Ok, so I picked up this little digital camera at Wal-Mart. Its a Philips Keychain Digital Camera ,model #P44417S. It only costs $15, so I figured what the heck, even if it doesn't take great pictures. Well, yes, I was right, the pictures aren't "great", but they are fairly good. I've taken a few pictures and downloaded them to the computer. They tend to be a little grainy. Also, I have found out that when you take the picture, you have to wait a second or two for the camera to actually take the picture. Hint here...listen for a beep, that way you don't take pictures of walls or other unintended things. Oh, and it also has a video mode where it can either take 10 seconds of video, or if hooked up to your PC, it can be used as a webcam.
so heres how it all pans out
Price>Great...$15, you can't beat that
Ease of use>Very easy, just make sure you read the instructions.
Picture Quality>On a scale of 1-10 I would say about a 7. Not great, but not terrible either Ease of Downloading pictures> Once again, as long as you have read the instructions and loaded the software, no problem.
Summing it all up, for $15 I guess its good enough for my use, but not professional use. I'll post a pic of myself here, so ya'll can see the quality of the pics.
ok, now i have learned the bad side, it goes through a battery in about 3 days, so its only good for short term use, not if you want to save yuor picture in the camera for any period of time.
yup, when it goes dead, it erases everything, Like I said, if you take the pics, then immediately download them to the computer to save them, it would work ok but dont expect to keep them more than 3 days, if you just keep them on the camera.
I bought mine at walmart but i don't have the box it came in anymore. is there A download where i can dowlod the cd or is there A phone # I can call? thanks libra
I got the same camera, a blue one at that for christmas from a friend at school, so did the rest of my friends. Its a pretty cool camera bu like when its in stand by for 10 minutes or so the picture get delete, can someone help me out?
The Driver's for this camera doesn't work anymore...The camera worked once under winXP home when I changed to WinXP Pro it stopped working...Where can I find a Driver upgrade...
I got the camera to work, the camera work on a USB extention cable or a USB hub, You have to plug the USB cable directly to the USB port on your computer, this is the only solution that I know that works...
Walmart has this camera for sale for $15, spend $5 more and get the Vivatar Digital Camera it has just about the same spec's but it has a working flash, a usable view finger, and you can mount it on a small tripod...
I couldn't edit the previous post, to fix a typo) ................................................. I got the camera to work, the camera} work on a USB extention cable or a USB hub, You have to plug the USB cable directly to the USB port on your computer, this is the only solution that I know that works...
I couldn't edit the previous post, to fix a typo .................................................
I got the camera to work, the camera will not work on a USB extention cable or a USB hub, You have to plug the USB cable directly to the USB port on your computer, this is the only solution that I know that works...
People obviously have had a lot of issues with this camera. Personally, I've found it useful and a good value for $15.00
Here are the codes for the camera, for those who don't have them:
SE = self timer CE = Continuous shooting mode CP = compress mode nP: non compress mode AI: video function mode OF: switch the camera to stand by mode CL: delete the last photo CA: delete all Hr: high resolution format Lr: low resolution format F5: 50Hz F6: 60 Hz
In general, cycle through the various options by pushing the button on the front of the camera until the option you want appears. Select that option by pushing the button on the top of the camera.
Some of the options are kind of annoying---
for example, the "CE" option allows pictures to be taken about once per second. But you have to select the CE option and then strart shooting the continuous images within about ten seconds, or it defaults to single shots.
Same for the "AI" option, which allows you to take slow scan video. You have to select the AI option and then start your video shot within a few seconds. As soon as you quit shooting, it reverts to regular shots. You get about 16 seconds of slow scan video before filling up the memory. You can alternate between single shots and video.
To purge the camera of shots you have taken, push the button on the front of the camera until "CL" or "CA" appears, then push the button on the top of the camera. The display starts blinking, prompting you to confirm that you want the pictures deleted. Push the top button again to delete the last image (CL) or all the images (CA).
If you can't remember how to delete the images, just remove the battery for a few seconds and all the pictures will be deleted.
Battery keep going dead? Switch the battery end-for end and reinstall in the camera until you want to take more pictures.
Save desired images to a floppy disk to save them or transfer them to your EBAY or Cragslist sale or any other use.
My camera and software has worked just fine. I understand that hasn't been the case for a good many people. But I've been pretty pleased with what my $15 purchased.
This camera takes better pics than my cell phone camera.
}