High level 8x optical Mega Zoom 36 290 mm* 3.3 Megapixel 1/2.5-type CCD with primary colour filter Rapid AF with Predictive Focus Control Low power consumption more than 500 frames using 4 AA alkaline batteries High picture quality and a variety of special features * Equivalent to 35mm
Target User TARGET USER: People in their 30s and 40s who want value mementos of their families, friends and loved ones Do not want to spend much money, but want to have essential features on higher segment DSCs. People who want to take a still picture and movie snapshot instead of movie recording in various sites events, travels and landscape.
High level Mega Zoom 8x optical Zoom 6 48 mm (36 290 mm*) No additional protrusion from the camera body Lens construction is 11 elements in 9 groups including two aspheric lenses 4x Seamless Digital Zoom 32x max. 36 1160 mm Super Macro can capture objects as close as 1 cm from tip of the lens = aspherical lens Wide-Angel Position Telephoto Position * Equivalent to 35mm
26mm 35 mm 50 mm 80 mm 135 mm 185 mm A 8x optical zoom plus a 4x digital zoom for a very broad shooting range of 36 to 1160 mm with a maximum aperture of f3.2-f3.4 With the optional wide-converter attached, the minimal focal length is 26 mm 200 mm 290 mm DiMAGE Z10 36 290 mm (digital up to 1160 mm) DiMAGE A2 28 200 mm (digital up to 400 mm) DiMAGE Xt 37 111 mm (digital up to 444 mm) converter optical converter optical optical converter 21 mm 28 mm 35 mm 50 mm 100 mm 200 mm 300 mm 400 mm 500 mm All focal length correspond to 35mm
Fastest start-up in its class* Start-up time: approx. 0.5 s when power is turned ON Sensor for passive AF Rapid AF Using a Hybrid AF system (a combination of a passive AF sensor and a video AF system) Auto focusing time: Wide-angle position: approx. 0.3 s Telephoto position: approx. 0.3 s * As of May 20, 2004, DSC with built-in lens system and 8x optical zoom or greater.
Rapid AF Selling Arguments With Predictive Focus Control for higher precision on moving subjects Wide focus area (about 25% vertical and 50% horizontal) Based on 3 local focus frames by automatically identifying main subject User benefits: Anticipating the movement of the subject decreases focusing time
Switch Finder The display mode switch allows the choice between LCD monitor display and viewfinder display. Approx. 98% field of view (EVF) Approx. 100% field of view (LCD) LCD Monitor User benefits: Smooth, high-grade viewing with no sense of feeding frames Viewer image similar to what the eye sees, even with a fast-moving objects Electronic Viewfinder
Progressive Capture When the shutter release button is pressed and held, Progressive Capture begins saving images in the buffer memory. Release the shutter button and the images in the buffer memory will be saved to the SD- Card. Speed Continuous advance: approx. 1.5 fps Shutter release time lag: approx. 0.06 s Capture interval: approx. 1.0 s User benefits: The surest way to catch everything without missing a chance Not recorded recorded
Comfortable operation Super bright built-in flash: Guide number 12 (ISO 100) Equipped with advance program exposure line taking anti-shake control Runs on two kinds of AA batteries (Alkaline and Ni-MH batteries) User benefits: Prevents camera shake even on highzoom shots, for far fewer spoiled shots Indoor events can be shot with full lighting and no shake
Easy operation Compact 8X zoom camera with a weight of 300 g Large function controls for intuitive operation Compatible with DPS PictBridge Automatic Digital Subject Program Selection Automatic monitor amplification
A variety of special features Movie Mode Three selectable movie settings: 640 x 480 Pixel at 15 fps 320 x 240 Pixel at 30 fps 320 x 240 Pixel at 15 fps The length of a movie is only limited by the size of the storage medium capacity (at 320 x 240 and 160 x 120 resolution) Night Movie capability Colour Mode in movies Movie frame capture Optical Zoom in movie mode User benefits: Long-time movie recording
A variety of special features High Picture quality CxProcess II Key customization Images can be rotated Dark-noise reduction PASM exposure modes 3 metering modes (multisegment, center weighted, spot) 4 colour modes Real-time histogram Optional Wide-converter (ZCW-200, 0.7x)
DiMAGE Z2 DiMAGE Z3 DiMAGE Z10 Number of effective pixels 4.0 Megapixel 4.0 Megapixel 3.2 Megapixel Anti-Shake No Yes No Autofocus system A combination of a passive AF system and a video AF system A combination of a passive AF system and a video AF system A combination of a passive AF system and a video AF system Optical zoom ratio 10x 12x 8x Minimum focusing range in macro mode 3 cm 6 cm 3 cm Start-up time 1.8 s 1.5 s 0.5 s Live image speed 60 fps 50 fps 30 fps External flash support Yes Yes No Frame rate in VGA movie mode 30 fps, 15 fps 30 fps, 15 fps 15 fps Battery performance Approx. 250 frames Approx. 170 frames Approx. 500 frames