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Summary: This camera is in a class by itself and deserves 10 Stars!
Review: I waited and watched digital cameras evolve over the past few years and was ready to buy a 2 Megapixel Casio last March when this 3.0 Megapixel camera was released. I had high expectations after reading the specs on this camera and my high expectations have been greatly exceeded. With this camera, and the built in IBM Microdrive, you can photgraph virtually anything you can with a conventional camera and it is better in many ways. I have done close-up portraits that are breathtakingly realistic and better than any camera I have ever seen, digital or otherwise. I took wedding pictures of a neighbor that were better than those they had made by a professional photographer. My wife is an avid gardener and I have taken extreme closeups of her flowers using the macro feature that are absolutely dazzling! I can shoot virtually all day and not worry about running out of film thanks to the microdrive (245 picture capacity). I would recommend getting some Ni-Cad batteries and a charger for it; I bought an extra set to have on hand when I am out for the day shooting. These pictures look spectacular on my conputer and with my HP-932c deskjet printer I can print very high quality photgraphs that are the best I've ever seen. If you haven't already guessed, I love this camera! I have taken great family portraits and I can keep them up to date as the grandchildren grow. I have never endorsed or recommended any product before but I am excited about this one and can't rate it high enough!
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Summary: You would have to be an IDIOT to buy any other camera
Review: With all the storage space, I don't see why anyone would buy any other camera.
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Summary: AWESOME camera
Review: I have been through 3 digital cameras and this one is worth every penny !!!!!! Great versality,exelent Quality!! Great for 8 x 10 enlargments!! When printed out on a hp970cse unbelieveable !! You want to buy a couple sets of Nickel-Metal-Hydride rechargeable batteries, they last a long time!
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Summary: Good, but no support for USB on NT
Review: I like the camera, and after buying the additional power supply, battery charger, etc it is a very useful tool for my business. However there is no support for the USB port on Windows NT, despite what Casio advertise. I use the serial port, and with the power supply it works well. With battery power it really drags. Given these drawbacks, having the microdrive is fantastic, just keep on shooting and review later. I can't think of going back to the tiny memory of other cameras.
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Summary: Super Camera
Review: Took mine on vacation. Shot 450+ pictures. Get a Microtech CFIIA adapter to load the Microdrive into a PCMCIA slot, and it transfers 300MB in under 5 minutes. Then you're off and shooting again. Take the time to read the manual, as there are about 100 menu items, some very hard to remember. Only drawback...at about 2.4MB per image, uploading to Shutterfly.com takes a LOOOOONG time.
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Summary: Overrated: cool capacity, bad picture quality
Review: The microdrive is definitely a VERY cool thing. The camera itself is very bulky, and the box is made of crappy-looking plastic and has a fragile-looking finish. I was very deceived with the picture quality. For example indoors pictures had a *lot* of moire effect on flat surfaces (wall), like a bad scanner. Details were ok.My conclusion: an expensive toy, but not a high-quality camera.
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Summary: Sweeeeet!
Review: Just got it, and I love it. I can't imagine not having a microdrive. Forget about 'deleting bad images'. Just keep shooting! You've got the memory. Super easy to use, light weight, and takes great pix. Don't worry about battery life, get 2 sets of decent rechargable NiMH batteries and go! Don't wait to get this camera!
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Summary: Best digital camera i've seen!
Review: I'm on my 4th digital camera, and this is it, and boy is it amazing. You can print out 8x10 (using ofot.com or shutterfly) and not be able to tell it wasn't a film camera! The microdrive gives you more capacity than you'll ever need. Great LCD screen and great USB transfers.
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Summary: Man, who car argue with a 340 meg storage media
Review: Got it a day ago and found it to be VERY light (w/batteries). I don't know where the heavy arguments come from. Comes with all possible cables....thank you CASIO. Doesn't take long to figure out all the buttons; although, being a novice, I need to learn how photography is done. No AC adapter with this one. But, the power port called for a 6 volt, -(+ <-- adapter. I looked around my well stocked computer junk cabinet and found that my Sony IFT-R10 400 mah IR transmitter AC adapter worked fine. Thus far, I've only used the serial COM1 Photo Loader software to transmit the .jpg's because my J-bond PCI500C motherboard didn't come with a USB connector. There may be a compatibility with the PCI500C J-bond motherboard because I couldn't get the software to detect the CASIO on either COM1 or COM2 ports...all morning on this one until I tried another PC I have and the CASIO was detected immediately. But, overall, this is the best setup for anyone that hates to swap small 8/16/32 megabyte memory cards. This will most definately be my sole vacation camera for stills. Now, I gotta find a charger.
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Summary: Great Vacation Camera
Review: We purchased our Casio QV3000 just before leaving for Hawaii. Though unsure at the time because of the price, ($1000), we are very much relieved to see that our purchase paid off for us. The ability to check the picture you've just taken immediately was great. How many times do you get to go to a Luau in Hawaii? This way we knew we had good pictures or we could delete the bad and take a fresh one right away! The zoom features are great, but better resolution is achieved with the optical zoom as opposed to the digital zoom. The digital zoom gets you closer to the subject, but if you are going to later enlarge the shot stay with the optical zoom. Also, rechargable batteries do last longer than regular batteries and we are currently looking at the purchase of an AC adapter. To summarize our opinion, great performance, great resolution and a smart buy especially for a vacation. (No, it is not too big to carry around. Comes with neck strap and is not too heavy.) If you don't want to spend the money right now, we have been informed that there are 2 more brands coming out this summer. My guess is when the other microdrive digital cameras come out, the price on the Casio will come down.
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