Mustek DV4500 MPEG-4 7-in-1 Multifunctional Digital Camcorder with 2.5-inch LCD and 4x Digital Zoom

Rating:
Summary: Not very satisfied
Review:
For $147 what could I really expect? I ordered this camera/camcorder 6 in 1 item and returned it the next day. I needed something small for traveling and it fits the bill for that. The battery life is not very good however, but the driving factor for returning it was very very very poor image quality.

I dont ask much out of this thing, but for being 4mp it acts like a 1mp camera just blown up to a high pixel grid. It underexposes inside and overexposes outside. The video quality is decent actually, despite the smaller size, or despite the lower frame rate on the 640x480. I was going to keep it and deal with the poor digital still quality, but on my last tests, upon playback, i noticed the images bent and jumped... this was it and so it was returned. For the money i paid for this i can easily buy just a regular camera with a full 3.2mp and optical zoom with a major brand name... so thats what i am doing. live and learn, not a bad thing for a child or a teen perhaps, but not good for backpacking in India and taking just a half decent shot of some beautiful architechture etc...