Chris Tamplin
Forum Enthusiast
Bought this camera for 20 quid, would not for one minute consider paying the full 100 it should have been. Apart from the severe turning on problem (It switches on incredibly easily. Do not, under any circumstances, leave it loose in a bag as it will turn itself on and flatten your batteries, almost without a doubt), it is just a dead boring dead simple no-brainer cam. It is I suppose ideal as a substitute for a mobile phone camera, as it produces low quality images from an easy interface.
On that subject, the interface is easy to navigate, and requires no manual. This is hardly a reason to choose this camera as a use menu can be learnt, whereas (for example) a tiny screen cannot be altered.
The screen is average, although it loses resolution (bizarrely) under the digital zoom - which of course is illogical as the camera's sensor resolution is far higher than the screen resolution.
The digital zoom is truly awful. It is almost worth not zooming but cropping into the image, as the noise and softening are quite staggering.
The noise in fact is awful on all the images. This is a big worry if you're thinking of buying the camera, because the noise is very significant. You'll also find that it may be a two megapixel camera, but the resolution of the image is so poor, what appears to be a pixel (a spot of uniform colour) is actually four or five - and that's not a focussing issue.
There are no other features to speak of. I would not recommend this camera.
On that subject, the interface is easy to navigate, and requires no manual. This is hardly a reason to choose this camera as a use menu can be learnt, whereas (for example) a tiny screen cannot be altered.
The screen is average, although it loses resolution (bizarrely) under the digital zoom - which of course is illogical as the camera's sensor resolution is far higher than the screen resolution.
The digital zoom is truly awful. It is almost worth not zooming but cropping into the image, as the noise and softening are quite staggering.
The noise in fact is awful on all the images. This is a big worry if you're thinking of buying the camera, because the noise is very significant. You'll also find that it may be a two megapixel camera, but the resolution of the image is so poor, what appears to be a pixel (a spot of uniform colour) is actually four or five - and that's not a focussing issue.
There are no other features to speak of. I would not recommend this camera.
