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Summary: Memory card error
Review: I did not read the reviews here until after I had ordered the camera. Since I had already requested the camera I thought I would give it a chance. I was very disapointed to get the "memory card error" after only 1 hour of using the camera. It occured after taking a picture, and that picture was lost. It would work again after turning the camera on and off a few times, but the problem kept recurring. Who wants to put up with that with a new camera? I expected a lot more from Gateway, even though they did not make the camera, there name is on it. I emailed them to see if there was a software update to fix the problem. There response: "If you did not purchase the item from Gateway, please contact the manufacturer for further assistance. I apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.
However, please note that the Protected card error can be resolved by formatting the SD card. The steps for formatting the SD card changes depending on the model of the card." First of all I did format the SD card, and if it needed reformating when a computer was not around to download the pics to, they would all be erased. And second The name on the camera is Gateway. Although I have read who really makes the camera, the email did not bother to tell me who the manufacturer was. The only good thing about all of this is that I bought the camera from Amazon.com. They are sending UPS to my house to pick up the camera for free and refunding my money. I will buy my next one on Amazon.com -- probably an HP Photosmart R707 5.1MP Digital Camera.
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Summary: Great Digital camera for its price & how to fix "card error"
Review: I got this camera for two weeks from gateway $199 after $50 rebate. very easy to use and had a lot of function. Order another 256MB SD and is on the way. The picture is very good outdoor with enought light, compare to my 1.5MP Sony DV, the picture is much more rich. The flash light need to be stronger. I had the "card error" today. The cause was I turn the dial between "A" and ">" when I turn it on. Reset and nothing works, the memory card still works if I put in my memory card reader. I simply do a quick format under XP. Next I thing you is working again. What you pay is what you get but I think $200 is well spent. I would recommend if you just want something cheap for outdoor but would not recommend if you take lots of picture depends on flash ligh.
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Summary: Do not buy this camera!!! Please read.
Review: I have been a loyal Gateway customer for years and was excited to learn about this digital camera. I had read both good and bad reviews on this device. I figured for the most part, the bad reviews were either from professional photographers or rare instances of a defective product. Mine may be the latter, but this is a terrible camera. It looks and feels nice, and has a lot of features, but the photo quality is very poor, especially indoors. Most of the photos that I shot indoors came out blurry and out of focus and about 1/3 of the outdoors pictures came out poor as well. I got this camera this morning and read through the manual and got started. Boy was I disappointed. My Panasonic 1.3 megapixel camera blows the Gateway DC-T50 out of the water.
I called Gateway customer service (what an experience that was). The first operator informed me that "that was probably just the quality of the pictures for this camera." This is supposed to be a high quality 5.25 megapixel camera! She then told me that Gateway would be happy to take the item back; however they are going to charge me a 15% restocking fee. So when all is said and done, this camera and the accessories that I ordered with it are going to cost me $56.00 to get rid of. I say its money well spent, because this camera is not worth the price of the box that it was shipped in.
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Summary: Great pictures, until you get random error messages!
Review: I loved the T50 for about 2 months. My experience has been that it takes great pictures, indoor and out. But then I started randomly getting the error message "Protected Card" when I would turn on the camera or try and delete a picture. Not every time, but often enough to be very annoying. Turning the camera off and back on once (sometimes twice) usually solved the problem, but it shouldn't be happening in the first place.
As if that weren't bad enough, I've just started randomly getting a second error message. After I take a picture the screen will show "Error 5" and then the camera will turn itself off. The picture I just took will not have been saved to the card. Again, turning the camera off and back on once or twice makes it work again, but this is getting ridiculous!
I should also note that Gateway online technical support has been completely useless. When I first emailed about the "Protected Card" error they responded by telling me to make sure I was using a memory card that was compatible with the camera. When I later emailed about the "Error 5" message they responded by instructing me on the proper way to insert a memory card into the camera.
Having had the camera for 3 months I am well past the 15 day money back guarantee, but I am within the 1 year warranty period and I am going back to my friendly neighborhood Gateway store to see what they can do about it. Probably replace it with another identical camera that will do the same thing, but I'm going to give it a try.
Caveat Emptor - Buyer Beware!
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Summary: Great pictures, until you get random error messages!
Review: I loved the T50 for about 2 months. My experience has been that it takes great pictures, indoor and out. But then I started randomly getting the error message "Protected Card" when I would turn on the camera or try and delete a picture. Not every time, but often enough to be very annoying. Turning the camera off and back on once (sometimes twice) usually solved the problem, but it shouldn't be happening in the first place.
As if that weren't bad enough, I've just started randomly getting a second error message. After I take a picture the screen will show "Error 5" and then the camera will turn itself off. The picture I just took will not have been saved to the card. Again, turning the camera off and back on once or twice makes it work again, but this is getting ridiculous!
I should also note that Gateway online technical support has been completely useless. When I first emailed about the "Protected Card" error they responded by telling me to make sure I was using a memory card that was compatible with the camera. When I later emailed about the "Error 5" message they responded by instructing me on the proper way to insert a memory card into the camera.
Having had the camera for 3 months I am well past the 15 day money back guarantee, but I am within the 1 year warranty period and I am going back to my friendly neighborhood Gateway store to see what they can do about it. Probably replace it with another identical camera that will do the same thing, but I'm going to give it a try.
Caveat Emptor - Buyer Beware!
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Summary: Don't buy this camera
Review: I ordered this camera from Gateway, directly, at a relatively modest price for a 5.25MP digital camera. The camera was fabulous outdoors but faces and backgrounds had a green cast when using the flash. I tried various flash settings and finally decided that my camera had a flaw. I emailed Gateway and received an immediate response asking me to call an agent. After a brief explanation of my problem I was told that a new camera would be sent immediately. The new camera takes perfect pictures! The detail is incredible and the color is accurate. There are some exceptional features on this little camera such as a sturdy and attractive metal casing, easy to use controls, a multitude of settings which allow you to choose aperture or shutter speed preferences, portrait mode which blurs the background and includes a red eye reduction flash feature, a choice of focal distances including a macro lens feature, movie clips with sound, 3x optical zoom (I reccommend using only optical zoom with a digital camera)and many more. The battery is rechargeable directly in the camera and it stays charged for a long time. There is also a battery life meter as well as an indicator of space available on the sd card. There are some problems as well. The red eye reduction though helpful is not perfect. This is a problem that exists with all small digital cameras and can be fixed on your computer. The time between pressing the shutter release button and getting an image is long especially with a 512MB card. This may account for the blurred pictures that some people have commented about. You MUST hold still until the picture appears on your monitor or your motion will blur the image. (Try keeping your elbows in at your side for more stability.) Another reason for blurred images might be choosing the wrong focus. If you are set in macro mode and snapping a distant object it will appear blurred and vice versa for close objects and long distance settings. The flash is not extremely powerful but works as well as any other small digital I've used, and I've used many. This is not a strong suit of compact digital cameras. Overall this is a great value for the price and the photos you get will be as good as or better than any point and shoot film camera you now own. The advantage will be that you can view them immediately, email to friends, and print photos yourself using a photo printer and your computer. No more waiting for the photomat to do its job. Be aware that you should bring along an extra card and an extra battery if you want to be assured of uninterrupted use of any digital camera. Since these items are reuseable indefinitely they are worth the investment.
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Summary: Much better than these reviews indicate!
Review: I ordered this camera from Gateway, directly, at a relatively modest price for a 5.25MP digital camera. The camera was fabulous outdoors but faces and backgrounds had a green cast when using the flash. I tried various flash settings and finally decided that my camera had a flaw. I emailed Gateway and received an immediate response asking me to call an agent. After a brief explanation of my problem I was told that a new camera would be sent immediately. The new camera takes perfect pictures! The detail is incredible and the color is accurate. There are some exceptional features on this little camera such as a sturdy and attractive metal casing, easy to use controls, a multitude of settings which allow you to choose aperture or shutter speed preferences, portrait mode which blurs the background and includes a red eye reduction flash feature, a choice of focal distances including a macro lens feature, movie clips with sound, 3x optical zoom (I reccommend using only optical zoom with a digital camera)and many more. The battery is rechargeable directly in the camera and it stays charged for a long time. There is also a battery life meter as well as an indicator of space available on the sd card. There are some problems as well. The red eye reduction though helpful is not perfect. This is a problem that exists with all small digital cameras and can be fixed on your computer. The time between pressing the shutter release button and getting an image is long especially with a 512MB card. This may account for the blurred pictures that some people have commented about. You MUST hold still until the picture appears on your monitor or your motion will blur the image. (Try keeping your elbows in at your side for more stability.) Another reason for blurred images might be choosing the wrong focus. If you are set in macro mode and snapping a distant object it will appear blurred and vice versa for close objects and long distance settings. The flash is not extremely powerful but works as well as any other small digital I've used, and I've used many. This is not a strong suit of compact digital cameras. Overall this is a great value for the price and the photos you get will be as good as or better than any point and shoot film camera you now own. The advantage will be that you can view them immediately, email to friends, and print photos yourself using a photo printer and your computer. No more waiting for the photomat to do its job. Be aware that you should bring along an extra card and an extra battery if you want to be assured of uninterrupted use of any digital camera. Since these items are reuseable indefinitely they are worth the investment.
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Summary: Stick with computers Gateway
Review: I picked this camera because it's small, has 5mp, 3x optical zoom and everything else for such a low price. BAD MISTAKE. All pictures taken outside turned out great...but inside pictures were a different story. If I used the flash, then anything in the picture would be washed out and faces were left almost completely white. If I didn't use the flash, then the camera had to be sitting on a table for the picture to not turn out horribly blurry. When trying all the settings, looking for one that would work well for inside, I took 67 pictures of our Christmas tree. Literally 4 of them turned out acceptable. It turns out bad indoor pictures were the least of my problems. After 20 days of use, the camera refused to turn on seconds after a picture had been taken. I tried a new battery and then plugged it in with the adapter, but it had no response. I didn't hit it against anything or drop it in the 45 seconds between the time of the last picture and it not turning on...so who knows what happened. Unfortunately, gateway only offered a 15 day money back guarantee...so since I was five days past the guarantee date, my father had to call and hassle them into refunding our money. As far as a long-term warranty, this camera is only warranted for 1 year. Kind of scary when it is a $350 investment. With all the bad things that happened, it is possible I just got a lemon...but for $350 I recommend spending your money on a camera from a company known for CAMERAS, not computers.
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Summary: Gateway does it with this camera
Review: I was looking for a camera with 4 or 5 megapixels and decided to give this one a try as I have always been satisfied with Gateway products. This camera did not disapoint. It has worked as advertised and all the systems have worked well and continue to do so. I had been worried about lens quality when I bought the camera, but this turned out to be of excellent quality. The pictures are sharp and clear. The camera is easy to use and the instructions that come with it are quite adequate. Indoors or outdoors the photo quality is top notch. The flash works well and can be adjusted to three modes. The portrait and macro features are teriffic and it can be set on a manual mode if desired. The camera is light weight and the lithium battery is very convenient and long lasting on a charge. I recommend this product highly in every way.
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Summary: Pleasantly Surprised not Digital SLR but...
Review: I've owned digital cameras since they first came out. I've been trying new models, Some much more expensive like Kodak DX 6490. I expected to be blown away by Kodak DX 6490 images. Instead I was disappointed. Indoor images all had lighting issues and lacked detail. Downloading was a big hassle and videos failed to download at all with XP. After reading reading the reviews of the Gateway DC-T50 I was sorry I ordered it and prepared for bad performance. I can't understand the comments about bad indoor shots, unless you don't wait for camera to adjust. One of my indoor shots is so good that I'll probably frame it and hang it up. You can see individual hairs in my dog's ear without macro mode. I do wish videos were unlimited up to card size and that you could use regular rechargeable batteries, just because of ease and availability. Some of the bigger names may have more features & zoom = more $ and possibly better image MAYBE NOT. It's a great value with tons of features. Image quality is ALWAYS subjective. Give it a try you may be pleasantly surprised too.
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