Acer CR-8530

I have been searching for a good digital camera within my price range for quite some time. Until one day, i came across the Acer CR-8530 whilst browsing the net. At first i had doubts about the brand 'Acer' because i had never heard of it before. However, this camera had an extremely high resolution of 8 mega-pixels and it costed less than £200!! At the time i was very desperate for a camera as i needed it for my best friend's wedding. As i was waiting for the delivery of my new camera, i decided to do some research on Acer. It appeared that they had many other products which can compete with ... more

I I have not owned my Acer CR-8530 for long. A matter of a couple of days, in fact, but my initial impressions are very favourable. Despite being an 8 mega pixel digital camera, it is small and lightweight. I paid about £200 for the camera, but it was bought through a special deal to encourage workers to buy computer equipment for their home use, but to buy them through work, with the money taken out of your salary every month. We bought a new Acer laptop (review later!), Office XP, a memory stick and the camera. Despite being lightweight, the Acer CR-8530 has a very sturdy feel to it. Unlike ... more

I have had one of these for a couple of months now and found the camera to be excellent value for money. I bought it from a well established web retailer who have more recently raised their price of this item considerably and in particular since they appear to be running out of stock. The downside, a very big one is that neither the retailer , Acer UK or Acer Global have responded to any online communication with regard to spare or replacement batteries for this camera. I and others have trawled the WWW and cannot find one anywhere. What a shame. I would love to have been able to give this ... more