Page 1 of Mustek LCD III Digital Camera, Cheap !?

I`ve been looking for a 2mp digital camera around the £70 mark (amazon) and this seems very good for the money.... is it?

Oh and i want small, very small

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Try the 2mp Jenoptik. Have bought one for Xmas and it does 30 sec movies clips too.

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how big is the jenoptik ?

I have the Gsmart Mini II (1.3mp) and I am not that impressed. I cannot focus on objects nearer than about 1.5 metres, and yes that`s on macro mode! Also the plastic lenses are slightly fuzzy at 1.3mp, the best resolution they seem to get is about 0.8mp. I`m pretty sure the lens system on the LCD III is the same but the sensor is upgraded, so there is a good chance it is going to be balls. Also the LCD III has no mic (I think) or flash (definately) and it looks naff (my opinion).

If you can make do with 1.3mp and without an LCD display I can recommend the BenQ DC1300. It is small, looks good, has a flash and mic and takes 90 second videos. Costs about £45 from Ebuyer. Personally I would either go for that and save a few quid, or go the whole hog and get a Canon Ixus i (absolutely amazing 4mp camera for ~£225).

Oh, another suggestion is the Oregon Scientific DS6338 / Eyecam (99 at Argos or ~80 at QED). Very slimline 2mp camera with LCD, Flash, mic, video out, SD slot. I tried one out in a shop and was very impressed. I cant give the exact dimensions but it was definately small and light (sub 150g). Only decided against this versus the Ixus i that I mentioned before, but obviously this is far the cheaper.

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Try digital depot`s website. Their refurbished Olympus and Fuji cameras are great with 12 months warranty ! Shops at Swindon and Stevenage.

Hi

I got the Trust 7355 Powercam at Maplin for £99 a while ago and it works fine and is 2mega pixel with sound for movies and the software works fine .I upgraded the memory to 256 mb and the only downer is the battery life.[I use 750 mah nmh batteries ]
The picture quality is very good and has macro and it looks very much like a small sony but does more for less money.
I think its a rebadged Aiptek .


bye

R.B

Dont Staples have a Trust 5MP camera for £99.99 on offer atm. ;)

"Great chunks of my past detaching themselves like melting icebergs"

Hmm. I`d only buy a camera from a camera maker, as the lens is the most important bit. For most of us, that means Fuji, Pentax, Olympus, Minolta, Nikon, Yashica, Canon, Ricoh and, if you can afford it, Leica. Honourable exceptions are Sony, who sometimes use Zeiss lenses, and HP, whose cameras are made by Pentax. There are probably others, but as my family are eager to point out, I don`t know everything...

I,ve just bought a Premier DC 2302 2MP + 64 MB SD Card + Battery Charger + 4 x 2000mAH Batteries. I paid total £84.77 from www. Amazon.co.uk. It is my first digital camera and I`m quite pleased with it so far. I read some good reviews before I purchased the camera and decided a digital camera for under £50.00, I think it was a bargain.

This item was edited on Tuesday, 23rd December 2003, 11:23