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Most valuable as a pocket-sized light weight snap-shot camera that allows you to pass images round the globe that night. When travelling, its convenient to delete unwanted pictures each night by reviewing on your hotel TV (choose NTSC or PAL for US or EU TVs). On a recent trip I achieved 22 "high quality" photos which provided a great instant record. Indoor flash range is limited - still useful for reasonably close-up work, but can be confused by a bright light behind the subject, and doesn't work well as a fill-in flash, so don't expect wonderous results. Overall: excellent VFM.

This camera is kind of neat since it can record both video and still pictures. However, I found that whenever I take still pictures if the subject is moving or I am moving even a little bit the image is blurred. In order to get a good image you must hold the camera steady for at least 3-5 seconds after taking the picture. So, If I had the option I would save my money and wait for about six months. There is bound to be something better right around the corner.

I wanted a digital camera that was under $150. I decided to buy the Agfa CL-18. I have since noticed that there are little spots in my pictures that are some kind of defect. Cleaning the lens does nothing to remove them. Another thing I noticed is that when taking pictures indoors sometimes the colors are not accurate. You also have to be careful when using the flash indoors because it is very easy to under or overexpose. There is also a large lag in between taking pictures that could bother someone who wants to take several pictures in a roll. However, the software is very easy to use, and the camera is very small and does not take too much battery power. Buy this if you want to take small, informal pictures for email and small pictures, or if you want a child or teenager to have something to play with. But if you have any desire to take a high-quality picture, and want to edit it, then use your film camera and a scanner.

We got this camera for my 11 yr. old for his birthday. It took a month of finagling to FINALLY reach Agfa tech support (in Venezuela or somewhere) before we could get the computer to recognize the camera. DON'T PLUG IN THE CAMERA TO YOUR PC BEFORE THE SOFTWARE IS LOADED OR YOU'LL GO THROUGH THE SAME!!!! Once that was fixed, though, it was great! Nice pictures for the price (we just printed them on our regular PC paper), great for a kid. We took a million pictures the first year of use. Then we upgraded to a computer with Windows XP.... *sigh* The new driver on the website didn't work (seriously crashed the whole computer). When I once again contacted tech support, they said they have no driver for Windows XP and don't plan to develop one. The end. Useless camera for us now...

I've been using this camera for three days,I primarily bought it for e-mailing fotos to friends,and for this application it's great,simple to use and down load to PC,what a bonus the USB connection is on such an inexpensive unit!...the camera is almost to small for my big hands,I've been using the tri-pod attachment for a better grip,however it's not really necessary.

You really can't go wrong with this camera.