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This thing is hard on batteries. Use High capacity (1100mah or higher) nicads or Nimh. Carry extra sets. But...pictures are excellent. It has three distance settings close up, portrait, and distance. The macro close up is wonderful. As close a six inches! And the exposure is perfect. You have to get used to distances, especially with flash, when changing the distance feature.

I would swear this is an Agfa. Looks EXACTLY like it. Same price. For the price, it is a great deal.

You can "frame" your picture with the viewfinder, or the LCD display in back. You can display pictures on the TV (video in, not RF in), and load into a computer using any RS232 COMM port. The Camera's software is ok. The "TWAIN" driver (connection between camera and photo software) attaches to all photo software in the computer, not just the Photomax program that comes with it. Just select the source in your program.

It resembles a 35mm "Point and Shoot" camera in many respects. It has a nice cover that slips over the lens and turns the camera on and off. If you can use a P&S, you can use this.

Resolution using the 12exposure mode (high resolution, just 12 pictures) is just about as good as 100ISO or 200ISO camera print film. Looks tolerable on a 32" TV!

I have many GOOD 35mm SLR's, and am happy with this little jewel. No more stacks of negatives stored away. Just a few recordable CD's, and I can put the images on a floppy to give to family, or email the pictures. It' won't, of course, replace the SLR's, but for many uses it's great.

If your intention is just to take quick shots and send your friends and relatives pictures through e-mail, or even to post "not-so-sophisticated" images on your web page, then this camera is for you. These were the steps I took to begin taking great pictures: (1) Take the stuff out of the box. (2) Put the batteries in the camera and set the date. (3) Install the PhotoMAX software in the PC. (4) Take pictures. (5) Load pictures into PC using software and save images as .jpg files. (6) Send friends and family pictures through e-mail. It's that simple!

The only downside I see with this product is the annoying green indicator light in the viewfinder. And this camera doesn't really do well with close-up shots. You have to be at least three feet away. Also only use the video screen when you are using the AC adapter. If you don't, then your batteries will drain fast.

Bottomline is I am happy with this product and I got my money's worth.

I've had my camera for two months and I love it. I am sure not a professional photographer but I took some great pictures from the very first. I have taken over 500 pics using all three focus depths and they turned out beautifully. Of course, I took some that were too dark but that was not the fault of the camera. I wish that it would take the 16MB and the 32MB cards, but I get over 90 pictures on the 8MB card in the three star mode and they are of very good quality. Price was right, too.

If I get the settings right and get the light in the right place, it takes fairly good photos. It is pretty hard on batterys, I have went to rechargable batterys. We hook into our V. C. R. too and put on a slide show from the tapes on T. V. WE like the PDC-640 and would buy again.

This is a great camera for the money. Very easy to use. After taking it out of the package, within an hour, I had pictures on my auction pages. I use the 24 images - just what I need for auctions. I took some great scenic shots last weekend and viewed them through my television like a slideshow. The pictures were bright and beautiful. Close-ups are a little blurry. Pics are fine with the other settings. Batteries go dead real fast if you use without the adaptor, so don't use the lcd screen while you are taking pictures. I took about 50 pictures over the weekend with the same batteries.

Other people who have seen my camera, can't believe I paid less than $200. They have ones they paid over $400 for, that aren't any different than this one. In fact, they said they liked mine better and offered to trade. So far, so good. If I have any problems at a later date, I will let you know. I would like to know also how to get extra memory cards. Thanks for listening. I don't think you will be disappointed in this camera.