- 5.3 megapixel sensor creates high-resolution images for prints up to poster size
- 3x optical plus 4x digital (12x total) zoom autofocus lens
- Complete controls over exposure, color, contrast, saturation, and white balance
- Includes 32 MB Secure Digital card; connects with Macs and PCs via USB port
- Package includes four rechargeable NiMH batteries, charger, and case
Product Description
Once you use the DiMAGE F300 you’ll know it’s a high-quality digital camera. From the elegant design and rich metal body to the sophisticated performance features including a 5.0 megapixel CCD, an ultra-compact Minolta GT 3X zoom lens, UHS continuous advance, 12-bit A/D conversion, and Minolta’s advanced CxProcess, the DiMAGE F300 ensures that the beauty and details of the original scene are preserved in the digital image. Additionally, the DiMAGE F300 can take over control for point and shoot ease, or give you complete control over exposure, color, contrast, saturation, sharpness, white balance, camera sensitivity, and focus. A complete multimedia tool, the DiMAGE F300 also records movie clips and audio.Amazon.com Product Description
The Minolta Dimage F300 5.3-megapixel digital camera produces high-quality images and incorporates advanced automatic functions. It features a sleek, contoured design similar to Minolta’s F100, but offers increased resolution and zoom range, a new noise-reduction option, and Minolta’s award-winning subject-tracking autofocus (AF) and Minolta’s area AF.
Optics and Resolution
The Dimage F300 features a 5.3-megapixel primary-color CCD with 5.0 million effective pixels for high-resolution images. It incorporates a built-in 3x optical zoom Minolta GT lens for color accuracy, and its 4x digital zoom capability combines with a compact lens design for a wide image-capture range. Three aspheric lens elements ensure sharp images at all focal lengths. With a focal range of 7.8-23.4mm, the lens is equivalent to a 38-114mm 35mm zoom lens.
The image formed on the camera’s CCD sensor is enhanced by Minolta’s exclusive CxProcess image-processing technology to optimize sharpness, color reproduction, tonal gradation, and noise to create clear and natural-looking images. The Dimage F300’s wide dynamic range is provided by 12-bit A/D (analog to digital) conversion to ensure natural color and accurate tonal reproduction.
Storage and Transfer
Images are stored on Secure Digital memory cards, and a 32 MB card is included. Images can be downloaded to either a Mac or PC via USB connectivity, which means it can be connected to any USB-based Windows 98 Rev2Me/2000/XP and Mac OS 8.6 or later computer without installing any software.
More Features
A versatile camera, the Dimage F300 allows complete control over exposure, color, contrast, saturation, white balance, camera sensitivity, and focus. It can also record movies and audio.
Like the Dimage F100, the F300 also comes equipped with subject-tracking AF and Minolta’s area AF. These technologies work together to locate and follow the subject through three-dimensional space within the camera’s extra-wide focusing area, making the autofocus system ready to take a picture whenever you’re ready to shoot.
The Dimage F300 combats noise (which can give a grainy look to digital images) by employing a large signal-to-noise ratio to minimize its effect even with higher CCD gain–as well as allowing photographers to select noise reduction to control image quality.
This stylish camera features a slim aluminum body exterior and stainless-steel accents around the lens barrel with an easy-to-hold elegant grip and ergonomic control layout.
Power, Size, and Contents
The camera is powered by one CR-V3 lithium battery and four rechargeable NiMH batteries. It measures 4.3 by 2.1 by 1.3 inches and weighs 6.5 ounces. This package includes the Dimage F300 digital camera, batteries and NiMH battery charger, 32 MB Secure Digital memory card, USB and AV cables, hand strap, sports case, and a CD-ROM with Dimage Viewer and ArcSoft Funhouse software, and USB drivers for Windows and Mac.
Minolta Dimage F300 5.3MP Digital Camera w/ 3x Optical Zoom
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I’ve spent 5-6 hours trying to get my computer to recognize the camera but it won’t. I have Windows XP Home Edition 5.1 and when the software installs, it can’t find the driver which Minolta supplied for the original operating system, or the one that appears on the CD. I should clarify to say that the software doesn’t recognize their own drivers, as they are on the CD and my hard drive for me to recognize. Tech support for Emachines, Microsoft and Minolta have each been thoroughly useless and passed me along. I’m ready to return the camera!
Rating: 1 / 5
this is a a good camera for the price and takes great pictures, however it will drain batteries super fast. I can only get about 5 pictures out before the batteries are drained. I would suggest buying a different camera. I have spent over $100.00 in just batteries and I have used the camera less than 5 hours. I have owned it for about 7 months but I can not depend on it.
Rating: 3 / 5
Excellent digital camera with excellent picture result at this price
Rating: 5 / 5
I looked and used a lot of cameras and liked the features of the f300. One main feature is the lcd screen on the top and AA batteries and a sd card all common items. Most of the ones that are supposed to be better don’t have this it is all proprietery. Anyway most reviewers are working or being taken care of $$$ by the manufacturer. I would check this one out. I have one and so does my wife. I used 3 of the top rated ones and they just don’t touch this one.
Rating: 5 / 5
I bought and owned this camera for 3 days had to send it back defective! Battery problems I took 14 pictures and the NiMh were dead so the camera said! Recharged the battries installed them turned on camera it started but then died the green indicator lamp came on flashing LED battery icon reads full but camera will not turn on, installed new fresh NiMh batterys same problem called Minolta twice they said send it in to be repaired, no it will go back to Ritz camera for a full refund hopefully? The pictures I took were not impressive, beware this camrera sucks-up batterys, Minolta sends u 5 batterys knowing it uses up batterys! I think there is a issue with batterys on this camera but Minolta will not admit it? I have 2 other dig camera Sony&Minolta I will buy another Sony 5 meg pix camera if I get my refund back? Beware of this camera, battery issue, I know all dig camera use up batterys but not like this one, good luck!
Rating: 1 / 5