Rating: 
Summary: Cool, but...
Review: Ok, so I was walking in a Best Buy store and saw this cool toy. I picked it up, read the package, put it down, continued shopping, went back, read the package again and bought it. It has it's good and bad points. Good points:
cheap ...; cool (small, pocket sized); expandable (has a compact flash card socket); photos can be set to 1.3, 2 or 3.1 megapixels; can connect via USB, hook up to your TV or if you use CF, just pull the chip and plug it into your CF reader. Bad points:
It feels cheap, all plastic; 1t only has 16MB of memory built in, so you'll need to use that CF card (BTW, the CF card REPLACES the internal memory, not suplements it, so if you add a 16MB card, you still only have 16MB); no zoom (the book talks about 2x digital but I can't figure out how to activate it); NO FLASH (indoor pictures and videos are grainy and red tinted); pictures and video are easy to shoot, just open it up and press one button for stills or another for video; voice recording requires you to open it and select voice recording from a menu (guess they couldn't afford another button). Misc:
It comes with all needed cables, a cheap tripod and they even throw in the batteries.
Files are stored as jpeg, avi and wav.
with just internal memory, figure 5-15 pictures, 2 to 4 minutes of video or 1 hour of audio. (256MB CF is now about $50.00, buy one).
I still think it's a neat toy, but next year's will be better.
Rating: 
Summary: Great mini-camcorder
Review: the Aiptek DV3100 is astounding for the price.
I love it. Will probably get a second one or get the Aiptek 4500.
Rating: 
Summary: AWESOME!!!
Review: This camera is awesome!!! I bought it just to fool around with making little movies. I doubted it at first because the low price and I had never heard of the brand before but I decided to try it. And boy am I glad I did! Sure the zoom's not that great and there's no flash but other than that it's great. My advice is if you want a little camera with BIG things this is the one to buy. Or even if you don't want a little camera this one still is cool. All my friends are jelous and can't believe the price! So if you're taking time to read this take 5 minutes to buy it!!!!!
Rating:
Summary: Perfect... (could use optical zoom though)
Review: This camera is by far the best camera I've ever spent around $100 on. I use it as a webcam (which can have very high quality -- 30fps at 640x480 [but it hurts harddrive space], a microphone which picks up every sound in my room very well, and an all around camcorder. The quality when it's not hooked up to your computer isn't very good, but what can you expect for something that fits in your hand and costs $100? There is nothing on the market quite like this, and I would recommend it for anyone that wants to make movies, but not professionally. I would reccomend buying a bigger compact flash card, because you don't get very many still photos (for still photos, get good lighting or a nice editing program to make it brigter... no flash) or movie with the internal memory.
Pros:
Price
Size
Overall handyness
Cons:
Little internal memory
No flash My verdict -- if you're an amateur movie maker, buy this camera.
Rating:
Summary: IT ROCKS--better than expected!
Review: This camera is soooo great! I owned the Fujifilm Finepix 3800, but found the quality of this one is even better! It can record video minimum 8 minutes depending on your memory. With voice recorder too! Overall, i am very satisfied! Highly recommend it to every nonprofessional!
Rating:
Summary: the best
Review: this is an awesome camera i use it to mess around with my friends and it is the best it isnt a profesional camera but it is definatly worth the money buy this camera now!!
Rating:
Summary: Pretty Awesome
Review: This is the best Camera I've ever held in my hands. You have to buy it with a 128 MB Card. The picture quality is increadably great in good lighting conditions. The picture quality for the camcorder is not the best, but perfect if your not going to view it on the TV. If you looked at just the camcorder part, the Item deserves 4 stars. But since the camera is a four-in-one (really a 3 in 1 'cause the voice recorder is useless)It really deserves all five stars.
Rating:
Summary: GOOD FOR THE PRICE... BUT.......................
Review: THIS UNIT IS GOOD FOR THE PRICE, HOWEVER THE DV3300 (DV4) AND DV3500 (DV5) ARE ALREADY AVAILABLE IN EUROPE (DV5 ONLY IN GERMANY)AND ARE MORE ROBUST DEVICES- THE NEXT TWO GENERATIONS OF THE AIPTEK POCKETDV LINE ADD SEVERAL NEEDED FEATURES. THEY BOTH HAVE FLASH AND LIGHT FUNCTIONALITY, AND THE DV5 OFFERS RECORDING IN THE MPEG4 FORMAT. WHILE THE RECORDING FUNCTIONS ONLY OFFER 10FPS WITH 640X480 RES. THEY OFFER 10-30FPS WITH THE LOWER RES VIDEO. THEY BOTH HAVE A TRUE 2 MEGAPIXEL RES. SENSOR WITH INTERPOLATION (SOFTWARE WIZADRY THAT ADDS PIXELS BUT DOESN'T REALLY ADD QUALITY)THEY CAN OUTPUT AT 3 MEGAPIXELS. THEY BOTH ALSO OFFER BUILT IN MP3 PLAYERS, AND USE SD CARDS AS OPPOSED TO COMPACT FLASH. FOR SOME REASON THOUGH AIPTEK (GERMAN COMPANY) STILL HASN'T RELEASED THESE HERE IN THE STATES. HOWEVER YOU CAN OCCASIONALLY FIND THEM @ AUCTION SITES FOR AROUND TWO BENJAMIN FRANKLINS BUT EXPECT TO PAY INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING RATES. HOPEFULLY AIPTEK WILL SOON REALIZE THE AMERICAN MARKET CAN BOOST THIER PROFITS AND WILL START RELEASING THEIR PRODUCTS HERE FIRST. YOU CAN SEE DETAILS OF THE DV3300 (DV4) AT THE GERMAN SITE FOR AIPTEK WWW.AIPTEK.DE HOWEVER THEY DON'T HAVE THE DV5 ON THEIR YET AS THEY ARE JUST NOW LAUNCHING THAT PRODUCT.
Rating: 
Summary: Horrible Camera, DO NOT BUY!!!!!!
Review: We are quite unsatisfied with this camera's performance. It runs on 2 double A batteries and so therefore dies after about 8-15 minutes or so on new batteries. This includes playback, where the batteries seem to die even quicker. Installation of software for playback on a PC or playback on a TV is difficult, frustrating, and requires a lot of patience. This camera is not good at taking digital still photos (turn out blury, lighting bad indoors), and can only hold a few on the 128 MB card. This card also holds about 15 minutes of video and nothing else. The camera is low quality and the cards are also lacking. Please, Please do not do what we did. We are stuck with this camera because it passed the 90 day return policy. Don't put yourself in that situation, do NOT buy this camera. (How can you use it if it won't run for more than 15 minutes tops!!)
Rating:
Summary: Well...
Review: When I was going to buy this camera my thoughts were " Wow, a $100 camera." But the only problem is is that it doesn't have flash. When I read this I thought " Man, still for $100!" So I bought it and the first thing I tried was it in the dark. The pictures are dark but its not like it cannot take any pictures at all in the dark. What I found to my great intrest is that it takes great pictures and movies outside and that the microphone can take in alot of sound. What I noticed is not alot of people talked about the things that come with it. A tripod and USB cord is included so those are some nice things. A problem with them is that the USB cord tends to fall out very easy and that the tripod is very fragile. I recommend this camera for first time movie makes and I suggest "Windows Movie Maker" as a program that is very easy to use and should come along with your computer. I forgot to say that also a TV plug is included but it is horrible quailty on the TV. Another thing is the camera is small than it looks. Its about the size of an average adult's palm. I hope this was usefull to you all =). HAPPY SHOPPING!!!
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