Dr Gadget - Gadget Shop - Aiptek T250LE PocketDV Digital Camcorder (5.0MP, 4x Digital Zoom) 1.5" TFT LCD

	List Price: Our Price: £55.49 Your Save: £ ( % ) Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Manufacturer: Aiptek, Inc.
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Batteries Included: 1 Binding: Electronics Brand: Aiptek EAN: 4719851873553 Is Fragile: 0 Label: Aiptek, Inc. Manufacturer: Aiptek, Inc. Model: T250LE Publisher: Aiptek, Inc. Release Date: 2007-11-06 Studio: Aiptek, Inc.
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Absolute rubbish - total waste of money!!! Comment: This seemed to work ok initially taking short videos and photos but then I used it to record a gig and the (new) batteries died after a few monutes of filming. I changed them only to have the new batteries die even quicker. I ended up recording the rest of the gig using my phone and then to my dismay found that none of the footage I recorded with the camera had actually saved. I feel totally ripped off and let down. What a waste of money. Customer Rating: Summary: Not good. Comment: The camcorder is easy to use out of the box and is exceptionally small. However the main issue is the battery usage. The camera was only able to record about a minute of footage at a time before shutting down due to 'lo-batt' warnings and in some cases did not save the footage. After several battery changes, it came down to using my mobile to record in the end. Very dissappointing. Customer Rating: Summary: Small and Niffty Comment: Well when I got this, I was shocked by the size of it. I did not expect it to be so small. The controls on the camcorder is a bit fiddly, but if you play around with it; It dose become easier. Also the zone on its not that claver, as you zone into the object you will see that the image is a bit blared and image is pixalted. But part from that the camcorder is brilliant, with a 2gig SD Card you can expect up to 3 hours recording time on this nifty device on a max size video res. Also comes with software to edit video and photos plus its so small you can fit this nifty divce right in your pocket and take video clips where ever you are. Since it only takes 2 AA batters, there is no need to plug it in to charge like you would with most camcorder. Also since its all digital, you can upload the video file within minutes. Looking for a budget camcorder with decent video image, then this is a bargain. Customer Rating: Summary: Mac users beware. Not really MPEG. Comment: Be careful. The file type is .afs ... so if you're using a Mac you need to get a separate file converter (they seem to be about $25) before you can use the videos from this camera in iMovie. All the blurb and packaging says MPEG - which would infer you can use the files directly in iMovie projects - but that isn't the case. Frankly, I think the product is misrepresented. (And by the way, the first camera I ordered was dead on arrival ... so had to wait for a replacement. Not so great an experience overall). Customer Rating: Summary: Ticks all the boxes, does what I need Comment: I wanted something primarily for shooting video at festivals and events. It needed to be small and cheap so it wouldn't be a great loss if it were stolen or broken. It had to be small, and powered by ordinary batteries, so I could keep recording for a 5 days without having to recharge it. I also wanted to shoot to memory card so I could pop that in my phone and email it to people. Finally I wanted a still camera too. This camera fulfills all my critera. I wasn't expecting great video quality, but the sharpness seems better than my old Hi8 camcorder. The frame rate can be a bit jerky when panning quickly, so steady point and shoot gives the best results. Colour is not bad, dark rooms and bright out the window shots are ok too. Theres no focussing, but anything more than a metre away looks in focus. Theres a macro lens switch if you need to get in close at about 20cm. Sound quality is ok, mono, seems fine. I don't know how it will perform at a noisy festival, but I'm sure it will be better than my phone's mic. I was impressed with the 5mp still camera, as it showed good detail on distance shots. I've got a Nikon digital SLR which would be just too much of a risk at Glastonbury. OK, the shots from the Aiptek won't match the Nikons, but I'm pleased this little camera will give good enough results. It comes with an A/V lead so you can watch your vids and photos on a TV. You could also dump them to a DVD, but that seems like too much trouble to me, I'd rather email clips to my family, or share them on YouTube or similar. Downsides, at the time of writing (April 08) there's no Vista drivers, not even on their website. So I can't use this as a webcam. The video files are in ASF format, not MPEG as you may be led to believe. You can play them with Window Media Player if you download a codec, or use VLC Media Player. Another grumble is there's no lens cover, and I imagine scratching the lens when the device is in my pocket. The device itself feels fairly cheap, but that's because it is. Finally there's no optical viewfinder and the screen (quite small) doesn't flip round or angle. So overall 3 stars, possibly 4. Does quite a lot for £65; it's not a 'real bargain', but also it's not overpriced. I'd imagine if you spend around £100 you'll get a better quality lens, maybe auto focus. But this camera really fulfills my needs very well. More Reviews
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