Minolta Expands Digital Capabilities Of Award-Winning Dimage EX Series
MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO--Minolta Corporation continues to expand its award-winning series of megapixel digital cameras with the introduction of the new Minolta Dimage EX ZOOM 1500/WIDE 1500 Version 2.0!. With several new software and hardware upgrades, the Dimage EX Version 2.0! delivers a digital camera that offers even more features, such as faster burst capture and digital zoom, with quicker and easier operation, at an affordable price. In addition, Minolta will make it simple for existing Dimage EX camera owners to update their cameras and take advantage of the new software features.
The new Dimage EX Version 2.0! camera boasts these software and hardware upgrades:
- The 3.5 frames per second burst capture mode has been more than doubled to an incredible speed of 7.5 frames-per-second at true megapixel resolution.
- Through a software upgrade to the Digita operating environment, users can take advantage of a digital zoom feature.
- Enhanced Digita scripting now allows for more personal control, including manual exposure, manual focus and manual white balance for each RGB color.
- Users can also control the amplifier of the autoexposure, adjust the flash compensation, and select between center-weighted and spot-metering.
- The Dimage EX Version 2.0! also offers an improved autoexposure lock mode and a long-time exposure mode.
- The control buttons on the Dimage EX Version 2.0! have all been enlarged for easier handling.
- The Dimage EX version 2.0! now ships with an 8MB CompactFlash card
Existing Dimage EX camera owners can add the latest improvements and upgrade their current unit by downloading the updated software directly from the Minolta U.S.A. Web site.
