Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z3

usability, performance, zoom, design, price

durability, memory, low-light

100% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

performance, usability, image quality, portability, price

durability, reliability, flash, focus, memory

71% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Unusual, ergonomic, but great chopped in half ‘Star Wars Tie Fighter’ design, the 34-420mm 12x optical zoom lens, great image quality and good manual features.

Some noise at higher ISO settings, restricted 640x480 video clips.

Although the design is akin to a chopped off Tie Fighter from the Star Wars movies, it's great to hold and the camera is easy to use. Metering, image quality and Anti Shake work well and provide an all-round excellent package from Konica Minolta...

Extended zoom lens ; Easy to get a good grip reducing camera shake

Small LCD screen ; Only 16mb memory card supplied

"12x optical zoom lens is likely to appeal to many. Overall I must say I was disappointed with the Dimage Z3. It has a good feature set, but the picture quality lets it down."

12x Optical Zoom Lens ; Anti-Shake CCD Technology is very good ; Quick turn-on, continuous shots, focus etc ; Very good movie mode (VGA/30fps with zoom and sound) ; Very good macro / super macro mode ; New design looks better than the Z1/Z2 design

This 4mp digital camera has a large 12x Optical zoom lens with Konica Minolta's Anti-Shake technology, VGA recording lets you use the zoom with sound, and it's got an impressive super macro mode. It's features are very impressive, the design, handling...

A 12X optical zoom lens with antishake technology makes it easy to get close to distant subjects. Excellent real-time histogram. Easy-to-use exposure compensation.

Our test daylight pictures exhibit a strong orange shift. Flash shots were underexposed, dull, muddy, and noisy. Relatively slow boot and recycle times. No recharger or rechargeable batteries included.

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Increased zoom range to 12x ; Image stabilisation ; Pleasing photo quality ; Reasonable performance

SD card door opens too easily ; Cannot swap SD cards between different cameras ; EVF could be better

Sleek but solid design ; Large 3-inch LCD display with okay resolution and extra-wide viewing angle ; Relatively lightweight ; Good speed for a consumer camera with very little shutter lag when you pre-focus ; Helpful HP Real Life technologies include...

Image quality not up to snuff for a camera with an 8.2 megapixel sensor ; Lens produced images with overall softness and noticeable barrel distortion at the wide-angle ; Images looked flat and lacked crisp color and dynamic range ; Caucasian skin tones...

Solid black body with blue Konica Minolta logo and silver wording on front of flash housing. DC In port moved to USB compartment, and SD card slot moved to bottom panel. Oblong shutter button with decorative raised element extending down front of handgrip

12X optical zoom lens ; Anti-shake image stabilizer ; Blazing AF performance in good light ; Full manual controls ; Supports wide-angle conversion lens and external flash ; EVF and LCD "gain up" in low light ; Good redeye test performance ; Excellent...

Images seemed soft and noisy ; Poor low light focusing; no AF-assist lamp ; Lens is on the "slow" side ; EVF and LCD are small, low resolution ; Plastic body scratches easily; SD card slot cover ready to break off at any moment ; Camera bundle is not...

Though it's not the best ultra zoom camera, the many positives of the Z3 outweigh the negatives, and the camera earns my recommendation. Despite the noise and softness, images downsized or printed at smaller sizes will look fine. Those who make big...