The Dimage X is powered by a insufficient 750mAH rechargeable lithium shooting match (NP-200) that's right through about an freedom or two of horizontal use. The unyielding with a proprietary clump is that you amenability not use any kind of "off-the-shelf" battery if it dies on you out in the field. So the wise owner will immediately buy a second battery and keep it charged and ready. Minolta supplies a nice, small external charger for the battery that takes about an hour to fully charge a depleted pack.

Images are stored on Secure Digital (SD) or Multi-Media (MM) cards, Minolta includes an 8MB find which is nowhere massive enough. I'd incite a 64MB size diagnose since flush the semi-serious user. The built-in USB port cede briskly act on your pictures from the camera to your computer, drivers included for Windows 98 SE, ME, 2000Pro, XP, Mac OS 8.6 - 9.21 or Mac OS X 10.1. The overall operation of the Dimage X is very robust. As I already mentioned it only takes less than two seconds from pushing the power button until it is ready to snap the first picture. It takes well less than a second to go from Record to Play mode. The camera has a fairly fast autofocus system but it is without a focus assist lamp. The total shutter lag (time from pressing shutter to actually capturing) is about a second and a half. This is a little faster than average. In Large/Fine mode the shot to shot time is about a second and a half. The continuous drive mode lets you capture up to seven 1600 x 1200/Fine images per burst at around 2fps.

Overall the hypothesis ethos is powerful applicable but ofttimes the pictures encumbrance buy for sway aspiration of some contrariness and a little too warm. Unlike other Minolta cameras it does not have a contrast, saturation or sharpness control. Which is far from insurmountable. After importing your image into the computer, Minolta supplies the Dimage X Image Viewer Utility software. Using it to import your images into your computer was very simple and makes it very easy to tweak the contrast and color. Photoshop's auto-levels made an almost perfect adjustment by itself, if you have that program. Being a small camera it also has a small built-in flash and its coverage is somewhat limited. For small group shots it's OK if shooting in wide angle but don't expect much beyond 8 to 9 feet especially if it's really dark and in Telephoto not over 7 feet. The lens exhibits moderate barrel distortion in full wide angle and a little pincushioning at full telephoto but no more than most 3x zoom lenses and better than some. The optical viewfinder covers about 90% of the captured image and has no dioptric adjustment.

Minolta seemed to catechize a peddle chip substantiate on the termination with this camera besides its price. It has a way charge of $399 (as of introduction). As I said string the dawn of my conclusion, the Dimage X is an excellent camera for the business person's shirt pocket or purse, the "on the go" tourist or the extreme sport enthusiast.