Digital-Camera Reviews

I own a fuji602 and am very happy with the results I get from it.You know how it is,there's always something else that you want to add to what you already have.Well this 'starters kit' is obviously a total waste of time and money.They don't even want to tell you what is in the box !
Take it from me that whatever it is you can do without it !
Carry case ? Extra memory ? Batteries? Charger? Mains adapter ?
These are all available form other sources and probably at a better price.Have a look around your local store and take your pick.
Sorry Fuji but you have shot yourselves in the foot with this product.
BTW How come we in the UK pay a good 50% more for any digital camera?

I have yet to stumble across a listing for anything comparable to this FP-SO1 thingy that says what on earth is _in_ the kit.

The picture of the green box doesn't enlarge enough for me to be able to hazard a guess beyond bag, maybe a memory disk, and maybe a battery charger.

So I can't tell what this pig in a poke is; and I can't tell if the kit includes things I might need that aren't included with the camera itself, or things that I might want like a USB cable; and I can't comparison-shop between the mystery kit and an a la carte selection.

Maybe I've missed the right button to click, but it sure seems like there ought to be a way- without making a trip to an Office Depot, for instance- to know what is in this accessory kit.

The accessory kit contains a soft case, 4 rechargeable batteries, a battery charger, and a 1 gigabyte IBM micro-drive memory card. Just the memory card alone makes the kit worth purchasing.

don't waste your money on this web cam, spend an extra ten to twenty buck more and get yourself a good camera for the PC. forget buying this peice of junk.

I've had a very terrible time with it.
First of all, the color is terrible! I tried to adjust it but still it doesn't work!
The image is blur also!
And, it caused my desktop to reboot several times!
I just can't bear all this anymore!
By the way, it says it works for Windows 2000 and my system is Windows 2000!
Try something else and forget about this one!

First of all this camera is nice and small causing it to fit nicely on your pc. The installation of the hareware was quite easy. It just askes you a few questions for more user freindliness, nothing all that different from other program installations. The still pictures that you can take with this camera are pretty good. Of course when it's dark you will hardly see a thing with the camera because it does not contain anykind of flash. What I do is I just aim a lamp to what I'm taking a picture of and it works just fine. It has a manual focusing lense to let you get the clearest picture possible. The pictures are slightly grainy but, it doesn't really bother me considering the low price and the fact that the picture is still clear. The video camera feature I realy enjoy. It gets up to 30 frames per second which is not choppy at all. It doesn't really miss the fast movements that you may be trying to catch. Lets say your clapping you'll get each clap on video. The picture quality seems to be slightly better with video than still. The only negative aspect I found about this product is when I took a picture, I saved the picture to another file besides the default one and each time I want to save another picture I have have to search for the folder I put the pictures in. I could not change the folder, so that each time I saved a picture I would not have to click on c drive, program files, etc. The default stayed as default. Besides that problem this camera is great, especially for those of you who just want something easy to send a quick picture or video to somebody else. This package also includes a video editing software, I haven't used it yet but, it looked easy enough to figure out. I do recommend more people look into buying this camera. I am definately satisfied with it.

Pictures taken in average light and inside are very poor. May be ok for outside pictures. Software and ease of use are good. You have to remove the screen cover to properly use it.

Vertical lines and noise in anything but bright outdoor
sunlight. Poor color taking indoor pictures.
The manual notes these and other flaws, and specifically documents that thiese "are not a fault".
Very hard to focus.
Expensive for what it is.
I returned mine. Money is better spent on more memory.

I just took over 500 pictures with this camera while I was on a trip to Europe. I learned a lot about it in the process. It has some nice features: it's lightweight, durable, easy to plug in and remove from the Zaurus, and it really impresses people. You can store thousands of pictures at the 480x320 resolution, or about ten thousand with a 128MB SD card. On the downside, it drains the battery quickly, and the picture quality varies from so-so to fairly bad. The camera is unusually picky about the lighting level - it does poorly with low light, and also poorly with mixed bright/dark lighting. If you get the lighting right, it can take "acceptable" pictures. If you're the kind of person that cares about picture quality, you're not going to like the output much. If you're like me, just taking [inexpensive] pictures to stick on your homepage, it works like a charm. I'm glad I bought it.

This camera is a great little "pic on the fly" type camera. If you're a person who actually composes photos, or have an artistic streak, don't waste your time and money. However, it is a good little camera for spur of the moment image capturing. The worst thing about it is that THERE IS NOWHERE TO FIND THE DRIVER if you lose or damage the accompanying CD. If there's someone out there that cam make it available online please do so.

Very low end camera. No LCD image viewer -- you must plug in to TV or computer to see the pictures. Only holds 8 pix in hi-rez mode (lower rez and movie features work but are poor quality and are simply unusable). Digital zoom is worthless. Buggy software included. Still -- it takes ok hi-rez photos (usually with a green tinge, but that can be fixed with the software). Oh, it eats AAA batteries for lunch. Spend more $$ on a better camera and be happier than me.

looking at canon's website and seeing this charger available on the accessories matrix, one would assume that it would power the camera. it does, kinda, the power goes into the battery compartment. so you can not chage a battery with this device. it only powers the camera if you are using the usb connector. it is practically useless.

If you plan on connecting the camera to a computer via a USB connection, then this product is probably a must buy, else you'll drain the batteries a lot. However, if you have some type of Compactflash peripheral (I have one on my HP 1315 printer), then you can copy directly from the card to your PC. Hence, no need to power the camera. If this is your situation, I'd just buy an extra battery, and possible the 12v adapter so you can charge the battery in the car. Unfortunately, the latter is not sold at amazon.com, at least not at the time of this writing...

A large group of my co-workers and I each recieved this product as a gift (about 300 of us). Regardless of our individual gratitude levels, not one of us has had a single nice thing to say about the product. First and foremost it is a horrible binocular as well as a horrible digital camera. Secondly, many of us (not all) can't get the eyepieces close enough together to be able to see in stereo. Thirdly, the battery pack hits you in the nose when you put it up to your face making it impossible to get the unit close enough to your eyes to be able to look through the lenses. It's lightweight and cheap feeling. Not one of us has taken a single photo with it that has come out anything but terribly blurry. I wouldn't spend $1 for the product and would return it for a full refund if I had in fact purchased it myself. I'll be passing mine off as a gag gift at my next "white elephant" party. I pity the recipient.

This camera is excellent for tourists. Not good for taking close up family photos, unless you want them to pose at the end of the road :).

When the battery is finished all the images that is stored in the Camera goes, so beware.

I found this to be an extremely attractive camera -- small size, yet seems substantial. With the promise of USB and VGA-quality, this camera seemed like a sure thing. And when it came, I discovered features that I never expected, like a self-timer and a tripod mount.

Alas, the pictures are terrible. First off, the camera is only useful in bright light (forget any kind of indoor shot unless you can stand a very dark, red-tinged image -- which rules out webcam use); and no shot that we tried quite came in focus. Moreover, the software to transfer is awkward; the USB does not support mass storage (where the camera appears as another disk drive), instead you use the supplied program to manually download.

As much as I and my nine-year-old son wanted to like this camera, it has serious flaws and it's not worth even its rock-bottom price.

I struggled with buying this piece of electronic equipment because I really could not find any reviews on it nor was there anything negative out there. However, I found a good price and decided to take the plunge. First thing you should know is that these are binoculars with the camera feature added. You cannot zoom in or out. You can only control focus. Weight wise it is not too bad and though not light and a bit bulky, it is managable with one hand. As for comfort, the unit does not fold so you need to get used to a fixed position (which is not too hard but not comfortable). The unit does have interpupillary adjustment which is accomplished by pulling the unit horizontally by up to 1 inch. The side strap where you grasp the camera is too large for my hands and not adjustable making it just about useless for me.

The binoculars are decent but not worth $500. In fact they are more inline with $100-200 binocular lenses. What you are paying for is the camera features. The binocs hold fairly steady and are actually easy to view with one eye once you get the hang of not being able to bend the body.

Now for the disappointment. The camera is only able to focus accurately using the LCD monitor. This is almost totally useless in the sun and even in good light is grainy. You can take pics without it but you risk them being out focus. While you can adjust both eyepieces (the left requires a screwdriver) this only adjusts for your vision, not the focus of the camera. The shots that you take with the camera are more inline with a one pixel camera than a two and almost always slightly blurred. For all its hype, its really no better than a $49 pencam with the exception that instead of being locked into a 35-50mm distance, you are locked into a 300mm or so distance.

This unit also shoots low-res video but once again it underperforms. There is a tripod mounnt which may help with getting clearer pics but that can be said for any camera.

The manual is minimal but it does cover the basics so it suffices. I have not loaded the software yet so I cannot comment on it.

Overall I would say you would be better served by a compact zoom binocular and a small 10x digital camera like the Minolta z2 if your primary reason to buy this is for vacation. The combination will weigh about as much as this unit and take up just slightly more space in a camerabag. I see this as a gimmick device to be used only in places where cameras or camcorders are typically not allowed (museums) or practical to use for extended periods (sporting events) or where the need to take a picture is more of a spontaneous event then a planned one (someone streaking across the infield in the middle of a game). With that said I will be looking to unload this pair soon so keep your eyes pealed for me on EBAY!

Wide converter lenses normally make sense to be used indoors where space is limited. But the WC-DC52a can hardly be used there, because its big diameter results in a very big shadow on each flash-lighted foto (in addition the Powershot S1 IS doesn't support external flashlights).
So buy this lens only when you want to use it outside!

I could not get my PCs to recognize the binoculars after connecting to the PC via the USB cable. I tried Windows 98 SE,
Windows XP Home Edition. Both have the latest Windows updates. I also tried installing the supplied drivers. But, still no
success.

I called tech support. I was forced to leave a message. The voice mail said it would take 48-72 hours for a response.

The only reason I gave 2 stars rather than 1 is because I like the design and feel while viewing.