JD 350? JD?! Just Dont. (Jenoptik Jendigital JD 350)

Member Name: MC Quirkafleeg

Product:	Jenoptik Jendigital JD 350
Date:	09/07/03 (101 review reads)
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Advantages: Easy to use, if it allows you, The fact I got it cheap., It looks quite neat.

Disadvantages: Faulty Battery Door, Lousy Pic Quality, Everything Else.

Aaah the Jenoptik JD-350, my first ever digtial camera. I purchased this little box of tricks from a work colleague for £40, almost brand-new. A bargain you would think, a flash, USB cabled, wonderful.

No. No No NO! This camera is diabolical in every sense of the word. The main problem was the battery compartment. Its shoddy build quality had resulted in it no longer staying shut properly. The only way to use it without it disconnecting the supply was to tape the battery door in place and then press on it hard as you took a photo.

The camera itself has tech faults also.. a tendency to decide itself when to use the flash or not, and it enjoys crashing at spontaneous points, often taking the ntire picture memory with it.

The pic quality is heavily pixelated.. I took ONE decent quality pic with it.. and the RS232 cable? just DONT BOTHER! Its very very slow and the quality that comes out of the end is APPALLING, akin to a picture of a photo drawn by a blind man using a pair of ink covered scissors.

The final insult which resulted in this piece of rubbish being cast binwards was its complete incompatibility with Windows XP, I upgraded and found it did not function with it at all.

The only positive thing I would say is that the camera is easy to use.. when it actually works that is. This may be down to the fact that this camera features no special equipment whatsoever.. no LCD screen nothing, it is THE bog-standard in digicams.

A serious waste of £40 if ever there was one.. DO NOT BUY IT!

To my knowledge (and relief) I believe this product now to be discontinued.

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