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Summary: So good that I bought another one!
Review: This is a great camera for the first time digital user. Batteries were a problem until I started using NMH AA rechargeable batteries. I keep a set in the charger and another in the camera and I am good to go. I can take 40-50 pictures with one charge. The microdrive is fantastic, I pop it out of the camera and into a cf card reader hooked to my computer and presto, it is another drive and the pictures are right there to be viewed, printed, or transferred (fast). It is just hassle free. Quality of the pictures is, to me, indistinguishable from film. I lost the first camera on a trip and was so pleased with it that I bought another one just like it. Can't say enough good about it. Again one of the key factors for satisfaction is getting the proper batteries - with the NMH AA rechargeable batteries which you can get for $10 for a set of four anywhere now, you'll be satisfied with the battery life and the low cost of operation.
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Summary: Great camera
Review: Easy to use, feature packed, and the microdrive is wonderful and sturdy. I've learned that for photos that are strictly for the web and are well-framed to start with I don't even need to use the high resolution mode. That means the microdrive can hold over 1,000 pictures. But for vacatins and most photos, where I may want to make some prints, or where I am likely to do cropping, high resolution works better for me. The microdrive still holds 245 pictures and the newer, bigger ones hold more. I've dropped the camera, in the carrying case, a couple of times. No problem. The only thing I wish the camera had is threads for a polarizing filter, and the next model did add that. Someone made a quality device that adapats a polarizing and other filters to this model and it can be found via the dpreview website.
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Summary: So happy with my choice
Review: Got QV-3000EX... (no Microdrive but a 16MB CF card). We bought a 128 CF card... and a set of NiMH battries and charger. My wife was glad to see the lable "Made in Japan." [She thinks things are better if it is made in USA or Japan.] It comes with Canon lense! F2.0!!! The CF cards are getting cheaper. I would rather own 3 128mb CF cards than a battry consuming Microdrive, which is also more expansive. (Well, we are trying to spend less for the best.) Now you can get 256mb CF cards too. a 128mb CF card will store around 90 pics (2048 x 1536) or over 300 (1024 x 768). So far, I don't usually need more than (1024 x 768) and don't need more than one 128mb card. I will wait for the CF cards to come up with higher capacity, or even go cheaper. Plus, I travel with my computer anyway. An my IBM Thinkpad has a slot for reading both CF card and IBM MicroDrive. I popped in a set of Duracell battries while waiting for my new rechargables being charged. I have taken 30 shots and have viewed pics on the LCD screen and the battries are still going strong. (This is no Duracell comercial). Comparing to my previous digital cameras, the battery comsumption of this camera is nothing. Still I will use the rechargables to save money. I thought I had to sattle with another cheap camera because of my budget..., I've got a camera I thought I would have to spend... more on. It was worth the research and thanks for your reviews on this site and others. I am writing the review in return to help others. Oh, how could I not say anythings about the pictures. A friend of mine just paid... for his Nikon 990. The printouts from my camera made him really jealous. Of course I am also surprised why this camera does not get so popular. In some sense, I am glad it doesn't. Otherwise, I would have to pay more to get mine. Hay, I have got mine now, I recommend everybody to buy this camera! You will not regret! My wife would say, "Look at the bottom of your camera. You might have a Nikon but it says 'made in Burma.'" Ours maybe only Casio but it is made in Japan! Hee, hee, hee!
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Summary: Casio QV3000EX3.34 Digital Camera w/ 340 MB MicroDrive
Review: I have enjoyed this camera more than any other "high tech" thing I have ever bought! The 340 MB MicroDrive is wonderful!! The battery life is very good if you conserve power by using it like a regular camera with the display turned off. Also, I don't review shots on the display either because you have so much room on the 340 MB MicroDrive, I just take a lot of pictures and edit after the fact on my computer. The most shots I have taken with one set of batteries, using the conservation mode described above, is 83. I get very clear crisp pictures even in less than optimum light conditions, such as my grandson's after-dark football games. I have never had one technical problem with it since I bought it exactly one year ago this month. The only negative thing I can say is that I still get double shots some times, but with the 340 MB MicroDrive that has never been a problem, just confounding. I love pictures; I take a LOT of pictures; and I have been more than satisfied with the Casio QV300EX camera. I would highly recommend it to anyone; and I do not understand why it is not on the best seller list! You definitely get a lot for your money.
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Summary: Best deal I've seen in a long time
Review: I bought the QV3000EX without the IBM Microdrive from a retailer in a computer show a couple weeks ago for just 400 bucks, and I'm really impressed by the quality of this camera. I have ordered some prints from Ofoto and there's no difference to pictures shot with a 35mm camera, and I didn't use the highest quality available on the camera, but just the 3rd one. The software bundled with the camera is pretty complete, though a little bit outdated (no USB drivers for Windows 2000 or XP) but XP had no problem recognizing the camera. Only drawback I've seen is the lack of a remote control, but it's in part compensated by the 2sec/10sec delay.
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Summary: A High Quality Digital - at a Very Reasonable Price!
Review: I've been using the Casio QV3000EX for nine months now, and I am still highly pleased with this camera. I consider myself an "Advanced Amateur" photographer, having been involved in photography for over 30 years now. I only recently have moved into the digital realm with this Casio product. The image quality is outstanding. I make enlargements in the 8 X 10 range routinely, with excellent results. The Canon F2 (yes!) optics are unsurpassed in any digital camera I have played with, with the possible exception of a $4000+ Nikon digital I have access to, through work. I do a lot of ambient light photography here in Alaska, including several nights of Aurora photography this Winter. The only drawback with is, that at 10-15 degrees F., the batteries last for only a few shots! I had to switch back to my trusty standby Olympus OM-1N, that I've used up here for over 20 years. I had difficulty with downloading images from the camera at first because the software is incompatible with Windows-ME. I received outstanding technical support from Casio, but they still couldn't "fix" the problem. The fix was to purchase a card/micro-drive reader from Apacer for about $40. Now I can download 100+ images in 5 - 10 minutes, (about the time for ONE image using the supplied serial cable!) Overall an outstanding product. It has the flexibility, quality and diversity to satisfy the serious photographer; as well as the default-simplicty to please the technophobe, point-and-shoot buyer as well. Highly recommended!
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Summary: Bought this one first
Review: I bought this camera first and was very happy with it. Then I found a Casio QV-3EX Plus and it is the next step up and has a 340 microdrive, all software, cables, etc.(unless your computer has no USB port, then you have to get a serial port-USB cable), other than that, the 3EX Plus surpasses the Casio QV3000EX 3.34-Megapixel Digital Camera with 340 MB MicroDrive.
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Summary: the best ever
Review: This digital camera is the best I've ever seen, used and bought. When I compare with cameras friends and colleagues have, I cannot find any inconvenience the others have, and all miss the great qualities and strengths of mine... The optics are perfect, the colours are great, and the capacity is huge... talking about the battery, just buy a charger and a spare set of 4 AA NiMH batteries and you can travel around the world with no laptop close!! The best camera ever: Buy this one or wait for a few more years, there's no equivalent today...
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Summary: 35mm gone digital...!
Review: I love the Casio QV3000EX. I use mine in conjunction with the IBM 1Gig Microdirve. Without the need to load any additional software or drivers, I can swap the microdrive between the camera and PC with ease. The 1 Gig holds 600+ high-resolution pictures and makes emailing and posting pictures of incredible resolution a snap...!
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Summary: Works well with Windows XP
Review: I bought this camera, and had troubles like everyone else in getting it to work with Windows 2000 via usb. I also have a RC1 of Windows XP and good news for all. You don't even need to install the Casio USB driver. Windows XP will detect the camera and download the pictures for you. One caveat however, is that the way that casio stores your pictures (the origional picture, plus a low-res copy for the preview screen), will cause windows XP to download both of these images giving you a high-res version of your picture and a low-res version. But you can also choose to just open the folder that holds the pictures on the camera itself and get the good pics that way. All in all, great camera compared to most others. My main problem with most other cameras is the storage, and the casio is one of the best priced cameras to overcome this with the IBM 340 drive. It holds a to (~200) of absaloutly beautiful and HUGE pics. I would recommend this camera to anyone.
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