Minolta's famous DiMAGE X line was last year's winner of the iF Award for Product Design. A European-based company, Konica Minolta designs stylish, ultra-slim and compact cameras that produce clear and effective pictures for everyday use.
Minolta's current updates have included creating longer and longer video clips, and improving their auto focus and zoom capabilities. Konica Minolta's cameras offer a winning combination if stylish, easy-use, mid-ranged digital cameras are what you're looking for.
Interpolation models that allow for up to 6 megapixels are becoming more and more common. Focus lock is available on some models. Most models have some of the fastest loading graphical user interfaces on the market.