How lucky was I getting this so cheap (Sipix Stylecam Blink)

Member Name: January

Product:	Sipix Stylecam Blink
Date:	16/12/04 (218 review reads)
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Advantages: was a bargain

Disadvantages: you have to be in a lighted room or outside

Well, it's that time of year again and the thought of what to buy a teenager is always taxing on the brain, they seem ever unimpressionable. A game is to babyish, clothes....well, they have their own styles don't they, money is always good but a digital camera is great, as they can take fun photo's of their mates.

I won't go into the details of what pixels this camera has as I'm not really a technical person, I could copy loads of technical information from the leaflet which came with the camera but that's sure to bore you to death, so here's my laymans effort at telling you what this little camera is all about.

First's of all there's the software which comes with the camera, after all you need this to get it up and running onto your computor. You get a CD which loads up the driver and software you need to store your photo's onto the computor.
there's a USB lead to connect your camera to the computer and you'll also need a small AAA battery for the flash.
On the booklet there's the diagram of where all the funtions are, LCD, Battery Box, Viewfinder, USB plug, Lens ect.
It can be used as a webcam, you can take a short video and it has 8mb for storing pictures.
It's an easy to follow booklet which with fifteen minutes to spare you can take all the neccasary information in and then you'll be ready to use the camera.

Taking photo's is easy aim and shoot like all others and this one stores them on the camera for loading up on the computor later.
You can send the photo's via email, print them off and send them to your friends or store them on the photo alblum which comes on the software on the CD.

If your looking for a really good photo then I'd suggest you but something with more pixels, as you really do need to be in a well lit room or outside to get the best shots from this camera.
For a teenager it's great, just the same quality as a phone camera and it gives them the knowledge of how to use a digital camera before you let them loose with a expensive one .
It's easy to use and they can take it out with them as it will easily fit into a bag.

I was lucky enough to get mine on Ebay at the tiny price of £14.99 , I spotted it when it had five minutes to go and bid and won, so I'm not sure of the price in the shops but I'm sure it's a lot more than this.

My daughter loves it, she has taken it out a few times and there's some good photo's of her friends on the computor, she's taking it to the christmas parties so it will be fun to see the photo's of that after christmas.
If your looking for an idea for a present then you could find oner of these at Ebay for cheaper than you'd pay in the shops.

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