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| Announced: | Feb 2, 2004 |
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Average rating:
3.85
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Opinion: I wanted an entry level camera for email pics that was of reasonble quality and price which also gave me the option of video with audio - I did alot of research before I settled on this camera and it has lived up to my expectations. The quality of pictures is excellent, it was very easy to learn how to use and comes with enough feautres for everday photography (with the self timer being particularly handy) I use rechargeable NIMH batteries and these prove more than efficient. The video with audio has been a great feature and although it is not as good as a dedicated video camera it is brilliant for little movies such as when your singing happy birthday (although make sure there is plenty of light) Overall if you are seeking an entry level camera on a budget price then I would highly recommend this model.
Problems: The video will only playblack in quicktime as it saves in an mov format although it is easy enough to convert it to avi format if you want to watch it through media player and there are ample free programs available over the net which allow you to do this. I feel it could have been constructed a little better although for the price it is quite good. The worst feature is using the viewfinder in bright daylight as it can be hard to actually see what you are taking a photo of, but I dont know if this is the same with all digital cameras as this is the only one I have used.
Opinion: I paid CDN$ 99 for this camera, so it doesn't have to be outstanding to provide good value for the money spent, which I think it does, as long as you don't plan on using the optical viewfinder.
Problems: I encountered what I think is one very serious issue with this camera (compared to other digital cameras which I've used), and that is that the optical viewfinder does not provide an accurate representation of the image being captured in typical portrait and group photography situations. In fact the problem is so bad that I am seriously considering returning this camera and buying something different, since the only method of properly composing a shot is by using the LCD display, which I don't like doing. I'm almost wondering whether or not the camera that I bought has a manufacturing flaw, since I have not seen this problem before in 2 other digital cameras which I've used significantly over the last 3 years.
One other minor issue with this camera is that it doesn't support video output to a TV, the way many other digital cameras do, including the other two that I've owned.
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