Nice toy, poor quality photos
Pros:
Small size
Cons:
Poor quality pictures
The Bottom Line:
Not worth the money. Five days after I bought this, I went out and bought another one. I should have spent more from the start for a better choice.
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Author's Review
This camera is 2" by 2" by 1/2" deep, the picture shown is almost actual size. You can attach a cord (supplied) which can be attached to a key chain or a belt loop on your pants, etc. According to the specs, it as 24 bit full color, 8mb SDRAM, JPEG or BMP, USB interface, uses one AAA battery and the range is listed at 2 feet to infinity.
It comes with software to install on your computer, a camera cradle which can be mounted on a laptop, USB cable and one battery. The software supplied (along with the pc drivers) will allow you to process your pictures although this is not Photoshop or even Serif PhotoPlus but is adequate if you do not want to spend a lot of money on software. You can clean up your photo somewhat and add effects.
At 640 X480 resolution you can take as many as 26 pictures. At 320 X 240 you can get up to 50 pictures.
The camera can be connected to your computer to use as a web camera with MS NetMeeting, MoveMaker or other software. This may be the best feature of this camera, although I suspect you would use up batteries very quickly.
You can check out my web site New Mexico Trip at: http://www3.sympatico.ca/claude.carriere/NewMexicoTrip.htm.
The first six pictures were taken with this camera. The remaining 20 pictures I took were not good enough, I deleted them.
The advantage of this camera is the small size and the pc/web capability.
For pictures at infinity like the ones on my web site, it is OK, for closer shots like mug shots, the pictures will disappoint you with poor clarity. Forget indoor shots, it has no flash. I have tried to take pictures of documents at two feet, the resolution is not good enough to capture the detail.
Bottom line, if you want quality, look elsewhere, in fact, I know there are other models of this size that do far better at a slightly higher price.
Walgreens
