Minolta DIMAGE 7I - SOFTWARE User manual

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• Succesor of Popular DiMAGE 7

• Highest Image Quality –

5.24 Megapixel (total) 2/3 in CCD

• Complete Flexibility –

Minolta GT Lens 28 - 200 mm*

and Full Range of System

Accessories

• Fast Convenient –

Improved AF System

• Improved Digital Technology

• Attractively Designed

* Equivalent to 35mm format

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Recording Art

Business

Play

Mobile

users

People who make use of

images for business pur-

poses

Users whose profession is

creating and processing

images

Home

users

Picture-ori-

ented PC

users Photography

buffs

Intelligent

early

adopters

Target Consumers

Hobbyists

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MAIN TARGET USERS:

Picture-oriented PC users who care about

picture quality and functions

(general consumer market)

SUB TARGET USERS

Photo enthusiasts and hobbyist

People who make use of images for business

purposes (business user market)

Main purposes: presentations, image databases,

reports, and printing (simplified

printing)

Business field: medical specialists, R&D centres,

factories, magazines, news

media, government offices, and

general companies

Characteristics of target users:

• Most users have conventional cameras for silver-

halide film material and feel a sense of closeness

to photography.

• They use computers for various applications and

have some knowledge of image editing software.

• They find great value in using digital images

(speed, cost, convenience).

• They have a strong desire to take high-level

pictures, and thus rather than compactness, they

place more emphasis on functions including

picture quality, controllability, flexibility with

scenes and prefer a large number of manual

mode functions.

• Hobbyist aged 30 to 60 who is willing to spend

money (choosing performance rather than price)

and has selective tastes.

Target Consumers

Selling Arguments

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Highest Image Quality

5.24 Megapixel 2/3in CCD

Newly Developed Image Process System

CxProcess (“Clear and Excellent Images“)

12 bit A/D (Analogue to Digital) Converter

Based on LSI (Large Scale Integration) Chip

for Super Fast Image Processing

User benefits:

• Fine print quality.

It is possible to create enlargements up to approx.

A3 size (ink-jet printer resolution), with DiMAGE 7i

• Vivid reproduction of colours, close to the limit

of the human eyes’ colour perception

• Clearer images at high-frequency ranges.

Suitable for landscape photography and far

away objects

• 12 bit A/D processing - discriminates 4096

levels of R, G, and B for each pixel

8bit Output 8bit Output

12bit Input 10bit Input

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Improved version of Minolta´s proprietary

Image Process System CxProcess

(“Clear and Excellent Images“)

The CxProcess takes advantage of the high-reso-

lution CCD to effortless perform edge treatment

achieving sharp and high-contrast images with

good quality. It also provides a fine representation

of shaded area and it reproduces colours extremly

faithfully.

Selling Arguments

Resolution

Contrast Clear

Reproduction of

shaded areas

Sharp ColoursNoise

Sharpness: Reproducing of full details of the

object. Providing a sense of dimensionality by

increasing low-frequency contrast.

Colour reproduction: Rendering colours like

human skin or the green of trees as faithfully as

possible. Colours are rendered without flashiness,

but with a vividness that fixes them in the memory.

Yellow Area: CxProcess

Gradation: Skin tones are presented smoothly.

Images are given a lucid, transparent clarity. Sufficient

range of reproduction from dark areas to bright areas

Noise: The actual feel of the scene is presented,

without letting the noise run wild yet not simply glos-

sing it over.

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Highest Image Quality

Ultra High Resolution Minolta GT 7X APO

zoom lens

Two AD (Anomalous Dispersion) glass

lenses and two dual aspheric glass ele-

ments

NEW: Dual-focal Macro System (used at

telephoto and wide-angle position)

Aspheric lens (moulded glass aspheric lens)

Anomalous dispersion glass

Optical System

greatest telephoto

widest angle

User benefits:

• Details can be kept sharp by suppressing

chromatic aberration

• Megapixel compatible lens can provide clear

images to a 7 million pixel 2/3in type CCD

16 elements in 13 groups

Selling Arguments

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Complete Flexibility

Minolta GT Optical 7X Zoom with

One Touch 2X Digital Zoom

7X Optical Zoom + 2X Digital Zoom

= 14X Zoom Ratio

28mm (Wide Angle) to 400mm (Telephoto)*

Super Macro up to 13cm from lens

Max. Magnification: 0.7X*

NEW: Dual-Focal Macro system can be

used in at both telephoto and wide angle

Large Aperture f2.8 (28 mm) - f3.5 (200 mm)

* Equivalent to 35mm format

User benefits:

• Suitable for a variety of applications ranging

from landscape photos to travel, sports events

and business purposes

• Improved motion dumping function to reduce

blurring

• Ideal for applications which use telephoto, such

as athletic meets

• Macro performance makes it suitable for shoot-

ing insects as well as flowers

• Real wide angle with 28 mm, which is not usu-

ally to build in conventional DSCs

• Even with the Digital Zoom, images are cap-

tured at a high resolution of 1.3 Megapixels

Selling Arguments

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Focal lengths from 28 mm to 50 mm are

suitable for wide angle photos, especially

architecture.

Mid-range focal lengths and short telepho-

to are the best choice for shooting portraits

without standing too close to the subject.

Telephoto lenses bring the objects closer and make good nature and sports photos (200 mm and more). In

special cases the digital zoom should be activated. This Super Telephoto lets objects appear even closer.

28 mm 35 mm 50 mm

100 mm 115 mm 140 mm

200 mm 222 mm 285 mm 308 mm 400 mm

optical digital DiMAGE 7i 28-200mm (digital up to 400mm)

optical digital DiMAGE X 37-111mm (digital up to 222mm)

optical digital

optical digital DiMAGE F100 38-114mm (digital up to 285mm)

DiMAGE S404 35-140mm (digital up to 308mm)

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

All focal lengths correspond to 35mm format.

Selling Arguments

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Complete Flexibility – Improved AF

High precision 3-point wide AF supported

by automatic monitor amplification

NEW: Faster Autofocus

NEW: DMF (Direct Manual Focus)

Flex Focus Point (FFP) = Movable AF

Cross Hair

NEW: Grid and scale displays

NEW: Real-time Histogram

User benefits:

• Autofocus possible with a light source as low as

Bv 6 (Ev -1, ISO 100)

• SLR-type focussing screen allows selection of

the desired image, for easier composition

• With the Real-time Histogram exposure can be

checked before shooting

Selling Arguments

Flex-Focus-Point (FFP)

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Complete Flexibility –

High Performance AE

Multi Segment Metering with 300 segments

Centre Weighted Average

Spot Metering

P/S/A/M Modes with ”P” Reset

Program Shift

NEW: Exposure time from 4 s to 1/4000 s

bulb exposure up to 30 s

ISO setting Auto/100/200/400/800

User benefits:

• Taking impressive pictures easily

• The presets for Sunset, Night Portrait, Portrait,

Sports/Action and Text allow the photographer

to concentrate entirely on framing the pictures

he wants

Selling Arguments

Complete Flexibility –

Digital Functions

Digital Subject Programm Selection

• Sports, Portrait, Sunset, Night Portrait, and Text

White-Balance

• Auto, Custom, Preset (daylight, cloudy, tung-

sten, fluorescent)

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