DC DXG-202V DIGITAL VIDEO CAMERA

Rating:
Summary: Enjoyable Camera
Review: As a first time user of digital cameras,I find the DXG enjoyable to use. Exploring all the options and using the software is easy and fun too! I wanted a Kodak, but settled for this because of the many features for the price. No regrets so far!

Rating:
Summary: This is pretty cool
Review: I got the camera and it does just what I expected.
Great pictures! Very Clear!
Add 512MB of memory and I should be able to video
for a little over an hour.
Very much worth the money!!!!
VC

Rating:
Summary: Unbelievable Camera
Review: I just bought this camera and let me say the features are endless. It's a 2MP digital, video camera, audio recorder (wav format), mass media storage device, and a webcam all in one. Clear video, crisp pictures. People say there is no zoom in video mode and this is not true. This is a great camera for the price!

Rating:
Summary: Alot better than the mustek dv3000
Review: I LOVE THIS LITTLE CAMERA!I have sent back 2 mustek dv3000 cameras,the pictures were blury and grainy and it was so hard to download the pictures.The pictures taken with this camera were crisp and clear,and easy to download.If you want a low priced camera that takes decent pictures,this camera is for you.

Rating:
Summary: Awesome!! Beats Mustek's Newest Cams
Review: The Mustek DV4000 doesn't come close to the DXG-202v camera. The Mustek feels cheap, the case is cheap, and the movies come out fairly blurry. The photos on the Mustek over-emphasize the color red and are pixely down to VGA (640x480). However, the DXG-202V has a small fold out LCD screen, a firm case design, the photos are very similar to a 2MP CCD camera and the movies come out very clear. And, unlike the Mustek's line of MPEG4 cams, the DXG-202v uses the MJPEG AVI file format which WORKS FOR MAC, TOO! I use my DXG-202v in iMovie and QuickTime. And the last wonderful thing about this cam is that it's a fraction of the price of a Mustek DV4000 camera. The only thing I would change about this cam is that instead of a smooth zoom in video mode, it seems to zoom choppy; other than that I am very happy with this camera.

Rating:
Summary: Not that great
Review: This camera is barely usable as a video camera. First off, you need a LOT of light when capturing video... daylight or close to it.
Other not so great features:
- Video frame rate is no better than 15fps at 320 x 240 (as stated in the manual) The best I've seen in the tests I've done so far is around 10 - 12fps. Marginal at best, and certainly not video camera quality.
- The battery/memory slot door is flimsy; it looks like it'll break after a handful of uses.
- no optical zoom. Digital zoom is a useless gimmick.
- no mounting options at all, so you can't use it on a tripod.

The camera has some nice features, though.
- It's compact
- The pop-up LCD screen is not bad.
- the built-in microphone captures sound well.

If you need a small, cheap digital camera that produces average still photos, marginally useful video and good sound capture... then this camera may suit you.

Many other regular digital cameras in this price range have better digital camera features (optical zoom, better lens) and can capture short movie clips that are as good (or as bad) as this camera. They're probably a better choice.