DC DXG308U 3MP Digital Camera with Underwater Housing
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(1 out of 5)Buy a disposable film camera instead of this one
This is quite possibly the worst camera I have ever operated. I have owned and operated 6 different digital cameras. The flash has two settings; off and auto. The auto mode is more like a random mode. It can't decide when to fire the flash. It seems that it is dark and the flash should fire. Surprise!! Sometimes you get a flash and sometimes you don't. When it does fire, the picture is so over exposed it is unusable. The focus seems to be a fixed focus. In other words, it fixes on anything it wants and nothing you want. The shutter lag is so long, you hope the subject doesn't fall asleep before firing. If your subject doesn't fall asleep, you will waiting for the picture to write to memory. It is useless for much of anything except landscape and buildings photos outside. I purchased this camera for my 11 year old son for a birthday gift. It replaced the disposable film cameras he was using. The pictures from the disposable film camera turned out consistantly better than this piece of junk. When the flash is charged on a disposable camera at least it fires every time. A disposable camera is no frills. This one is quite possibly not only the worst I operated, but the worst camera ever!
(1 out of 5)Absolutely the most aweful piece of tech I have EVER bought.
I should have known when I paid under $100 for a 3mp camera, but it had good reviews and sounded like a good deal. Well, this camera has been nothing but disappointing and just plain useless since I recieved it.
MAJOR ISSUES:
1. Pressing the 'shoot' button takes up to 2 seconds for the camera to respond.
2. When the camera DOES respond it arbitraily decides when to flash, sometimes in total darkness it doesn't flash even when on auto.
3. Camera frequently doesn't focus on the item in the crosshairs.
4. Camera delay makes taking pictures of children almost impossible. Even landscape moves too fast for this camera!!
5. Out of the over 200 pictures I and 3 of my family and friends have tried to take with this device only 10 images of even decent quality have been produced.
6. The webcamera feature is useless unless you are in a floodlit environment.
7. Turning up the exposure to compensate for the lack of low level light photography, comes up with totally washed out GLOWING images...
anyhow, this is the worst piece of tech I have ever bought. I'm 33 and a computer developer and tech-o-holic and this thing is aweful... stay away... far far away.
(3 out of 5)Okay for the price if you read the manual first
Considering the dirt-cheap price, this is an okay vacation or backup camera, especially considering that the whole thing is a lot less than an underwater housing alone for any other camera.
At first, I was pretty disturbed by the fuzzy shots I was taking, until I played around with the camera and its settings a bit and READ THE MANUAL.
The first thing to realize is that the camera appears to be fixed-focus. Anything you take in normal mode has to be at least 4 feet away or it will be fuzzy. If the thing you're pointing at appears fuzzy but the background is not, it's not because the camera is focusing on the wrong thing; it's because you're pointing at something too close. If you back off a bit and use a little digital zoom instead, the final picture will be better.
As mentioned by some others, this camera also has a pretty slow exposure time, especially indoors. The problem is that it has a sensitivity of only IS0 100, but its automatic flash does not come on except in very low light and there is no way to force the flash on. It puts up a "hand" icon if it is too dark to take a freehand shot and you need to steady the camera on a tripod or by leaning against something. Pay attention to the icon, because if you ignore this, you will get a fuzzy shot every time.
It's a shame the makers of the camera didn't design the flash to properly come on whenever it's too dark for a handheld shot. If they had that, it would take much better indoor pictures and I'd give this camera a 4-star rating. As now, I'm still glad I bought it, as now I have a camera I can take to beach, camping, etc without having to worry about it.
(5 out of 5)Great Camera for the beginner
This is my first digital camera and it was a gift from a novice so I have no idea how much he spent on it. It is an excellent little camera and very user friendly! The included software is very useful and not just a pile of crap that usually comes with stuff like this. If you have XP, the software is not necessary because it does everything for you, the software just has a bunch of fun extras. The display screen is not very large but this doesn't seem to be a big problem for me since I just wanted a point and shoot camera. It does take some time in between pictures using flash, however, outdoors i never use the flash and it works great! One photo after the other. Doesn't take forever to load the photos onto your PC either! very simple! Would recommend this camera to anyone who is looking for a compact camera and not a lot of bells and whistles! wonderful product! PS... don't be intimidated if you don't recognize the brand name, I was worried myself, but you have no reason to worry!----
i would like to retract this statement. This camera has proven to be AWFUL. After just 3 weeks with this camera, i've decided it's terrible. Poor photo quality, time between photos increases as the camera ages and there are so many better ones out there. DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT. it's awful!
(4 out of 5)Best Camera for the price!
It's light, it's inexpensive, it's small - AND takes GREAT pics! I keep mine set on the middle settings (pixels) and have taken pics of my kids on go-carts, riding the four-wheeler, bungee jumping - including movies of them bungee jumping! You should read the manual, so you know what all of the little icons are for. I have had no problems with the flash or blurry pics - I don't understand the person that wrote that the camera was terrible - apparently they don't know how to use it.
Great camera - the only downside I have found is that is does take longer to "reset" - if you want to take a quick series of pics, this is not the camera for you - takes about 5-10 seconds to be ready to shoot again - a long time if you are trying to do a series...