After using the KonicaMinolta Xt I was hooked on the brand and for
good reason. Click the camera to view official site.
Our first is the Konica Minolta - DiMAGE A200. It is the top of
the range amateur digital camera with 8MPixel, 7x Optical zoom & controls for
everything including aperture, shutter speed, tone, white balance,
and much more. For a full review have a look at
these sites.
The second is a
Konica Minolta DiMAGE Xg. It is a compact 3.2MPixel camera with a 3x
optical zoom. And as of today (31/8/05) I now own a waterproof case
for the camera too. Reviews can be found
here.
As I get more pictures I will post them at the top of the list.
Photograph sizes range from 640x480 to 1600x1200 pixels.
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A nice coral bommy
I swam passed seen from a overhead view. I have corrected
the colour of the image.
Bren -
1600x1200 - 24th Sep '05 - BeachHouse, Fiji - Xt+Case |
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I assume this is
some kind of coral re-growth project. It looked very funny
from the surface so I dove down and had a look. I have
corrected the colour and cropped the image.
Bren -
1599x960 - 24th Sep '05 - BeachHouse, Fiji - Xt+Case |
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This was a distant
shot, there was 3-5 meters of water between the star-fish
and I. Plus if I remove too much blue the star-fish looks
green. I have tried to clean up the colour, then cropped
and resized the image.
Bren -
800x600 - 24th Sep '05 - BeachHouse, Fiji - Xt+Case |
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In extremely
shallow water this reef fish was hiding in a hole. I have
cleaned up the colour and cropped the image.
Bren -
999x600 - 24th Sep '05 - BeachHouse, Fiji - Xt+Case |
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This was an
interesting part of a much larger photo. I found under water
it was easier to have a high resolution photo with space
around the edges and clean the photo up digitally. Only 1 in
two shots were worth keeping due to viability, movement,
colour, etc. This was colour corrected and cropped
Bren -
480x799 - 24th Sep '05 - BeachHouse, Fiji - Xt+Case |
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I duck dived down
to get this photo of the reef from a different angle. When a
fish touched my back I freaked out thinking it was something
more dangerous and hurried back to the boat. The colour
was manipulated to look more natural.
Bren -
1600x1200 - 24th Sep '05 - BeachHouse, Fiji - Xt+Case |
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I took 8 shots of
the water with the hotel in the background. This is the only
one that worked out and looks quite good. The image was
rotated and cropped and shrunk.
Bren -
1024x768 - 24th Sep '05 - BeachHouse, Fiji - Xt+Case |
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This was the first
photo from the camera using the new water proof casing while
under-water I have cleaned up the colour and cropped the
image.
Bren -
932x699 - 24th Sep '05 - BeachHouse, Fiji - Xt+Case |
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This is a picture
of the water proof casing that looks pretty good. Bren -
1024x768 - 31st August '05 - Our Flat, Fiji - A200 |
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This was a shot
that I attempted once while walking past the trees. It ended
up turning out reasonably well. There was the gas torch
with two outdoor lights on the tree trunks. It gives an
interesting look against the night sky.
Bren -
1024x768 - 30th April '05 - Tanoa Int. Hotel, Fiji - A200 |
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An interesting
shot of the fountain running into the center pool at Tanoa
International Hotel in Nadi. I took a few shots to get the
reflection and the normal image to both be in focus and look
interesting. But it ended up my first shot looked the best.
Bren -
1024x768 - 30th April '05 - Tanoa Int. Hotel, Fiji - A200 |
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Well this shot was
at a beach somewhere in the coral coast and I just thought
to take the picture of the lovely, cute Fijian flower on the
beach. I love the KONICA camera, it is so cool.
Rose - 640x480 - 16 Jan '05 - Coral Coast, Fiji - A200 |
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This is the first
picture i took with the new camera and to be honest it turn
out to be a good shot. Not bad for a first timer. Rose -
640x480 - 9 Jan '05 - Pac Harbor, Fiji - A200 |
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We were at the
beach one day and I liked the look of the pebbles against
the background of Bega Island. Thank goodness for the swivel
screen or else I would have been on my belly trying to take
the photo. Was the best of 4 shots. Brendon - 640x480 - 9
Jan '05 - Pac Harbor, Fiji - A200 |
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This was one of
the first shots I ever took with my camera, Band new on
Christmas day. Just walking around Damien's house. I just
like the look of the shot.
Brendon - 640x480 - 25 Dec '04 - Alex Hills, Aus - A200 |
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I was at the
Clariti - Beach Wear Christmas Party. This is a time for
staff to meet the prime contacts for Clariti's major
customers. Salanieta and Puneetma were in a photographic
mood. This was taken on my old Konica Minolta DiMAGE Xt.
Brendon - 640x480 - 11 Dec '04 - Suva, Fiji - DiMAGE Xt |
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Rose was hungry
and stressed that we were walking around Sydney without
knowing where we were. (Bad combination!) I saw this shot
and was able to keep her still for about 4 min while I got
the angle and positioning right. I think it is an amazing
shot. This was not modified in any way.
Brendon - 640x480 - 5 Dec '04 - Sydney, Aus - DiMAGE Xt |
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