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Agfa ePhoto CL18 0.3MP Digital Camera

Agfa ePhoto CL18 0.3MP Digital Camera

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Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Easy to use, good entry level camera
Review: ... The pircture quality turned out pretty nice and clear, you just have to keep your hands still for 5-10 seconds after pushing the button(it takes even longer if using flash). But overall it was not as awful as some other reviewers described. Holds up to 32 pix and you can review them on television. Small, elegant, user friendly. This camera is good for taking still images for your websites or for personal fun. ...END

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Not Bad At All
Review: After reading several reviews and doing some extensive researh on several entry level digital cameras I finally purchased this camera yesterday. And contrary to some of the reviews posted on the NET, the image quality is excellent, it just takes some work to get your photos to come out properly. For example, if you are taking a photo in a dark setting, turn on the flash and it will come with good results. Also, make sure you keep your hands still when you are taking your uor they will come out blurry. Furthermore, make sure you are standing an appropriate distance from the image you are shooting. All in all, the quality of the pictures I have took is above par and are comparable to the higher end cameras at more than half the price. Ir just takes some work, but isn't that where half the fun is? One complaint is that the video software is..Well..It stinks..Not only does it not provide audio for your videos, but the streaming video comes out VERY blurry. Not a big thing for me, since it's hard to find any1 to video conference with and I do already have a QuickCam Express which is more than satisfactory. All in all, I was pleased with my purchase of this camera and my images came out better than I thought they would.. Oh, a couple of other ti[s for you guys that are thinking about buying this camera. If you wanna delete your old images, just click on the record/play button at the back of the camera and press the shutter button on the image you want to delete. Simple. And if you want to delete all your old images, simply click on the play button and then the flash/timer button until you see the word ALL on the right hand side of the LCD screen, then press the shutter button.Again..Simple...Another thing...When taking pictures remember to wait for the green light to stop blinking before you move around..The image doesn't get processed until the light stops blinking. All this is explained in the manual so make sure to read it..That is all. This camera is worth the purchase and to all of you that did not find it satisfactory. Perhaps your expectations were too high?The software that comes with this camera is also pretty good. Nothing spectacular compared to Paintshop pro 7 and Photoshop which I own, but decent nonetheless .The USB connection also makes d/ing images to your comp a snap. Just plug in your cam, goto Corel PhotoHouse and follow the instructions on the manual. That's all there is to it!...

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: far surpasses my expectations
Review: After reviewing digital cameras for days and returning one that wouldn't upload to my computer, I was really pleased with this camera. This is under a megapixel and the pictures look great on the computer. I can't believe they came out so nice. It's perfect for my needs which are to email to my children every so often. It worked so nice that I might get one for my daugter so she can send me pictures too.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Poor customer service to back a poor quality camera
Review: After using this camera for a short amount of time, the camera's photo quality went from ok to exteremely fuzzy and speckled. One area of the bits didn't even record picture information, resulting in a white spot in my picture. Even when used as a web cam, the camera has fuzzy, speckled video feed. When I contacted AGFA about it, they gave me a long distance number to New Jersey (I am in WI), and told me repairs would be charged to my credit card!

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Poor customer service to back a poor quality camera
Review: After using this camera for a short amount of time, the camera's photo quality went from ok to exteremely fuzzy and speckled. One area of the bits didn't even record picture information, resulting in a white spot in my picture. Even when used as a web cam, the camera has fuzzy, speckled video feed. When I contacted AGFA about it, they gave me a long distance number to New Jersey (I am in WI), and told me repairs would be charged to my credit card!

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: A complete piece of trash
Review: Couldn't help noticing those "great bargain", "nicecamera", "super value" and all other such commentsabout this cam and decided to do something about it.

I borrowed thiscam from a friend who let me try it for a month. I won't bore you withthe specs, go check the website if you want to. It's small, it'shandy, and plugs into USB for fast sync. These are the pluspoints.

This camera is based on CMOS, not CCD. This means that youwon't get that nice color reproduction that your friend's cam can doat... more expense. 640x480 is a decent resolution, but the imagesensor really, really sucks. I wasn't expecting something great, justdecent pics, but the picture qualities are horrible. Fabrics looknice, and so do simple objects, but you're better off not takingpictures of any humans. I got my sister to pose for a few snaps, andher skin tones came out like she's got some major fungus growing onher skin and it's peeling off.

Even with the smallest amount ofcamera shake, pictures come out blurry - I couldn't take a sharp picwithout a tripod yet. Indoor photography is really dark and the flashdoesn't show any visible effect. Daylight photography is better, butyou do need a tripod. I think Agfa designed this cam for snipers orOlympic grade sharp-shooters.

By the way, I took all the pics on HQmode. I wonder what the LQ would be like.

If you already own thispiece of trash and want some tips, here they go:

1.Buy a tripod2.Avoid taking pictures of people who you want to retain as friends3.Min. 40W of fluorescent lamp power required for indoor photography4.Flash is useless, so you're better off without it 5.Get AdobePhotoshop, and Extensis Intellihance pro. Reduce the HQ pictures to320x240 and use intellihance's "digital camera"filter

Conclusion: This camera...! I wonder how come people love it.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Don't buy this camera
Review: Don't waste your money on this camera. Sometimes I have to take several pictures just to get a decent picture. Yes, I know you get what you pay for. I should have bought an inexpensive Kodak or Polaroid camera instead. There are specs on pictures sometimes. Looks like gray dots or something. Since I spent the money, I'll just deal with it.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: A Happy Camper (figuratively speaking)
Review: Had it for about a month. Took about 80 pictures.

PROS SO FAR: * good pictures for the price * easy to use * extremely fast upload to pc * software has a fair amount of features * my experiences of their phone support are patient, thorough & quite knowledgable

CONS SO FAR: * details or group pictures in a distance are not sharp, probably because of the low resolution * can't seem to separate dark colors that well * closeups of less than 20 inches will not be sharp * for Win98, see if you have mspclock.sys in your pc first! My Win98 didn't have 14 files that the camera needs. The installation assumes you can get these files directly from the Win98 cd. WRONG! I persisted & figured it out after about 15 uninstalls & installs!

MISCELLANEOUS: * important to use lighting & follow their instructions to take pictures * hooks up to tv instead of having a LCD for pictures * for the price & my needs/expectations, I'm quite happy * I bought mine refurbished for [a reasonable price]....

Good Luck!

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Good Pix, but no Mac support
Review: I bought one to experiment with digital photography. It takses very good pictures, and I was able to get good results under a variety of conditions using supplementary 3rd-party lenses.

But I have a Macintosh, so I have to use a friend's PC to download the pictures. It seems that, since Mac has USB as a standard interface, these fine folks ought to support Mac AT LEAST to the extent of transferring the pictures to the Mac's hard drive in some format the camera already supports.

How about placing a driver download on your website, AGFA?!

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Cheap Camera in Every sense of the word
Review: I bought this camera after reading two of the posted reviews and I must admit it has been a waste of money. To get one good photo I ended taking about thirty and still ended up doing quite a bit of editing to get it decent. For emailing stuff etc It's passable (once you can get the shot you want!!!) for printing, you'd end up just wasting your Photo paper! Do yourself a favour, invest the money and buy something a bit more expensive. The extra money you spend will more than outweigh the frustration with this item.


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