Konica Minolta Dimage E500 5MP Small enough for photographers to take anywhere and stylish enough to show everyone, the Konica Minolta DiMAGE E500 provides photographers with unparalleled value in a 5-megapixel digital camera featuring a 3x optical zoom lens.
The E500 possess a large high-resolution 2-inch LCD monitor allowing for excellent viewing of picture compositions during shooting, utilizing the camera’s menu options, or playing back already recorded images.
The camera’s 5.0 megapixels create detailed, high-resolution images.
12MB of internal memory, so users can shoot photos without an SD memory card or continue shooting even after your memory card is full. This internal memory system also lets users keep and carry their favorite images with them anytime, anywhere.
Helpful consumer’s review
I bought this from Dell thinking I was getting a bargain at $150. I had originally planned to replace my Olympus c-3000 (3.3MP) but it seems that the photos taken by the Dimage can’t even match the quality of those taken by the Olympus. As the other user noted, the low light capability of this camera is dreadfully bad. The flash seems to have a timing issue where it flashes too early; before the camera is able to capture the shot. Resulting with a picture that looks like it was taken without the flash. To make things worse, the camera is unable to focus correctly when there isn’t enough light, resulting in extremely blurry shots. To summarize: the flash is useless and the pictures are blurry and also useless. The only time this camera takes any good picture is when there is enough light (outdoors in the sun). Even so, its 5 MP pictures are mediocre at best. I’ve used 2.1 MP cameras that take better pictures. I wish I had returned it for a refund or a different camera, but I made the mistake of giving it the benefit of the doubt. I kept telling myself “it must be the settings… it can’t possibly be this bad”. So I spent a couple of months experimenting with different settings, trying to produce a decent shot in low light condition. By low light I’m talking outside; noon time; underneath some trees. It’s ridiculous that it can’t even produce a decent shot under those conditions. I’ve come to the conclusion that either a) this camera is a piece of crap or b) I got a defective camera. The worst part is trying to find any useful reviews on this camera on the internet. There aren’t any! The two previous reviews by the other users here are the only ones I’ve seen. I guess I’m going to have to ebay this thing. I’m taking my time to write a review so that you don’t make the same mistake I did. Hope it helps!
