gustep's Full Review: Konica Minolta DiMAGE G500 Digital Camera
This is the camera I seem to use most often, because it is such a nice balance of small size, fast time to draw & shoot, good image quality, easy to turn on and use, and reasonably rugged construction and battery life. The all-metal body and sliding lens cover (doubles as the power switch) make this camera quite tough and rugged when closed. If this camera had VGA movie mode at 30fps and SLR-like focusing speeds, I would consider it perfect. Alas, it is not quite perfect, but very usable and affordable. You can rely on it to give you crisp detail, good color, and simply good photos right off the bat. What I like are optional manual aperture and shutter control, "profiles" that allow you to save and select preset recipies of ISO, saturation, sharpening, adequate manual focus (infinity, 4m, 2m, 1m, or something like that). The setup menu is also quite extensive. Mostly, though, this is just a reliable pocket camera with pretty good manual controls.
Recommended:
Yes
Amount Paid (US$): 250 This Camera is a Good Choice if You Want Something... Flexible Enough for Enthusiasts
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