What do you expect? (Sipix Stylecam Blink)

Member Name: AdeC

Product:	Sipix Stylecam Blink
Date:	22/11/02 (274 review reads)
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Advantages: Size, Weight, Price

Disadvantages: Poor quality pics indoors, Limited range, Not too good as a webcam

Well it only cost £40 - so what do you expect?

Personally I expected it to be better!

I wanted a small camera that I could use for those off-the-cuff pictures, and to double as a webcam. In reality, the photos are only half-decent if taken outdoors and fairly close up. Obviously you don't get a zoom/flash or anything mildly technical, but this camera really does only take half-decent pics in natural light and between say 1-4 metres. Pretty limiting.

Also the webcam is pretty naff too - in my office where I have a large window, I also have to have the main light and a desktop lamp on just to get enough light for people to see me - and then anything white in the background appears as electric blue! I also have a problem with the camera crashing if you move too quickly in front of it - as though it gets confused. Now this could be Yahoo! Messenger playing up - I'm not sure.

The other problem with using it as a webcam is the weight of it - I know it's supposed to be light and small, but that makes it very difficult to use as a webcam - a slightest touch of the cable and the camera shoots across the desk.

All in all, if you have £40 to spend on a toy that you will rarely use, go for it, but I for one would recommend putting that £40 towards a slightly more expensive camera and getting pictures you would actually enjoy seeing.

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