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Summary: medicore cheap camera
Review: The camera is your basic low end camera. It doesn't work at all on closeups in low light. It's best for daylight indoors/outdoors and/or pictures of things 5 feet away. Software is basic but easy to use.
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Summary: Mustek VDC300 Is a Good Camera
Review: The VDC300 is a good basic camera and a good choice for novices to digital cameras. We had it up and running within minutes of taking it out of the box. I have read some of the other criticims and did not encounter the same problems with my camera. The flash works fine. I got great closeups of both people and animals without red-eye problems. You have to adjust the lighting conditions on the LCD menu and with the lens depending on the conditions you encounter. It is NOT an autofocus -- unless you chose that setting. Reading the directions and taking time to fully mess around with the device are advised. Works great for taking indoor and landscape photos. We had a blast connecting the camera up to our vcr and into the video feed on the TV and looking at pictures, etc. I really want to buy something like a Sony Mavica which is tons more expensive than this little baby, but I couldn't afford one -- mainly because the Sony models take floppy disks so you don't have to hassle with compact flashcards, USB connectors, etc. Much to my surprise, the USB serial connector is a snap to use, retrieving images is easy and even the low resolution images can be used to make fantastic things in Photoshop and other picture editing software.
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Summary: This camera has many functions but doesn't do any well!
Review: This camera does everything.... does everything horribly. Although this camera seems like a bargain don't succumb to temptation. This camera's flash hardly works and it's pictures look like a kindergartner's drawing with a pad of paper and crayons. It's video is even worse. This camera wouldn't take a bright video even if it was near 10 120 watt lamps. This camera is horrible and would not recommend it to anybody, no matter how cheap the price.
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Summary: Excellent choice!
Review: This camera takes excellent pictures. It has a wide range of settings that allows you to take a picture under any conditions. The quality of the photos can be used in the graphic industry. An excellent choice for beginners, you just have to be willing to experiment with the settings until you learn what works best in different lighting and backgrounds. Hey, you can always delete what isn't good and try again. Glad that I own this camera!
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Summary: Excellent choice!
Review: This camera will not satisfy even a beginner. The 640 x 480 output quality is subpar and its very difficult to get a good shot. They always come out either too dark or too light. As with all digital cameras, they tend to eat batteries and this one is no exception. Pop in a few alkalines and you will find after a few photos using the flash they are dead and pretty darn hot. Invest in some high quality NiMH AA cells and a charger. They have double the capacity of alkalines, are cheaper, and can be recharged 1000 times. Its a dirty little secret of the battery industry that they want you to buy alkalines, not NiMH.
Anyway back to the camera. The compactflash card slot allows for memory expansion but why bother, you would just store 200 bad pictures rather than 20 bad pictures.
The PC software that comes with the camera works fine, although transferring pix is surprisingly slow considering the very low resolution.
I would just avoid this camera entirely. You don't get adequate pictures from any camera until you get up into the 1.0 mpixel range. 256k pixels is just not enough.
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Summary: Blah
Review: This camera will not satisfy even a beginner. The 640 x 480 output quality is subpar and its very difficult to get a good shot. They always come out either too dark or too light. As with all digital cameras, they tend to eat batteries and this one is no exception. Pop in a few alkalines and you will find after a few photos using the flash they are dead and pretty darn hot. Invest in some high quality NiMH AA cells and a charger. They have double the capacity of alkalines, are cheaper, and can be recharged 1000 times. Its a dirty little secret of the battery industry that they want you to buy alkalines, not NiMH.
Anyway back to the camera. The compactflash card slot allows for memory expansion but why bother, you would just store 200 bad pictures rather than 20 bad pictures.
The PC software that comes with the camera works fine, although transferring pix is surprisingly slow considering the very low resolution.
I would just avoid this camera entirely. You don't get adequate pictures from any camera until you get up into the 1.0 mpixel range. 256k pixels is just not enough.
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Summary: Mustek VDC-300
Review: Very easy to use and set up with my Win98 was easy. Pictures in the high resolution are adequate for internet use. Software for editing is basic, but I set up my editing options with my Paint Ship Pro and it worked great. Price is reasonable but be aware that this is a discontinued item with the manufacture. One year warrenty though, so a good first basic digital camera.
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