SiPiX Stylecam Snap Review

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SiPiX Stylecam Snap
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brumster.'s Review of SiPiX Stylecam Snap

20th Dec 2002

Overall Rating

2 stars
  • Value for money
    3.5 stars
  • Ease of Use
    3.5 stars
  • Image Quality
    1.5 stars
  • Features
    0.5 stars
Good Points

Low price, small size, large storage capacity, AVI movie mode, webcam functionality.


Bad Points

Poor image quality in fairly low light, no capture without sufficient light, no flash, lots of irritating beeping


General Comments

I was planning a trip to Amsterdam this year and needed a digital camera. Lack of funds meant it would have to be cheap. I bought this SIPiX Stylecam Snap for the paltry sum of £40. Outdoors (with decent light) it produces good clean images, but indoors it often refuses to capture an image, even with light levels I'd consider acceptable, and when it does the images are very grainy. The trick I use is to apply some basic Photoshop image enhancements and then resample down to half size, thus producing far more impressive results. It can store up to 100 SVGA (640x480) images (or 400 320x240 images) for as long as the single AA battery has a charge. The images are downloaded to your PC from the camera using a USB cable, which is also used to turn it into a webcam. Unfortunately, the software bundled with it totally refuses to work on my WinXP SP1 but strangely works fine on a friends identical OS, and so I haven't managed to try its webcam image quality. It also attracted the Dutch customs officers' interest at Schiphol airport security, who were unwilling to believe it was a camera at first. hehe

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Members' Comments onbrumster.'s Review

  • Kirsten. on 4th Jan 2003

    I also had a lot of problems with the software. But found out that I need to avoid using the Sipix editing program. Then the transfer of pictures goes fine.

  • eve. on 26th Mar 2003

    I too am haviong problems with the software. I can't run any of the programs to upload the photos. If anyone can help me with this I would be grateful... eveoldfield@o2.co.uk

  • rayh on 2nd Oct 2004

    I too had software problems - eventually got a replacement CD and everything now working perfectly!

  • VoidStorm on 9th Nov 2004

    The System Tray software (MyCamera) crashes when the camera is empty and you click "copy photos".

    Also, under win2000pro, right clicking MyCamera in explorer causes explorer to crash.

    Other than this, however, I had no problems under win2000Pro.

    Granted, it's basic, but what'd you expect for £40? A Cannon EOS?

    Resizing the images from indoor shots downwards does yield much better quality : that's a good tip.

  • Nadim Shehadi on 24th Apr 2005

    I like this little gadget but cannot make it work. The software does not work on my windows XP. I would appreciate any help