Posted by largepig
I used to have a mca-20 for my t68i, i took it back to the shop because:
1: Images look bad on phone, not a big deal but see 2......
2: There is no way to transfer images to pc via datacable, i am not prepaired to pay for an ir/bt dongle when i payed £30 for a cable and £129 for the camera and e-mail takes so long..... yawn
3: Can't take pictures indoors, even when sent to pc images are sometimes so dark you can't see anything!! I don't mean in a dark room either, i mean in a perfectly well lit room!
4: I don't want a nokia, but the nokia has a low light setting which is supposed to work well..... where is the one on the communicam?
In closing:
I know it's supposed to be just for fun but at £129 when i bought it, it's just not worth it and makes mms a waste of time when you can only take pictures during the time of day that i am at work!!
Any comments are welcome!!
Posted by nookiehunter
yeah, using the phone as viewfinder sucks... better use the mca-25 instead. it has its own viewfinder. its hard to focus using the mca-20, but its a good buy just for kicks.
Posted by ryanzb
You could sell it to me if you want ..
Posted by largepig
Maybe i'll buy one again when they are cheeper!!!
Posted by largepig
ryanzb> I took it back to the shop for a refund!
Posted by decoy7
if you ever tried the MCA-10 you'd possibly appreciate the MCA-20...i had one for free and got rid of it...piece of sh**, not even worth the fun factor.
Posted by largepig
Yeah, i have never used the mca-10. But it's the same reason i got rid of the mca-20. I would hope the mca-25 would be better but it seems there is still no low light feature.
Posted by decoy7
the things with camera's of all kinds is the quality of picture is dependant on light by design, so unless it has a flash its not gonna be happening and i wouldnt expect a flash on a phone's camera...basically the MCA-20 just didnt live up to your expectations, whereas the MCA-10 is just a piece of sh** designed to make the 20 look good.
Posted by Korova
Why did you pay £30 for a cable when you could have got one of these?
http://www.activemobiles.com/MA-620%20Infrared%20Port%20-%20Ericsson.htm
The pics I've taken with my MCA-20 here, are all in poor lighting conditions except the one accross the sea.
I don't think they're that bad!
http://www.pbase.com/jj72
Posted by largepig
I agree with the light thing to an extent, but i also have a cheep digital camera £50 which takes better pics (640 x 480) inside without the flash, this is a budget camera. The main reason for the communicam for me was to take pictures to mms to people and for my phone book, which is what the camera has been primarily advetised for. So it didn't meet my expectaions cause it didn't meet the hype.... like so many other things.
Posted by largepig
I spent that much cause i got inpatient and bought one from carphone warehouse....... my fault.
Those pics look better than the ones i took...... dodgy camera?
Posted by geoffreyw
decoy7> the soon to be released siemens s55 will have a camera attachement that will have a flash built in. According to their specs, 10 flash pictures wil consume 5% of the battery
Posted by largepig
Might have to check that out. Sounds pretty good.
Posted by Matteus
I have MCA-10. In the beginning my photos were miserable! Then i was adviced to push the camerabutton 2-3 seconds and keep the camera still!
Posted by Pocholo
if i set the size to 640x480 and change to color setting to 26, will it appear better on the phone ?
Posted by largepig
I never managed to make any look good on the phone
Posted by Korova
@Pocholo
The size setting will not make any difference to how the pic looks on the phone screen, only when you view it on your PC. Some people say that the colour boost will help the pics look better on the phone. Personally, I've never had any problems with how the pics look on my phone, I mean what do you expect at 101x80 pixels?
Posted by largepig
What i would expect would be:
A:
for the camera to have a size option of 101 x 80 which it does not
B:
Pictures taken on the phones camera and displayed on the screen to look the same as the same picture transferred to a pc, edited to 101 x 80 and the sending back to the phone, which looks much better!
Posted by Pocholo
ok, i'll try that and see the difference
Posted by Pocholo
btw, is it true that i can only use ma-620 to transfer pics form cam to pc ? no way for the data cable to do this ?
confirm pls.
Posted by largepig
Yes, there is no way to transfer from phone to pc with a cable