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Written: Aug 05 '00
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Pros: Great for Tripod shots of items to auction off
Cons: High Battery Drainage/Design of Carrying Case at On/Off Switch
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| teddford's Full Review: Casio QV-100 Digital Camera |
About two years ago, I caught the eBay bug. In order to market my items in auction, I needed an affordable digital camera that would allow me to post my pictures in a .jpeg format. At that time, I knew nothing about digital cameras. Being quite active on eBay, I decided to bid on the Casio QV-100. Luckily, I had a bid of $280.00 that was accepted.
This camera has been a workhorse for me and has paid for itself many times over. Of course, like computers, technology keeps improving and re-inventing itself. To compare this camera with the newer models available on the market today is really unfair. In this review, I am evaluating the performance of this camera on it's on merits.
This camera is basically a "point & shoot" digital camera.The camera comes with a durable soft case, wrist strap video cable, cleaning cloth and owners operating manual. This camera can operate with both AC and DC power supplies. For DC, it uses four (4) "AA" batteries. Like Sony's electronic products, be forewarned that this camera draws a lot of power from batteries. I would highly recommend the use of Duracell "Ultra" batteries as these have lasted longer than any others I have used. When transferring the pictures to your computer, I would also recommend you use AC power to avoid the drain on the batteries.
This camera has a vivid, Full Color Liquid Crystal Display that allows you to see what the picture looks like when you take it and immediately thereafter. If you are unhappy with the results, you can immediately delete it and retake the picture. This camera is extremely easy to use. One very important tip to remember...The power ON/OFF switch is a sliding button that is spring loaded. Whenever you are finished using the camera and you go to put the camera back into the carrying case, be careful to check and see that the switch does not, by accident, turn on while you are putting it into the case. To me, this was a poorly thought out design flaw and more than one occasion when I have gone to re-use the camera, I found that my batteries were dead! This camera has been perfect, however, for the use that I intended it for. That use is taking digital pictures for posting onto eBay. The bottom of the camera has a tripod hole for use with a tripod. Having bought this in an auction, I did not get the camera new from a retailer. But from the owners manual, it appears as though the AC adaptor does not accompany the camera. Casio is very proud of this AC adaptor (AD-C60), charging almost $40.00 for the order. Believe me, you will find this to be a necessity.
The lens of the camera is built into a lens body that is designed to rotate. This allows you to change the angle of the lens without moving the camera which is very helpful. There is up to 270 degrees of rotation, 90 degrees towards the front and 180 degrees towards the back of the camera body. The camera also has a normal/macro switch which allows you to take normal range pictures and extreme close up shots. In addition, the camera also has two resolution modes. The Fine mode allows for storage of 64 images (approximately 480-kbit compression) and the Normal mode, allowing for storage of 192 images (approximately 160-kbit compression). In operating the camera, you can also make exposure adjustments quite easily by use of buttons on the top of the camera. An aperture setting switch is on the side of the lens which allows you to toggle between indoor and outdoor shots.
One nice advantage to the camera is a 10-second, self timing device that allows for self portraits with the use of a tripod. Whenever your batteries are close to running out, you will see a caution message on your Liquid Crystal display advising you of this.
Casio also has special video cable you can order that allows you to go directly from the "video out" terminal of the camera to the "video in" of your television, allowing you to view the images on your television set. I cannot advise on the quality of these images since I never ordered this cable. I use the camera to download onto my PC using Casio's software that comes with the camera. The software is good...sort of a miniature photo lab that allows you to adjust many aspects of the images.
Recommended:
Yes
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