Konica Minolta Revio KD-400Z Digital Camera (Konica-TB37941)

Konica Digital Revio KD-400Z

Revio KD-400Z Digital Camera (Konica-TB37941) Review, by Alan Stafford January 2, 2003

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• Reviewed by: mktswh

  Strengths: Excellent pictures, allowing flexibility to crop photos and still produce larger prints

  Weaknesses: Does not focus well in lower light settings, such as indoors. Outside, focus is crisp.

  Overall: I have found that this camera takes great outdoors pictures, but prefer my older Toshiba PDR M-4 2-meg for indoor with flash. The small size is very handy, but found it difficult to find an appropriate case. Finally ended up with a cell phone case that works well. I lost my USB cord and spent a lot of time finding the Konica site for parts. It almost seemed I was going to have to purchase from internet site in UK.Oh yes, buy an extra battery!

• Reviewed by: Merete

  Strengths: Size, options

  Weaknesses: Only one battery

  Overall: Great compact digital camera with high resoulution and nice price. Lots of features fits the smallest of pockets. Very nice hardcase protects from dust and hits. Buy it a Abes Of Maine and get a very good price and excellent service (They ship it to Denmark!!)

• Reviewed by: writeclik

  Strengths: Compact, Well Built, Great Lens, Ease of Use

  Weaknesses: Got to take some time to read the manual and figure out how things work to use advanced features.

  Overall: Wonderful little camera! I am making stunning, sharp, 8 X 10s with no problem. And to think, I can drop this camera in my pocket! The build quality is superior to my Nikon Coolpix. Fast start-up times. Make sure you read the manual to figure out all the features. One nice thing is the ability to review your pictures without turning on the camera. I notice that one of the previous posters said this could not be done. The trick is to hold down the button for 2 seconds.

• Reviewed by: soljc

  Strengths: size, quick startup, price ($350 on feb. 4, 03)

  Weaknesses: plenty

  Overall: I narrowed my choices to the Konica KD-400Z or the Canon S230, and chose the Konica. Basically, I wanted the smallest possible camera and the most megapixels as I print many of my own photos to 8x10 prints. This camera is certainly packaged well. I like the stainless steel case, and the lens is protected nicely with the closing cover (but see the concerns below). In terms of travel size, this camera is excellent. It also starts up quickly, enabling one to take a pic within a few seconds of start-up. Unfortunately, that's where the good comments end, at least for me. The biggest problem: many of my photos were not clearly focused. At first, I attributed this to a shaky hand or my inexperience, however, after taking nearly 100 photographs and finding that well over 50% were out of focus, I can only conclude this camera doesn't focus well. Some other less serious concerns include the following: I can't review my photos with the LCD display without opening the cover and turning the camera on; to power off the camera, you must close the door slightly and allow the lens to retract, however, you must use caution as to not bang the cover into the lens, something I did frequently; red eye reduction is non-existent although I've heard similar complaints with the Canon and other digital cameras. Fortunately, JandR permits returns, so I'm going to try the Canon, which is $20 more than the $350 I paid on 2/4/03.

• Reviewed by: jayliu

  Strengths: Great picture quality. Get the Firmware upgrade

  Overall: http://www.dcviews.com/press/Konica_firmware.htm Use at your own risk... I am not sure if KOnica USA would honor the warranty if something goes wrong, but I did the upgrade now it saves a pictues within 2 sec or less! 1. Charge battery 2. Format SD card in the camera. 3. Download bin file to root of SD card, using the camera USB. 4. Switch on camera (slider), you will see your version number and the new version number and the instruction ""PUSH DEL KEY TO UPDATE". 5. Press Del key and you should see little dots incrementing along the screen. 6. When the upgrade is complete, the instruction "PLEASE POWER OFF" is shown 7. Close lens cover and "voila", the upgrade is complete.