Konica Minolta DiMage Xi

Review Date
July 20, 2008

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Reviewed by
Grem , Intermediate

Price Paid
$500.00

Photography Experience
21+ years , Outdoor

Summary
I've been using my Xi for six years and apart from a new battery it has been faultless. My daughter recently got a Nikon D40i and we did some comparison shots. The lack of noticeable differences surprised us both.
It's long in the tooth now, but I'm having a hard time choosing a replacement.

Strengths
Compact size, quality of images

Review Date
May 10, 2003

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 4 of 5

Used product for
21+ years

Visitors rate this review
2.00 of 5, 4 votes

Reviewed by
finbarr , Intermediate

Price Paid
$0.00

Summary
faultless

Strengths
3xoptical integrated lens
ease of use
very tidy size fits in trouser pocket

Weaknesses
none

Review Date
May 2, 2003

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 4 of 5

Used product for
0-1 years

Reviewed by
Cary , Intermediate

Price Paid
$400.00 at the Wiz

Summary
Great point and shoot camera. It takes wonderful photos. The camera has everything you need. It's very compact and make it ideal for traveling. It fits easily in the pocket. The movie mode is good only when there is plenty of light availabe. The only thing I don't like about the camera is the battery life but a second battery is reasonably priced.

Strengths
TINY
3x zoom
Great pics
easy setup with my Macintosh

Weaknesses
software, use a third party such as Photoshop.
Battery Life

Similar Products Used
Nikon SLR n65

Customer Service
no problems yet.

Review Date
April 11, 2003

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
0-1 years

Reviewed by
SailorBob , Intermediate , from Jacksonville, Florida, USA

Price Paid
$399.00 at Navy Exchange Store

Summary
This is my fouth digital camera and the second one I purchased for a specific use.
I have a Nikon Coolpix 4500 for my formal photography with it many great and wonderful manual settings. I found it too complicated and bulky to use on a casual basis.

I shopped around for six months for a small, automatic point and shoot digital to use for casual snapshots. This was the PERFECT choice for me. 3X opitcal zoon without lens extraction; 3 Megapixel pictures with a variety of compression modes as well as tiff uncompressed; whitebalance options; movie mode (with sound!), and digital voice recording. Many, many features for the price and convenience of a very small (fits in my shirt pocket, although, I hang it on my belt most of the time in a custom fit case from Minolta), extremely high quality digital camera.

Color is great; movies are impressive when used on casual occasions (no having to care a videocam too!) I do a LOT of digital photography to video modes and this is the perfect combination of video and still pictures with one camera.

Color reproduction is excellent! Sound reception in movie and sound mode is good considering the location of the microphone.

Compared to other, smaller digicams, this is the best for the price....loads of features and simplicity of use for casual occasions.

Strengths
Excellent color reproduction with sharp focus.
Ease of use; easy to navigate menu.
Small, Small, Small!
Fully automatic with a fast startup for snapshots!
Excellent optical 3X zoom!
Well constructed; I have big hands but use it comfortably.

Weaknesses
Battery and memory cover is plastic henged(concerned it may break easily).

Similar Products Used
Kodak 3400 2 megapixel (great shots but bulky!).
Early Polaroid 800 Pixel (first digicam.)
Nikon Coolpix 4500 (for my formal shots and semiprofessional shots.)

Customer Service
Haven't needed customer service....over 1,000 shots so far!