system is built around a 4.1MP 1/1.8-type
interline primary-color CCD with 4.0 million effective pixels for fine high-resolution
images. Its built-in GT lens offers apochromatic 4X zoom with anomalous dispersion
(AD) glass for color accuracy and dual aspherical elements which, combined with a 2.2X
digital zoom, provides a compact lens design with a wide image capture range.� The
optical zoom lens range is from 7.15mm to 28.6mm, equivalent to 35mm -140mm in 35mm
photography, and with digital zoom, the range is equivalent to 35mm - 308mm in 35mm.
The image formed on the CCD is enhanced by Minolta?s exclusive CxProcess image
processing technology to optimize sharpness, color reproduction, tonal gradation and
noise to create clear and natural images.� The wide dynamic range is provided by
12-bit A/D (analog to digital) conversion to ensure natural color and tonal
reproduction.
In addition, the high-speed LSI with 32-bit RISC (Reduced Instruction Set Computer)
CPU and expanded SDRAM buffer memory allows the camera to be highly responsive with
faster operation. The capturing interval time of 0.8 seconds and brisk continuous
advance speed of 1.3 frames per second with up to seven frames (full size images in
fine image quality mode) make capturing high-motion sequences a snap.
Shipping and price information was not included in Minolta's spin.
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