This camera dosen't lie (Sanyo VPC-G200EX)

Member Name: robinlawrie

Product:	Sanyo VPC-G200EX
Date:	10/09/01 (325 review reads)
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Advantages: Great camera

Disadvantages: not made now

Every so often in ones life, a piece of equipment is acquired that becomes a true favourite and friend. These can vary from a penknife to a Rolls Royce and the original cost is of no real importance. It becomes “priceless” in your eyes regardless of whatever the rest of the world may think. I was fortunate then to discover and own four years ago a camera that displays all the qualities required to make it “priceless” in my eyes.

It is the Sanyo digicam VPC-G200 and has by now been superseded by other models. I have tried the newer versions by Sanyo and other companies and have as yet to find one that is even in the same league. Even Sanyo themselves seem to have lost their way in the development of the digital camera.

Most cameras now rely on the smartcard whereas the G200 relies on an inbuilt memory to store images. This is really no hardship as it can store 140 images at normal resolution and 80 at high resolution, which is more than enough even when on holiday. It must be realised that the pictures can be previewed and therefore any cock-ups can be corrected at the time.

The camera can also take mini-videos called AVI’s, and can record sound onto the images, making it ideal for recording the blowing of candles out at a birthday party, along with the singing. It also has a macro lens for those of us who like to do really close up work, and also has the usual time lapse, background light, etc that most cameras have.

Another reason that this camera shines above the rest of the pack becomes apparent when uploading the images from the camera to your computer. With the G200 it is a matter of 1 or 2 minutes. Other more modern models that I have tried leave a lot to be desired as they take up to 5 times as long, requiring them to be mains supported in the process.

To be fair, the newer models do record an image with superior resolution. This is fine if one i
s doing photography for a living but for the normal person wanting good quality pictures without tears, the G200 is fine.

Having said all of this I don’t suppose that you could buy the G200 even if you wanted to, but if you were thinking about a digital camera and you chance across a Sanyo digicam VPC-G200, my advice would be to grab it with both hands.

The software to use with this or any other digital camera must without fear of contradiction be MGI Photosuite…. but that is another story.

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