20 Most Recent Konica Minolta DiMAGE E323 Digital Camera - Page 4 Questions & Answers

Goto Konica site most companys have the manual online for download.

Check the battery-if it's the usual rechargeable type then make sure it's not dead. When they go AWOL they usually do it without any warning! Could be a problem with the switch. If you don't think it's the battery then it sounds like a repair job :-(

You need to replace your rechargeable batteries. Rechargeable batteries have shelf life too depending on usage. Get the model number off your existing battery, google it and you should be able to find some retailer that sells something compatible.

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If that's the case, you ned a genuine konica battery to resolve this. Genuine konica batteries are durable and performs well. If it's not available on your area then you may order online. Try to visit konica.com and there you can place an order.

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Assume you've tried changing batteries.
Go to their website and see if they offer tech support or a phone #

Make sure the gold legs are clean, just for kicks. I don't think they can be inserted backwards, but check to see which side the internal contacts are on in side the camera. Check batteries for charge, and make sure their and the cameras contacts are clean. Good luck!

Option 1 without any doubt.

The old Minolta gear is incompatible with the later Minolta AF mount. The Maxxum AF lenses will work on Sony Alpha (may have some compatibility issues though) but will all behave as if fitted with a teleconverter due to the image sensor being smaller than a 35mm film frame.

Modern lenses are not only designed from the start with digital use in mind, but have all the benefits of the latest computer aided design so are usually optically far better than earlier glass, although the actual build quality is usually unimpressive.

Using your old glass on a new body with an adaptor is like buying a brand new car and fitting it with a motorcycle engine. It isn't always possible, and when it is you'll have all sorts of compatibility and handling issues which will prevent you from using many of the features of your new camera. If you buy a Canon digital SLR then it usually isn't possible at all as the lens register is the deepest of all current brands (completely the opposite to Canon's 35mm SLR's which could use adaptors for most other makes of lenses). Nikon have a similar issue. Four Thirds (e.g. Olympus and Panasonic) mount cameras have the shortest register and can take adaptors for most other lenses, but there will be no data communication at all between the lens and the body and there will be an even greater teleconverter effect: a 24mm wide angle for 35mm film use will have an almost identical angle of view as a 50mm standard (35mm film) prime lens.

All this may seem to be a disadvantage, but it isn't. You are freed from any legacy use concerns of any kind, and can sell your current gear to raise funds for whichever system you prefer!

Optically, they're all more than acceptable and reviews which claim that a lens is poorer than another are true, but in real world amateur use you just aren't going to see the differences unless you regularly use your camera on a tripod and enlarge your images to print at huge sizes.

Just try out a few and see what feels right:-

Canon and Nikon are widely supported but tend to be bigger and bulkier. Both also offer very expensive "full frame" SLR's which have a sensor about the same size as a 35mm film frame: excellent if you're a pro or high-end amateur with a major investment in older lenses. Nikon's have the edge in this respect over Canon as they can still take lenses all the way back to the late 1950's but Canon are limited to lenses made since the late 1980's but it's not a major concern as few want to use glass that old anyway.

Sony have a policy of aggressive pricing, but their offerings are clearly not designed to last any more than a few years (neither are any of the budget/enthusiast SLR's, but Sony haven't made any attempt to pretend otherwise). The curent Sony offerings are also very menu intensive, and fairly basic functions which you'll often need such as white balance tend to need a few button presses rather than the Konica-Minolta approach which was to have a clearly marked and located button.

Four Thirds cameras (and the newer Micro Four Thirds) are very compact and lightweight but have the smallest SLR imagers so the lenses have relatively wide depth of field even at fully open aperture: not good if you like to use narrow depth of field, but can be a creative advantage with other styles of photography. Although I've always been an Olympus user I'm reluctant to invest with them as they left me high and dry with their 35mm range many years ago and then abandoned their 35mm AF system which I'd invested in. Now that Four Thirds has it's own confusing competitor with Micro Four Thirds and there's a limited lens range anyway it's something I'd personally steer clear of but is a superb system if you crave small SLR's and lenses which aren't bulky and heavy.

Pentax seem to be fine and are well priced, they're also best placed to use older K and KA-system lenses albeit with many compromises.

Unless going for Canon or Nikon, don't pay any attention to "in the long run". Digital photography is still evolving at a tremendous pace and so don't expect any equipment to last or be truly useful (some lenses excepted) in six years time.

Buy what suits you now and get shooting: it's far too easy to let the equipment get in the way of that simple aim!

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You can get the charger here on link below.

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OK . . . I don't think that this site is designed to generate phone calls.

However, I can tell you that your camera needs to have the shutter replaced. The price for this service can vary widely depending on just how much damage has been done. You may be better off simply replacing the camera.

The problem is that the shutter is not opening completely due to the bent blade. This causes part of the film area to remain unexposed and print black on your photographs.

You haven't said which KM model you have. But on most of them one push on the eject button makes the eject button pop out in order to be ready to use on the second press which ejects the memory card. After pressing the button all the way in to eject the card, the button should latch back into the "parked" postion.

Before re-inserting the memory card make sure that the eject button is already in the parked position. If it isn't then you'll get the problem which you describe.

What appears to have happened is that you have damaged the lens system.
This part is not easily fixed, and may cost more than the camera is worth. Unless it is a new camera, I suggest you do not fix the camera, and sell it on a site such as Ebay for parts or repair, as is.
Once an impact has damaged any digital camera, you do not have many choices. This is one of the main reasons I always recommend to use the wrist strap and use a padded case to store the camera, not in a pocket of any kind. That also should apply to purses and such, always use a padded case to help protect the camera from damage. I have done this for the few years I have been using these small point and shoot cameras of various kinds including various Nikons, Canons, and others. By taking extra precautions, I have (thankfully) not had any damage to any camera relating to impact of any kind.

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I might be able to assist with this. Please provide the model of the Konica Minolta camera.

Thanks.

Okay - I felt like an idiot but the instruction manual sucks for this!!!!!! Press the menu button and stay on the first screen - Drive mode will probably say single and have image information listed under it. Use the down button and highlight drive mode - press the right button and it will change to single and under that it will say self-timer. Now use the down button and highlist self - timer and press the enter button. Now you use the self-timer. Once you take a picture, the camera will revert back to single image, it will not stay in self-timer mode, so you have to go this process everytime to use self timer. Hope this helps and happy picture taking!!!!!!!!!!

Put the camera in "Playback" mode. Bring up the menu. "Format" is the second option on Page 1 there. This Z6 review has screenshots:

http://www.steves-digicams.com/2005_reviews/z6_pg4.html