Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z6 Digital Camera - Answered Questions & Fixed issues

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Firstly, what size memory hard do you have? Is it an SDHC? Secondly, have you checked that the memory card isn't locked (there is a switch on the side of it). Has it worked with other memory cards?

I have the same problems, any suggestions?
Thanks

A camera store or electronics store will likely have the correct cable. It's most likely a "mini usb" connector. If there's a Best Buy near you, they should have it.

Any USB to mini USB is what you require. This one will do nicely. 6ft to Mini 8pin USB Cable ferrites for Pentax Panasonic Nikon Digital... And the link below will tell you how to get it. ($1.94 USD)

The manual calls it the USB Cable USB-3. DONT MIX THIS UP WITH USB3 cable. I Think, but I'm not 100% sure they mean a normal USB cable with a mini connector. To be 100% sure check the wiki page and look if it is the second from the left. It is a normal USB2 mini connector, you can buy in almost every electronics shop. Some manufacturers did use other cables, but this looks just a normal mini connector.

My Minolta Dimage camera used a standard "mini" USB cord. These are commonly available at any computer store or online.

Either the card is bad, or it is to big for the camera. If other devices can read it, it might not be compatable with your camera

Hi wrt3 !! Can you pls tell us the name and modell for your dell pc. Do you use usbport version 2 ? Have you tried to use the camera on a different computer with another windows ? Best regards Joakim

I found a Minolta site in Germany where you can download drivers for win 98. For the newer Windows (2000, XP, Vista, 7 and 8) the drivers are already in Windows. Second link is for the transfer software. Link to drivers for Minolta in Win 98link to Konica Minolta transfer software

Sorry, no. SD cards max out at 2GB. Larger SDHC cards are electronically incompatible and will only work in devices specifically designed to accept them. It's a hardware incompatibility and no amount of firmware changes will make a SD device accept SDHC cards.

just put in a memory card or possible a tape put it in record mode and hit the record button.

The Z6 uses MMC and SD cards. If you look carefully at your 8GB card, you'll see that it's an SDHC card. While it fits into the slot, it is electronically incompatible and will not work. The Z6 is limited to cards 2GB and smaller.

You most likely need a new switch but it's no longer available. Even if you can find one, then it costs more than if you just buy another used but fully functional z1 or even a later and better specified model.

Your camera was never designed with repairs in mind, but was designed for a minimum 5 year lifespan which it's now comfortably exceeded. Even if you do buy another z1 then it will also be just waiting for it's first major failure, so you may wish to look at buying something like a new Fuji Finepix s1600. It does everything and more that your z1 does to a far better standard, and as the model has just been discontinued you can buy them brand new with a full warranty for less than £70 in the UK and probably rather less if you live in North America.

Try NOT connecting your camera to your computer.

The best way to download pictures from your camera to your computer involves removing the memory card from the camera and plugging it into a card reader (either built-in to the computer or connected via USB or FireWire). This is likely to be faster than connecting the camera to the computer, and won't run down your camera's batteries.

Once the card is plugged in, it will appear to your computer as a removable drive. You can use the operating system's drag&drop facility to copy pictures from the card to the computer's hard drive, the same way you copy any other files. Or you can use any photo cataloging program, such as Picasa ( http://picasa.google.com ).

Hi,
Check that there is no dust or dirt on the contacts where the card goes in... very hard to see and even harder to get too to clean out/off if there is something....a toothpick with a cloth on the end... but be careful that it does not just poke right through... no q-tip or anything like that... it will just leave more fuzzies in there...sometimes just a plain toothpick will do....be careful also not to bend the contacts...they all need to contact the brass colored contacts on the card...about eight in all...any of them bent or dirty and the no card will work...
The only other alternative is a repair shop...

heatman101

Make sure the card / individual pictures aren't locked. It is probably also worth testing to see if you get the same issue with another memory card.You could also try formatting the card if you don't mind erasing the entire card its good to do occasionally anyway for the life of the memory card.
If none of these works, its most likely an issue with the firmware on the camera. Also its not a great solution, but you can always delete the pictures on a computer if you have the appropriate card reader or USB connector.

Try NOT connecting your camera to your computer.

The best way to download pictures from your camera to your computer involves removing the memory card from the camera and plugging it into a card reader (either built-in to the computer or connected via USB or FireWire). This is likely to be faster than connecting the camera to the computer, and won't run down your camera's batteries.

Once the card is plugged in, it will appear to your computer as a removable drive. You can use the operating system's drag&drop facility to copy pictures from the card to the computer's hard drive, the same way you copy any other files. Or you can use any photo cataloging program.

Once you have the self-timer set, start it by pressing the shutter release button as usual. The camera will focus, meter the exposure, then delay for ten seconds before firing the shutter.

The Z6 works with MMC and SD cards. Your 8GB card is actually an SDHC card. While SDHC cards will fit into SD slots, they are electronically incompatible and will not work. You need to use MMC or SD cards, 2GB and smaller.