- 3.2-megapixel sensor captures enough detail to create photo-quality 8 x 10 prints and medium-quality prints up to 11 x 14
- New design is smaller in size and lighter in weight than Dimage Xi
- Exclusive folded 3x optical zoom system with 4x digital zoom (for 12x total); movie mode (320 x 240) with sound
- Includes 16 MB Secure Digital card; also compatible with MMC cards
- Powered by rechargeable lithium-ion battery (NP-200, included); connects to PCs and Macs via USB 1.1
Product Description
Your world – fast paced, adventurous, fashionable. Your technology? Introducing the sleek, smart and speedy DiMAGE Xt. Innovative folded optics make it the slimmest digital camera available featuring a 12x zoom (3x optical and 4x digital). That means it fits in beautifully wherever your active lifestyle takes you. Plus, cool expandable features and remarkably simple controls let you create in almost any situation. The slick new DiMAGE Xt. Redefining style. Redefining photography.Amazon.com Product Description
Like the very popular Dimage Xi, the Minolta Dimage Xt is a 3.2 megapixel camera, but with more versatile features and packaged in an even smaller body. The new design eliminates more than 5 percent from the size and nearly 8 percent from the weight of the Dimage Xi. The exclusive folded optical zoom system allowed Minolta to recreate the world’s thinnest (as of April 2003) compact, planar digital camera with a 3x optical zoom.
Optics and Resolution
| Minolta’s folded optics provides a 3x optical zoom within its slim design. |
Featuring a 3.2-megapixel CCD sensor, the Dimage E223 delivers image detail up to 2048 x 1536 pixels for print enlargements up to 11 x 14 inches. This revolutionary non-extending lens is responsible for maintaining the camera’s 0.8-inch thin profile either while recording or when stored. The 3x optical zoom, equivalent to a 37-111mm lens on a 35mm camera, is assisted by a 4x digital zoom giving a seamless zoom range of 12x. The lens focuses down to 5.9 inches at all focal lengths for close-up photographs without having to use a separate function.
Storage and Transfer
Images can be stored on either Secure Digital (SD) or MultiMedia (MMC) memory cards; a 16 MB SD card is included. Download image files to either a Mac or PC via USB connectivity, including any USB-based Windows Me/2000/XP and Mac OS 8.6 or later computer without installing any software.
Movie and Audio Modes
The Dimage Xt is not limited to recording still images. Video with audio can be captured at either 160 x 120 or 320 x 240 pixel resolution. The length of movie clips is only limited by the memory card capacity. The new Direct Video function allows the camera to be connected directly to a VHS or DVD recording deck.
The Dimage Xt can be used as a remote camera for video conferencing. Simply use the supplied USB cable to connect the camera to a computer with a Windows operating system and a compatible application such as Microsoft Windows Messenger.
The audio recording mode records up to 180 minutes of audio. Voice memo allows up to 15 seconds of audio to be attached to an image when it is captured. The audio-caption function can attach an audio track to any recorded still-image. The audio tracks can be played back in the camera.
| The included base serves as both a recharging station and camera stand. |
More Features
The Dimage Xt is a fast, responsive camera. It is ready to use approximately 1.1 seconds after turning it on. This is the fastest start-up time of any digital camera with an optical zoom (as of April 2003). The fluid playback performance only causes a slight 0.2 second delay between frames regardless of file size.
An improved e-mail copy function allows a still image to be copied and resized to 640 x 480 or 160 x 120 pixels so that it may be attached to an e-mail message or posted on the Internet.
The Dimage Xt’s charger stand can recharge the battery while it is still in the camera. It can also charge a single spare battery by itself. The charger doubles as a camera stand for when the Dimage Xt is used for self-portraits, a remote camera, or when connected to a computer.
- 1.5-inch TFT (transreflective) LCD monitor.
- Built-in flash with autoflash, autoflash with red-eye reduction, fill-flash, night portrait, and flash cancel modes.
- Extended shutter-speed range controls the exposure from 4 seconds for night scenes to 1/1000th of a second for brilliant sunlit landscapes.
- Spot metering and spot AF allows you to meter or focus on a specific subject.
- Multi-segment metering and five-point AF make taking beautiful, sharp images simple.
- Exposure control from 4 seconds for scenes at night to 1/1000th of a second for brilliant sunlit landscapes
Power, Size, and Contents
The camera is powered by a rechargeable lithium-ion battery NP-200 (included). It measures 3.4 x 2.6 x 0.8 inches and weighs 4.2 ounces. This package includes the Dimage Xt digital camera, 16 MB SD memory card, battery and battery charger, USB and A/V cables, hand strap, and Dimage Software and Viewer CD-ROM and USB drivers for Windows and Mac.
Remanufactured Minolta Dimage Xt 3.2 MP Digital Camera w/ 3x Optical Zoom
The product was delivered on time, in new condition with all accessories as stated. The price was within $5 of the lowest.
Rating: 5 / 5
This is to Superman2K3.
I am not an owner of this product, but let me comment Mon this.
While X20 should be a good staff, but it is essenially a scaled down version of Xt.
It is 2 Mega Pixel instead of 3 of XT.
It is slightly thicker than Xt, because of battery.
The prism is replaced with mirror, which is cheaper.
CCD is smaller
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I am wondering which one to buy, because X20 has USB 2.0, and also as Superman2K3, battery operation is handy.
Biggest drawdown would be it has only 2mega pixel and smaller CCD. I might wait 6 months.
Rating: 4 / 5
I have owned two four meg cameras,Minolta F100,Olympus early four meg.The F100 was a great camera in all its features including simple double A-A recharable batteries that lasted easily using a 128 stick. The Olympus was great except it used batteries like a Texas Oil well,Thats why I bought the F100. Then Came along the Sony two meg DSCU20 my # 3 camera. The U20 is the best small camera I have yet to use in it’s basic functions are very practical for point and shoot. Why because it has a fixed lense that allows instant start up for quick pictures that I have made very good 8 X 10 blow-ups on shots that had good framing on the exposure. The 8 meg stick would hold 14-15 picture that averaged 650 KB. I then reviewed my pictures from the four meg cameras and those were 960 to 1.3 KB
and later realized that usig my new Minolta XT 3.2 meg camera by setting the image siz to 2048 X1536 and then the quality to TIFF my pictures were much biger in pixel size, 9.2 meg’s.
The problem was it took ten times longer to shoot and internally record each picture ( about 60 sec) then I moved one step down in pixal size (1600 X 1200) and fine setting on quality and my picture exposures was much quicker and produced about a 900 kb size picture and decided that I would only use the max setting for pictures that I had to have the max pixal size. In short you will realy be impressed with the lowest setting and still have the option from 640 X 480, 1280 X 960, 1600 X 1200, 2048 X 1536 image size along with quality setting’s: TIFF, Fine, Standard, Economy. Using the max setting you will fill a 128 meg stick with about 15 picures and much more as you reduce the pixal size of each picture using the above combination that fits your actual needs. I am now with the opinion that a four meg camera is not the best way to record pictures when with some field work you will find that a 3.2 meg ( Minolta XT) is an outstanding developement for range of quality pictures. I still have my Sony U20 because it is a quality built; simple wide angle camera for those quick shots sized perfectly (640 kb) for Email.
Rating: 5 / 5
I was disappointed with the image quality. My aunt’s 1.2 mp camera took sharper pictures. I would probably never have noticed if I didn’t have that comparison. I hope I’m just doing something wrong. The size is nice but not a good trade-off for picture quality.
Rating: 2 / 5
Xt is superb pocket camera with 3MP and 3x zoom, prefect for snapshots. Its got Video out port to show pics on TV and also has a very solid build quality. Xt is a good camera with one fatal flaw. It uses propreitary Li-Ion battery.
A new model (Dimage X20) is now available with AA batteries and same size.
Ofcourse if you want the best picture quality in a pocket sized camera Canon Elph is the way to go.
Rating: 3 / 5