Gateway DC-M50 Reviews

Rating
Reviewed by:

mr_kodak
( Professional)

Review Date
July 13, 2004

Overall Rating
4 of 5

Value Rating
5 of 5

Used product for
21+ years

Visitors rate this review
4.00 of 5,
2 votes

Review 1 of 6

Price Paid: $200.00 from gateway

Summary:

While the DC-M-50 is not ideal for fast action sports photography since it is very slow, it is a great camera overall. The picture quality is excellent. Many other owners have complained about poor picture quality and I have no idea why they would say that. I am a professional photographer and in my professional opinion, the lens is as sharp as any of my professional film camera lenses costing upwards of $1000 or more.

Strengths:

extremely sharp lens, great price for the amount of megapixels this camera offers. Rather lightweight. Simply put it is a great little camera.

Weaknesses:

limited in that it is very slow in taking the picture. Not a good choice if you are looking to shoot fast action sports photography.

Similar Products Used:

Canon A330 compact digital camera

Customer Service:

no complaints at all. The longest I had to wait for customer service is 5 mins.

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Rating
Reviewed by: bigreek
(Intermediate)

Review Date
January 10, 2004

Overall Rating
1 of 5

Value Rating
1 of 5

Used product for
0-1 years

Visitors rate this review
4.50 of 5,
4 votes

Review 2 of 6

Price Paid: $249.00 from Direct from Gateway

Summary:

Absolute piece of junk. Will not turn on and stay on untill numerous trys..photos fuzzy...no way to take a fast shot because of shutter delay...ABSOLUTELY DO NOT BUY THIS CAMERA. It is 5 mega pix but that is its only strength

Strengths:

5 megapixels

Weaknesses:

too numerous to mention

Similar Products Used:

Old Sony with 31/2 floppy disk which works like a dream compared to the Gateway DMC-50

Customer Service:

As bad as the product..have called for customer service 4 times. First time I did speak to a very nice young man but haved not been able to get him or anyone else to call me back for 6 weeks

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Rating
Reviewed by: jimmy_from_uptown
(Intermediate)

Review Date
January 1, 2004

Overall Rating
1 of 5

Value Rating
1 of 5

Used product for
0-1 years

Visitors rate this review
3.00 of 5,
1 votes

Review 3 of 6

Price Paid: $250.00 from Gateway.com

Summary:

Absolutely terrible camera. My HPphotosmart 318 which is only 2MP takes much better photos. I'm terribly disappointed with Gateway's product. All the photos have too much red in them, no matter what you take, it will be saturated with red. difficult interface on the camera, poor quality LCD screen, annoying sounds the camera makes it impossible to use in a quiet setting without notice. Terrible Terrible product, please don't buy this camera. Save your money for anything but this piece of junk. Oh yeah, it will suck up full powered batteries in about 12 minutes. Piece of junk.

Strengths:

Very tough plastic construction. Survived me slamming it in the pavement after all my photos looked terrible and were ruined.

Weaknesses:

The whole camera sucks. Don't buy this piece of junk.

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Rating
Reviewed by: daniel w
(Beginner)

Review Date
December 8, 2003

Overall Rating
4 of 5

Value Rating
5 of 5

Used product for
0-1 years

Review 4 of 6

Price Paid: $250.00 from gateway

Summary:

While the time it takes from pushing the button until the time the camera takes the picture is unusually long, and is disconcerting to those who have not used it...this is a fantastic camera for the price...with 5 megapixels there is no need to zoom because you can zoom in processing...basic camera, great pictures, works well, little to complain about (get an extra set of batteries, though, just in case) also, this is also sold under the name Argus, but Gateway is a fine brand name, too.

Strengths:

5 megapixels, price, lots of features

Weaknesses:

have an extra set of the rechargeable batteries around, hold the button down for a full second and a half before picture will take

Similar Products Used:

several other digital camers

Customer Service:

none needed, but it is Gateway, so I expect no disappointments

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Reviewed by: mmacpher
(Intermediate)

Review Date
November 17, 2003

Overall Rating
1 of 5

Value Rating
1 of 5

Used product for
0-1 years

Visitors rate this review
5.00 of 5,
3 votes

Review 5 of 6

Price Paid: $199.00 from Gateway

Summary:

Camera is very difficult to use. No easy way to delete a photo right after taking it. Takes blurry pictures 50% of time. Camera does not focus in low light. Longest shutter delay of any digital camera I've used. Camera software locked up twice when scrolling through menus on the first day of use. Had to remove batteries to reset camera.

Strengths:

5 Megapixel. Price.

Weaknesses:

Stated in Summary.

Similar Products Used:

Fuji 602Z. Codak and Canon digitals.

Customer Service:

slow. Got a defective camera's before receiving this "working" one.

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