Cheap DV camera? Amatuer porn?

My digi cam gave up the ghost recently.
I'm thinking of getting this...




Aiptek DV8900 Digital Camera


Features:

Digital video and stills camera, MP3 player, webcam and voice recorder all in one.

* 22MB on-board flash memory (optional upgrade to 2GB external memory)
* Two inch liquid crystal display or (approx 116,000 pixels!)
* An AV-in function and cable to watch DVDs and VHS anywhere
* A TV-out function so you can view your photos and home movies on your TV anytime
* Camera picture quality of up to 10Megapixels and a 5Megapixel CMOS sensor
* Auto focus
* x4 zoom lense
* Night shot mode
* Self-timer
* Red eye reduction
* MP3 player function with four audio fx-settings and fifteen channel equalizer
* Earphones
* In-built microphone and speaker
* Voice recorder (approx 2 hours of recording using 22MB on-board memory)
* Web Cam function – up to 30 frames per second
* Infrared remote control
* USB cable
* Tripod, soft carry bag with wrist strap
* Easy installation and instruction manual

Shyte or not anybody know?

Cheap DV camera? Amatuer porn?

Emm. Yes. I see a potential front runner in the Scariest film ever watched thread.

*sigh* OK forget my cheap attempts at luring peeps to look at my thread. What about the camera?

What level of quality can you record at 30fps?

Originally Posted by Carsick

What level of quality can you record at 30fps?

Whats the standard frame per sec rate?

[SoulKiss]

Would guess that its pretty cr@ppy.

Too many "not a camera" features

WTF would you want an MP3 player with 15 band Equiliser on a camera for?

22MB recording - well as its low res (120,000 pixels is 300x400 res - so less than that) I guess you might get a few minutes out of it......If you want the 2GB recording prepare to pat about £50 for an SD or whatever kind of memory card fits it.

Also - Never heard of Apitek before.

Would avoid personally, but then I have been known to spend too much on crap before

David

[northwind]

Originally Posted by SoulKiss

WTF would you want an MP3 player with 15 band Equiliser on a camera for?

Doesn't have to detract from the camera, that... Once you get enough processing power into a bit of hardware, you can add stuff like that really easily. Like organiser functions in phones. Though I agree it's not a feature I'd take into account...

1gb SD card is about £15 now, by the way.

[SoulKiss]

Originally Posted by northwind

Doesn't have to detract from the camera, that... Once you get enough processing power into a bit of hardware, you can add stuff like that really easily. Like organiser functions in phones. Though I agree it's not a feature I'd take into account...

1gb SD card is about £15 now, by the way.

True about the MP3 - but usually is a sign that they are trying to blind you with features.

And thanks for the update on SD prices - last 1GB cost me £100 (but was a while ago)

Unfortunately hooked on Sony MS at the moment - PSP's and that kind of thing.....

David

[northwind]

Originally Posted by SoulKiss

True about the MP3 - but usually is a sign that they are trying to blind you with features.

Ain't that the truth. I wanted a new phone a while back. "This one plays MP3s" "I want a phone I can phone people with" "Well, this one has a camera" "I have a camera. I need a phone". "This one can be used to take backups of your soul, and beams them by laser to Alpha Centauri where you'll be resurrected" "OK, I'll just keep the old one".

Oi !!