Minox digital camera?
Posted by admin in Digital Reader Cases Sunday, 31 January 2010 21:40 1 Comment
I can’t find a review on this camera I am thinking of purchasing. I’m putting in the description it gives, but it doesn’t give the model # or any reviews on it. I’m not a professional photographer, but I’m still really attracted by 6 megapixels at an affordable price. If you have heard anything about this camera at all, or this brand, please let me know!
Here is the site description:
Digital camera and multi media player/recorder from Minox upholds a reputation for absolute precision and top-class design. Pocket-sized video camera, web cam, 6.0 megapixel (interpolated) camera, MP3 player, video player and voice recorder all-in-one continues the Minox tradition of excellence.
128 MB internal memory
SD/MMC card reader (32MB-1G)
Still camera has 4x digital zoom and self-timer
Lens rotates from front to back with the turn of a knob
LED light
Crystal-clear LCD screen
Ear phones
AC/DC power adapter
A/V cables
USB cord
Comes with Li-ion rechargeable battery and padded case
Size (HxWxD): 4×2-½x7/8”
Weight: 4 oz
Just by reading the specs you’ve provided, I can tell you this camera is garbage.
First of all, it doesn’t have 6 megapixels. The word interpolated, which they so conveniently put in parenthesis, means that it has less. The specs don’t say how many megapixels this camera actually has – just that it will create as much padding as it needs to make it seem like 6. It’s like a lazy student handing in a 6 page assignment, when in fact he has 2 pages of text that he double spaced and put in an insanely large font. Heck, if you make the margins a bit bigger and include some gratuitous pages for an index and bibliography, you can turn 2 pages worth of text into a 10 page report. With cameras, that called interpolation.
Also, this camera only has digital zoom. Digital zoom is bad for image quality. Reputable brands offer digital zoom as a gimmick, on top of optical zoom. Optical zoom is the good kind.
And if you can’t find reviews for a camera, that’s another bad sign.
Stick to name brands like Canon, Olympus, Panasonic, etc. If you’re shopping and you see something you like, here are two great review sites:
http://www.steves-digicams.com/hardware_reviews.html
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/default.asp?view=alpha