Norcent DCS1050 10.0 MP Digital Camera-Norcent DCS-1050 10.0 MP,3 LCD Digital Camera

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the mic is muted while zooming)
- Battery life seems too short, read other reviews for a replacement
- Tripod hole is too shallow, I have to use a shim to mount this on my tripod
- Internal memory holds only 1 full-sized photo
- Video file size is very large (about 70MB per minute due to M-JPEG codec)
- No viewfinder but your nose would smudge the nice LCD anyway


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The camera allows you to override a lot of settings, the most useful for me have been ISO and shutter speed. The shutter speed goes as fast as 1/2000s which was fast enough to capture a photo of water droplets coming out of a fountain with no motion blur.

Sometimes it can be painstaking and quite aggravating to get print quality photos without a tripod. The automatic settings of the camera make low light photos particularly difficult, especially when avoiding the flash. The Auto ISO setting goes up to 1600 which is way too high for any shot - the entire photo will have small colored blotches on it. Unfortunately, the camera chooses ISO 1600 very often in medium and low light.

Also, it tends to choose a longer shutter speed than necessary which results in blurry images. The shutter speed that the camera chooses is displayed at the bottom of the screen which makes it easy to know when you either need to hold very still or override the shutter speed.

For the casual photographer, most of these low light photos will still look OK on the camera, but they're not so great on the computer. Using the flash will help, although even with the flash I frequently have trouble with blurry photos.

Norcent DCS1050 10.0 MP Digital Camera-Norcent DCS-1050 10.0 MP,3 LCD Digital Camera

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the mic is muted while zooming)

- Battery life seems too short, read other reviews for a replacement

- Tripod hole is too shallow, I have to use a shim to mount this on my tripod

- Internal memory holds only 1 full-sized photo

- Video file size is very large (about 70MB per minute due to M-JPEG codec)

- No viewfinder but your nose would smudge the nice LCD anyway





More details...

The camera allows you to override a lot of settings, the most useful for me have been ISO and shutter speed. The shutter speed goes as fast as 1/2000s which was fast enough to capture a photo of water droplets coming out of a fountain with no motion blur.



Sometimes it can be painstaking and quite aggravating to get print quality photos without a tripod. The automatic settings of the camera make low light photos particularly difficult, especially when avoiding the flash. The Auto ISO setting goes up to 1600 which is way too high for any shot - the entire photo will have small colored blotches on it. Unfortunately, the camera chooses ISO 1600 very often in medium and low light.



Also, it tends to choose a longer shutter speed than necessary which results in blurry images. The shutter speed that the camera chooses is displayed at the bottom of the screen which makes it easy to know when you either need to hold very still or override the shutter speed.



For the casual photographer, most of these low light photos will still look OK on the camera, but they're not so great on the computer. Using the flash will help, although even with the flash I frequently have trouble with blurry photos.

Norcent DCS1050 10.0 MP Digital Camera-Norcent DCS-1050 10.0 MP,3 LCD Digital Camera

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have to go farther afield than your local 711.
2. Camera battery life seems fairly short, although I may have broken some cardinal rule about letting it drain fully or when you should first charge it.
3. The autofocus, while helpful for clear pictures, is a pain in the ---. The lighting and angle of the camera have to be just so before you hear the pleasant beep and blue box that tells you it is OK to take a nice picture. Otherwise, the pictures seem to turn out at least slightly blurry around the edges (if you haven't been given the all clear and take the picture anyway). Also, I have tried pointing the camera straight down and got an OK on the autofocus but the pic still came out blurry. Perhaps my hands were shaking at that angle, but in this case, at least, the anti-shake function didn't work either. I have yet to play with autofocus.

All in all, a very nice camera for the price, but there are much better cameras around if you are willing to spend a bit more.

Norcent DCS1050 10.0 MP Digital Camera-Norcent DCS-1050 10.0 MP,3 LCD Digital Camera

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have to go farther afield than your local 711.

2. Camera battery life seems fairly short, although I may have broken some cardinal rule about letting it drain fully or when you should first charge it.

3. The autofocus, while helpful for clear pictures, is a pain in the ---. The lighting and angle of the camera have to be just so before you hear the pleasant beep and blue box that tells you it is OK to take a nice picture. Otherwise, the pictures seem to turn out at least slightly blurry around the edges (if you haven't been given the all clear and take the picture anyway). Also, I have tried pointing the camera straight down and got an OK on the autofocus but the pic still came out blurry. Perhaps my hands were shaking at that angle, but in this case, at least, the anti-shake function didn't work either. I have yet to play with autofocus.



All in all, a very nice camera for the price, but there are much better cameras around if you are willing to spend a bit more.

Norcent DCS1050 10.0 MP Digital Camera-Norcent DCS-1050 10.0 MP,3 LCD Digital Camera

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have to go farther afield than your local 711.


2. Camera battery life seems fairly short, although I may have broken some cardinal rule about letting it drain fully or when you should first charge it.


3. The autofocus, while helpful for clear pictures, is a pain in the ---. The lighting and angle of the camera have to be just so before you hear the pleasant beep and blue box that tells you it is OK to take a nice picture. Otherwise, the pictures seem to turn out at least slightly blurry around the edges (if you haven't been given the all clear and take the picture anyway). Also, I have tried pointing the camera straight down and got an OK on the autofocus but the pic still came out blurry. Perhaps my hands were shaking at that angle, but in this case, at least, the anti-shake function didn't work either. I have yet to play with autofocus.





All in all, a very nice camera for the price, but there are much better cameras around if you are willing to spend a bit more.