Digicams: New Little Megapixel Monsters, Part II

Minolta Dimage Xi

Apart from its powerful and accurate zoom lens, the Dimage Xi also has another advantage over its rivals: it is by far the fastest of the three 3-megapixels we tested. It is up and running two and four times quicker, respectively, than the Canon and Toshiba. Well done, Minolta!

On the other hand, there are not so many exposure options as on the Canon. For instance, white balance cannot be properly customized. There is a choice of five modes (automatic, cloudy sky, etc.), but this is not really enough. In our indoor tests, and though we ran them in automatic and manual balance, we detected a definite red dominance in most of the shots.

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