Review: Konica Minolta's bargain-priced 3-megapixel offering is the Dimage E323, a well-designed, solidly built compact equipped with a 3X zoom lens. A metallic finish of silver and blue lends the camera a touch of style, but this Dimage is basically the workaday version of its svelter and hipper X-series siblings. Of course, there's nothing wrong with workaday, and the E323 is a solid performer with a simple interface and very good image quality for its class. This model is the wrong choice if you want a lot of manual flexibility, but if you're looking to just point and ...
Expand full review Konica Minolta's bargain-priced 3-megapixel offering is the Dimage E323, a well-designed, solidly built compact equipped with a 3X zoom lens. A metallic finish of silver and blue lends the camera a touch of style, but this Dimage is basically the workaday version of its svelter and hipper X-series siblings. Of course, there's nothing wrong with workaday, and the E323 is a solid performer with a simple interface and very good image quality for its class. This model is the wrong choice if you want a lot of manual flexibility, but if you're looking to just point and shoot, the Dimage E323 is a fine deal.Solidly constructed and weighing a light 7 ounces with batteries and media loaded, the Konica Minolta Dimage E323 feels natural in the hand. The company didn't skimp on the build: the buttons are sturdy and responsive; the zoom travels smoothly; and the four-way controller offers individual keys instead of a rocker pad, which can be mushy and inaccurate. The E323's simple, straightforward layout uses the available space efficiently, keeping buttons to a minimum.
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3.0 stars out of 11 user reviews Rating Breakdown
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3.5 stars Pros: pictures are fairly decent. Easy to use - light to carry. Easy to transfer pictures when using USB converter.
Cons: Eats batteries - both rechargable and alkaline (20 - 30 pics per pair) Unable to delete pictures saved on hard drive - have no longer got the manual and found no info on this on the net
Summary: Mostly like this little camera. Use it often with good results. Am slightly disables, so am pleased that I have a camera that I can use easily.
My biggest problem is that it eats batteries faster than the speed of light - 30 pics max and it doesn't seem ... Expand full review
Summary: Mostly like this little camera. Use it often with good results. Am slightly disables, so am pleased that I have a camera that I can use easily.
My biggest problem is that it eats batteries faster than the speed of light - 30 pics max and it doesn't seem to matter what kind of batteries. Am told that the pictures are saved on a hard drive in the camera but can find no information on how to delete those pictures - I use SD cards and think that the batteries being used so quickly could be due to the number of pics on the hard drive. If you are able to tell me how (as simply as possible) to delete the hard drive pictures, then maybe the batteries would last longer (I took about 100 pictures last Saturday and went through 8 rechargeable batteries (new) and 14 regular batteries that I had to buy while out on the road. Am sure that I am not the only one with the battery problems, having read the revies.
4.0 stars Pros: Simple, reliable, AA batteries, SD memory
Cons: Megapixels, none
Summary: Even though it's only 3.2MP, which is small now days, it still takes good pictures. I like the fact that it uses AA batteries and SD memory. It has an average zoom and software menu capabilities. I've owned the camera for, I think what is now three ... Expand full review
Summary: Even though it's only 3.2MP, which is small now days, it still takes good pictures. I like the fact that it uses AA batteries and SD memory. It has an average zoom and software menu capabilities. I've owned the camera for, I think what is now three years and it has been very reliable - no problems.
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