Oregon Scientific DS 8238

...one day I found the Oregon Scientific DS 8238 reduced to £60, so I felt that it was worth the risk.

When I got it home, I was pleasantly surprised. The initial pictures that I took were clear, and it was easy to use.

However, when I started trying to take really close up pictures of things, it tells you in the manual that you should push the switch on the side of the camera to focus the camera. However if you are within ...
...on either setting.

This niggle is a great shame, since the rest of the camera is good. The pictures that you get from the camera are usually clear, it does videos with sound (although when you play them back on the camera you don't get the sound). My advice is to take a few pictures of the same thing so that you should get a good one, although that advice is given with any digital camera at any price.

For £60, the features ... more

One of my main interests is web design, and so I thought that I should get myself a cheap digital camera, since a poor quality picture online is better than no picture at all.

I browsed the budget range of cameras for a few weeks, but one day I found the Oregon Scientific DS 8238 reduced to £60, so I felt that it was worth the risk.

When I got it home, I was pleasantly surprised. The initial pictures that I took were clear, and it was easy to use.

However, when I started trying to take really close up pictures of things, it tells you in the manual that you should push the switch on the side of the camera to focus the camera. However if you are within around 6 inches of the object your pictures are blurry on either setting.

This niggle is a great shame, since the rest of the camera is good. The pictures that you get from the camera are usually clear, it does videos with sound (although when you play them back on the camera you don't get the sound). My advice is to take a few pictures of the same thing so that you should get a good one, although that advice is given with any digital camera at any price.

For £60, the features and accesories that you get with this camera is great value. Included with the camera is the USB lead (for transferring your pictures to your pc), the manufacturers CD with an image editing programme included, 2 AA batteries, a video cable (for showing the pictures on your television), a lens protector, a year's manufacturers warranty and a carry case.

The camera itself is 2.0 Megapixel quality, with a 1.6 inch LCD screen, 8Mb internal memory, Secure Digital or MMC card compatible, 2x digital zoom, avi video with audio capabilities, flash and scheduled shot capability.

Overall not a bad camera for the very low price. 

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