Samsung SDC-80 0.8MP Digital Camera (Green)

Rating:
Summary: ...
Review: It's kind of cute, solid & doesn't feel flimsy in your hands.
I liked the array of options & it's ease of use for deleting, uploading, and scrolling thru saved images - But.....
No Zoom, Focus is really hard to deal with, as its just a tiny little metal tab that you need an entire hand to adjust, as you focus on your image - The resolution is decent, optional B&W or cropped imaging, but the lack of zoom leaves a lot of images untouchable. The lighting sensor - just stinks. After using this for a few days - It was quite obviously defective. Battery pack drained completely, would never hold a charge for longer than 5 minutes (after charging for over 12 hours) The memory card would short out, occasionally locking up & wiping out anything that was saved. (Fixing it required unlocking the battery & replacing it) Many photo's were corrupted with strange stripes - Basically, it isn't worth the plastic it's housed in. You can certainly do better for $... (or the ... that my gift giver paid for it, a year ago)
Take a picture of something that is moving slightly, even a hand, or someone talking - and it blurs the entire image.

Rating:
Summary: SDC-80 - Decent Price with Extras...
Review: This is a decent enrty-level cam, a tad pricey for its features. A good deal if you find the $100 rebate (for college students only) from edu.com. If you're looking for a top-notch digital cam, look elsewhere. The camera's better suited for simply getting pics on your PC, which is all I needed.

Here's the details...

1,024 x 768 pixels (high) 640 x 480 pixels (middle) Color depth - 24 Bit CCD chip with 850,000 pixels

4x digital zoom

The cam includes a 4Mb Smartmedia card (aka digital film) that you can pop out, and has ports for PAL/NTSC video output (suprisingly). It also comes with a Li rechargeable battery and AC adapter, which is worth probably $30+ by itself....

Rating:
Summary: Borders on being a toy.
Review: You can (and should) do a lot better than this in a digital camera at this price. It has a rather low resolution, a fixed focus lens, no zoom, and no USB connectivity. Anyone interested in simple digital photography will very soon be looking for a more advanced camera, while the SDC-80 gathers dust in a drawer. If you want cheap, look at the JamCams; if you want easy, look at the Sony Mavs.