Konica Minolta Dimage Z6 reviewed

Given Konica Minolta’s recent decision to cut back on its consumer digicam business, the Dimage Z6 may well be the last model in the company’s long-running ultra-zoom compact line. If that’s the case, judging from the review the model gets from DigitalCameraInfo, the series won’t exactly be missed. Although the reviewer liked the Z6’s stabilized 12x optical zoom and low price ($340), he found very little else to like about it, hitting it for poor low-light performance, a sluggish zoom and unreliable autofocus mechanism. The Z6 also has an anemic movie mode (320x240) and a mere 2-inch LCD. Judging from the review, it sounds like KM built the Z6 on the cheap, and the company — and consumers — may well be better served by its recent decision to focus on higher-end cameras (as long as those don’t start going downhill as well).