Get more than what you pay for!!! (Jenoptik Jendigital JD 800i)

Member Name: glennpalmer

Product:	Jenoptik Jendigital JD 800i
Date:	05/07/01 (663 review reads)
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Advantages: USB Interface, Good Outdoor Photos, Easy to use

Disadvantages: Not very good Indoors, May have to touch up photos with software, No LCD Screen or Zoom

When I first saw the jenoptik 800i camera I did not think it would be good quality at only £60. That was my first mistake!

The camera came with all the basic materials -

Camera
USB Cable
2 AA Batteries
2 MB Smart Card
Software - MGI Photosuite
Twain Driver
Carry strap
Guides and Manuals


Well off I went to start using the camera, to test it - I was totally amazed with the results (outdoors). The pictures taken were very clear and quite crisp with the outdoor lighting. When I took some photos indoors it was a different story - the flash seemed to brighten everything up until it was almost white. I thought "serves you right for buying a cheap camera", but then with using the software I was able to fix the photo's so they did look ok! Not such a bad purchase after all.
The features of this camera are two resolutions 1024x768 and 1280x960, Macro mode and Normal Mode, Flash on/off/Auto, 10 sec Self-timer. The display is quite clear showing battery level, approximate storage capacity remaining, and the number of photos on the card. All in all I think this camera is designed for those who don't want to pay those ridiculously high prices placed on other digital cameras, good quality photos - even if you have to do a little work on them through the software!

Now for the Technical Bit!!!

1/3" CCD Imaging Device
1280 x 960 Max Pixel Resolution
24 Bits True Colour
Auto Exposure
ISO Rating - 100
Shutter speed 1/30 ~ 1/1000
Built in Flash
10 Second Self-Timer
Fixed focus lens f=6.6mm
Focus Ranges - Macro: 20 cm
Normal: 130cm ~ Infinity
Format JPEG
Image Capacity 15 Images on 2MB card
Delete - All/Selected
Battery 2x AA Alkaline Batteries
USB Interface
Size - 80mm x 84mm x 32mm
Weight - 190g

Since I have been using this camera for a few months now, I have noticed that the camera sometime
s does not want to take photographs - especially when the batteries are beginning to run low! When you click to take a photograph the picture may be taken up to 10 seconds later by which time the picture has missed the intended photograph. This can be a pain and if you do get one of these cameras, just remember to take a few spare batteries along with you if you wish to take a number of quality photographs.

Altogether I still think this is a wonderful camera, and well worth the money spent on it.

Happy Snapping!

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