Own this beauty! (Yakumo Mega-Image IV)

Member Name: BatchUK

Product:	Yakumo Mega-Image IV
Date:	28/05/05 (123 review reads)
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Advantages: Great features, Easy to use

Disadvantages: Yakumo is not a well-known brand yet!

This digital camera is brilliant. Not only you can take pictures, you can record digital videos for a length of time depending the size of the memory in-built or on your SD card.

The camera has a good interface menu which is shown on the LCD screen on the back at the camera which is clear to see what you can do and easy to navigate round the menus. You can adjust the settings in the capture mode which also includes setting up the camera as web cam or storage when in use on the PC. In Playback mode, you have the options to erase a picture or all of them, and format the memory.

For in-built memory, you can take a number of pictures, depending on resolution (which is represented as stars):-

One star - 43 pictures
2 stars - 25 pictures
3 stars - 17 pictures
4 stars - 8 pictures

The length of video is not affected by the resolution. The in-built memory allows 1min and 7 seconds worth of video to be recorded.

For working out what the SD memory allows, I'll use the 64MB SD Card for this case.

Amount of pictures:-

One star - 168 pictures
2 stars - 101 pictures
3 stars - 67 pictures
4 stars - 33 pictures

The length of video I am able to use in the 64MB memory is 4mins and 23 seconds worth, which is a good amout of time to record videos. The higher the memory you have, the more pictures you are able to take.

The camera has other features. This includes a timer, flash, resolution, zoom and an option to turn the LCD screen on and off. It also has a feature of turning the camera on stand by after a few seconds to conserve battery power, and if you leave it on longer, then it will switch the camera off to conserve more battery power.

The quality of the pictures is great and it's very durable. This is one of the best digital cameras I have seen. I recommend anyone to buy it. UK viewers can find this at Toys R Us or through eBay and possibly other auction websites. Look out for the product.

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