Minolta

G500 DiMAGE

Overview of Minolta Dimage G500 Digital Camera:
Dual memory card-slot system gives Minolta Dimage G500 flexible image storage capability.
Minolta Dimage G500 can use both Sony Memory Stick and SecureDigital (SD) Card media, alone or in combination.
When both memory card types are used with the Minolta Dimage G500 camera at the same time, up to 640MB of data can be saved depending on the capacity of the cards.
Number of Effective Pixels: 5.0 million.
CCD: 1/1.76-type interline primary-color CCD.
Total Pixels: 5.36 million.
Camera Sensitivity: Auto, ISO 50, 100, 200, 400 equivalents.
Focal Length: 8 - 24mm (35mm equivalent: 39 - 117mm).
Lens Construction: 7 elements in 6 groups.
Maximum Aperture: f/2.8 - f/4.9.
Minimum Focus Distance:Wide: 1.6 ft. / 0.5m from front of lens.
Telephoto: 2.6 ft. / 0.8m from front of lens.
Minimum Macro Distance:Wide: 2.4 in. / 6cm from front of lens.
Telephoto: 19.7 in. / 50cm from front of lens.
Viewfinder: Optical real-image zoom type.
Monitor LCD: 1.5 inch (3.8cm) TFT color monitor.
Total Number of Pixels: 117,000.
Shutter: CCD electronic shutter and mechanical shutter.
Shutter Speed Range: Programmed AE: 1 - 1/2000 sec.
Manual exposure mode: 15 - 1/1000 sec.
Autofocus System: Video AF.
Metering: Center-weighted, Spot.
Exposure Modes: Programmed AE, Manual.
Exposure Compensation: (+ -)1.5 Ev in 0.3 increments.
Flash Range: Wide: 1.6 - 11.5 ft. / 0.5 - 3.5m (approx.).
Telephoto: 1.6 - 6.6 ft. / 0.5 - 2.0m (approx.).
Flash/Shooting Modes: Autoflash, Autoflash with red-eye reduction, Fill-in, Off, Slow-sync, Macro-photo, Distant view, Self-timer, Fixed focus.
Self-Timer: 10 sec., 3 sec. (approx.).
Movie Recording: Recording time: 30 sec. (max.) with monaural audio.
Frame Rate: 15fps.
Audio Recording: 30 sec. (max.) of audio can be recorded with and without an image. Audio can be recorded and attached to a playback image. Monaural audio only.
White-Balance Control: Automatic, Preset (Daylight, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent).
Contrast Compensation: Five levels.
Color Saturation Compensation: Five levels.
Sharpness Settings: Five levels.
Color Balance: Five levels for each RGB channel.
Color Modes: Color, Black & White, Sepia.
Digital Zoom: 2x, 3x.
Copy Function: To copy images and audio between the camera memory and memory card, or between memory cards.
Resize: To VGA (640 x 480) from 2592 x 1944, 2048 x 1536, or 1600 x 1200 size images for transmission.
To QVGA (320 x 240) from 2592 x 1944, 2048 x 1536, 1600 x 1200, or 640 x 480 for transmission.
Compression Modes: Fine, Normal.
Number of Recorded Pixels (Still images): 2592 x 1944, 2048 x 1536, 1600 x 1200, 640 x 480.
Number of Recorded Pixels (Movie clips): 320 x 240.


Minolta G500 DiMAGE Includes:

Minolta Dimage G500 Digital Camera
hand strap
USB Cable
16MB SD memory card
lithium-ion battery
lithium-ion battery charger
dimage software CD-ROM (includes Dimage Viewer)


Minolta G500 DiMAGE Specification:

resolution: 5 MP
lcd size: 1.5" LCD
total zoom: 9x
optical zoom: 3x
Video: Sound Video
Power: Other
Water Proof: No
Direct Print: No
Memory Type: Secure Digital