I'm a student in Secondary School in Scotland - my hobbies are playing the cello, physics, and hill...
I'm a student in Secondary School in Scotland - my hobbies are playing the cello, physics, and hillwalking. I use ebay quite a lot - so I rely on sites like this to know whether to buy something or not.
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The C-310 Zoom is definitely a good camera for beginners. It provides easy access to simple picture taking, as well as having the ability to take short video clips. Furthermore, there are modes for landscape and self - portrait. The optical zoom function is also a plus - though it is only 3.2 megapixels, you have the equivalent of a 9mp camera with 3x digital zoom.
The "Super Macro Mode" is probably the best feature of all. I've taken some professional - quality photos with it - you can get incredibly high detail very close up.
The reason it only deserves 3 out of 5 are that it has several major drawbacks, the first of which is the battery life. It will last around 5 - 10 minutes with fresh, new batteries, and then will die. After only 5 minutes, it will begin to act oddly - the LCD will refuse to turn on, the responce is much slower, etc. etc. At 10 minutes, it will abruptly stop working and give a "Battery Empty" message.
Another drawback is the responce time. It takes from half to a full second to take a photo after the shutter button is clicked. This can be very annoying at times - especially during air shows.
Overall, it's a good camera for its price, but not something to use long - term.
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Advantages: So Easy to use, good quality pictures, hassle free Disadvantages: No sound on video recordings
kiwi_fruit83 05.03.2006 (05.03.2006)
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