Konica Minolta DiMAGE S414 Digital Camera

Pros: Non-proprietary batteries. Excellent quality. Easy to navigate menus. Fun to use.
Cons: Plastic housing, don't drop this one.

I bought this camera on my honeymoon in St. Thomas last May 2003. Before doing so I had looked at many cameras and did a thorough amount of research. There were several things I was judging my perspective cameras on. 1) Will the camera take high ...

Pros: Great picture quality, Multiple photographic style/size/quality features. Manual features east to use.
Cons: NOT LINUX compatible, zoom/toggle switch poorly located, Tri-pod mount poorly located

I had planned for many years to buy a digital camera but was quite content to by disposables. I did ...

Pros: 4 Mega Pixels, Excellent Value, Fast Response
Cons: Yellow Tint Indoors, Few Physical Design Flaws

How I Bought This Camera What attracted me to the Minolta S414 camera was the price (bought ...

Pros: Picture quality, features and price
Cons: Would have liked a metal lens cap...

I was interested in finding a digital camera that would offer excellent image quality combined with the ability to control the picture-taking process. I was looking for quality and value.

In the end, to cut through the process, I bought the...

Pros: Durable. Relatively easy to use. Great A/V. Able to download needed items from website.
Cons: Heavy. Small preview screen.

I needed to replace the sucky Sakar 80379 that I got on sale at Toys 'R Us (that should have told me something) and subsequently lost. At that point I would have been happy to get a camera with a preview screen! I got this from a pawn shop and had the ...

Pros: Ease of use, 4 MegaPixs, Great Pics
Cons: Wish I could find a camera that does elapse time frames.

This is a great camera especially for the price. It's got 4Mpx and great pics. Flash, and lots of ...

Pros: Easy to use out of the box Tons of features and settings
Cons: Batteries die quickly, but with good rechargables, who cares.

I read many reviews on Epinions before I bought this camera and for the money spent, it is a great p ...

Pros: Stunning picture quality. Ease of use. Price.
Cons: Digital zoom, AC adapter plug in location.

This is my second foray into digital cameras after owning a 2 meg. Wanted to step up to high resolution to get near professional results. I AM NOT DISAPPOINTED!!! After one week I believe it to be the finest mega-pixel camera dollar for dollar on the mark ...

Pros: Excellent--Good buy Looked a long time for a quality camera and found one.
Cons: Rechargeable batteries a must. Needs additional memory card

I was a bit skeptical about purchasing the S414 after reading the reviews about the S404 but based o ...

Pros: Saves uncompressed images, great resolution, great manual features.
Cons: Doesn't save settings in auto mode, eats alkalines, camera strap anchor in bad location.

I did a lot of research on cameras before deciding on the Minolta Dimage S414. I wanted a camera that was more than 4 mega pixels, had a decent optical zoom, the ability to attach lens filters/additional lenses, had manual features, and was priced reasona ...

Pros: 4x zoom, picture quality, ease of use, multitude of modes and settings.
Cons: Crappy, crappy quality and durability, would rather have a black shell.

After careful consideration, I bought my S414 in June of '03 from an online camera store for $300 plus $40 for shipping. Absolutely no gripes about the ease of use or picture quality; in fact, if you're taking family pictures that will be printed no ...

Pros: bargain price for a feature-rich and nicely built camera
Cons: auto-focus problem and auto mode set at ISO 400

For the same price, you can't find another model with 4M pixel resolution and 4X optical zoom. What a bargain !
It performs nicely most of the time, and colors (in natural mode) is more accurate than Canon.
in addition, it provides a lot of...

Pros: Takes Amazingly Good Pictures - Auto Exposure Works - Precise Focus
Cons: Lens cap hassle - Selector Switch Needs Better Detent, Side Door Opens 2-EZ

Best of all is the amazing picture quality this camera produces. Focus window shows you exactly wha ...

Pros: Photo and build quality, 4x excellent zoom lenses,great macro, features, no red-eye
Cons: Unpredictable low-light focusing, a bit slow, yellowish indoors photos

I’ve got this camera for almost two years and took thousands of photos. Reading other comments, I realize that early batches must have been faulty, since I treated this camera as any other photo camera, neither banged it all round nor overprotected ...

Pros: great metering, better flash than competition, professional like features, solid frame.
Cons: It's not an SLR, 35.5 filter diameter is rare, Auto-focus is not idiot proof.

I’ve worked as a semi-professional photographer and finally decided to buy a digital. In short I like the Minolta S414. For what I consider to be a point-and-shoot camera it’s an excellent camera with a very good lens, very, very good metering ...