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Calvin c",)
Joined: Oct 29, 2002
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From: neverland
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communicam owners:
I'm thinking of buying a communicam for my t68 and I want to know some facts before I do.
- how often have you used it? (x/day, x/week)
- do you find it helpful?
- are you satisfied with the picture quality?
it's also nice if you can tell/show me how you used your communicam to satisfy you naughtiness 
Cmon guys, convince me 
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gemini
Joined: Nov 16, 2002
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I got mine for free and to be honest I think its not worth more than £10. The picture quality you see on the screen is absolute rubbish, half the time you cant tell what photo you have taken. Secondly the frame rate is awful. Someone could run pass the camera and not be picked up by it. Thirdly the saving process of pictures taken takes forever. the only good point about it is that the picture quality is good when viewed on better phones like the 7650 or on a laptop. I personnaly think its a pointless gimmick.
History = Nokia 3210 > Ericsson T39m > Sony Ericsson T68i > Panasonic gd87 > Nokia 6100 |
Calvin c",)
Joined: Oct 29, 2002
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gemini: thanks pal. I wish I could also get it for free What have you got there, mca20 or 25? |
solobaric
Joined: Oct 19, 2002
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I got an mca 20. It's very worth while to use outdoors with friends. Refresh frame rate absolutely sucks. I compared it with a 7650 by suddenly turning around and taking a picture. All i took was a blurrd picture from the mca 20. The pic from the 7650 was decent. Although when transferrd to pc the mca 20 pic have better quality but that wont matter coz the person thats been picturd has to be still. Mca 20 is useless at night even with low light. Dont buy it
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Calvin c",)
Joined: Oct 29, 2002
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solobaric: any idea if the mca-25 is any better? thanks  |
ChainDog
Joined: Mar 20, 2002
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eek! Im gonna get one for christmas, i didnt know that you cant save the photos to your computer via the data cable! that sux! 
e-mail is 15p per min for me! argh, i cant even get sending e-mails (pop) with attachments to work!
how much would a infa-red thing cost for the computer?
GPRS is not allowed on my phone, does that stop me from sending atatchments in e-mail?
how else would i be able to load the pics off my phone?
thanks,
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billy
Joined: Sep 07, 2002
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From: Paris, France
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@calvin, i think mca-20 is a great buy especially when using it outdoors. The picture on screen is not that bad when you use it during daytime. It is a cool gadget. Buy it.:-)
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Deltayoda
Joined: Mar 03, 2002
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From: Los Angeles, California
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I was deciding about buying the MCA-20, but here in France it costs 230 Euros to 290 Euros. So I decided not to buy the crap MCA-20 camera for that price when I can get a better high resolution camera for the same price.
Besides that, the picture quality is horrible. You have to be really standing still to get a good picture or else it gets all blurry. |
solobaric
Joined: Oct 19, 2002
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@calvin havent seen the mca 25. I hear that it has a zoom feature but u cant use that feature with the t68i. Try the mca 20 or 25 before buying it
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Calvin c",)
Joined: Oct 29, 2002
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Thanks for your thoughts. I think I'm going to pass until a better one comes out |
nookiehunter
Joined: Aug 04, 2002
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mca-20 is a great buy... or u can try those professional digital cameras out there... the mca-20 is meant to be a "fun-cam"
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fu|at^t68
Joined: Sep 14, 2002
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From: Selangor, Malaysia
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huh, how good u all expect the picture to be on a 256 colour screen? a SE worker tell me it look awful at the phone put it look nice on a computer.
i have seen the quality of the picture in the phone and computer. he is right. please understand the colour at t68 or t300 only 256 colour~!
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Aled
Joined: Nov 25, 2002
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I think its pretty good. I got mind free. Depends how much you want it. The t68i only does 256 colours so it wont look that good on the phone, but on a computer in truecolour they look great. Dont pay 4 it tho. He you cant get it free them wait 4 the 3g phones with streaming video cams to come out ;-)
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Calvin c",)
Joined: Oct 29, 2002
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I guess it's worth mentioning that I've got a 2.2 megapixel camera which is also a factor why I can't decide. =) (Of course I don't bring it with me all time)
I hope someone can show me samples of shots in low light condition because people say it's where the mca-20 is weak. |
MrSavoy
Joined: Oct 04, 2002
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From: NY, USA
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Dude it doesn't have a flash, of course the low light pics will suck. Any camera without a flash in bad light will suck. The mca-20 is a great little camera for fast fun picture taking. Its not that expensive, and it nice to always have the cam with you. I dont always carry my regular dig cam with me but the mca-20 is always in my car or on me. I use it pretty often and i think it's great. Goto howardforums.com and do a search on mca-20 low light pictures. You will see a ton of great looking pictures there. Its great for what it is. The pics on a pc in 640/480 look very very good for a camera attached to a phone and that small in size. Don't listen to people who expect too much.
Better yet heres the link to that thread, take a look at this and then decide for yourself, forget peoples opinions. You decide.
http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=58169&highlight=mca20+pictures |
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