Digital-Camera Reviews

I bough this to power my Digital camera during download but more important, when I output my camera to a TV (which I often do at the end of the day when several people want to select the pictures they want a copy of).

I am very happy with the product but wonder why the company do not sell the AC adapter with the camera.

Most people I know either bought one or a second (and third) set of rechargeable batteries)...

This is totally worth the money! I hate wasting battery power on reviewing and deleting pictures, especially since it has the IBM Microdrive! You can spend an inordinate amount of time reviewing pictures and this will definitely save your batteries! Also helps when you are reviewing the pictures on your tv screen.

If you own the camera, you need this AC adapter. When you're downloading your pictures into the computer, or just using the camera indoors, it's nice to not drain your batteries. This convenience is definitely worth the price.

My previous digital camera was a Sony FD series w/floppy. I purchased it several years ago when the technology was just being introduced. Its lack of quality resolution,speed and capacity soured me on digital technology and I decided to wait a few years before revisting this arena.Well time has passed and after reading numerous reviews and checking out several cameras at retail locations, I decided to purchase the Casio QV2000. To be honest my main reason for selecting this camera was the Compact Flash slot due to my recent purchase of the Casio Cassiopeia PocketPC.Much to my surprise it is this camera which I have fallen in love with. Obviously the technology has improved and all the shortcomings of my previous camera have been addressed. I was just absolutely staggered by the ease of use, editing capability and picture resolution. There are two things which I dislike, 1) The lens cover slide mechanism feels like a disaster witing to happen, particularly when the camera is used by a newbie

2) Why don't they ship rechargeable batteries and make it so that you can rechargethem in the camera overnight with the AC adapter that should be shipping with this camera.

Item 2 refers to all digital camera manufacturers

I just returned from 24 days in Europe. Before leaving (and after an enormous amount of online research) I purchased the Casio QV2000 w/Micro Drive from Amazon.com. I also purchased a rechargable battery unit that included a car adaptor. Since this camera loves batteries-it was great to be able to put in freshly recharged batteries everyday (the battery unit was plugged into the cigarette lighter of my rental car). The camera (with micro drive) has the capacity for 400 high resolution pictures. I took 375 photos in 24 days! Now I am editing & captioning them using the software that Casio provides. This camera was perfect for a long trip. It's easy to use & the micro drive means you will never have to worry about running out of memory. In addition, I used several of its features with wonderful results: Panorama-the Schonbruen Palace and Lake Geneva; Night-Charles Bridge in Prague, Street performers in Florence; Landscape-Swiss Alps; etc. Highly recommended.

I just received my Casio QV2000. It's truly a great digital camera. Very easy to use and lots of bells and whistles. The Software that accompanies the camera is difficult, necessitating three calls to Casio Techsupport. I might add that they were excellent. User documentation is scarse, so call Customer Service and they will send the manuals. Call Casio for an AC Adapter. The recommended Olympus adapter does not fit. Otherwise, pictures are clear and well detailed. If you have Windows 98 Upgrade the USB cable connection to the computer will not work and you have to use the serial cable, which is slow and needs the AC Adapter.

I would give this little camera 5 stars... but since there's no way to set the focus on this camera, I can only give it 4 stars. It works pretty good. Windows XP detected it immediately, but for some reason, Microsoft feels that it's not up to par to work with their XP O/S and warns you that it's unsupported. Well MS... it works just fine for me. Even came with some pretty nice software as well. For the price, I would recommend it for a cheap webcam/digital camera. :o)

This camera is versatile and easy to use. It has a timer and three different settings for you to use. It's small and can fit in a little bag/purse. I take mine everywhere!

I am very happy with this camera. It functions as a still digital camera, good for basic photos and internet use. Keep in mind it is not a high end digital camera, but you can't expect that at this price. It also functions as a web camera for conferencing, etc. Comes with great software and is very easy to use. Thumbs way up!

Size:

The most compact for the F series, very thin in thickness and weight around 140 g with battery. It's really the camera that can put in the shirt pocket or hang as a mobile phone.

Outlook:

The material of the case is metallic aluminim, rather cool and futuristic. The lens cover is good for protection. Anyway you can use the viewfinder to get the rough setting first. The start-ups is fast.

Ease of Use:
As for beginner/daily use level, the quick menu buttons on the back is very convenient for you to swicth to movie mode and adjust zoom, flash & modes.

As a bonus, there is also a self-timer.

Comments:
Only 2 valid megapixel (extend to 3m by software) & only digital zoom, I have it for my kids for causual shots. Pic quality is fine for 4" x 6". And the LCD cannot cover all the area. Poor for night shots as predictable. The using of a new XD cards formatt is also why I do not turn back to old models. The main point is the price...if you have (or dunno mind to) Smartmedia, the Finepix 50i , 40i or 30i or Casio Exilim are also good to buy instead, as these can play MP3 music. For better picture quality and more advance setting in such size range the Minolta Dimage Xi is much better.

Accessories:

Come with a cradle ( for connect with PC, TV ), battery (NP-40 which is very small) & an adaptor. You may need to buy an extra battery $25 or a slim case ( i use a PDA case n look smart ) and expensive xD cards as well.

If you plan to buy a camera-phone, take this instead for its size and quality.

This is it, guys, if you can find it in stock anywhere. You won't see it in a store. There's no zoom, but you won't miss it, and the battery lasts through a full day of use. The cradle is a must-have for convenience, charging and downloading just by setting it in the cradle. Get a 256 meg memory card for it and set the quality setting just one step below maximum, and you'll have 339 high quality 8x10 photos without downloading. Great for the techno-phobes.

I wanted a camera without a zoom lens (because I don't find them useful) and something that would fit easily in my shirt pocket. I also wanted a camera that I could carry effortlessly, so that I'd likely carry it. So you'd have it for those moments you'd like a camera-not just the big events. Well, I am so in love with this camera.

Despite its small size the pictures are fantastic. We have even enlarged portions of some shots and printed them 8x11 and had very little pixellation.

But, the best thing is that I now carry the camera nearly al the time - and its no burden. Battery life is good. Best of all, connecting it to the computer and instaling the software was easy for me-and I hate computers. I love this camera!

Great....web...cam, but a little expensive.

This is an awesome cam....hard to find & expensive if you can. Has great low and no light capability for late night fun. Best performing web cam ever made (so far).

This is the best cam ever, hard to find and expensive if you can. Still better than anything out there. Great low & no light capability!

This widened the field on my pro90is more than I expected. It works very well with this camera.I can find no problems with fit or function. This lens is a great accessory for your pro90

Quite a good wide converter lens. It works well with the 58mm
lens adapter. Comes with front and back caps and also with a
fantastic pouch for keeping it in.

The only problem with this wide converter is that the built-in
flash on my Powershot G1 doesn't reach the right hand side of
the photograph when the lens is on. This is also the problem
with the light-sensor lamp and the red-eye reduction lamp.
Shouldn't be a problem with daylight and outdoor shooting
though.

I purchased a "used lens" which had never been used. I got a great service.

I just got my camera case in the mail today, I was a bit of a pain to locate a good case but it looks like it was worth the wait. I'm quite pleased with it, nice leather and construction the only reason I gave 4 stars and not 5 is because its about a quarter inch to small in height but luckly the leather will strech, I hope. (I have a ex-z4u)

can you tell me if you have this case in stock? are you have other case for exilim with photos? if you have can you sent me this photo by e mail? i waiting your request. thanks!!!!!
domingo

This pouch is all leather. Divided in 2 pockets, one for the camera and the other big enought for another battery,memory, money or credit cards. It comes with a strap an a loop for a belt.
I recomended.

i love this camera, it was much better than i expected! it takes really bad motion pictures though, and because its so small, ur hand shakes sometimes which causes the picture to be blurry, but with 104 possible pictures, its worth the risk. the main upset of the camera is that if the battery runs out all ur pictures in the camera get erased. other than those, its an awesome starter camera. i may be just really mean, but the thing i hate the most about having this camera is that now all my friends want one, and i liked being the only one to have one! its gonna get too bandwagony soon lol

This is a great camara for a person who likes to take pictures, make videos, and share it all with your friends, family,..etc..

This is a great little camera. I was really suprised by the quality of picture it took. Easy to install and to use. Just what I needed without the big price tag.

I loved this camera on my computer that was running Windows 98. But when I tried to install it on my ne Sony Vaio computer and it won't load the software at all...

hello, i have a cybertainment system but my driver needs replacing. the CD-Key is ML7142926D687628 the SN: 10051305 can you download a driver to me or can i buy a replacement?
i really like this system and i rely heavily upon it for my personal emailing. my address is 4011 Lafayette ave, Omaha,NE 68131.

I bought the Cybertainment Video Email system at a
Frys Electronics store in Burbank, the fact that it had
it's own video capture card with not 1 but 3 inputs
on it (2 RCA 1 S Video)was a definite plus, after I got
home 12 minutes after arriving home I was using the
CyberMail A/V features like an old pro.
I would recommend it to any one who is new to the
Computer scene or as a gift for a friend or family member.

Great lens kit. Comes with two "leatherette" bags for the lenes that are useless. I find it annoying to swap the lenes from the adapter ring so I will probably purchase 2 more adapters for quick changes. The lenes work great with great pictures. (...)

This lens kit is quite a nice accessory to the Kodak DC4800. It does, however, have some flaws.

For instance, the telephoto lens is not the sharpest of lenses. The problem is that this camera is autofocus. Since you are merely putting a lens in front of the existing in-camera lens, you are allowing a siginificantly smaller amount of light into the camera. Therefore, the pictures tend to be a bit dimmer, and with out quite as sharp detail. This is apparent if you try to use it to make portrait shots.

The wide-angle lens, has quite a bit of spherical distortion around the edges at close range. This is normal for most wide angle lenses, but it is particularly apparent with this one. At far ranges, focusing to infinity, the distortion is not noticeable, and the lens works quite nicely. It's great for landscape shots, but not an indoor shot from 20 feet trying to get in a whole room . . .

The macro lenses are great, though. They focus sharply, you just have to determine the proper focal length for the lens.

The other issue at work here is that when using these lenses you must use the LCD screen. There is no mask for the rangefinder. Therefore, to get an accurate idea of what is in your picture you have to waste significant battery power.

Other than these issues, the kit is very nice. On a whole, I would say it is a worthwhile purchase, but the telephoto is a bit disappointing . . .

This Lens Kit ( Kodak item# 8015877 ) includes four lenses: 2x telephoto, 0.6 wide-angle, +7 and +10 close-up lenses. NOT INCLUDED is the lens adapter which is required to use these lenses on the DC4800. That 43mm lens adapter (Kodak item# 1189745) is available here at Amazon.

I get lots of use out of the 2x telephoto lens. The camera itself zooms to 3x. So the effective zoom becomes 6x !!

The close-up lenses (+7 and +10) can be combined and used together at the same time.

Each lens comes with a protective pouch.

Be certain to get the Lens Adapter which the DC4800 requires in order to use these lenses. I often keep my lens adapter attached to the camera for extra protection of the lens that is built into the body of the DC4800.