Konica Minolta Dimage A2

Operating manual

Features

Konica Minolta Dimage A2

Specifications

Number of effective pixels: 8.0 million
CCD: 2/3-type interlaced primary-color CCD
A/D conversion: 12 bit
Camera sensitivity: Auto, ISO 64, 100, 200, 400, 800 equivalents
Focal length: 7.2 - 50.8mm (35 mm equivalent: 28 - 200 mm)
Lens construction: 16 elements in 13 groups (includes two AD glass elements and two aspheric elements)
Maximum aperture: f/2.8 - f/3.5
Minimum focus distance: 0.5m (1.6 ft.) from CCD
Macro focus range: At 7.2mm
30 - 60 cm / 11.8 - 23.6 in. from CCD
21 - 51 cm / 8.3 - 20 in. from front of lens
At 42.7 - 50.8mm
25 - 60 cm / 9.8 - 23.6 in. from CCD
13 - 50 cm / 5.1 - 19.7 in. from front of lens
Maximum magnification: 0.177x (1: 5.65)
Equivalent to 0.7x (1: 1.43) in 35mm format
Area covered at maximum magnification: 52 x 39 mm / 2.05 x 1.54in.
Optical zooming control: Manual zooming ring
Filter diameter: 49mm
Viewfinder type: EVF (Electronic viewfinder)
Variable-position: 0-90º
Viewfinder LCD: 11mm (0.44 inch) TFT liquid-crystal microdisplay
Total pixels: 922,000 pixels
LCD monitor: 46mm (1.8 inch) low-temperature polysilicon TFT color
Variable-position: -20- 90º
Total pixels: 118,000
Automatic monitor amplification: Activates in low light
Field of view: EVF: 100% (approx.)
External LCD monitor: 100 % (approx.)
Display-mode switch: Auto-display, Electronic-viewfinder display, External LCD-monitor display
Diopter control: - 3.5 ~ +1.5 m-1
Shutter: CCD electronic shutter and mechanical shutter
Shutter speed range: 30 - 1/4000s
Autofocus areas: Wide focus area, Spot focus point
Flex Focus Point control is available with the spot focus point.
Focus modes: Autofocus: Single-shot AF, Continuous AF, Full-time AF, Subject Tracking AF.
Manual focus with 3.3x or Flex Digital Magnifier (FDM) with 3.3x
Full-time AF: With the spot focus point or Flex Focus Point. Full-time AF can be disabled.
Subject Tracking AF: With continuous AF. Subject Tracking AF can be disabled.
Focus lock: By pressing shutter-release button partway down.
Subject lock: With Subject Tracking AF by pressing shutter-release button partway down.
Metering: Multi-segment, Center-weighted, Spot (center or with Flex Focus Point)
Multi-segment metering: 300 segments
Exposure control range: Programmed AE and aperture-priority modes
Wide: Ev -1.7 - 20
Telephoto: Ev -1.2 - 20.7
Shutter-priority and manual modes
Wide: Ev - 2 - 19
Telephoto: Ev - 1.4 - 19
Exposure modes: Programmed AE (with program shift), Aperture priority, Shutter priority, Manual
Digital Subject Programs: Portrait, Sports action, Sunset, Night portrait
Exposure compensation: ± 2 Ev in 1/3 increments
AE lock: With AE-lock button or by pressing the shutter-release button partway down
Flash control: ADI, Pre-flash TTL, Manual flash control
Flash range: Wide: 0.5 - 3.8m / 1.6 - 12.5 ft. (approx.)
Telephoto: 0.5 - 3.0m / 1.6 - 9.8 ft. (approx.)
(Camera sensitivity: auto)
Flash modes: Fill-flash, Red-eye reduction, Rear flash sync, Wireless/Remote flash
Flash recycling time: 5 s (approx.)
Flash compensation: ± 2 Ev in 1/3 increments
Flash-sync speed: All shutter speeds
Continuous advance: UHS continuous advance: 7 fps (640x480)
High-speed continuous advance: 2.7 fps (max.)
Standard continuous advance: 1.8 fps (max.)
Interval recording: 2 - 240 frames
Interval time: 30 s, 1 - 10 min., 15 min., 20 min., 30 min., 45 min., 60 min.
Start time: 0-24h in 0.5h increments.
Exposure bracketing: Three-frame bracket in 0.5 and 0.3 Ev increments
Digital Enhanced Bracketing: Three-frame contrast, color saturation, or filter bracket in fixed increments.
Self-timer: 10s, 2s (approx.)
Movie: Standard movie mode: 15 min. (max.) at 30 fps with monaural audio
15 min. (max.) at 30 fps with monaural audio
Automatic selection function between standard and night movie modes available.
Time-lapse movie mode: no audio and played back at 4 fps
Voice memo: 15s (max.) monaural audio with still image
Color modes: Natural Color (sRGB), Vivid Color (sRGB), Adobe RGB, Embedded Adobe RGB, Black and white (neutral and toned), Solarization
Camera color spaces: sRGB, Adobe RGB
White-balance control: Automatic, Preset (Daylight, Tungsten, Shade, Cloudy, Flash, and Fluorescent settings) with fine adjustments in seven levels, Custom (three settings)
Digital Effects Control: Color saturation, Contrast compensation, Filter
Noise reduction: User selectable dark noise reduction
Digital zoom: 2x with still images
Data imprinting:

Year/month/day (Format can be changed.)
Month/day/hour:minute
Text
Text and serial numbers
Imprinting can be disabled.

Custom functions: Control dial customization.
User-selectable function can be assigned to the function dial.
Image-quality modes: RAW, TIFF, Extra fine, Fine, Standard
Number of recorded pixels: (Still images): 3264 x 2448, 3264 x 2176(in 3:2 mode), 2560 x 1920, 2080 x 1560, 1600 x 1200, 640 x 480
File formats: JPEG, TIFF, Motion JPEG (MOV), RAW, WAVE
Printing output control: Exif Print, PRINT Image Matching II, PictBridge
Recording media: Type I and Type II CompactFlash cards, IBM Microdrive (170MB, 340MB, 512MB, 1GB)
Computer interface: USB (*2.0 High speed)
AV output: NTSC, PAL (selected on the camera)
Batteries: One NP-400 lithium-ion battery
Battery performance (Playback): Approximate continuous playback time: 240 min. with NP-400 lithium-ion battery, External LCD monitor on, EVF off.
Battery performance (Recording): Approximate number of recorded images: 280 frames with NP-400 lithium-ion battery, EVF off, External LCD monitor on, Full-size images (3264 x 2448), Fine image quality, No instant playback, No voice memo, Flash used with 50% of the frames.
External power source: 6V DC with specified AC adapter (sold separately)
Dimensions: 117 (W) x 85 (H) x 113.5 (D) mm
(4.61 (W) x 3.35 (H) x 4.47 (D) in.)
Weight: 565 g (19.9 oz.) without batteries or recording media (approx.)
Operating temperature: 0-40 ºC (32-104 ºF)