Product Description

Small enough for photographers to take anywhere and stylish enough to show everyone, the DiMAGE E500 provides photographers with unparalleled value in a 5-megapixel digital camera featuring a 3x optical zoom lens.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #18102 in Camera & Photo
• Brand: Konica-Minolta
• Model: Dimage E500
• Dimensions: 2.40" h x 3.60" w x 1.10" l, .40 pounds
• Display size: 2

Features

• 5.0-megapixel CCD captures enough detail for photo-quality 13 x 17-inch prints
• 2.0-inch LCD; 3x optical zoom
• 12MB of internal memory
• 5 Digital Subject Program modes; records movies in QVGA format
• Stores images on SD memory cards; powered by AA-size batteries

From the Manufacturer
Small enough for photographers to take anywhere and stylish enough to show everyone, the Konica Minolta DiMAGE E500 provides photographers with unparalleled value in a 5-megapixel digital camera featuring a 3x optical zoom lens.

2.0-Inch LCD
The E500 possess a large high-resolution 2-inch LCD monitor allowing for excellent viewing of picture compositions during shooting, utilizing the camera's menu options, or playing back already recorded images.

5.0 Megapixels
The camera's 5.0 megapixels create detailed, high-resolution images.

12MB Internal Memory
12MB of internal memory, so users can shoot photos without an SD memory card or continue shooting even after your memory card is full. This internal memory system also lets users keep and carry their favorite images with them anytime, anywhere.

3x Optical Zoom Lens
The DiMAGE G500 contains a high-quality 3x aspheric optical zoom lens.

Direct Camera-to-Printer Prints
Connect the E500 directly to any PictBridge compatible printer using a USB cable for easy, on-the-spot digital printing without using a PC.

Customer Reviews

Absolutely Horrible Camera!
I bought this from Dell thinking I was getting a bargain at $150. I had originally planned to replace my Olympus c-3000 (3.3MP) but it seems that the photos taken by the Dimage can't even match the quality of those taken by the Olympus. As the other user noted, the low light capability of this camera is dreadfully bad. The flash seems to have a timing issue where it flashes too early; before the camera is able to capture the shot. Resulting with a picture that looks like it was taken without the flash. To make things worse, the camera is unable to focus correctly when there isn't enough light, resulting in extremely blurry shots. To summarize: the flash is useless and the pictures are blurry and also useless. The only time this camera takes any good picture is when there is enough light (outdoors in the sun). Even so, its 5 MP pictures are mediocre at best. I've used 2.1 MP cameras that take better pictures. I wish I had returned it for a refund or a different camera, but I made the mistake of giving it the benefit of the doubt. I kept telling myself "it must be the settings... it can't possibly be this bad". So I spent a couple of months experimenting with different settings, trying to produce a decent shot in low light condition. By low light I'm talking outside; noon time; underneath some trees. It's ridiculous that it can't even produce a decent shot under those conditions. I've come to the conclusion that either a) this camera is a piece of crap or b) I got a defective camera. The worst part is trying to find any useful reviews on this camera on the internet. There aren't any! The two previous reviews by the other users here are the only ones I've seen. I guess I'm going to have to ebay this thing. I'm taking my time to write a review so that you don't make the same mistake I did. Hope it helps!

You get what you pay for..
I wanted to chime in about this camera. I bought mine back in July and have had some of the problems mentioned here, namely the short battery life and the blurry pictures.

I dont really understand what happened with the camera the first time I put the batteries in, but as mentioned here, they only lasted about 10 pictures, it was absurd. I think the batteries were bad, because once I put my rechargable ones in, the performance has been average. It does take more juice the higher quality pictures you take. I usually leave it at 4 mega-pixs. The latch on the battery is not the best as well, but it works fine if you make sure that it is closed correctly.

The blurry pictures were only a problem when I was trying to take closeups without a tripod for ebay items. Honestly, I dont know if this is normal or not, because I had never done such a thing before.

Bottom line, this camera is adequate, but I think you are better off with a sony or canon. Sadly, I thought this cam would be as good at the first Dimage, but it isnt.

Not Anywhere Near as Bad as You Might Think
Even though the previous reviewer is right about the LCD screen's graininess and the battery problems, my own experiences with its picture quality have been quite different. I recently took it on a two-week vacation to Chicago, over the course of which I shot around 300 pix, and it performed better than I could have hoped for a camera not even made by Minolta (the camera is actually a re-bodied Pentax Optio50).

My main beef with it, though, is that it has the worst low-light focusing performance of any camera I've worked with, digital or film. If I had my druthers, this would have at least some kind of focus assist.

True, its images are not as sharp as, say, a Nikon or some of the Zeiss-equipped Sony cams will give you, but it's still highly usable, and I would highly recommend it to anyone looking to step up to 5MP on the cheap.