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- bubba smith.'s review
| Value for Money | 7.5/10  |
|---|---|
| Overall rating | 7.7/10 |
By bubba smith. on 2nd Aug 2003
| Image Quality | 8/10 |
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| Ease of Use | 7/10 |
| Features | 8/10 |
| Value for money | 8/10 |
| Overall value | 8/10 |
 bubba smith.'s recommendation | |
Good picture quality and nice build.
Heavy. Bigger than its replacement ( the S70 I think).
Good quality camera which shoots above what the 2 megapixel resoultion would suggest. The quality easily compares with our last couple of 35mm cameras (sub £150 pentax and a samsung).
The menus take a bit of getting used to but once you have had a play they gradually become intuitive. Other than that it is point and shoot.
As I suppose is the standard these days you can alter the resolution and compression. The fine setting is OK but pretty 'snapshot', the superfine and uncompressed setting are very respectable and their size isnt a consideration if you plump for a bigger memory card.
We got a 8mb card with it but have replaced it with a 256 mb one as they are so cheap now.
You can take about 30 seconds of video with the camera which is a fun additon but there are a couple of limitations . The exposure takes a second to catch up and you are limited to 30 seconds regardless of your memory card size - although you can just take another 30s movie once the camera has taken a few seconds to process the first footage.
Camera and parameters can also be controlled from computer so time lapse, tints , exposure settings, artificial light compensation etc can be fiddled about with. You can also hook it up to TV using cable supplied. In general software is very easy to use.
It did not come with a mains adapter ( you would only need it if you kept it powered up and attached to you computer for extended period). The battery life is fairly good ( takes 4 AA batteries) We added rechargeable lithium batteries so that we could mess about to our hearts content.
Overall a good replacement for a standard 35mm camera. Photos come out very well and if they are developed well (Boots are fairly good - they download photos from your memory card and give it straight back) they are comparable.
This camera is being replaced so if you see any for below £200 its a worthwhile purchase.
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