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.jpg) Image of the Minolta RD-175 | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Maker | Minolta |
| Type | Digital SLR camera |
| Lens | |
| Lens mount | A-mount |
| Sensor/medium | |
| Sensor type | 3×CCD |
| Sensor size | 1/2" |
| Recording medium | PC Card (Type I, II, or III) |
| Focusing | |
| Focus | Automatic |
| Exposure/metering | |
| Exposure modes | PASM |
| Flash | |
| Flash | built-in, GN 12 |
| Flash synchronization | 1⁄90 s |
| Shutter | |
| Shutter speeds | 1⁄2 – 1⁄2000 s |
| General | |
| Battery |
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| Data Port(s) | SCSI |
| Dimensions | 161×128×145 mm (6.3×5.0×5.7 in) W×D×H |
| Weight | 1.1 kg (2.4 lb) |
The Minolta RD-175 was an early digital SLR, introduced in 1995. Minolta combined an existing SLR with a three way splitter and three separate CCD image sensors, giving 0.41 megapixels (MP) of resolution.[1]: 74 The base of the DSLR was the Minolta Maxxum 500si Super, marketed as the Dynax 500si Super in Europe and as Alpha 303si Super in Asia. Agfa produced a version of the RD-175, which retailed as the Agfa ActionCam.
The RD-175 was also notable as the first consumer digital camera to be used in a professional stop motion production, being used to create the full-motion claymation adventure video game The Neverhood.[2]
- ^ Minolta Digital Camera RD-175: Instruction Manual. Minolta GmbH, Business Equipment Operations.
- ^ Schofield, Edward (3 May 2013). "Pencil Test Studios". Facebook. Retrieved 2023-03-28.
On The Neverhood, we used beta versions of the Minolta RD-175, one of the first digital SLR cameras. For you trivia buffs, The Neverhood was the first professional stop motion production to use consumer digital SLR's--something that is common for most productions today. --Ed