6mp Digital Camera - under 100 squid!

chudies

is this cheap?

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=101570&_LOC=UK

Acer CI-6330 6mp Digital Camera Including FREE Case, Batteries and charger worth £29
Product Information
As a special product launch offer a limited number of these cameras are coming with an accessory kit containing the following:-

Black leather look case
Powerful 2100 MAh batteries
Battery charger with English and European plug.
This accessory kit is strictly whilst stocks last.

The CI-6330 compact digital camera is power at an affordable price. It has all the quality you expect from a compact device accessible for beginners and experienced users, and incorporates some very advanced technologies. With aluminium housing the CI-6330 is also built with the highest quality housing materials. The high resolution 6 mega pixel sensor will deliver high quality A3 prints. To mention just some of the other great technologies 3x optical zoom, 2.0” LTPS TFT panel, USB 2.0 interface for fastest possible transfer to an external device, Pictbridge.. The CI-6330 supports 8 shooting modes including movie mode with sound recording and supports straight playback on the camera LCD screen as well as directly on a PC or TV as all cables are included. The CI-6330 comes with 16MB ROM internal memory of 12MB is useable which the user can easily increase memory by purchasing standard SD cards.

Ebuyer’s Opinion Acer has made some very good digital cameras, but this one is sensational. They have managed to deliver all the features of a high end camera at an entry level price. Features like 2” LCD screen, hard wearing metal body and USB 2.0 fast picture transfer are normally reserved for cameras priced over £200. So it’s well specified and well made but what is it like at taking photographs? Like all good quality digital cameras, if you put it in to Auto mode (let the camera make all the technical decisions like focus and exposure) and take a shot the on board computer will deliver an excellent picture. Most people are happy to let the camera do all the work, should you wish to get a little more creative you would normally have to go out and buy a top of the range camera with the manual features you want. Once again the CI-6330 delivers functionality people would expect from a serious photographers camera, such as aperture priority and exposure bracketing. Full details of this cameras ability’s below.

Main Features
6.2 Mega pixels giving 2848 x 2136 resolution
Video clips 320 x 240 @ 20 fps motion JPEG (AVI)
3 still image quality settings Fine, Normal and Economy
12MB internal memory, expandable with SD card
High resolution 130K pixel 2” LCD LTPS screen (Low Temperature Poly Silicon)
PC camera and webcam capable
Self-timer: 10 sec delay. 2 sec delay 10+2 sec delay.
Capture Modes: Single, 3 shot Burst, 3 shot ABE(Auto exposure Bracketing)
Shooting Modes Full auto, Program, Shutter Priority, Aperture Priority, Manual, scene.
Zoom: 3 x optical + 4 x Digital zoom
Focal length: 7.5 – 22.5mm (Equivalent to 36-108mm in a 35mm camera)
Available F-numbers: wide 2.8 to 4.8 tele
Focus range: 50cm to infinity
Macro mode focus range: 5cm to infinity
Exposure metering: Center weighted, Spot
Exposure compensation: -2.0EV to +2.0EV in 0.3 increments
ISO: Auto, 50, 100, 200
Flash: Auto, Red eye reduction, Fill flash, No flash
White balance: Auto, Daylight, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent
Sharpness: three settings Low, Medium, High
Saturation: three settings Low, Medium, High
Colour: Full colour, Black and white, Sepia
Date stamp: Optional date imprint onto image
Connectors: DC-in jack, USB connector and AV out terminal
Dimensions: 91 x 61 x 31.5mm (33.6 x 2.5 x 1.3 inches)
Weight: 160g without batteries and SD card
Supplied Accessories
USB Cable
AV Cable for TV connection
Camera Hand Strap
User Manual Warranty Card CD containing NTI photo editing software and installation drivers

skintscotsman

remember you'll need to buy at least a 512mb memory card for it if you are going to use the pic res to it's full capacity

otherwise it seems like a good buy

Tojo_Ralph

*** Edit, Review Pasted in post 5 Below based on a sale price of £140.***

http://www.custompc.co.uk/custompc/...cer-ci6330.html

PS. For those who bought SD cards for the 5200, the cards fit this camera.

P.S.S. I would take the EBuyer reviews with a pinch of salt... Two brief, very clear concise reviews without a single typo or grammatical error is a tad suspect.

chudies

Tojo_Ralph wrote:

http://www.custompc.co.uk/custompc/...cer-ci6330.html

thanks for this but i cant find the review
please could you advise
thanks

Tojo_Ralph

chudies wrote:

thanks for this but i cant find the review
please could you advise
thanks

GEEZ... YER RIGHT... TOOK ME 5 MINUTES...

Here is a copy paste

Product Reviews
Digital cameras
Acer CI-6330 [Computer Shopper]
COMPANY: Acer PRICE: £140 inc VAT
RATING: *** (3 Stars)
ISSUE: 216 DATE: Feb 06




"Solid fun" are the words emblazoned on the CI-6330's packaging, which forms an image of a rather large camera. The camera itself is chunky but elegant, and it has an air of resourcefulness we wouldn't normally expect at this price.

The CCD is capable of recording 6-megapixel images, and the mode dial has shutter priority, aperture priority and full manual modes to complement the usual auto, scene preset and video modes. Two rechargeable AA batteries and a charger are supplied, although there's no labelling to show which way to insert them into the camera.

The controls are straightforward and well laid out, but the camera is slow in use; it takes six seconds to take a shot from power-up and this increases to 12 seconds when the flash is required. Browsing pictures in memory is slow, too, and pointless text information momentarily obliterates the view each time you move to the next picture.

The priority and manual modes are a big bonus for creative photographers, but the one-second maximum shutter length is too short and there's no Exposure Value (EV) readout to help with adjustments. The screen's brightness changes to reflect these settings but only when the shutter is half-pressed, not continuously.

Image quality was above average, with none of the sharpness issues we've seen from other Acer cameras. Outdoor shots were pleasantly exposed, although we found skin tones had a tendency to be overexposed. The camera also sometimes focused on the background, even though our subject was in the centre of the frame. Indoor shots were decent, but the flash produced pasty skin tones and had a limited range.

The CI-6330 is a well-balanced camera, but even at this price (£140) its image quality needs to be better to warrant our unreserved enthusiasm.

Edit by me: Review price was £140 hence my comment and at £99 perhaps there would be unreserved enthusiasm.

Tojo

By Ben Pitt

SPECIFICATIONS:
6.2 million pixels (2,864x2,152 pixels), 3x optical zoom, SD slot (12MB internal)

chudies

cheers mate