Minolta DiMage A1

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The Minolta DiMAGE A1 is an electronic viewfinder bridge digital camera produced by Minolta, which was introduced in July 2003, replacing the DiMAGE 7/7h/7hi (part of the DiMAGE 7 series). It was the first Minolta product to incorporate the Anti-Shake system, a built-in image stabilization system.

Unlike the DiMAGE 7-series powered by two AA batteries, a Minolta NP-400 battery cell was introduced, which has a long battery life (the NP-400 is also used with the final K-M DSLRs, the Maxxum 7D/5D).

This was the final Minolta-badged bridge camera product before the Konica Minolta merger. The A1 was succeeded by the DiMAGE A2 in March 2004 (as the first Konica Minolta-badged product), with an 8 megapixel CCD sensor.