Konica Minolta today announced they were expanding their line of DiMAGE digital cameras. The newest entry is the six megapixel DiMAGE Z6.
The DiMAGE Z6, Konica Minolta said, offers up a 12x optical zoom and 2†LCD monitor on a compact and easy to hold design. Besides the 12x optical zoom, a 4x digital zoom capability gives the camera a total zoom range of 48x.
Other features on the new DiMAGE Z6 include a CCD-shift anti-shaking system featured in Konica Minolta’s high end Maxxum 7D digital SLR, a GT APO lens, Konica Minolta’s proprietary image processing technology, up to 240 shots on 4 AA batteries, rapid auto focus and a “progressive drive†mode which records images continuously at approximately 1.8 seconds regardless of image size or quality.