Casio CASIO 3.34MP DIGITAL CAMERA W/ 3X ZOOM & BEST SHOT

Casio QV-3500EX

CASIO 3.34MP DIGITAL CAMERA W/ 3X ZOOM & BEST SHOT Review, by Tracey Capen July 30, 2001

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• Reviewed by: koosnaam

  Strengths: Loaded with Features, Bestshot I like best, Great Macro, takes great pictures.

  Weaknesses: Body Size, difficult to make photo at night condition (difficult to see object on LCD or in Viewfinder)

  Overall: I owe this camera now for 3 weeks. I made my best photo´s with it. Very easy to use menu structure. Will never go back to film. I like the possibility to view the picture taken immediately afterward and than you can decide to keep it or to take another shot with slightly different settings.I really love this camera.

• Reviewed by: chrisr

  Strengths: Features, features, features, and still pretty user friendly

  Weaknesses: Lens protector adaptor shouldn't be an extra, imho, but nobody else includes 'em either.

  Overall: What aesthetics problem? The thing looks fine, actually darn nice by me. What $500? I got mine at Walmart for $350, and its 3.3M resolution and features sealed the deal against its competitors in the $5-600 range. Excellent deal, sorry Nikon. I can live without motion audio. You might want a bigger memory card, though its 16M is still twice what some others give you. I got a 128M (huge) at Costco for $60 (90 hi-res pics, 250 med, 700 low), and a charger / 2 sets of NiMH batteries, $30 total there, well worth it, cheaper than alkalines over long haul (they DO drain fast, esp in cold weather, but no biggie ). Should add I did buy the adapter ring online and a canon protective filter, about $25+$20, but worth it imho to protect the lens. Screws on around the outside to create an enclosure. Downside: it makes a pretty tight fit with the case. Some might like bestshot options but I love/need manual settings. Big deal you read a manual for 30-60 minutes: turn off the tv. Yeah the post-shot preview's brief, but it's only one button away. Love the sepia AND playback zoom AND slideshow to TV etc. Had mine 3 months now, not going back to film, no more heartbreaks at the developer. Thank you Canon and Walmart, gonna treat it right.

• Reviewed by: gordonbbg1

  Strengths: Takes Great Pictures and with the minidrive holds tons of pics.

  Weaknesses: To many features to pick from.

  Overall: I saw that some of you are having a problem with battery life. You can't use ordinary or Alkaline batteries...You must use Nickel-Metal batteries with at least 1400mAh rating. Ever since I discovered that, I never have to even use the ac-adapter and I can take up to 60 pics with flash. GREAT CAMERA!!

• Reviewed by: sasnell

  Strengths: Loads of options. 30 second movies. Panorama. Best Shot technology. Great pictures. Many options but still good for point and shoot. Solid construction. Doesn't feel like cheap plastic.

  Weaknesses: Software is not as good as HP's. That's it...

  Overall: This is an excellent camera. There are many many options that are easy to use with the options windows in the LCD. I was making good us of many of them without ever reading the book! The digital color filters are really cool. You can resize pictures in the camera. The zoom is excellent! I totally recommend this camera and I am PICKY. I think it's the best in it's price range because of outstanding image quality and available options. We are very very happy with our purchase!!

• Reviewed by: foxhunter

  Strengths: Didn't have long enough to find out

  Weaknesses: Camera failed completely after about 10 pictures

  Overall: I tried two sets of fresh batteries and a fresh flash card to get it to operate but to no avail. It doesn't get much worse than that.