| Number of effective pixels: |
8.0 million |
| CCD: |
2/3-type interlaced primary-color CCD; total pixels: 8.3 million |
| A/D conversion: |
12 bit |
| Camera sensitivity: |
Auto, ISO 50, 100, 200, 400, 800 equivalents |
| Focal length: |
7.2 to 50.8mm (35mm equivalent: 28 to 200mm) |
| Lens construction: |
16 elements in 13 groups (includes two AD glass elements and two aspheric elements) |
| Maximum aperture: |
f2.8 to f3.5 |
| Minimum focus distance: |
1.6 feet (0.5 meters) from CCD |
| Macro focus range: |
Wide-angle position: 11.8 to 23.6 inches (30 to 60 centimeters) from CCD; 8.3 to 20 inches (21 to 51 centimeters) from front of lens; telephoto position: 9.8 to 23.6 inches (25 to 60 centimeters) from CCD; 5.1 to 19.7 inches (13 to 50 centimeters) from front of lens |
| Maximum magnification: |
0.18x (equivalent to 0.7x in 35mm format) |
| Area covered at maximum magnification: |
2.05 x 1.54 inches (52 x 39 millimeters) |
| Optical zooming control: |
Manual zooming ring |
| Filter diameter: |
49mm |
| Viewfinder type: |
EVF (Electronic viewfinder) |
| Viewfinder LCD: |
0.44-inch TFT liquid-crystal microdisplay; total pixels: 235,000 pixels |
| LCD monitor: |
1.8-inch TFT color, vari-angle LCD monitor; total pixels: 134,000 |
| Automatic monitor amplification: |
Activates in low light |
| Display-mode switch: |
Electronic-viewfinder display, external LCD-monitor display |
| Diopter control: |
-5 to +2m-1 |
| Eye relief: |
22mm at -1m-1 |
| Shutter: |
CCD electronic shutter and mechanical shutter |
| Shutter speed range: |
30 seconds to 1/3200 second (30 to 1/1600 second in S, M modes); Bulb (maximum 30 seconds) |
| Autofocus system: |
Video AF |
| Autofocus areas: |
Wide focus area, 11-point selectable, 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, manual focus or flex digital magnifier (FDM), automatic magnification |
| Focus lock: |
By pressing shutter-release button partway down |
| Metering: |
Multi-segment, Center-weighted, Spot (center or with Flex Focus Point) |
| Multi-segment metering: |
256 segments |
| Exposure modes: |
Programmed AE (with program shift), aperture priority, shutter priority, manual |
| Digital subject programs: |
Portrait, Sports Action, Sunset, Night Portrait/Night View |
| Exposure compensation: |
+/- 2 EV (exposure value) in 1/3 EV steps |
| AE lock: |
With AE-lock button or by pressing the shutter-release button partway down |
| Flash control: |
Automatic and manual flash control |
| Flash range: |
Wide: approximately 1.6 to 12.5 feet (0.5 to 3.8 meters); telephoto: approximately 1.6 to 9.8 feet (0.5 to 3.0 meters) (camera sensitivity: auto) |
| Flash modes: |
Fill-flash, Red-eye Reduction, Rear Flash Sync, Slow Sync |
| Flash recycling time: |
Approximately 5 seconds |
| Flash compensation: |
+/- 2 EV in 1/3 EV steps |
| Flash-sync speed: |
All shutter speeds |
| External flashes: |
Auto-flash metering with Program/Maxxum Flash 2500 (D), 3600HS (D), 5600HS (D), Macro Twin Flash 2400, Macro Ring Flash 1200 (Macro Flash Controller is necessary) |
| Continuous advance: |
UHS continuous advance: 10 frames per second (640 x 480); high-speed continuous advance: maximum 2.3 frames per second; standard continuous advance: maximum 2.0 frames per second |
| Self-timer: |
Approximately 10 seconds, 2 seconds |
| Remote control: |
Included |
| Movie: |
Standard movie mode: maximum 15 minutes; night movie mode: maximum 15 minutes |
| Color modes: |
Natural Color (sRGB), Vivid Color (sRGB), Portrait (sRGB), Adobe RGB (ICC), Black and White (neutral and toned) |
| White-balance control: |
Automatic preset; Daylight, Tungsten, Shade, Cloudy, Flash, and Fluorescent |
| Sharpness settings: |
Three levels (Soft, Normal, Hard) |
| Digital effect control: |
Color saturation, Contrast compensation, Filter |
| Digital zoom: |
Normal mode and interpolate mode selectable; normal mode: 2x (maximum); interpolate mode: 4x (maximum) |
| Data imprinting: |
Year/month/day (format can be changed); month/day/hour/minute |
| 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 |
| Number of recorded pixels (movie clips): |
320 x 240 in standard and night movie modes (15 frames per second/30 frames per second selectable); 640 x 480 in standard and night movie modes (15 frames per second/30 frames per second selectable); 800 x 600 in standard and night movie (15 frames per second) |
| Recording media: |
Type I and Type II CompactFlash cards; Microdrive |
| Computer interface: |
USB; full-speed 12 MBps data transfer available with USB 2.0 compatible computer |
| AV output: |
NTSC, PAL (selected on the camera) |
| Batteries: |
One NP-800 Lithium-ion battery |
| What's in the box: |
Minolta Dimage A200 digital camera, rechargeable Lithium-ion battery (NP-800) and battery charger (BC-900), USB and AV cables, lens cap, accessory shoe cap, lens shade, wireless remote control, and CD-ROM with Dimage Viewer and ULEAD Video Studio 8 SE software |
