The Konica-Minolta Z6 shows its prowess in its speed and superb battery life. Another area where it distinguishes itself is continuous shooting. There are several modes which work at full resolution between 1.5 FPS and 2.5 FPS. Additionally, it has a progressive capture mode which is extremely valuable for action shots. It also has a ultra-high-speed continuous shooting mode which captures low-resolution images extremely rapidly. On the negative side, its image quality is below average due to excessive noise (which may not be visible in small prints) and some occasional overexposure problems.

Truly the weak point of the Konica-Minolta Z6 is image quality. Keep in mind however that this is true of all current ultra-zoom cameras. The Z6 does have more noise, but the Sony Cybershot DSC-H1 has more purple-fringing and distortion, the Panasonic DMC-FZ30 also has high noise plus dynamic-range and exposure problems, the Konica-Minolta Z5 has a little less noise but more softness and the excellent Canon Powershot S2 IS shows lots of chromatic aberrations, is noisy, loses details and has a tendency to overexpose. To decide, its a matter of choosing which defect you mind least. For good image quality with at least 10X optical zoom, look at the non-stabilized Fuji Finepix S9000 or older Olympus C700-series (C765, C750, C740, C730) digital cameras.

Of all the ultra-zoom cameras mentioned above, the Z6 is the fastest to operate but is the least capable. Particularly, it has the smallest manual control range (ISO and shutter-speed, for example) and the lowest resolution movie-mode. This is surprising since the both the Konica-Minolta Z5 and Z3 could record 640x480 movie clips and the much older Z2's 800x600 movie-mode still has not been surpassed. It is always disappointing when innovation get lost!