The Minolta Xt has roughly the same size as the Sony DSC-U50, but in a different format.

With a price of only $269.94 the Dimage Xt 3.2MP small digital Camera is a hot deal on .

The Dimage Xt is more than 5 percent smaller and nearly 8 percent from the weight of the older Dimage Xi.

The Minolta features a inique folded 3x optical zoom system with 4x digital zoom (for 12x total).

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Minolta Dimage Xt Features:

• Number of pixels: 3.2 million
• CCD: 1/2.7-type interline primary-color CCD. Total pixels: 3.3 million
• Camera sensitivity: Auto (between ISO 50 - 160 equivalent), ISO 50,100, 200, 400 equivalents
• Focal length: 5.7 - 17.1mm (35mm equivalent: 37 - 111mm)
• Lens construction: 9 elements in 8 groups (includes 3 aspheric elements)
• Maximum aperture: f/2.8 - f/3.6
• Minimum focus distance: 5.9 in. / 0.15m from front of camera
• Maximum magnification: 0.1x (1:10) Equivalent to 0.58x (1:1.72) in 35mm format
• Area covered at maximum magnification: 2.17 x 1.63 in. / 55.2 x 41.4mm
• Viewfinder type: Optical real-image zoom viewfinder
• Monitor LCD : 1.5 inch (3.8cm) low-temperature polysilicon TFT color monitor with anti-reflection coating. 110,000 total number of pixels in the screen
• Shutter: CCD electronic shutter and mechanical shutter
• Shutter speed range: 4 - 1/1000 second
• Autofocus system: Video AF
• Autofocus areas: Wide focus area (five-point AF), Spot focus area
• Metering: Multi-segment, Spot
• Multi-segment metering: 256 segments
• Exposure control: Programmed AE
• Exposure compensation: +/-2 EV in 1/3 stop increments
• Flash range: Wide - Approximately 0.5 - 10.5 ft. / 0.15 - 3.2m, Telephoto - Approximately 0.5 - 8.2 ft. / 0.15 - 2.5m (Camera sensitivity: auto)
• Flash modes: Autoflash, Autoflash with red-eye reduction, Fill-flash, Flash cancel, Night portrait
• Continuous advance: Available
• Self-timer : Approximately 10 seconds
• Movie recording: Recording time is dependent on memory card capacity. Frame rate of 15 frames per second. Monaural audio only
• Audio: Audio recording has a maximum of 180 minutes(128MB MB memory card is required). Voice memo has a maximum length of 15 seconds. Audio caption has a maximum of 15 seconds. Monaural audio only
• White balance control: Automatic, Preset (Daylight, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent)
• Color modes : Color, Black and white, Sepia
• Noise reduction: User selectable
• Zoom capability: 3x optical zoom; Maximum 4x digital zoom in 0.1x increments. Digital zoom can be disabled.
• Email Copy function: Creates a compressed 640 x 480 or 160 x 120 JPEG image for transmission
• Date imprinting: Year/month/day (Format can be changed.) Month/day/hour:minute. Imprinting can be disabled.
• Image-quality modes: TIFF, Fine, Standard, Economy
• Number of recorded pixels (Still images): 2048 x 1536, 1600 x 1200, 1280 x 960, 640 x 480
• Number of recorded pixels (Movie clips): 320 x 240, 160 x 120
• Storage capacity(Approximate storage capacity of a 16MB SD (Secure Digital) Memory Card): 2048 x 1536 - 1 tiff, 9 fine, 17 standard, 32 economy 1600 x 1200 - 2 tiff, 14 fine, 27 standard, 47 economy 1280 x 960 - 3 tiff, 22 fine, 39 standard, 69 economy 640 x 480 - 14 tiff, 69 fine, 100 standard, 150 economy
• Movie: 41 seconds with 320x240 images; 2 minutes 30 seconds with 160 x 120 images (Still images recorded without voice memo or audio caption. Actual number of images may vary depending upon the subject and memory card.)
• Audio recording: 30 minutes 51 seconds
• File formats: JPEG, TIFF, Motion JPEG (MOV), WAVE, DCF 1.0-compliant. DPOF-compliant (Supported by printing functions in version 1.1) Exif 2.2
• Folder name formats: Standard, Date
• Printing output contro: PRINT Image Matching II, Exif Print
• Recording media: SD (Secure Digital) Memory Cards, MultiMedia Cards
• Computer interface : USB 1.1
• Direct print: Epson USB DIRECT-PRINT
• Remote camera : Live images without audio viewed with a computer
• AV output: NTSC, PAL (selected on the camera)
• Battery: One NP-200 lithium-ion battery
• Battery performance (Playback): Approximate continuous playback time: 120 minutes. Based on Minolta's standard test method with NP-200 lithium-ion battery
• Battery performance (Recording): Approximate number of recorded images: 130 frames. Based on Minolta's standard test method: NP-200 lithium-ion battery, LCD monitor on, Full-size images (2048x1536), Standard image quality, No instant playback, No voice memo, Flash used with 50% of the frames
• External power source: 4.7V DC with specified AC adapter (sold separately)
• Dimensions (WxHxD): 3.37 x 2.64 x 0.79 in, 85.5 x 67 x 20mm
• Weight : Approximately 4.2 oz. / 120 g without battery or recording media