Philips Keychain Digital Camera
by Philips
|
List Price: Our Price: $14.99 You Save: $15.00 (50%) Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Category: Digital Camera See more product details |
|---|
Customers in the UK,
Buy this product at amazon.co.uk
for British Pounds
Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Philips Keychain Digital Camera
Customer Review: Great for preteens
Summary: 4 Stars
My 11-year-old daughter has been having a lot of fun with this. The view through the viewfinder is a little "off" that of the picture, but we were easily able to adapt. It's perfect for a webcam or for emailing pictures. And I'm not stuck paying money to get a bunch of nonsense pictures developed, nor do I stress about the camera getting lost--it wasn't that expensive. I'll have to get a couple for gifts.Customer Review: What do you expect for under $20?
Summary: 3 Stars
I bought this for a Secret Santa gift for a co-worker at the storefront of an Amazon affiliate. For a cheap digital camera that has a fixed focus and no flash this works really well. Don't hold the camera up to your face, hold it a foot or two in front of you and look through the view finder to line up the shot. As long as the area was well lit, the photo came out well (for that resolution) (quality of the photos are less than that of most camera phones)
The webcam surprised us too, slow response and you needed the area well lit, but for under $20 we were pleasantly surprised. If you want a decent digital camera buy something else, if you want something for fun snapshots for email, or just to have on your keychain for a quick picture this will be fun.
Customer Review: Decent Gift for Preteens
Summary: 3 Stars
I just bought this little gem for my niece this Christmas (2005).
* Pro: She loves it, especially, the not-too-bad webcam feature.
* Con: For the price, can't really complain about the quality of images. The software interface could be better.
* Question: "How do I...?" After taking up 20 photos and filling up the internal memory, NEITHER SHE NOR I CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO DELETE or FLUSH the memory in order to take new photos! She lost the manual (if there was any). Downloading the pics to the PC does not reset the memory either.. Please HELP, anybody... :-)
Customer Review: This Camera is not worth using even if you get it for FREE
Summary: 2 Stars
I bought this camera thinking that it would be nice to have a little pocket-sized camera to carry around for spontaneous picture taking. I was expecting the photos to be low resolution and low quality considering the price and size of the camera. The quality of the photos was even worse than expected. They are so poor I can't imagine how you would be able to use them for any purpose. I also found that the battery life is too short and the image viewfinder doesn't match the actual image taken requiring you to mentally compensate. The worst offense, however, is that the software that comes with the unit is pathetic. There is also zero support for the camera on the Phillips web page. I recommend staying away from this camera.Customer Review: Good for some kids
Summary: 2 Stars
I normally use a Pentax K1000 film camera, but my son gave me a Philips Keychain camerea to take apart and experiment with. Instead, I started using it because there is no cost to taking a picture.
I found that the other comments were probably accurate, but ommitted that if the subject is within 10 feet, or so, the picture is probably not too bad. I have had poor results with white subjects in bright sunlight.
The other thing that helps is to make a big effort to steady the camera when taking a picture.
I am using regargable NiMH batteries and am quite pleased with the time between charges.