Good Deal, but Nothing to Write Home About

Like:
Good deal, solid design (mine's an excellent shade of pink - my sister loves it), 3x optical zoom plus 4x digital (I think), lots of preset modes (yet the menu is far from being too cluttered), a whopping 8 MegaPixels!


Dislike:
I've only used it so much thus far, but the camera's ability to handle low-light situations doesn't seem all too great - my family's old Sony, ~5 MegaPixels, is even better in that regard. In other words, the CCD isn't too large, so the camera applies too much gain trying to compensate; discoloration results. This is unless, of course, you use a setting like "candlelight", in which case the shutter speed is just unacceptably low and everything blurs without exception.

Furthermore, the level of manual control given to the user is next-to-nothing. There is a manual mode, but it offers very little control over anything.


Other:
I graded this camera as "Good" because you get what you pay for; this is a consumer-grade point-and-shoot camera, and thus the low level of manual control and the questionable low-light performance are to be expected. It does what it's supposed to and takes pictures, and for the price, an 8MP camera with 3x optical zoom is a pretty good deal. Still have yet to try it out in bright daylight, but it has enough presets that I'm sure it'll bring out the best in such conditions. I'm peeved that, like so many other consumer-grade cameras out there, it has an extending zoom lens that forbids the use of any cheap wide-angle or telephoto attachments (not, of course, that that's a concern for most people who own this PARTICULAR camera), but I like that it uses such a widely accepted format for picture storage - namely, SD card.

Good Starter Camera!

The camera was used and did not come with the manual or the computer cable. It was easy to find a free manual to download and print out important pages.

The cable is not really necessary, since the 1GB memory card is easily removed and copied to your 'puter Photo software.

This was a good starter camera for my Elementary School-aged grand-daughter for the used price (including S/H) of $41 . . . she now has a REAL camera with a flash, lots of memory, zoom, flexible settings to grow into, AND the pink color she wanted!

The price was a nice compromise . . . It cost me:

-Twice as much $ as the new "Kiddie TOY Kameras" with Hannah Montana or other popular figures (which don't seem to have good customer reviews.) She can decorate it with her own stickers if she wants!

-Half as much $ (or less)than a new camera with similar features.

great value

A very good camera. Easy to use, many more features than I expected, and takes very good pictures. For the $50.99 I paid, I simply bought a camera worth 30-40% more.

Camera

I bought it cause I had a camera and only got to use it once and it got stolen.
So for about a month I tried to bid on camera after camera and I am disabled and on a limited income so I was trying to get the best buy. Well I came across this one and bidded and gave my maximum bid and I won. It works great and it does everything it says it does. Sanyo is a great product. Thankyou Rose Marie