• 4 Megapixel 1/2,5-type CCD with primary colour filter

• 10X optical Mega-Zoom38 - 380mm* –KONICA MINOLTA GT APO lens

• Improved “Rapid AF”:Fastest of its class**

• High-quality VGA-Movies –30 fps with 640 x 480 Pixels withoptical and digital Zoom

• Improved operation speed* Equivalent to 35mm

** As of September 1. 2003, DSC with built-in lens system and 10x optical zoom or greater.

Target User

TARGET USER:Normal customers who want a camera that is convenient and reliable.

Users of the 4M DiMAGE Z2 show a slightly stronger interest in printing and high picture quality.

• Parents with young children

• Outdoor-types receptionists

• Travellers who photographing

Selling Arguments

KONICA MINOLTA GT APO lens10x optical Zoom 6.3 – 63mm (38 – 380mm*)

Including one lens made of AD glass and two aspherical elements

No additional protrusion from the camera body

= Aspherical lens

= AD (anomalous dispersion) lens

= Multi-coating

Retracted position

Wide-angle setting

Telephoto setting

Selling Arguments

Extraordinary lens rangeSuper Macro 3cm from tip of the lensMax. Magnification: 0.9x*

10X optical Zoom + 4X Seamless Digital Zoom38mm to 1520mm*

Large Aperture f2.8 (wide) to f3.7 (Telephoto)

4 Megapixel 1/2,5-type CCD with primary colour filterAdding horizontal pixels to achieve frame rates of 30fps

* Equivalent to 35mm

User benefits:• Shoot sports, landscapes or any other

scenes any way you want

• Distant subjects can be greatly enlarged

• Insects, flowers, etc. can be shot very close-up for full detail

Selling Arguments

With a 10x optical zoom plus a 4x digital zoom for maximum 40x enlargement, there is a very broad shooting range of 38 to 1520 mm (35mm equivalent). All sorts of situations, from sports to landscapes, can be shot however the user wants, and distant subjects can be greatly enlarged.

21mm 28mm 35mm 50mm 100mm 200mm 300mm 400mm 500mm

DiMAGE Z2 28-200mm (digital up to 400mm)

DiMAGE Xg 37-111mm (digital up to 444mm)

DiMAGE G400 39-117mm (digital up to 351mm)

optical

optical

optical

digital

digital

All focal length correspond to 35mm

35mm 50mm 100mm

115mm 140mm 200mm

222mm222mm 380mm

optical

Selling Arguments

Improved “Rapid AF”:Fastest of its class*

• With Predictive Focus Control for higher precision to moving subjects

• Wide focus area (about 25% vertical and 50% horizontal)

* For DSC with built-in lens system and 10x optical zoom or higher (Sold as of October 10, 2003)

User benefits:• Anticipating the movement of the subject

decreases focusing time

Selling Arguments

Improved “Rapid AF”:Fastest of its class*

• High-Speed Video AF with 100fps frame rate

• Dual AF a combination of a passive AF sensor with the video AF system

Auto focusing time:• Wide-Angle: 0.2 sec.

• Telephoto: 0.3 sec

* For DSC with built-in lens system and 10x optical zoom or higher (Sold as of October 10, 2003)

AF estimated value

Lens extrusion

Video AF

Hybrid AFLens extrusion

AF estimated value

= Passive AF

= Video AF

Selling Arguments

Switch FinderThe electronic viewfinder, the display mode switch allows the choice between LCD monitor display and viewfinder display.

• Approx. 98% field of view (EVF)

• Approx. 100% field of view (LCD)

Real Motion Monitor with 60fps live image

LCD-Monitor

Electronic Viewfinder

User benefits:• Smooth, high-grade viewing with no

sense of feeding frames

• Viewer image similar to what the eye sees, even with a fast-moving objects

Selling Arguments

Progressive CaptureWhen the shutter-release button is pressed and held, Progressive Capture begins saving images in the buffer memory. Release the shutter button and the images in the buffer memory will be saved to the SD-Card. Six frames are saved when using standard continuous advance and 15 frames when using UHS mode.

Not recorded Not recorded

User benefits:• Smooth, high-grade viewing with no sense

of feeding frames

• Viewer image similar to what the eye sees, even with a fast-moving subject

UHS Continues Advanced10fps at 1.3 Megapixel until the buffer memory becomes full (15 frames)

Selling Arguments

Improved Operation • Increased camera memory to

32MB (Double Memory to DiMAGE Z1)

• Higher Speed in Continuous Advanced approx. 2fps

• Faster start-up timeapprox. 1sec.

• Shutter-release time lagapprox. 0.06sec or less

Selling Arguments

High Quality VGA Movies• 30fps with a resolution of

640 x 480 Pixel• SVGA Movies with a resolution of

800 x 600 Pixel• The length of a movie is only

limited by the size of the storage medium capacity (at 320 x 240 and 160 x 120 resolution)

User benefits:• Long-time movie recording

• Movies with a image quality and frame rate comparable to TV and Video

Selling Arguments

High Quality VGA Movies• Optical zoom in movie mode• Colour modes also for movie• Night movie capability

4x the sensitivity by adding 4 pixels of information

• Movie Editing FeaturesSelect a scene from a video and save it as a still picture

User benefits:• Movie shots for all focal length are

perfectly focused

• Clear colour movies even at night

Selling Arguments

Easy to use and compact • Compatible with

DPS PictBridge• Compact camera with a weight

of 305g• Runs two kinds of AA batteries

Alkaline and Ni-MH batteries (Ni-Mh recommend)

User benefits:• Camera connects easy and direct

with a printer without a computer

• Viewer image similar to what the eye sees, even with a fast-moving subject

Selling Arguments

Easy to use and compact• Automatic Digital Subject

SelectionTo identify the subject type, the camera uses the distance to the subject and data on image magnification, exposure data, and white balance.

• Automatic monitor amplification

• CxProcess II

Portrait - Exposure and image processing to make people look at their best

Sports - Captures moving subjects without any blur.

Landscape - Exposure set to capture as much of the scene as possible using maximum depth of field for the conditions

Sunset - Retains the ambient warmth of a sunset.

Night Portrait -Balanced exposure together with reduced noise filtering in the shadows delivers pleasing results

User benefits:• The camera ensure that each shot

creates the best image for its type of scene

• Easy to check composition before shooting, even in dark setting

Selling Arguments

Image Quality and special features• Optional wide-converter• Key customisation• Images can be rotated• PASM exposure modes• 4 colour modes• Fluid playback• Real-time Histogram• Dark-noise reduction

User benefits:• Image area is extendable for

landscape shots

• Images shot with the camera turned can be viewed correctly

Comparison

f/2.8 – f/3.5f/2.8 – ´f/3.7Maximum aperture4 cm3 cmMacro (from front of the lens)

Epson Direct PrintPictBridgeDirect Print

16 MB32 MBCamera memory

NoYesLive image histogram

640 x 480, 320 x 240, 160 x 120 Frame rate: 15 or 30 fps

SVGA (800x600), 640 x 480, 320 x 240, 160 x 120 Frame rate: 15 or 30 fps, Zoom, Movie cutting (Unnecessary movie frame can be cut off from the movie file), ColourMode

Movie

10 elements in 7 groups2 aspherical lenses

11 elements in 7 groups, including 2 new aspherical lensesUsing APO lens made of AD glass

Lens construction

Approx. 1.5 frames/secApprox. 2 frames/secContinuous drive2.0 sec/approx. 0.06 sec1sec/0.06 sec or lessStart-up time/release time lag

Rapid AF Hybrid AF uses a separate passive AF sensor in conjunction with the video AF system AF Time: 0.3 (WW), 0.4 (Tele)

3D Predictive focus controlRapid AF ,Hybrid AF uses a separate passive AF sensor in conjunction with the video AF system AF Time: 0.2 (WW), 0.3 (Tele)

AF

3.2 million1/2.7-type interline primary-color CCD

4.0 million (approx.)1/2.5-type interline primary-color CCD

CCD

DiMAGE Z1DiMAGE Z2