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Casio QV-R40 4 MP Mini Digital Camera w/ 3x Optical Zoom

Casio QV-R40 4 MP Mini Digital Camera w/ 3x Optical Zoom

List Price: $329.99
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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: An Amazing Camera
Review: This camera is simply perfect.

It is tiny, cheap, and most importantly takes amazing pictures.

I use an HP 8550 Color Laserjet and these pictures print out crystal clear on full bleed 8.5 * 11 prints. The clarity is superb.

The only thing that I would improve is being able to manually adjust the shutter speed.

ITS A GREAT BUY!!!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The perfect choice for keen point and shoot photographers
Review: This is a stylish, compact, well made camera at an excellent price point. Its simple to use and provides enough creative control for the great majority of people. For those of you dipping your toes into digital photogrpahy for the first time and who generally use a compact camera this is the ideal choice. Operating it is very intiutive and you will pick it up within just a couple of hours of play. Use it; abuse it it; learn fronm it over the next 12-18 months and if at the end of it your interest in photography/digicams grows then go for something with a few more bells and whistles. And in 18 months time the digicam market will have made great strides in both functionality and price.

The camera feels solid and produces excellent quality prints. It uses 2 AA batteries and SD cards and is therefore the ideal choice for travellers and those on a tight budget. (incidentally, I've found the battery life very good). It comes with its own internal memory but I recommend you get a couple of 128Mb SD cards as soon as you are able. Typically at the highest resolution about 65 shots can be stored on a 128Mb card. I find that this is plenty for say a weekend away or for a special occasion.

It doesn't come with a case, but i recommend you buy the Tamrac 5690, which will carry 4 extra rechargable batteries and 2 additional SD cards

I don't own a computer and so have not used the software that comes with it, although I have heard it is just average and doesn't match the quality of the camera. I simply go to my local photography store and download the images onto a CD or print the ones I want at a very reasonable price.

In summary: a great camera that won't become out of date in the near future.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Very good camera with lot of features!
Review: This is a very good camera for the price. It comes with handful of features which we may not find in this category of cameras especially in this price range. It takes very good pictures too.

Things I like:
1. Very fast response in power on and autofocus
2. Amazingly, it supports AA sized batteries (which we cannot find in compact size cameras)
3. Sleek and Compact metal body
4. 20 programmed best shot modes. Especially, I like the coupling shot(combining shots of two people in to a single image) and pre-shot(recording a shot on to an existing background). It also supports user-setup best shots (up to 999).
5. Album creation from the camera itself.
6. Calendar, World time and Alarm

Things I don't like:
1. Pictures look noisy on flat surfaces such as wall or sky(though the prints came out well even on 8x10)
2. No voice for video recording.
3. No video out for viewing pictures on TV.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: PHOTOGRAPHY for everyone!!
Review: This is an absolutely AMAZING little camera!!!! I have owned several 35 mm cameras in my day, from SLR to point-and-shoot, from high-end price to disposable. This Casio camera outperforms them all. You can just take it out of the box and start taking pictures, or you can take pictures with features in this camera that otherwise only a professional could attain. The clarity on the photos is great - better than any 35 mm I've ever seen. The camera is the perfect size...small enough to take everywhere, and big enough that you don't lose it. I am so thrilled! The only downside is that you have to download the complete operation manual from a computer, and it's MANY pages long. But really, I was able to play with it pretty quickly without the instructions, and when I did download the manual, it only confirmed what I'd already figured out on my own. The screen is small but really shows the true colors of the final print. I can't say enough good things about this little camera.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The best camera for the price
Review: This is my second digital camera and I'm glad with my choice. This camera has so many pros and few cons that it is worth for you to try.
Some of the pros are: Robust aluminum-alloy body, excellent image quality, 4.0 mega pixels, 3x digital zoom, small shutter lag (2/10 seconds), lens retracting completely into the body, flash with red eye reduction, handful preset shooting modes, video mode, two AA-size NiMH 2100mAh batteries and charger included, and many other etceteras.
The only cons I found were: 15 fps video clips with no audio up to 30 seconds each (audio recording would have been great), lack of exposure controls other than program AE, lack of a video output port.
This camera gives an impressive performance and quality for a great price, and definitively you won't regret on buying it.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Fast, Solid, & Easy
Review: This is my sixth digital camera over the past five years. Although I use a professional digital camera for special events, I wanted a pocket size camera for convenience.

It' fast! Let me tell you - the autofocus speed is faster than most other point and shoot cameras. It also displays photos without delay. Turn it on - the lens is ready in less than a second!

It's solid. The body is all metal. The LCD and the optics are recessed (protected). It's easy to hold.

It's easy. The controls are minimal and smartly laid out. No fancy bells and whistles.

The image quality is surprising. Exposure and color are accurate. Pictures are sharp and clear.

Is it the ultimate digital camera? No. Is it the best pocket sized digital camera? For under $350, I think it is.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: One-month malfunction!
Review: When I bought this camera, I thought it would be durable and at least last me a year before any problems occured.

HOWEVER, the optical zoom is now broken for me after only a month of normal day-to-day use. The camera will shut down on me whenever i try to zoom to full extent.

ANOTHER bad thing is that this camera has NO SOUND with its video capture. I find that very annoying and for the price, this camera SHOULD have audio capture and SHOULD be durable enough to last in the hands of a college student. After spring break, this camera just gave up on me... looks like they need to go back and make a better model of this camera. Because despite my negative rambling, the pictures are GREAT!


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