Agfa ePhoto CL18

Opinion: Under construction, I afraid that the door covering the USB connection seems flimsy although I've had no problems with it. The picture quality is excellent for an inexpensive camera. The auto exposure seems to be (almost) a center spot metering which causes exposure problems under unusual lighting conditions. Overall, I'm quite pleased with the camera.

Opinion: I was happy with the features and accessories but I was disappointed with the image quality, especially under low light when the flash was used.

Opinion: Affordable no-fuss toy for casual snaps and keeping track of good tracks for serious photo-shooting.

GOOD: price, ease of use, photo+webcam, decent pictures in standard conditions, size

BAD: Actual resolution of this camera seems to be 320x240 interpolated to 640x480, because image is somewhat blurred. JPEG compression is quite hard, even on the QUALITY setting, and makes the edges little over-emphasized. Flash is brutal, takes a lot of the colour and contrast, but is neccesery in low-light (otherwise. Time between shots about 5-6 secs.

Opinion: This camera was a gift, and I'm fairly pleased with it. I use it for pictures in my personal internet-site, for which purpose it's OK. Though the camera made me want more and made me visit these sites.

In my live I never made so many picture, but also I never had to throw so many pictures I made in my (luckily digital) trashcan. The pictures are blurry and the video-conference tool is not fast and clear enough. I realy had to train in order to succeed in making reasonable quality pictures with using the flash you. Further a requirement is keeping the camera still for a couple of seconds after having pushed the button.

For me the camera is a very good start in the new world of electronic communication and made me take those snap shots again. Also after some 'getting use to my camera' period I enjoy it very much!