Minolta DiMAGE Z1

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45 of 45 Ciao users found the following review helpful

monsieur.Joda

Member since 03/11/2003

Reviews written: 122

I dunno er.. J says buy it! ...yeah, that's good.
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26/07/2004

User recommends the product

Advantages see op
Disadvantages SEE OP I JUST SAID!

BACKGROUND ******************** I wanted a digital camera for a long time. I wanted something good, but cheap (you know me). And I did. Here is the object of my fantasies… hum… er… here’s the camera: The Minolta Dimage Z1 WHERE DID I BUY IT? *************************** I bought it on pixmania.com (see my review about this great website), because it was the cheaper I found. I paid £189 for it in June 2004. Today, on the 26/07/04 it costs £178 (bastards!). WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? ********************************** A camera. Yes, a camera. However, it looks like a flashy one. Don’t expect women ... more
29 of 29 Ciao users found the following review helpful

SNOOPDOGGY

THE FRAGILE BEAUTY OF A BEAST. 20/02/2004

User recommends the product

Advantages Lens. CCD.
Disadvantages Plasticky build.

As far as I can recall Konica never did very well on the photographic battle ground. It launched some decent traditional SLR’s that never reached huge sellings. It did better in the compact camera market but even so never seemed to caught the fancy of consumers. So something had to be made. Some wise man maybe thought that a merge with the Japanese camera manufacturer Minolta would be the right step to take. So both parts came to an arrangement and the “new born child” was given a truly original name: Konica-Minolta. Some imagination, wasn’t it? As digital market grows incredibly fast nowadays ... more
7 of 7 Ciao users found the following review helpful

Neftoon_Zamora

I love my Z1! 12/11/2008

User recommends the product

Advantages Very cute design, easy to use, great picture quality, fantastic value for money.
Disadvantages Batteries don't last as long as they could, quite a big camera

I have to start by saying that I really know very little about digital (or any sort) cameras. A friend of mine got a Z2 and the pictures she got with it looked pretty good, so when I saw one on eBay within my price-range, I thought I'd treat myself. Design-wise, it makes me very happy. It's a really cute-looking camera - that shouldn't be a huge deciding factor, but it's nice to have something that looks nice! It's also very comfortable to hold and use. It's not too heavy and easy to use one-handed if you need to. Although it's very much designed for right-handed users - something I didn't ... more
31 of 31 Ciao users found the following review helpful

Paulbmth

A Camera For Both The Novice and Expert User 14/12/2003

User recommends the product

Advantages Both Auto/Manual Modes / Easy to use / High Quality Pics
Disadvantages None so far

I have owned the Dimage Z1 for about a month now after considering various options. I decided to buy the Dimage Z1 based on reviews by other people and the excellent spec and I am very pleased that this is the camera that I chose as it is easy to use, comes with a full instruction manual and can be used both as a “point and click” camera or can be programmed in different ways including shutter priority and aperture priority. The camera is connected to a computer using a USB 1 cable (supplied) and comes with driver software if you are using Windows 98. However, no software is needed if you’re ... more
19 of 19 Ciao users found the following review helpful

SophieWehr

Better photos = Less Developing = Happier! 09/06/2004

User recommends the product

Advantages Easy To Use, Great Looking, Great Pics
Disadvantages Uses up batteries, shock horror!

This little gem of a Minolta Z1 was bought for me last year as a Christmas present so I was lucky to get something of this calibre, never expected it at all. It came in a small box, but I can tell you I've found it to be a very large package! WHY GET ONE? I know some people are really attached to their old SLR's, and with good reason. But the truth is, this camera combines so many of the SLR features with digital efficiency, there's no reason why not to get one even if just to use for certain shots, or to save money. By getting your photos from camera to pc in seconds, you avoid the processing ... more
17 of 17 Ciao users found the following review helpful

WillsherB

SLR user switching to mid range Digital camera. 18/01/2004

User recommends the product

Advantages Excellent Zoom and picture quaility, Very Fast startup and powerful onboard Flash
Disadvantages Slightly Cheap Feel, Quite low pixel count

As a long term optical SLR camera operator who wanted a good specification Digital camera I spent a long time evaluating the marketplace. Important criteria were a high value optical Zoom and a range of modes from fully Automatic to fully Manual. The Z1 offers a 10x optical Zoom, with the ability to enhance this further with a 4x digital Zoom. The optical zoom works very well, however the digital zoom effectively works by zooming in on the pixels in the memory, thus at maximum the image can be quite grainy. As with any long lens camera ‘zooming’ the lens will increase the f/stop resulting in ... more
13 of 13 Ciao users found the following review helpful

andyjarvis

The average mans Pro cam. 02/08/2005

User recommends the product

Advantages Zoom Zoom Zoom! - Quick Autofocus
Disadvantages Bad video mode, easily brakeable door on mem card slot

For about 4 years, I've had a Fujitsu Finepix Compact (Digital, 1.3 megapixel) which recently I dropped and broke the LCD, so I looked for a 3-megapixel digital but wanted a fairly decent zoom and came up with the Minolta DiMage Z1. - WOW!!! From the reviews I had read previously, I thought this was the answer to my dreams so emptying my money box i ran to the camera shop!! The only thing that had me worried at all about this cam was the build quiality but yet on recieving this beauty and playing with it solidly for many weeks now I have not managed to find anything even slightly worng with it ... more
11 of 11 Ciao users found the following review helpful

bazmansealey

Smiles both behind & in front of this camera! 01/06/2004

User recommends the product

Advantages Easy to use, good quality
Disadvantages Eats batteries quick!

I've been looking for a digital camera recently and after careful consideration I went for the DiMage Z1 and don't regret it for an instant! I thought it was a bargin when I paid £220 for it, now you can get it for only £180 then anyone who is buying a camera should consider this one. It has all the usual features (video, red eye reduction etc) plus a few more bells and whistles I haven't been brave enough to play with yet!!! I have to say this is the easiest camera I've used, the dial on top controls the modes for taking pictures. Taking pictures and reviewing taken pictures is as easy as ... more
34 of 36 Ciao users found the following review helpful

nancyoshea

A simple camera for beginers 09/04/2004

User recommends the product

Advantages Simple to use and takes great pictures.
Disadvantages A little big and very noisy.

Well this is my first technical type of review, I usually write about food and food related products but I thought a change was in order. My grandson recently bought a big shiny new camera which I borrowed to use on a family day out. The Minolta Dimage Z1, first thing I noticed was that is it a little on the large size which is not very good if you are walking around all day at a theme park or somewhere similar. It is made of shiny silver plastic and is quite heavy for what it is. As I tried to get to grips with this new peice of technology, I realised that the buttons are quite big and chunky ... more
8 of 9 Ciao users found the following review helpful

mark_boro19

Picture perfect! 15/05/2004

User recommends the product

Advantages Great pictures, ease of use for absolutely anyone.
Disadvantages rather awkward design, has some complex features.

A couple of months ago my parents purchased this camera as their last digital camera was, well, crap and out of date. I couldn't wait to play with it. The design of the camera - although it does make the camera look quite fancy and 'cool' is actually quite awkward to handle. When I began exploring the different features etc I found that it is amazingly simple to use mostr of the time although there some very complex features about it which are obviously purely meant for the more experienced of photographers. However, it can also be set on a very simple auto mode where it is just like every ... more