Released by Konica Minolta:

DiMAGE Z10: Fastest-in-Class*¹ Startup, 8X Optical "Mega Zoom," 3.2-Megapixel CCD, and Energy Efficient Design*²

Unterföhring, July 7th, 2004 - Get that precious close-up of the expression on your child's face with the 8X optical zoom. Capture your pet doing something amusingly unexpected using the Rapid AF with Predictive Focus Control. And make sure you don't miss these moments with a 0.5-second fastest-in-class startup*¹.

Do it with the DiMAGE Z10: a digital camera that saves those everyday miracles exactly the way you want to remember them. And you can keep on shooting for extended periods of time thanks to the energy efficient design that gives you up to 500 frames with the included AA alkaline batteries.

The DiMAGE Z10's 8X optical Mega Zoom and 4X digital zoom combine for a total 32X zoom, allowing you to capture everything from sport events to panoramic scenery. The optical lens system consists of 11 elements in nine groups and includes two aspheric lenses, a construction that adds up to sharp, high-quality images. The Z10 combines a 3.2-megapixel primary-color CCD with proprietary CxProcess™ II image processing technology for pictures that are exactly the way you see them.

The DiMAGE Z10's Rapid Autofocus (AF) combines a passive AF sensor with the video AF system, giving a fast focusing time of approximately 0.3 second in both wide-angle and telephoto positions. The Rapid AF also has Predictive Focus Control that predicts where a moving subject is heading and focuses accordingly. To round out the list of quick-response features, the DiMAGE Z10 has the fastest startup in its class*¹, a minimum shutter-release time lag, and continuous shooting. Now you can be stress free amid all the excitement when you capture those decisive moments during sports events or other continuous action.

Not only is the DiMAGE Z10 a sprinter with its fast startup; it's also a marathon champ with power efficiency that allows you to take up to approximately 500 frames with the four included AA alkaline batteries. This is more shots than any digital camera with built-in flash running on AA alkaline batteries*².

In addition, the DiMAGE Z10 has a Macro mode that allows you to bring the lens as close as 1 cm from the subject. Capture the smallest objects-flowers, insects, or jewelry-with the greatest detail.

The DiMAGE Z10 sports a new, high-tech design. Despite its large 8X optical zoom, it weighs just approximately 300 g. Its ergonomic form gives you a steady grip while its intuitive control button layout allows even camera novices to be up and enjoying digital photography in no time at all.

Product Highlights
- Large 8X optical Mega Zoom covers everything from landscape shots to extreme close-ups. - Combining the optical zoom with the seamless 4X digital zoom gives an incredible 32X zoom, allowing you to get those shots that used to be too far away
- High performance lens and 3.2-megapixel CCD with CxProcess™ II high-quality image processing technology
- Fastest startup in its class*¹-the DiMAGE Z10 is ready to shoot in approximately 0.5 second*¹.
- Rapid AF with Predictive Focus Control for ultra-high-speed focusing to capture even the most fleeting photo opportunities
- Four AA alkaline batteries power the DiMAGE Z10 for an amazing 500 frames
- Macro mode for close-ups as near as 1 cm from the subject
- Compact and easy to use

Features
Incredible 32X Total Zoom Range
The DiMAGE Z10 offers a wide shooting range. The 8X optical zoom gives focal lengths from 36-290mm (35mm equivalent) while giving focal lengths up to 1160mm (35mm equivalent) when combined with the 4X seamless digital zoom. With the 8X optical zoom and the 4X digital zoom combining for a 32X total zoom, the Z10 is perfect for taking distance shots at sports events or when capturing far-away scenery.

The Z10 incorporates a high performance 8X optical lens consisting of 11 elements in nine groups that includes two aspheric lenses. With two aspheric lenses, the Z10 corrects various kinds of optical aberrations in the zoom range and renders beautiful, homogenous, distortion-free images from the center to the edges.

3.2-Megapixel CCD for Beautiful Prints
The 3.2-megapixel, 1/2.5 inch CCD produces plenty of detail for creating high-quality enlargements-as large as 34.7x26.0 cm at 150 dpi print resolution. In addition, the CCD's primary color filter offers high color fidelity.

Fastest Startup in Its Class*¹
The DiMAGE Z10 boasts an amazingly fast and fluid startup. Just switch the camera on and you're ready to start taking great pictures in just approximately 0.5 second*¹.

Rapid Autofocus (AF) with Predictive Focus Control
Thanks to a hybrid rapid AF combining a passive AF sensor with the video AF system, focusing takes just 0.3 second. The DiMAGE Z10 includes Predictive Focus Control, which allows you to capture sharper images of moving subjects-like a child running at full speed. When it comes to fast and reliable autofocusing, the DiMAGE Z10 is clearly ahead of the pack.

Progressive Capture
The DiMAGE Z10 allows you to take high-speed consecutive shots at 1.5 fps and the Z10 captures consecutive images onto the 16MB internal memory. Release the shutter and the last six shots are recorded onto the memory card. This function is handy for shooting sports events or for recording and improving your form in personal sports training situations.

Up to 500 Frames on Four AA Alkaline Batteries
The DiMAGE Z10's power-saving design allows you to take up to 500 frames before the four AA alkaline batteries run out. This is more shots than any digital camera with built-in flash running on AA alkaline batteries*².

Superbly Detailed Images with CxProcess™ II
CxProcess™ II image processing technology incorporates characteristics like smooth gradations, natural skin tones, and brilliantly clear colors for images that are more natural and lifelike. The DiMAGE Z10's 3.2 megapixels capture fine lines and intricate details for stunning digital images.

Noise Reduction
Noise Reduction gives exceptional night images by automatically preventing the blemishes and graininess associated with slow-shutter shots.

PASM Exposure Control and Metering Modes
The DiMAGE Z10 offers incredible control over exposure. There are four modes: Program, Aperture Priority, Shutter Priority, and Manual. Select manual exposure to enable 30-second time exposures. The DiMAGE Z10 has three metering modes: Multi-segment, center-weighted, and spot. Multi-segment metering uses 256 segments to determine exposure.

Automatic Digital Subject Program Selection
Automatic Digital Subject Program Selection automatically chooses the best recording mode for your images. You can also manually select from Portrait, Sports action, Landscape, and Sunset modes. You can also set the DiMAGE Z10 to Night portrait mode in the menu settings. Either way, this convenient function enables you to take fabulous photos with ease.

Get as Close as 1cm with Macro
Shoot amazing close-ups in Macro mode. Konica Minolta's superior image quality will make your close-ups look stunning and powerful. In Macro mode, you can bring the lens as close as 1cm from your subject.

Switch Finder
The DiMAGE Z10's Switch Finder function allows you to view the LCD monitor images through the viewfinder (Viewfinder display) or on the LCD monitor itself (Monitor display). There is no color, contrast, or resolution difference between the images viewed on the viewfinder and on the LCD monitor because both are the same image. The viewfinder was designed with a large apparent angle of view so the image is large and clear.

Key Customize
For added flexibility and convenience, the flash button can be customized to handle different settings. This means that instead of going through the menus on the LCD, you can use the flash button to change settings like the drive mode, white balance, focus mode, color mode, or sensitivity.

PictBridge*³-Compliant
Forget all about complicated connections with a PC. Get fast, fun printouts directly from your camera by connecting the DiMAGE Z10 to a PictBridge*3-compliant printer. You can check which images you want to print on the Z10's LCD monitor and then print out your favorites in no time at all.

VGA Movie Recording
The DiMAGE Z10 can record movies without sound. It records 15-fps VGA-size (640x480) movies, which are much easier to view during playback than conventional QVGA-size (320x240) movies. It also records 320x240 movies at either 30 fps or 15 fps. The XR (Extended Recording) Movie mode lets you record longer movie clips onto the SD memory card until the memory card is full. Night Movie uses high camera sensitivity to record under extreme low-light conditions. And Movie Frame Capture lets you select your favorite scenes from a movie save them as still images.

New Design
The DiMAGE Z10's design is advanced yet familiar and easy-to-use. Despite its large 8X zoom range, it weighs just 300 g. It's also easy to tote and operate even for camera novices. The ergonomic form makes it easy to keep on holding even for those steady zoom shots.

Optional Wide Converter( Wide-Angle Converter ZCW-200)
The optional Wide Converter Kit allows you to fit more of the scene into each shot. The lens has a 26mm wide angle that is ideal for capturing indoor or outdoor architecture and panoramic landscape shots.
*¹ Approximately 0.5 second, from when main switch is turned on until LCD monitor comes on. As of May 20, 2004, for digital cameras with 8X or greater zoom.
*² Up to approximately 500 frames with the four included AA alkaline batteries. Based on Konica Minolta's standard test method and compliant with the CIPA standard, with included AA alkaline batteries and included SD Memory Card. As of May 20, 2004, for digital cameras with built-in flash running on AA alkaline batteries.
*³ PictBridge is an industry standard established by the Camera & Imaging Products Association (CIPA).

About Konica Minolta Photo Imaging
Konica Minolta Photo Imaging Europe GmbH is a leading provider of consumer and commercial photographic materials, photographic equipment such as analog and digital cameras, and measuring instruments including 3D-scanning. With operative bases within Europe the company covers the three business areas of photo imaging, cameras and industrial instruments. Konica Minolta Photo Imaging Europe is a subsidiary of Konica Minolta Photo Imaging, Inc., headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. Building on its strong core of optical technologies developed over 130 years, Konica Minolta Photo Imaging aims to be a corporation offering products and services that are essential to all areas of digital imaging.

Website: www.konicaminoltaeurope.com

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DiMAGE Z10: Technical Specifications

Number of effective pixels:	3.2 million
CCD:	1/2.5-type interline primary-color CCD Total pixels: 3.3 million
Camera sensitivity:	Auto and 64,100, 200, and 400 ISO equivalents
Focal length:	6 - 48mm (35mm equivalent: 36 - 290mm)
Lens construction:	11 elements in 9 groups
Maximum aperture:	f/3.2 - f/3.4
Minimum focus distance:	Wide: 0.5m/1.6ft from front of lens Telephoto: 1.5m/4.9ft from front of lens Wide: 0.57m / 1.9ft from CCD Telephoto: 1.57m/ 5.1ft from CCD
Minimum macro distance:	Macro Mode: Wide:0.01m / 0.4in. Tele:0.6m / 23.6in.
Maximum magnification:	0.24x Equivalent to 1.5x in 35mm format
Area covered at maximum magnification:	25 x 18mm /1.0 x 0.7 in. (approx.)
LCD monitor:	3.8cm (1.5 inch) low-temperature polysilicon TFT color Total number of pixels: 113,000 Automatic monitor amplification
Field of view:	Viewfinder: 98% (approx.) LCD monitor: 100 % (approx.)
Display-mode switch:	Viewfinder display, LCD-monitor display Switch Finder system allows the monitor to be viewed directly or through the viewfinder.
Diopter control:	- 3 ~ +1m-1
Eye relief:	18.8mm
Shutter:	CCD electronic shutter and mechanical shutter
Shutter speed range:	4 - 1/2000 s in programmed AE and aperture -priority modes. 15 - 1/2000 s in shutter-priority and manual exposure modes, time exposure (max. 30 s) 2 - 1/2000 s in Auto-recording and Digital Subject Programs
Autofocus system:	Rapid AF: a combination of a passive AF sensor with the video AF system
Autofocus areas:	3-Point Wide Focus Area Spot focus areas with Focus Area Selection
Focus modes:	Single-shot AF, Continuous AF with predictive focus control, Full-time AF, Manual focus.
Focus lock:	By pressing shutter-release button partway down.
Metering:	Multi-segment, Center-weighted, Spot
Multi-segment metering:	256 segments
Exposure modes:	Programmed AE, Aperture priority, Shutter priority, Manual
Digital Subject Programs:	Automatic (Portrait, Sports action, Landscape, Sunset, Standard) Manual (Portrait, Sports action, Landscape, Sunset, Standard, Night portrait.)
Exposure compensation:	±2 Ev in 1/3 increments
AE lock:	By pressing shutter-release button partway down
Flash metering:	Pre-flash TTL
Flash range:	Wide: 0.5 - 5.2 m / 1.6 - 17.1 ft. (approx.) from front of lens Telephoto: 1.5 - 5.2 m / 4.9 - 17.1 ft. (approx.) from front of lnes (Camera sensitivity: auto)
Flash modes:	Autoflash, Autoflash with red-eye reduction, Fill flash, Flash cancel, Slowshutter sync. Autoflash not available with aperture priority, shutter priority, and manual exposure modes.
Flash recycling time:	4 s (approx.)
Flash compensation:	± 2 Ev in 1/3 increments
Flash-sync speeds:	All shutter speeds
Continuous advance:	1.5 fps (approx.) *Actual speed may vary depending upon the subject and camera settings. Approximate number of frames that can be captured at one time with the continuous-advance drive modes: continuous advance   2048x1536 1600x1200 1280x960 640x480 Fine 5 frames 8 frames 13 frames 42 frames Standard 10 frames 16 frames 24 frames 67 frames Economy 19frames 30 frames 42 frames 94 frames * Actual number of images may vary depending upon the subject and camera settings.
Progressive Capture:	Stores images from the built-in memory to the memory card from the latest frame captured with the continuous advance. Maximum number of images that can be recorded with the Progressive Capture mode: 6 frames (1.5 fps)
Exposure bracketing:	Three frame bracket in 1.0, 0.5, 0.3 Ev increments
Self-timer:	10 s , 2s (approx.)
Movie:	Recording time dependent on memory card capacity, image size, and frame rate. Frame rate: 15fps (640x320, 320x240), 30fps (320x240) Movie frame capture Night movie (automatic selection or disabled)
White balance control:	Automatic, Preset (Daylight, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Flash), Custom
Digital Effects Control:	Contrast compensation, Sharpness
Contrast compensation:	Three levels (Low, Normal, High)
Sharpness settings:	Three levels (Soft, Normal, Hard)
Color modes:	Natural Color, Vivid Color, Black and white, Sepia
Noise reduction:	User selectable dark noise reduction
Digital zoom:	4x (max.) in 0.1x increments
Copy function:	To copy single or multiple images to the same or another memory card.
E-mail Copy function:	Creates a compressed 640x480 JPEG image for transmission.
Date imprinting:	Year/month/day (Format can be changed.) Imprinting can be disabled
Key customization:	The function activated by the flash-mode button can be changed.
Image-quality modes:	Fine, Standard, Economy Number of recorded pixels (Still images): 2048 x 1536, 1600 x 1200, 1280 x 960, 640 x 480
Number of recorded pixels (Movie clips):	640x480, 320x240,
Storage capacity:	Approximate storage capacity of a 16MB SD (Secure Digital) Memory Card: Still images   2048x1536 1600x1200 1280x960 640x480 Fine 9 frames 14 frames 22 frames 69 frames Standard 17 frames 27 frames 39 frames 100 frames Economy 32 frames 47 frames 69 frames 150 frames Movie clips   640 x 480 320 x 240 30 fps - 21 s 15 fps 26 s 42 s * Actual number of images may vary depending upon the subject and memory card used.
File formats:	JPEG, Motion JPEG (MOV) DCF 2.0-compliant DPOF-compliant (Supported by printing functions in ver. 1.1) Exif 2.2
Folder name formats:	Standard, Date
Printing output control:	Exif Print, PRINT Image Matching II, PictBridge Recording media: SD (Secure Digital) Memory Cards, MultiMediaCards
Computer interface:	Full-speed 12Mbps data transfer with USB 2.0 compatible computer
AV output:	NTSC, PAL (selected on the camera)
Batteries:	Four AA batteries: Alkaline, Ni-MH
Battery performance (Playback):	Approximate continuous playback time: 600 min. with alkaline batteries.
Battery performance (Recording):	Approximate number of recorded images: 500 Comforming to CIPA ( included AA alkaline batteries, included SD memory card )
External power source:	6V DC with specified AC adapter (sold separately)
Dimensions:	109 (W) x 82(H) x 94(D) mm 4.3(W) x 3.2 (H) x 3.7 (D) in.
Weight:	300g / 10.6oz. (approx.) without batteries or recording media
Operating temperature:	0-40ºC / 32-104°F
Standard accessories:	Neck Strap NS-DG800 Lens Cap LF-243B Video Cable VC-400 16MB SD (Secure Digital) Memory Card USB Cable USB-3 DiMAGE Viewer CD-ROM Four AA Alkaline batteries
Optional accessories:	AC Adapter AC-1L or AC-11 Camera Case CS-DG1000 Leather Neck Strap NS-DG1000 Wide-Angle Converter ZCW-200

Specifications and accessories are based on the information available at the time of printing and are subject to change without notice.

System Requirements
IBM PC/AT compatible computers with Windows XP Home, Windows XP Professional, Windows Me, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows 98*, or Windows 98 Second Edition* and with a USB port as standard interface.

Apple Macintosh computers with preinstalled Mac OS 9.0 - 9.2.2, Mac OS X v10.1.3 - 10.1.5, and v10.2.1 - 10.2.8, v10.3-10.3.3 and with a USB port as standard interface.

The computer and operating system must be guaranteed by their manufacturers to support USB interface.

Problems may be encountered depending on what other USB devices are being used in parallel with this product.

Only a built-in USB port is supported. Problems may be encountered when the camera is connected to a USB hub.

Normal operation may not be possible even when all the system requirements are met.

* Users with Windows 98 and Windows 98 Second Edition must install dedicated driver software included in the DiMAGE Z10 package.

System requirements are based on the latest information available at the time of printing and are subject to change without notice.
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