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Konica Minolta Konica Minolta DiMAGE G500 5 Megapixel Compact Camera

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• Reviewed by: marinera

  Updated: 07-17-07

  Overall Rating: 5 Star Review

  Duration of ownership:3 Years

  Strengths: GOOD

  Weaknesses: GREAT

  Overall Evaluation: I had many digital cameras and more megapixels then this one i can tell you this is my best camera evercolorful pictures great quality some times come out blurry but what camera does not do that?i recommend this little camera to everybody and i have no complains about this one

• Reviewed by: steve1969ls1

  Updated: 11-29-04

  Overall Rating: 4 Star Review

  Duration of ownership:2 Months

  Strengths: size, style, two mem slots, fast start up.

  Weaknesses: low battert life, no zoom in movie mode, small LCD screen

  Overall Evaluation: Love the camera but I wish it had a bigger battery. I did not get much time out of it when using the flash. However I got an extra battery for $10 so all should be well. Menu is a little cumbersome at first but gets easier.Overall im very happy with the cameraOh, I noticed the "triangle in the view finder" also as stated.. what causes it is that you are "seeing" the telescopic lense. If you open the front with the camera off (no lens extension) you do not see the dreaded "triangle" :)

• Reviewed by: piseas

  Updated: 08-25-04

  Overall Rating: 5 Star Review

  Duration of ownership:2 Months

  Strengths: 5.0, ease of use, price, dual memory, size, looks.

  Weaknesses: none so far

  Overall Evaluation: I read reviews and noted not one person noted a triangular shape on the bottom right corner of the view finder. I thought something was wrong and took back to Costco but 2nd one has it too. I emailed Minolta and they said it is normal for this camera but does not affect picture printing, which I confirmed. Has anyone else noticed this? Otherwise I love this camera.

• Reviewed by: blackcapten

  Updated: 06-15-04

  Overall Rating: 2 Star Review

  Duration of ownership:1 Months

  Strengths: Small, light, fast startup, fast picture taking, low shutter lag

  Weaknesses: pixel problem with my camera

  Overall Evaluation: Bought my camera from Newegg after exchanging it with a Minolta Dimage G400 that had a pixel problem.The G500 had the same problem! Every picture had a bright white/green spot, and it was visible on the LCD screen as well as the pictures. I sent it out for repair and hopefully will be enojying the camera in a couple months. Will update further when it comes back.

• Reviewed by: izzycerino

  Updated: 05-02-04

  Overall Rating: 5 Star Review

  Duration of ownership:2 Days

  Strengths: very good camera of steel and protect the lens very safely.you don't even need manual to read through, except for installation on your pc. ít's a very friendly camera.

  Weaknesses: battery could go longer. but you can make aproxiamately 100 photo's with a full battery. i must say that's a lot.

  Overall Evaluation: in the reviews on the other internet pages i saw that this camera is not so populair like canon. however, the camera shows what is its made of and preforms very well.in dark as well in daylight. i must say that when somebody taking a picture of me, i get red eye effect. but that's not so bad. the light/flasher is very good, you can make good distance photo's with it. i keep my g500 always on 5 milj. pixels because i use the photo's to make a vcd. ít's like a living picture what you get. the menu is very simple, though it seems like it has very options, but just practise and you ll get there.i can recommend everyone who is looking for a digital camera to choose this one. you don't need the manual at all.a huge plus point for this camera is: memorystick and sd memory at the same time. memorystick's used most of all by sony is very modern memorycard and its lot quicker than compactflash and a little bit better than sd card. this memorystick will overrule in the future, watch my word.with quicker i mean ... when you make a photo, the camera, the trasferring time is very fast. so you can make a lot of snapshot's at once with the memorystick.

• Reviewed by: kevin7johnson

  Updated: 04-05-04

  Overall Rating: 4 Star Review

  Duration of ownership:8 Days

  Strengths: Compact body and rugged case. Good Zoom for such a small camera.

  Weaknesses: Little longer delay than I like on taking a snap shot. Longer battery life would be nice.

  Overall Evaluation: I purchased a leather case and 256 SD Memory stick with it and it makes taking ALOT of pictures on vaction much nicer, instead of having to always download the pictures from limited 16MB factory SD memory card. The camera outta the box was easy to figure out and use without cracking the user guide. Once you get you inital Time, Date, and Resolution set-up your good to go. The camera marrys up to your PC with a supplied USB Cable and without any software using XP it creates the camera as a USB drive. This makes it easy to pull-down the specific pictures you want or do a slide show right off the camera. I paid aound $300.00 for the camera w/shipping and an additional $80 for the case and 256 SD card. If you looking for a good 5Mpixel camera this is one. Search frequently on pricegrabber.com for it. I noticed the price of it changed daily. The lowest I saw it after a 2 week search was $267.00 + S/H ($20-$30)

• Reviewed by: zornzorn10

  Updated: 02-03-04

  Overall Rating: 5 Star Review

  Duration of ownership:7 Days

  Strengths: See below

  Weaknesses: See below

  Overall Evaluation: I am happier with this product than I've ever been with anything I've ever purchased. I am the sort of person who is critical of everything, but the features and performance of this thing blows me away.I paid $198.01, though best buy sells it for $399 and Amazon says its suggested retail price is $600.The pictures are great, even in low light when you don't expect them to be good.There are several different picture resolutions 2592 x 1944 which is 5 million pixels2048 x 15361600 x 1200640 x 480 then you can change the JPEG compression if you want from normal to fine. On the top settings a picture will be 1.8 Megabytes. The camera will only hold 6 of these until you dump them on your hard drive. On the lowest setting (640 x 480) the camera will hold 132 pictures.This is with the 16 Megabyte SD memory card that comes with it. It also has a slot for a memory stick. It can use both at the same time. I'm purchasing a 256 megabyte memory stick ($70) which will allow me to take over 100 high resolution pictures without downloading them onto my computer. Don't bother with a memory stick reader unless you plan to take over 200 high resolution pictures at a time (or 4000 low resolution snapshots). Moving pictures from the camera to the computer is as easy as pluging it in to your USB port (you may not have one if your computer is over 3 years old). On both PC's and Macintoshes, its icon appears and it works like a hard drive. You just pull the folder full of pictures onto your computer's hard drive. Then you can erase them from the camera and start shooting again.The battery charges in about 2 1/2 hours. I bought an extra one for $14.99 + $3 S&H (look on pricegrabber .com). It takes a respectable 30 second movie. It has a built in Microphone for this purpose. When you play the movie back on its built in LCD screen, the sound plays through a tiny built in speaker. I discovered today that you can record a sound memo to each picture (like "this is a picture of the Grand Canyon" or whatever). Could be very useful at the zoo.The outer case is aluminum. It turns off and on by sliding open the front. Some people complain that the 4-way button on the back is too small. I have no problems with it at all.size 3 3/4 inches wide 2 3/8 inches tall 1 3/8 inches deepSo it's a bit larger than a pack of cigarettes.For them to be able to pack all this into such a small box is incredibly impressive.Now there are some things that I would like then to include. A hard sided case, so I could toss it in my back seat or pack it without worrying about it. A larger memory card, or a coupon so I could buy one through Minolta for a lot less than I paid. An extra battery, or a coupon so I could buy one through Minolta for a lot less than I paid would also have been great. And while I'm dreaming, I'd also like them to give it to me for free.I've owned it for about a week, so I cannot comment on durability.Look at the positive reviews On Amazon out of 17 ratings, there are 14 5-star ratings2 4-star rating1 3-star ratingOn this site only one guy didn't like it because the metal showed his fingerprints. Wel maybe he'd like a nice plastic camera, but I'll take metal anytime.No I don't work for Minolta, I just love this little camera.

• Reviewed by: fzane

  Updated: 01-28-04

  Overall Rating: 5 Star Review

  Duration of ownership:2 Months

  Strengths: Compact, light

  Weaknesses: Delay when pushing button and picture taken, digital cameras do this. Manual doesn't explain how to use camera options very well. Not much memory given with the stock memory card.

  Overall Evaluation: Bought the camera on-line for around $300 dollars. Great to be able to see the pictures you take instantly. Manual doesn't really explain how to use/set all the options available on the camera. Stock memory card is very low, bought a 256 mb card. Delay when hitting button and actual picture is taken. Alot of pictures came out blurred until I got used to holding camera still a few seconds after hitting the button for a picture.

• Reviewed by: jwpeterson

  Updated: 01-26-04

  Overall Rating: 4 Star Review

  Duration of ownership:2 Weeks

  Strengths: small size, high resolution, easy to use, intuitive functions

  Weaknesses: I'm getting more red eye than usual, even with the red-eye reduction flash, but it only happens rarely.

  Overall Evaluation: I bought this camera as an upgrade from my original Olympus model. And it sure is an upgrade. It is smaller, has a higher resolution, can take 30 second movies (with sound!!!!) and looks very stylish. All my friends want to get rid of their old ones and get one of these. Since it uses a custom battery I recommend buying a spare to keep on hand for trips and such.

• Reviewed by: edbertjohn

  Updated: 01-26-04

  Overall Rating: 5 Star Review

  Duration of ownership:

  Strengths: Easy to install and easy to use software. Camera is very user friendly and is easy to use. Very fast. I also like the fact that you can use different types of memory. (SD, MMC, and memory stick.

  Weaknesses: Almost to small for big hands.

  Overall Evaluation: I am a previous digital camera owner. My previous camera was a Fujifilm and very easy to use. This camera is very easy to use and has more options with the new technology like the video mode and digital zoom, etc.,etc.. Price was less even though this is a 5.0 camera versus my previous 1.3 camera.

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