Something for nobody (Trust Spacec@m 120)

Member Name: shadowhawk

Product:	Trust Spacec@m 120
Date:	18/04/04 (392 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: The software that comes with it

Disadvantages: Too many

:: Packaging ::
The packaging did not prove to be particular eye catching. Has a picture of the cam itself which in itself looks very nice and if looks could make a camera good this camera would be up there.

:: Installing ::
It was easy enough just plug it into the USB port insert the installation disk and load up your computer. Well it was easy for me because well I can open my disk tray but I know that my mum can even do that but she wouldn’t be buying a web-cam really would she so it wouldn’t really effect her would it? Wouldn’t it? Anyway.
The installation really is just a next, next, next case not a lot to read really it kind of installs itself anyway puts all the files into the right places and sets up picture software to capture the pictures and edit them plus gallery software which will allow the users to easily set up galleries, picture folders plus you get video software to take and make films with.

:: Software ::
Photo Impression 3:
This software does everything including the following headers of:
Get Photo:
You can use this software to pull of pictures of the camera or other installed hardware like scanners. Ill only talk about acquiring from the camera itself, you have to click on the button itself on the screen that is not that big so you can only take picture of yourself how ever far your mouse can go. I would of liked to see them install a timer system that could click down so you can take full body pictures of yourself.
Edit:
Facilities available are; paintbrush, pen, airbrush, eraser, clone, smudge, red eye, blur, sharpen, darken, lighten, eyedropper, bucket fill, pattern fill, gradient fill, brush palette, colour palette and intensity of tool. The layout of editing could not be easier just pick the picture then the area you wish to edit then the tool and just clic
k over. With helpful little windows popping up all over the place offering you tips, these of course can be switched off when you become a pro at using the software.
Create:
Not much to do here you can crop lot of different pictures and put them into one plus you can create pretty pictures using shapes and drawing tools nothing a lot different to other software’s like paint and paint shop pro.
Save:
Just lets you save the file or save under a different name.
Print:
Set up properties to print out a hard copy, you pick the size and paper source.

Video Impression 6:
Nothing to complex about this just lets you record, save, and send videos. As far as I can tell there is no limits on the time of the video except the amount your hard disk can hold.

:: Quality ::
Its grainy its sandy to be blunt its down right awful.
Pictures I find give such low quality, you can see what you are taking pictures of it just proves to be at such a low quality it always looks bad. Its highly effected by light. When its too dark its shows very black when light it has big spots of bright white light.
The video graphics are the same as the pictures its just basically a lot of pictures taken very fast. As for the frame rate this ok with it suppose to off been at 30 frames per second I say best of my knowledge it is close to this.

:: Value for Money ::
£30 for this camera is not worth it its such low quality and lags the computer so badly its just not worth the fuss and the cash you have to pay for it.

:: Overall ::
Just a poor camera, think next time I am going to get a camera that doubles up as a web-cam but primarily a camera.

**Thank You**
Take Care
© David James Clark
DavidJamesClark@hotmail.com
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