Minolta DiMAGE Z1, 2003, Bridge Camera, PhotoMuse Collection, 2014, Donation of Dr. Unni Krishnan Pulikkal.

The Minolta DiMAGE Z1, the first in a series of easy-to-use powerful Single Lens-Reflex (SLR)-type digital cameras, introduced in 2003, one month before Minolta’s merger with Konica. It was a superzoom camera with a diopter-correctable electronic viewfinder. It is equipped with an impressive 10x, 5.8-58mm lens, the equivalent of a 38-380mm lens on a 35mm…