Konica Digital Revio KD-400Z Review

Konica Digital Revio KD-400Z is lightweight, trim, compact, and you will surely love to bring along this digital camera with you anywhere. It fits easily into pockets, purses, and other bags. It is made out of stainless steel alloy that can withstand wear and tear. It measures 3.75 x 2.25 x 1.19 inches (94 x 56 x 29.5 mm). Although it is made out of metal, it is still lightweight at 6.5 oz (198 g).

An eyelet and USD jack can be found on the right side of the body. On the other hand, its left side has a smooth and flat surface. At the bottom, you can find the battery compartment, an opening for the Ac adapter cord and a slot for the tripod. The only features that can be found on top of the camera are the microphone and a flat, smooth shutter button.

Finally, the back part contains the color LCD monitor and all the controls.
It has an LCD with a size of 1.5 inches that integrates resolution of 4.00 Megapixels. Its lens has 2.00x zoom. Its aperture ranges from f/2.8 to f/8.2. Its lens has 3.00x. It is equipped with macro (close-up) mode. The user can photograph an area up to 4.1 – 40815.9 inches with this digital camera.

Its power-on time will take 2.850 seconds for the user to take the first shot. Using its normal auto-focus, the time from pressing the shutter button to the camera taking the picture is 1.430 sec (wide angle) and 1.430 sec (telephoto zoom). To reduce the shutter lag, pre-focusing should be done. The user pre-focuses the camera by half-pressing and holding down the shutter button before finally pressing it all the way to take the shot. In doing so, the shutter lag time will be reduced to 0.360 sec.

The shot to shot time or time taken between shots is 1.03 seconds. This includes the saving process as best-quality jpeg file. It has an optical viewfinder accuracy of 80 % and LCD viewfinder accuracy of 96 %.

The cameras external controls are:

- Sliding lens cover
- Shutter Button
- Wide & Tele Zoom
- Erase Button, Display Button
- Playback Button
- Set / Menu Button
- Arrow Pad (four way)

The Record Mode menu options are:

- Reset
- Quality
- Movie
- Exposure Compensation
- White Balance
- Monitor
- Digital Zoom
- Auto Exposure mode
- Slow shutter
- Voice
- Add Record
- Sepia
- Setup
- Return

The Playback Mode menu options are:

- Index
- Copy
- Delete
- Monitor
- DPOF
- Resize
- Move
- Slide Show
- Add Record
- Setup
- Return

The Setup menu options are:

- Format
- Record Mem
- Settings
- Quick View Setting
- Info Display
- Sound
- Date Set
- Self-timer
- Auto Power-off
- Number Reset
- Memory Priority Language
- Add Record Set
- Reset

Summary of Konica Digital Revio KD-400Z Basic Features

- 4.0 megapixels
- 2,304 x 1,704 pixel resolution images
- Optical viewfinder
- Color LCD 1.5 inch
- 3x 8-24mm Hexanon lens
- 2x digital zoom
- Automatic exposure control
- Aperture: f/2.8-f/8.2
- Shutter speeds from 1/2,000 to one second
- Flash with five modes
- SD/MMC and Sony Memory Stick card storage, 16MB SD card included
- 2MB internal memory
- Li-ion battery (optional AC adapter)
- Battery charger
- Adobe Photoshop Elements (Windows and Macintosh platforms)

Special Features

- Movie with audio recording mode
- 10 or three-second Self-Timer for delayed shutter release
- Sepia color mode
- White balance (five modes)
- Voice caption recording
- Spot metering option
- Distant View record mode
- DPOF (Digital Print Order Format) compatibility
- USB cable for connection to a computer (driver software included)

Pros: It is very portable and slim. Users can easily navigate through its menus and settings. It has easy access to all features that the users need and want. It is also good for those without photography backgrounds.

Cons: It has slightly off-color drawbacks and shows some biases towards warm color casts with images in some conditions. It has slow shutter capabilities compared to other digital cameras.

Overall: Konica KD-400Z is a very nice little camera. It’s a good buy for people who like to travel and capture good copies of their memories and dreams. It can interest people with its ability to accept and read more than one kind of memory storage device. With many features to choose from and wide LCD viewfinder / display, this device is just waiting to be found.

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