Konica Minolta DiMAGE X60

size, portability, usability, price, screen

80% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

portability, performance, usability, design, size

durability, screen, viewfinder, shutter, low-light

93% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Slim form factor, literally shirt-pocket sized, Internal lens design means no external moving protrusions to damage, Excellent Macro mode, Fast prefocus shutter lag, Produces good prints at most ISOs, Big, beautiful LCD screen, entirely usable in full...

Slow AF and shot-to-shot speed, Aggressive noise suppression reduces detail at high ISO, Poor low-light performance, Very weak flash (very common with subcompact cameras), SD card door is a little flimsy, Battery has no retention latch, falls free when...

The DiMAGE X60 has a 3.0x, 6.3-18.9mm lens, the equivalent of a 38-114mm lens on a 35mm camera. That's a little less wide and a little more tele than the X50. The autofocus covers a range from 4 inches (10 cm) to infinity. A Super Macro scene mode...

Compact metal body ; Decent photo quality... most of the time ; Super fast startup time ; Large 2.5" LCD display (though resolution could be higher) ; Can easily grab frames from movies ; Improved software bundle over previous models

Blurry edges of photos; some color weirdness ; Poor low light focusing; no AF-assist lamp ; Redeye ; Below average battery life ; Battery cover doesn't like to stay closed ; Movie mode is lacking in 2005 ; Could really use USB 2.0 High Speed support ;...

If the competition wasn't so good I'd be more excited about the DiMAGE X60. Unfortunately there are better cameras out there for your hard earned dollars, and I've listed some of them below.

A five-point autofocus enables flexible framing to catch action and you can use Spot Focus mode to focus on a specific point within the frame. The X60's Multi-segment (256) metering system automatically measures light over the entire image area and...

Other thin camera models from Konica Minolta are: the 8-megapixel DiMAGE X1 and the 5-megapixel DiMAGE X50.

Easy to use and carry everywhere ; Attractive design ; Solid image quality ; Voice-recording mode ; Underwater housing available

Bare-bones feature set vis-à-vis most of the competition ; No AF-assist light ; Low-resolution movie mode

The flash range is only about 2.4 meters in wide angle and drops to a maximum of 2 meters in telephoto, so you need to be relatively close to your subject in dim light.

Easy to use and carry everywhere; attractive design; solid image quality; voice-recording mode; underwater housing available.

Bare-bones feature set vis-à-vis most of the competition, no AF-assist light, low-resolution movie mode.

Slim and stylish, this little camera provides no-brainer snapshooting and decent image quality for those who don't care about anything more than the basic features.

Ease of use ; Compact shape

Lack of depth to the colours

There are many better ultra compact digital cameras than the Konica Minolta X60. Having said that this is the cheapest five megapixel model from the main brands. Worth a look if you do not want to break the bank.