Konica Digital Cameras: A Rich Heritage Continues
The story of Konica digital cameras began in Tokyo in 1873 when Rokusaburo Sugiura
opened a photo supply store. Nine years later the company began
producing cameras. During WWII the name was changed to Konishiroku Photo
Industry Company, and the Konica brand was inaugurated with their first 35mm
camera in 1948.
The next 45 years saw many Konica innovations. Among them were the first
built-in light meter, CdS AE system, TTL AE, and the first 35mm SLR camera to
utilize automatic DX film encoding. Konica's first digital camera, the 300k
pixel Q-EZ, was introduced in 1996. The following year saw the first megapixel
model - the Konica QM-100.
Konica Joins Minolta
On August 5, 2003 photo powerhouses Konica Corporation and Minolta Co,. Ltd.
joined forces to form Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc. After the merger cameras
carried the Minolta name while imaging materials were labeled Konica. In 2004
all products adopted the Konica Minolta brand.
Konica Minolta now makes some of the most admired digital cameras in the
world. A
few of their most highly rated are:
- DiMAGE X50 and G600 Ultra-Compact models
- DiMAGE A2, A200 and Z5 Prosumer digital cameras
- MAXXUM 7D Digital SLR camera
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