Vivitar Vivicam X30 Any good?

[ninjaboy]

I've bought a X30 vivitar 10.1 mega pixel camera to replace my old Kodak Easy share 5m and at the moment i'm really disapointed with it i've taken a few pics but quality wise its not any better than the kodak. The camera is also really complicated to use has anyone got one of these? because i suspect its my fault for not using it properly

[marctwo]

More Megapixels does not make a better camera! In fact, with compact cameras, the opposite is often true. Because you are squeezing more pixels out of the same size sensor, each one is smaller and gets less light so the quality is not as good.

I have a Canon D30 which, despite being 3.2 Megapixels, still produces some truely exellent images. When it comes to digital cameras (and some other things) quality is more important than quantity.

[ninjaboy]

So its probably best to change it for something else then? do vivitat make good camera's?

[marctwo]

Never really heard much about Vivitar. If it was me, I would get something from one of the the usual suspects, Canon, Nikon, Pentax, Sony etc.

Have a look here for some reviews:

www.dpreview.com/

Marc

[ninjaboy]

What would be the best camera for under £200 for all round use?

Edited by ninjaboy on Tuesday 15th August 12:25

[Imperialism2024]

ninjaboy said:

What would be the best camera for under £200 for all round use?

Edited by ninjaboy on Tuesday 15th August 12:25

www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=297686&f=109&h=0

Take the advice of an unemployed camera salesman for what it's worth...

-D

[Gemm]

What's actually wrong with the quality of the images that you've taken? It's often the case that it's more difficult to get it right if the operation is more complicated. At least we may be able to rule out the user error once we've seen your images.

Edited by Gemm on Tuesday 15th August 17:27

[Imperialism2024]

Gemm said:

What's actually wrong with the quality of the images that you've taken? It's often the case that it's more difficult to get it right if the operation is more complicated. At least we may be able to rule out the user error once we've seen your images.

Edited by Gemm on Tuesday 15th August 17:27

While it could be user error, what I've seen in high-megapixel P&S cameras is either a lot of noise or blurring, to compensate for the diminished light-gathering capabilities of the sensor.

[ninjaboy]

Vivitar X30 www.photographyblog.com/index.php/weblog/comments/10_megapixel_vivitar_vivicam_x30/

Just had a read of the other thread, very intresting points i think i may have been a numpty and worried abit to much about the pixel rating of the camera, could someone have a look at the specs and give me and opinion on it please. thanks

Edited by ninjaboy on Tuesday 15th August 18:15

[imperialism2024]

ninjaboy said:

Vivitar X30 www.photographyblog.com/index.php/weblog/comments/10_megapixel_vivitar_vivicam_x30/

Just had a read of the other thread, very intresting points i think i may have been a numpty and worried abit to much about the pixel rating of the camera, could someone have a look at the specs and give me and opinion on it please. thanks

Edited by ninjaboy on Tuesday 15th August 18:15

What's going to kill that camera (IMO) is that the pixels are going to be too small to gather enough light to give a decent picture in anything but broad daylight. In my experience, the Casio 10 megapixel sensor will produce noise even at the lowest ISO values, using flash. And while it might not be noticable when zoomed all the way out, you will be giving up any advantage of higher resolution if you can't do cropping due to noise.

However, I did notice on the Casio that you get decent image quality if you drop the resolution to 5 megapixels. While it eliminates the "advantage" of 10 megapixels, it gives you decent enough image quality to work with because it pairs up pixels, IIRC.

But if you can still exchange the camera without suffering any penalties, I would exchange it for one of the models I mentioned in the other thread and save yourself some money... And get better image quality with less work.