Quick facts
Full name: Minolta RD-3000
Original position: Camera; original market position is not yet verifiedProduction status: Production status not verified
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Core specifications
- Release year
- 1999 · Released about 27 years ago
- Sensor
- 6.4 × 4.8 mm CCD
- Effective resolution
- 2.7 MP
- Lens
- 38 mm
- Zoom
- 1×
- Weight
- 1,000 g
- Battery
- AA (4) batteries (NiMH recommended)
- Storage
- Compact Flash (Type I or II)
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What to check before buying used
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- Inspect the body, screen, doors, seals, and tripod socket for impact or moisture damage.
- Test every button, dial, flash, screen, and viewfinder.
- Photograph a plain bright surface to check for sensor dust, dead pixels, or damage.
- Confirm the battery holds charge and that a compatible charger is included or available.
- Test a supported memory card and inspect the card slot for bent pins or read errors.
- Inspect the battery compartment and contacts for leakage or corrosion.
Sensor metrics
- Diagonal
- 8 mm
- Surface area
- 31 mm²
- Pixel pitch
- 3.37 µm
- Pixel area
- 11.38 µm²
- Pixel density
- 8.79 MP/cm²
Actual sensor size
Rectangles use their physical proportions. Calibrate your display to approximate real-world size.
6.4 × 4.8 mm
Full specifications
Imaging
- Effective pixels
- 2.7 MP
- Total pixels
- —
- Sensor
- 6.4 × 4.8 mm CCD
- Calculated resolution
- 1,897 × 1,423
- Maximum image
- 1,984 × 1,360
- Crop factor
- 5.41
Exposure & viewing
- ISO
- 200–200
- Viewfinder
- Optical viewfinder
- Display
- 2 in / 110,000 dots
- Lens mount
- —
Video & storage
- Maximum video
- —
- Storage media
- Compact Flash (Type I or II)
- Battery
- AA (4) batteries (NiMH recommended)
Body
- Weight
- 1,000 g
- Dimensions
- 150 × 101 × 117 mm
- Release year
- 1999
DigicamDB
- Aperture Priority
- Yes
- Battery
- AA (4) batteries (NiMH recommended)
- Brand
- Minolta
- Built In Flash
- —
- Crop Factor
- 5.41
- Depth Of Field
- simulate →
- Digital Zoom
- No
- Dimensions
- 150 x 101 x 117 mm
- Exposure Compensation
- ±2 EV (in 1/3 EV steps)
- External Flash
- ✓
- Focal Length 35mm Equiv
- 38 mm
- Gps
- —
- Hdmi
- —
- Iso
- 200
- Macro Focus Range
- 30 cm
- Manual Focus
- ✓
- Max Aperture
- f3.0 - f13.0
- Max Aperture 35mm Equiv
- f16.2 - f70.3
- Max Image Resolution
- 1984 x 1360
- Max Shutter Speed
- 1/2000 sec
- Megapixels
- 2.70
- Metering
- —
- Min Shutter Speed
- 30 sec
- Model
- RD-3000
- Normal Focus Range
- 60 cm
- Optical Zoom
- 1x
- Raw Support
- —
- Screen Resolution
- 110,000 dots
- Screen Size
- 2"
- Sensor Resolution
- 1895 x 1425
- Sensor Size
- 1/2" (~ 6.4 x 4.8 mm)
- Sensor Type
- CCD
- Shutter Priority
- Yes
- Storage Types
- Compact Flash (Type I or II)
- Usb
- USB 1.0
- Video Capture
- —
- Viewfinder
- Optical (pentaprism)
- Weight
- 1000 g
- White Balance Presets
- 3
- Wireless
- —
- Year
- 1999
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