The Dimage E323's precision electro optical system is built around a 3.3 megapixel 1/2.7 type interline primary color CCD with 3.2 million effective pixels for high resolution images. This resolution can produce 10x14 inch, 150dpi prints or 4 x 6 inch size photo quality prints. For those special occasions where users want to make big prints, the camera can automatically interpolate the data when it is captured to create a large 6 megapixel image. This will allow users to make up to 11x17 inch 150dpi prints or letter size 300dpi prints.

The Dimage E323 is equipped with a 3x optical zoom lens. With a focal range of 5.6mm to 16.8mm, the lens is equivalent to a 36 108mm zoom on a 35mm camera. It can range from wide angle for landscapes to telephoto for portraits. The resolution of the seven element, six group lens design ensures the best quality results from the camera's 3.3 megapixel CCD image sensor. The maximum aperture of F/2.8 4.9 allows the camera to be used in less than ideal lighting conditions without the need of the built in flash.

The new Minolta Dimage E323's digital zoom can extend the optical zoom lens performance by four times giving the E323 an equivalent of a 432mm lens on a 35mm camera. The combined optical and digital zooms give this compact digital camera an amazing 12x zoom range. The camera's macro mode also allows small objects and details to be captured. The lens can focus down to 4.3 inches for close up photographs.

The Dimage E323 could not be easier to operate. Exposure, focus, white balance, and flash are all controlled automatically for clear, sharp color pictures. By simply pointing and shooting, the camera will do the rest. And to transfer the data from the camera, a user simply connects the USB cable, and drags and drops the images into their computer.

The Dimage E323 is not limited to recording still images movie sequences can be captured too. The length of the movie clip is only limited by resolution and the capacity of the camera's memory card. Clips can be shot at two resolutions: 320 x 240 pixels for large (QVGA) images or 160 x 120 pixels for frugal use of the SD memory card.

Captured still and video images can be played back in the camera or on a TV. Still images can be played back automatically like a slide show. Images can be rotated to orient them correctly so viewers don't need to twist their heads to the left or right to view vertically composed shots.