Minolta DiMAGE F300 | $279.95 | |  |
Take it easy - Or take full creative control. The DiMAGE F300 lets you do either, in exhilarating 5.0 megapixel quality. Innovative features ensure sharp shots at the touch of a button, even with moving subjects, and optimum exposure as well. Operation is comfortably fast. And as for genuine creativity, you get a full palette of controls to experiment with. All in a slim, sleek body that's easy to carry.
Employing the technology from the top-of-the-line DiMAGE 7Hi, the F300's high-precision electro-optical system is designed to maximize image quality. The system is built around a 5.3 megapixel 1/1.8-type interline primary-color CCD with 5.0 million effective pixels for fine high-resolution images. The DiMAGE F300's Minolta GT lens is a marvel of optical design. The sophisticated eight-element, seven-group design has a focal range a 38mm - 114mm zoom lens. The 3X optical zoom employs three aspheric elements to ensure sharp, contrasty images at all focal lengths.
Minolta's image-processing technology, CxProcess, guaranties the image from the CCD will faithfully reproduce the scene. CxProcess controls sharpness by balancing resolution with acutance. This allows fine detail to be preserved while adding depth to the image. Color is critically controlled to prevent objects from appearing over-saturated in the image while remaining vibrant. Image noise is reduced by employing a large signal-to-noise ratio to minimize its effect even with higher CCD gain and dark noise reduction is selectable with exposures of one second or longer.
The DiMAGE F300's sophisticated autofocus systems, Area AF and Subject Tracking AF, locates and follows a subject through three-dimensional space as naturally as seeing. There is also an easy to use Focus Lock feature for off-center subjects. Multi-segment metering in the DiMAGE F300 uses the subject-position information from the AF systems and 256 metering segments to calculate the exposure based on the subject and background luminance. There is no need to worry that the subject will be lost in deep shadows of noon or washed out in front of dark backgrounds. The aperture and shutter speed are controlled for optimum exposures, and the flash is activated automatically in backlit or low-light situations. This highly accurate system ensures the photograph will be well exposed for the subject time after time.
Features- 5.0 megapixel Resoution
- This pixel resolution will produce 13" X 17" 150dpi prints or 6.5" X 8.5" photo-quality prints
- 12bit A/D conversion
- 12bit A/D conversion (36 Bit RGB Color) preserves all the subtleties of the original scene. With billions of colors and 4,096 levels in each color channel, images possess almost lifelike color and detail. This is especially evident in portraiture where smooth complexion, fine hair detail, and vivid eye color are maintained.
- Area Auto Focus with Subject Tracking
- The Camera Locates and follows a subject through three-dimensional space as naturally as seeing and maintans sharp focus at all times
- Seamless 12x Zoom (3x optical & 4x digital)
- The digital zoom can extend the optical zoom's performance by four times in 0.1X increments giving the F300 an equivalent a 456mm lens on a 35mm camera.
- 32MB Buffer Memory
- The 32MB buffer memory allows large numbers of images to be captured smoothly in the continuous-advance drive modes as well as fluid playback operation.
- Two Continuous Advance Modes
- UHS (Ultra High Speed) continuous advance drive mode can capture eleven 1280x960 size images in approximately one second. Standard continuous advance captures 1.2 frames a second at any image size.
- CxProcess Image Processing Technology
- Minolta's CxProcess, image-processing technology controls sharpness and allows fine detail to be preserved while adding depth to the image. Color is critically controlled to prevent objects from appearing over-saturated in the image while contrast is regulated to bring out a luminous quality in the mid-tones and highlights, and to strengthen and enrich the shadows.
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