Minolta DiMAGE E223
The Minolta DiMAGE E223 is a compact 2.0-megapixel digital camera announced on March 2, 2003, as Minolta's entry-level model in the DiMAGE line. The body is silver, and the lens is a 3x optical zoom. Documentation is thin. The sources found so far don't confirm the sensor size, aperture range, shutter speeds, battery type, storage media or dimensions.
What is recorded comes mostly from spec-tracker pages and a surviving 64-page user manual. The manual exists in English and is preserved across several archives. One specification page adds an odd detail: the E223's sensor diagonal measures approximately 6.66 mm, roughly two-thirds of the 9.4 mm diagonal one might expect from a 1/2.7-type sensor. The same page says the 3x digital zoom extends the optical reach in 0.2x increments to an equivalent of a 342mm lens on a 35mm camera. Maximum ISO is documented at 100.
The naming is a bit tangled. The camera shipped as the Minolta DiMAGE E223, but after Konica and Minolta merged, some manual archives list it as the Konica Minolta DiMAGE E223. The eBay category heading it appears under mentions "3-9.9x Optical Zoom," but that's a category-level descriptor, not a spec attributed to this model.
On the collector market, CameraWorth tracks four sold prices for the E223, from £5 to £20, with a median of £17. A working silver example with cords, tested, appeared in a recent eBay listing.
Known specs:
- Type: Compact digital camera
- Resolution: 2.0 MP (some sources say 2.1 MP)
- Optical zoom: 3x
- Maximum ISO: 100
- Announced: March 2, 2003
- Sensor diagonal: approx. 6.66 mm (per one spec-tracking source)
- Body color: Silver
- Manual: 64 pages, English, preserved on multiple archive sites
If you own an E223 and can fill in the blanks - battery type, storage media, focal length range, or how it compares to the later E323 - the Archive would welcome the record.
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