Date:         Sat, 8 May 2004 22:24:03 +1200
Reply-To:     Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
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From:         Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject:      Re: I wish to share this (NVC- Friday)
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>http://pages.infinit.net/eurokit/nowhere4.htm
>
>Montreal sunrise, 5am, Thursday may 6 2004.
>
>Ben
>ps.: one of my best, this little camera is amazing:
>http://www.benplace.com/floride/minolta2.jpg
>---------------------info--------------------
>File Name
>     100_0165.jpg
>Camera Model Name
>     DiMAGE Z1
>Shooting Date/Time
>     2004-06-05 04:41:47
>Tv( Shutter Speed )
>     1/60
>Av( Aperture Value )
>     3.5
>Exposure Compensation
>     0
>ISO Speed
>     50
>Image Size
>     1280x960
>Flash
>     Off
>File Size
>     311KB
>Owner's Name
>     The Corruptor

Apparently all the Dimages up to & including the A1 EAT batteries at
a high rate... as I've seen mentioned in every review. I was
intending to buy one of the new 8mpx Sony F828s, but then the 8mpx
Konica-Minolta Dimage A2 came out... same case as the A1 but lots of
new features, including power-saving ones eg LCD screen illumination
coming on only in dark conditions etc, and apparently this amera is
unusually frugal in power use, as well as having other features
lacking in the Sony... including much less BULK.

The good thing about a true (as opposed to electronically simulated)
high-megapixel CCDs is that you can take an image in which the
subject may be very distant & small in the image, say a Vanagon
sighting at a distance, and you can crop the image and still have a
decent picture of the subject.
--
Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin
New Zealand
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut