Digital Cameras

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The DV3M battery (BH725) is the same model used for some GPS units and Nokia 5210/8210/9210 phones. I just bought a new one for $3.30, which makes this one some 15 times overpriced.

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These binoculars are perfect for the theater. Could be slightly easier to focus but all in all, a great buy.

This binocular is light and compact. The optics are good, focusing is smooth. The adjustment of magnification 7 to 15 times, is a bit tight and bumpy. I usually live it half way, at 10 magnification, also not to decrease the luminosity at the higher power. I have another compact binocular, a Nikon with fixed power of 10. I would rate it better than this one, but it is more expensive. The Bushnell is clear and sharp and does what it is supposed to do. Great binocular for the price, but if you don't need the zoom, stick to a solid, simple, 10 power unit.

The fact that it is a 7 to 15X optical Zoom binocular makes this $40 item a bargain. Bushnell has good optics. This pair is very light weight. It has a small size and small case to go with it. Everybody needs a set for sports or birdwatching or sightseeing on a trip. Buy it.

It is very difficult to see any detail in this binoc. Very small view, very difficult to focus. I tryied to use them on a shooting range. I can only see more or less decent with one eye. I am buying Nikon.

It would be tough to find better binoculars for the same price. I bought these for safari in Africa and they worked well. I especially liked the zoom feature. With just a high-power binocular, it's hard to find what you're looking for. With these, you find what you want at 7X, then zoom in. I would have liked to have had a slightly more powerful binocular in a few places (maybe 25X), but overall they were great. We were able to get close enough to most animals to see them well with the binoculars. They were still bright enough even on a cloudy day, which can be a problem for compact binoculars. Best of all, they're cheap enough that you don't have to worry too much about damaging or losing them. I was planning on selling mine when I got back, but I'm going to keep them.

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Ok my brother and i got this camera for a Hanukkah present and it came with two different software disks one was titled"Photo Explosion Special Edition Version 1.5" and the other one is called "Art Explosion Picture to TV". I installed the photo explosion one and then i plugged in my camera and it said new hardware was found but then it couldn't work because it couldn't find software to use. Do i have ther right software or am i just doing it wrong? Katie

I have high-end 35mm file SLRs, a very good digital camera and a smaller, more modest digital camera. But somehow I don't always have one of those with me when I want a photo to capture something important. This little thing is so small that I can take it anywhere and not notice it. IF I am careful to get good lighting -- direct sunlight is best -- and IF I hold the little camera very steady when I shoot, THEN I'll get quite a decent small-pixel digital photo that looks pretty good in an email or on the Web. No, this won't compete with a real digital camera, but then you won't always have that expensive camera with you. This one really can go anywhere with you, and you can get some decent pics if your expectations aren't too high and if you optimize the shot. Bottom line -- it delivers well on what you ought to expect from this tiny product.

How can you go wrong? A camera that fits on a keychain, takes digital photos and works as a webcam AND a video camera. Sounds too good to be true. Well, in a way, this IS too good to be true but in another way, this little camera delivers what it says it does. So let's run down the functions. 1. This is a small, box-o-matches sized camera that has a loop for a standard keychain. The camera is operated by a button on the front that switches function from snapshots, to PC-linked to taking a short .avi file for a video. There is no flash, of course. It's all run on a single AAA battery. And no LCD screen, either. It's plastic. Think: TOY. The viewfinder is a small magnifying plastic lens that pops up from the top. It's hard to see into. 2. The software comes with an operating suite that runs the camera either to download files or to use as a webcam. ARCSoft picture-manipulation software is also included. The software installed without a hitch. That's a good thing, because you really can't find the drivers for this camera on the web. So DON'T LOSE the cd when you get it, because the practice of downloading updated drivers won't help you here. Likewise, I could not find a newer version of the software. The operating interface is a nice little console, easy to navigate. The pictures show up in thumbnails for saving and renaming. ARCSoft is a standard free-with-purchase picture manipulating software. I had used it in past--not difficult, but I prefer Photoshop Elements, so I didn't install it from this CD. But for the money for this camera, it was a very nice touch to include image software. 3. There is a USB cable to link to the PC. The resolution is 0.1 Megapixels. This is not great resolution. And the tiny lens gives a blurry, distorted look. This camera does do everything it claims. I did hook it up to the computer and use it as a webcam, but the 3 foot cord was too short to position it well. I got a blurry picture of me typing, sent over Yahoo webcam to a friend. So it works just fine. The short avi was blurry but recognizable as a car passing by the house. I am amazed this feature is included, but I suppose if the camera works as a webcam, an avi video file is not a stretch, even for a matchbox-sized camera. The photos were predictably awful. Blurry, grainy, distorted. No value as art, even. Summary: This cheap camera would seem to be just the thing to put on your keychain to have a camera at the ready, but it's probably worse than a phone cam. Spies would need something better. Kids will love it. I recommend this as a kid's fun toy, but really, if you want them to learn photography, a used, inexpensive digital camera with more pixels and a better lens will encourage them. If you find one of these for $5-10, it could make a good stocking stuffer for Christmas, but don't expect much in the way of good results or long life. It's bound to get lost.

It's a cute little thing, but who wants to pay $25 for a cute little keychain bobble? Put in a AAA battery, start it up, take one photo, and the battery is dead. But it doesn't tell you the battery is dead, so you keep taking pictures, but they don't get saved. When you go to download the photos, you find you've only got the first one. At the cost of one AAA battery per photo, this has got to be one of the most expensive digital cameras on the market. Works ok as a webcam, but because its not really designed for that, you have to hold it in your hand to use it, so it's more or less useless for that application too. Save your money!

I cant believe they are selling this thing. The pictures are blurred and do not have believeable color, much less actual color. Washed-out in high light, blacked-out in medium-low light. Worthless. Save your money.