Hi,
I am a 26yr old female living in Tidworth.
I enjoy reading, going out with my friends an...
Hi,
I am a 26yr old female living in Tidworth.
I enjoy reading, going out with my friends and writing.
Member since:18.01.2006
Reviews:20
Members who trust:5
I got this camera from my mum for christmas last year and I haven't really had any major problems.
With the camera you get a good durable carry case, it is black and has a handle so you can just slip it round your wrist and not worry about it. It has Concord written on the front and looks quite snazzy.
You also get a CD, this is to install the software. You get a driver, reader and photo editor programmes. This basically means that once you have installed this CD you can start transferring all of the pictures and videos over to your computer to save memory space.
You get a 1 year warranty which covers you for defects in the material and workmanship.
You also get a quick start guide and a user guide which covers the languages, English, French, German and Spanish, the English section has 57 pages so there's alot to learn.
There is a power switch on the top of the camera that you slide across to start up the camera, it then comes up with the Concord logo before it initualizes, this takes about 3 seconds so doesn't keep you waiting too long.
On the back of the camera there is another switch, if you pull it left you can start doing videos, in the middle you can view your photos and videos and to the right you can start taking videos.
When on the taking photos mode you only have to press the top button to take a photo so it's pretty easy to master, although if you want to get great photos you will need to change the scene. You can do this by pressing the menu button and going to scene selection, you have a choice of party indoor, beach snow, sunset, night lanscape, fireworks and night portrait, although to be honest I don't really see a major difference in any of these.
You do have a choice of how you want to take a picture, you can just take the normal shot by pressing the top button or you can change it in the menu section to either single shot, continuous shot or self-timer. I tend to stick to single shot as you have more control.
The camera has a built in flash and will decide when you need it, it also focuses automatically so you don't need to worry about how clear your photos will be.
The standard memory card is rubbish and you can only take about 30 photos, but with the cheapness of the camera you can afford to spend a little extra on a better memory card.
The battery life is rubbish, I can put the top quality Duracel batterys in there and they will be ran out in a couple of hours and that's not even with me using it continuously.
The camera itself isn't very durable, I have dropped it once and it is now coming loose and I can see the insides of the camera, this does make it turn off sometimes. My fault though so I can't really blame it on the camera......less alcohol for me I think.
You can pick this camera up on good old Ebay for £75.99, which is a good price for cameras these days.
Hope this helped.
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(+) Ultra-compact dimensions, fun automatic tools, good performance for the asking price (-) Cluttered menu layout, camera buttons are scarce, specs are almost identical to the Samsung ES15
Advantages: Low price, excellent AF feature, great close-ups and super reproduction 11X14 blowups looked great. $200. US for 4MP super buy Disadvantages: LCD is washed out some in daylight, flash is a bit hot within 10feet...
Jan 23rd, 2006
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