Konica Minolta DiMAGE A200 - Expert Reviews

Review summary: The Konica Minolta DiMAGE A200 is the latest in a family of DiMAGE electronic SLR-style models that stretches back to the original DiMAGE 7, the first five-megapixel prosumer camera, introduced over three years ago (early 2001). The newest addition to ...

Review summary: Konica Minolta's DiMAGE A200 is a 8.0-megapixel high-performance digital camera that is perfect for all levels of photographic experience from advanced amateur to creative beginner. Equipped with Konica Minolta's Anti-Shake technology featuring a ...

Verdict: Bottom line - the DiMAGE A200 is a worthy competitor in the prosumer digicam market. Its excellent image quality, 8-megapixel resolution, flexible exposure system, Anti-Shake feature and manually-operated zoom lens are combined into an attractive and ...

Review summary: The DiMage A200 is the latest in a series of cameras that began with the DiMage 7. From the beginning, this digital camera series straddled the line between prosumer and professional digital camera. This near-professional design is carried on in the ...

Pros: Excellent control placement, 28-200mm f/2.8-3.5 lens w. manual zoom ring, Anti-Shake System, Minimal shutter-lag, Live histogram, Flash hot shoe, RAW capture, Adobe RGB colorspace

Cons: Bulky for a compact digital camera, JPEGs flat and lacking saturation, Tendency to blow out highlights

Verdict: Taking this camera on a road trip was a great way to give it a real life workout. Overall, it worked out great - even compared to my digital SLR. I took both my digital SLR and the DiMage A200 on multiple mountain bike rides. It was a very good test ...

Review summary: The Konica Minolta Dimage A200 is an 8 megapixel 'SLR-type' digital camera that continues the 'A' line of popular for Minolta. It is similar to the Dimage A2 but is a little smaller and sleeker with a flip out rotating LCD. Learn more about the Konica ...

Verdict: 'The DiMAGE A200 has a very good ergonomic design, and an excellent in-hand feel. Rubberized sections are used judiciously in the most critical places, around the lens barrel to control the zoom, on the grip and the thumb rest, and very importantly ...

Review summary: With its eight-megapixel sensor and mechanically linked 28-200mm zoom lens, the A200 genuinely gives you the power of an SLR at the price of a compact. If you can live with its sluggish shooting speed, questionable low light auto-focus and a few ...