A good lightweight camera that fits easily in your pocket or handbag. Can be used as a Digital Camera, Digital Camcorder and PC Camera. Resolution 1600x1200 by software enhancement), 1280x960 or 640x480. Image Sensor 1.3m pixels CMOS sensor. It has 16MB of Memory and can take up to 110 seconds of video. There is a LCD status panel to the rear which shows Low Battery warning, self timer delay, video clip recording, Picture size/number indicators and delete functions.
With a weight of only 40g, extremeley portable although I found it a bit found to be too light sometimes and easily moved sometimes when taking photographs causing blurred pictures.
Software is good but tends to crash sometimes easily on start up and can get annoying when wanting to print out pictures quickly, this may be down to my PC but I noticed another reviewer amentioned this also.
Recharging can be a problem if you are away from home as it is only possible through a USB connection to PC. Although this camera comes without a flash facility, it has taken excellent pictures both indoors and outdoors when light quality has been poor.
Overall a very canny camera that does what it promises at a very good price, I bought mine from QVC Shopping Channel in November 2002 for £45 and have only seem them cheaper than this on E-bay.
Pictures are very good quality if taken without movement on the highest setting.
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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
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