Konica Minolta DiMAGE S414 Digital Camera

Pros: Lots of options, low price, 4.0mp and 4x optical zoom
Cons: Battery life, wastes batteries, clunky design

I bought my Dimage S414 on sale for $229. For the money, I figured a 4.0mp camera with a 4x optical zoom was a good deal. Taking Pictures The camera can be used in automatic mode, and takes pretty good pictures. The flash can be turned to ...

Pros: great metering, better flash than competition, professional like features, solid frame.
Cons: It's not an SLR, 35.5 filter diameter is rare, Auto-focus is not idiot proof.

I’ve worked as a semi-professional photographer and finally decided to buy a digital. In short I like the Minolta S414. For what I consider to be a point-and-shoot camera it’s an excellent camera with a very good lens, very, very good metering ...

Pros: 4x zoom, picture quality, ease of use, multitude of modes and settings.
Cons: Crappy, crappy quality and durability, would rather have a black shell.

After careful consideration, I bought my S414 in June of '03 from an online camera store for $300 plus $40 for shipping. Absolutely no gripes about the ease of use or picture quality; in fact, if you're taking family pictures that will be printed no ...

Pros: Takes Amazingly Good Pictures - Auto Exposure Works - Precise Focus
Cons: Lens cap hassle - Selector Switch Needs Better Detent, Side Door Opens 2-EZ

Best of all is the amazing picture quality this camera produces. Focus window shows you exactly wha ...

Pros: Photo and build quality, 4x excellent zoom lenses,great macro, features, no red-eye
Cons: Unpredictable low-light focusing, a bit slow, yellowish indoors photos

I’ve got this camera for almost two years and took thousands of photos. Reading other comments, I realize that early batches must have been faulty, since I treated this camera as any other photo camera, neither banged it all round nor overprotected ...

Pros: Non-proprietary batteries. Excellent quality. Easy to navigate menus. Fun to use.
Cons: Plastic housing, don't drop this one.

I bought this camera on my honeymoon in St. Thomas last May 2003. Before doing so I had looked at many cameras and did a thorough amount of research. There were several things I was judging my perspective cameras on. 1) Will the camera take high ...

Pros: Picture quality, features and price
Cons: Would have liked a metal lens cap...

I was interested in finding a digital camera that would offer excellent image quality combined with the ability to control the picture-taking process. I was looking for quality and value.

In the end, to cut through the process, I bought the...

Pros: Specs, price
Cons: Eats batteries

Background I just bought the S414 from on on-line auction biz - uBid. The camera was refurbished by Minolta. That didn't bother me - I've purchased numerous refurbished products and always had good luck. Nor was I concerned that uBid seems to have lots ...

Pros: Good price, 4X zoom, can start "basic" picture taking quickly
Cons: Controls sensitive, non-intuitive interface, rechargeable batteries a must., needs additional memory card.

I've wanted a digital camera for some time - my wife and I are shutterbugs. I was looking for a 4 Megapixel camera, Macintosh compatible, in the $300-400 price range, and web searching led me to look at the Olympus 4000 and the HP 812 (both owned by ...

Pros: Great pictures, great optical zoom range, Outstanding software package
Cons: Not supported by Linux (yet), Occasionally drops pictures out of memory, Horrible Tripod mount

I purchased the S414 just after Christmas time this past year and have developed a love/hate rela ...

Pros: 4 Mega Pixels, Excellent Value, Fast Response
Cons: Yellow Tint Indoors, Few Physical Design Flaws

How I Bought This Camera What attracted me to the Minolta S414 camera was the price (bought ...

Pros: Great picture quality, Multiple photographic style/size/quality features. Manual features east to use.
Cons: NOT LINUX compatible, zoom/toggle switch poorly located, Tri-pod mount poorly located

I had planned for many years to buy a digital camera but was quite content to by disposables. I did ...

Pros: Saves uncompressed images, great resolution, great manual features.
Cons: Doesn't save settings in auto mode, eats alkalines, camera strap anchor in bad location.

I did a lot of research on cameras before deciding on the Minolta Dimage S414. I wanted a camera that was more than 4 mega pixels, had a decent optical zoom, the ability to attach lens filters/additional lenses, had manual features, and was priced reasona ...

Pros: Durable. Relatively easy to use. Great A/V. Able to download needed items from website.
Cons: Heavy. Small preview screen.

I needed to replace the sucky Sakar 80379 that I got on sale at Toys 'R Us (that should have told me something) and subsequently lost. At that point I would have been happy to get a camera with a preview screen! I got this from a pawn shop and had the ...

Pros: Sharp photos (when in focus), nice features, fairly easy to use in basic mode
Cons: Big, heavy...somewhat complicated when using advanced features...Problems with battery life and focus.

The Minolta S414 is my first digital camera. I suppose I expected the whole digital camera experience to be easier than this, but I must say I have experienced a bit of frustration in the first few weeks that I've had this camera. I don't think it's...