Minolta Dimage S304Minolta packs Dimage technology & optics into a compact 3.3 megapixel prosumer camera!<<Design :(Previous) | (Next): Optics>> Page 4:ViewfinderReview First Posted: 9/13/2001 |
ViewfinderFor composing images, the S304 features a real-image optical viewfinder that zooms along with the optical telephoto, and a 1.8-inch, TFT color LCD monitor, comprised of about 122,000 pixels. The optical viewfinder has no diopter adjustment dial, and a relatively low viewpoint, meaning that you're likely to lose some of the corner view when shooting with thick eyeglasses.
The LCD monitor is automatically engaged when you power up the camera, but you can turn it off by pressing the Display button at the bottom of the camera's back panel (one push eliminates the text display and two pushes turns the monitor off completely). The information display is very complete, with icons to indicate just about every camera mode in use. Fortunately, the same information is displayed in the Data panel on top of the camera, so you can make changes to the menus and external controls with the LCD monitor turned on, and still be able to view the settings with the monitor turned off. Macro and Movie modes automatically require use of the LCD monitor, as does the Manual Focus mode.
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