PC Watch Posts Pictures of New Konica Q-M200

Konica Q-M200 pictures online! The Japanese PC Watch website has posted pictures of the upcoming Konica Q-M200 digital camera on their site. The accompanying (Japanese) text notes that the camera will ship in Japan for 89,900 yen (approx. US) at the end of April.

The camera has an aluminum case with motorized lens cover, compact flash media (8MB supplied with the camera) and resolutions of 1600 x 1200, 1152 x 872 and 640 x 480 pixels are available. Three AA batteries can be used (with a life of about 90 shots for alkalines, no LCD), however an optional lithium ion battery will be sold for 6,500 yen (approx. US) which will give a life of about 300 photos with no LCD usage. The camera takes about 3 seconds to "boot" when first turned on, has a shot to shot interval of up to 8 seconds, and if I'm translating this correctly takes 0.5 seconds to take the shot (not sure if this is prefocused). A note is made that Konica has used a proprietary technology to improve color reproduction in shadows and highlights.

Thanks to the Imaging-Resource for this item.