Minolta Dimage 1500 1.5MP Digital Camera w/ 3x Optical Zoom

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• Product Dimensions: 5 x 2.3 x 2.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00000JBI6
• Item model number: 2760303A
• Batteries: 4 AA batteries required. (included)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #40,239 in Camera & Photo (See Top 100 in Camera & Photo)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 4, 1973

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

The Minolta Dimage EX's interchangeable lens design, along with its high resolution, image grouping and searching, and scripting capabilities, make it a good choice for both professionals and home users who want advanced-quality images. Its compact, easy-to-hold design is as portable as most traditional point-and-shoot cameras.

The Minolta Dimage EX's most striking feature is its detachable lens module, which allows you to switch between zoom and extra-wide-angle lenses. (The camera comes with the 3x zoom lens and 2x digital zoom.) The Minolta Dimage EX uses standard CompactFlash removable memory cards. (An 8-MB card is included.) The only drawback we found was that the camera's LCD screen image was jerky and a little behind our movements as we panned to frame our photos.

The Minolta Dimage EX lets you record photos in single, burst, or time-lapse modes. Minolta's burst technology is one of the fastest, letting you take up to 7.5 frames per second. You can choose from 1,344 x 1,008 or 640 x 480 resolution and you can set the compression separately. The Minolta Dimage EX gives you a 1:1 compression option for applications where you need the absolutely highest-quality image. You can select color or black-and-white capture modes--black and white is handy if you need to save space on the memory card and if your final application will be monochrome anyway.

The Minolta Dimage EX lets you set white balance and exposure mode and even lets you automatically bracket exposures. You can save images in preset or custom-made groups, which is useful for cataloging your photos for personal or business use. The camera also gives you the handy option of searching through your images by date or group. One of the Minolta Dimage EX's most useful features is its scripting capability; using the Digita development platform, you can download prebuilt scripts or even create your own to customize your picture taking and cataloging.

Pros:

• Interchangeable lens system
• Scripting capabilities
• Fast burst technology
• Image grouping and searching

Cons:

• LCD image is jerky

Amazon.com Product Description

Introducing the end of digital photography as you know it. The Dimâge EX Zoom 1500. The first digital camera designed to work and perform like your 35 mm camera. Minolta's Dimâge EX Zoom 1500 is a high-quality digital camera with a detachable 3x zoom lens and high-speed, 3.5 frame-per-second shooting capability. The 1.5 million pixel CCD and primary color filter provide beautiful image quality with realistic color fidelity. The Dimâge EX Zoom 1500 also features Minolta's advanced autofocus and exposure systems, digital subject program selection, and automatic white balance, for ease of use with a wide variety of subjects.

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Customer Reviews

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38 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A little dated, but a great value!, November 22, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Minolta Dimage 1500 1.5MP Digital Camera w/ 3x Optical Zoom (Electronics)

I like this camera a lot. It has many features not found in this price range, mainly because it is last year's model, and it's been marked down to it's present price. The detachable lens gives me hope that there will be an upgrade available. The good: 16 mb ram on board makes it a snap to take rapid-fire pictures. The burst mode is really cool for capturing live action sequences. Optical zoom is excellent. Body seems to be solid and well-built, if a little clunky. Digita interface is really flexible, and allows much manipulation to allow you to get the perfect picture. 1.5 megapixel resolution is excellent. The bad: Image in color display is jerky compared to newer cameras. This thing eats batteries like crazy. It really needs a USB interface. What you need to complete the package: NiMH batteries. I got some 1500 ah NiMH batteries and they last forever. Bigger compact flash card. Get at least a 32mb card if you plan on taking a lot of pictures, say of a vacation, or such. Get a Compact Flash Photo Reader for USB. Transfer of pictures is a hell of a lot quicker than the serial cable. Download Digita OS ver. 2.0 from Minolta's web site. The upgrade is painless, and give a lot more functionality to the camera.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Software is miserable, July 15, 1999

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This review is from: Minolta Dimage 1500 1.5MP Digital Camera w/ 3x Optical Zoom (Electronics)

The Minolta 1500 Zoom takes excellent digital images. Several have been subsequently used by newspapers in this region. Downloading into my StarMax (Mac) however, is a test of a person's sanity. The software is straight forward enough but invariably stumbles during a save and goes back to the initial connection procedure over and over again. A real time waster!

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing camera by MINOLTA, August 25, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Minolta Dimage 1500 1.5MP Digital Camera w/ 3x Optical Zoom (Electronics)

Great camera! The pictures are perfect with excellent color. Very easy to use and with my printer EPSON photo 750 using photographic paper it's very difficult to see the difference between a common photograph and my final result. Buy this camera and sell your old camera!!