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Editors' Rating:
8.0 of 10
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8 |
| • Ease of Use |
8 |
| • Performance |
8 |
| • Image Quality |
8 |
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Average User Rating:
9.3 of 10
(43 votes)
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Value for money
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10 |
| • Ease of Use |
9 |
| • Performance |
9 |
| • Image Quality |
9 |
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Where to Buy ?
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PROS
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Solid Webcam.
• Rugged body and stand.
• Built-in flash and microphone.
• Bright optical viewfinder.
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CONS
• No LCD viewfinder.
• Mediocre still image quality.
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Logitech's ClickSmart 510 is a Webcam on steroids. Serving as both a tethered Webcam and a digital point-and-shoot camera, this dual cam takes aim at Net-savvy kids and families who want to create Web content and share snapshots. While not a camera for that once-in-a-lifetime cruise, the ClickSmart 510 is a good value for fun picture-taking on and off your PC.
Clicksmart 510 Major Features:
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Up to 1.3-megapixel picture resolution. |
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Built-in microphone and flash. |
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Removable 8 MB
SmartMedia memory card. |
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One-click photo and video e-mail. |
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Make video calls. |
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Add live images to your instant messages. |
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Broadcast live video and audio over the web. |
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Create web albums, set up a web cam. |
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Build stunning web pages. |
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Use it as a video security monitor. |
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Download images to your PC with one click. |
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Enhance photos and videos with complete editing software. |
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Two-year limited hardware warranty. |
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Customer Reviews
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Alex,
from Alhambra, CA, US, Sep 23, 2002
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Considering how cheap and how flexible it is, the quality you get is excellent. There are annoying things about it, but even so, it's great, I use it a lot and I'm happy I got it. You can put a 128M card in this camera (for ~$50), and you will _never_ run out of room. With 128M you can take hundreds of “hi-res” pictures and hours of video. The only limitation is batteries, which the camera chews through like candy. So, the big complaints. I don’t care that much, but still images just don't look good (and don’t handle tough lighting, movement, etc) compared to a "real" digital camera, so don't get this instead of a Kodak if you’re looking for that. The real disappointment, though, is the camera's “carry around” interface. It’s just needlessly stupid. It takes 10 seconds for this camera to turn on, and it turns itself off after 2 minutes of idling NO MATTER WHAT. Add to that the additional time it takes to adjust the camera's settings (video/pictures, resolution, and its ever annoying "sounds" option), which are usually NOT SAVED when you turn it off, and you have completely lost the ability to take "spontaneous" pictures or video. Add to this the slow-reacting and often-“lost” button presses, and you have a recipe for annoyance, and a camera that might confuse and surprise non-savvy users. It makes an annoying, loud beep when it turns on or off, and there’s a loud shutter sound when you take a picture. There’s a “sound” option to turn that off, which doesn’t actually turn off the shutter noise, just makes it slightly quieter. This is intensely annoying, especially if less noise is one reason you wanted digital. One day I’m going to open this sucker up and rip out that little speaker myself. The video really is great and you can have a lot of fun with it. But another huge annoyance - you have to hold down the button the entire time you want to record. Just dumb. And don't miss the subtle fine print like I did; no matter how big a memory card you have, you will never get more than 90 seconds of video at a time, with 10-20 seconds in between for the camera to get ready again. I hope Logitech cleans this up and makes a version 2 someday. But regardless, I’ve kept the camera and have done a lot of neat things with it, and considering the next best thing is a Sony that costs several times more, I think I got my money’s worth.
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Value for money
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Ease of Use
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Performance
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Image Quality
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