12.1-megapixel resolution
28mm wide-angle lens with 4.6x optical zoom; POWER O.I.S.
Capture HD video at 1280x720, 30fps
2.7-inch TFT LCD screen
Capture images to SD/SDHC memory cards (not included)
This review is from: Vivitar ViviCam 12.1MP Retro Digital Camera KitOK so its not, a Leica M9 or even M8, or any camera a professional photographer might use and its smaller then a real Leica, and it says Vivitar on it, but it is a fun camera. Because it kind of looks kind a Leica, and it has a view finder. The view finder is the key here, try and find a average quality Digital camera with a view finder. Not lately for less the $450 for Nikon, or Canon cameras. From there you jump to $1200 for a fixed lens Fuji fine pix 100, then to $2500 Epson, variable lens then to real digital Leica M8 used for $3000. The reason is a view finder is valuable because out in bright sunlight situations sometimes you can't see anything in the digital screen, but looking through a viewfinder you can size up your potential photograph, even in bright sunlight . The camera quality seems equal to my other small digital camera little Pentax , 8Megapixels, but that doesn't work well in bright sunlight viewing wise. There is a green tint in photographs that have white interior walls that I have noticed, but outside seems ok. The color tint isn't that important to me because I am playing at being a reportage street photographer of the old Black n White magazine days, by using the provided software turn the pictures to B/W an I pretend I am just shooting good old TRI-X . Some caveats, I am not sure special soft ware is needed to be installed for the camera to function even though it is recommended, just use a memory card holder and plug into USB port, not using the USB cable provided: The viewfinder isn't a range finder, and isn't a exact view you take a picture of, but its close; The directions aren't clear enough, that you have to charge the battery from a electrical outlet for 6 hours, without the 2GB memory card installed. I had to call some distant country to find this out. When I couldn't turn on the camera, and when the battery wouldn't charge, plus the battery has click in with a little locking device for the charge to take. Another thing is the battery gets used up pretty quickly, (used up the battery in about 2 plus hours using the camera heavily, (using the setting for not auto turn off ). I just read a Leica review of a M9 by a Magnum agency photographer saying the same thing, about quick use battery time. The reviewer invokes master photojournalist Henri Cartier Bresson. Which makes me wonder what he would have done with this type of equipment compared to what he had in the 1950s. Obviously the lens quality aren't even near each other, but it would have been fun to see HCB could have done with a in-expensive digital camera of today.
This review is from: Vivitar ViviCam 12.1MP Retro Digital Camera KitGot this camera for my wife for Christmas as a gift. I gave it to her on Christmas Eve so she could become familiar with it for photo taking on Christmas. The quality of the photos was horrendous & had a green tint to them. She tried several settings trying to get a decent photo. We were both very disappointed & in fact it has been sent back to where I purchased it, as of this morning. I think rating it a 1 star was several stars too many! I went to their website & their website[...] is very incomplete & gave me the impression it was a shady scam site. I will never buy another Vivitar product.
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