Casio QV 10A

My wife & I started using a QV-10A back in 1997, during the early days of eBay. In contrast to my Canons, Bronticas, & Linhof, this is a VERY simple point & shoot. It was (and still is) perfect for product shots--point the camera at the subject, check it out on the 1.9" color screen--and shoot. What you see is what you get. No fancy zooms or menus. No flash either. It takes 4 AA batteries. They're good for about 20-40 shots (it eats batteries like you wouldn't believe!) Or you could do as I learned to do early on: get a power supply and plug the camera in. It also has two download modes: digital (serial) and analog (video). With the video, you can also monitor the shot on a TV with AUX in. If you do a LOT of shooting, this is a great option. It can also be used with a WebTV unit. (One of the few that can be used with WebTV.) For what it's worth, between July of 97 and September 2004, we SAVED a bit over 10,400 photos. Oh, yeah, it can hold 96 photos at a time. One of it's biggest drawbacks for photos is also one of its biggest advantages for eBay sellers: typical shots are in the 25-70 kb range. While not high resolution, they load FAST and work very well with hosts like Ranchoweb, Verio, Andale. I currently have everything from this little camera to some $10k plus digital and film cameras. This one isn't for fine art, just as the fine art cameras aren't for point'n'shoot and auction listings. YOu SHOULD be able to find one of these on eBay or Amazon for $10-20. Don't pay more. If a Seller wants more than $6 for shipping, you're getting ripped off, okay.

Small, inexpensive, very easy to operate, photos the right size for auction sales or listing sales, Large LCD view screen can even be seen in daylight. Camera can flip 170-degrees so you can shoot yourself:>) Output in both digital & video. Takes AA batteries. Useful for idiots to experts.

Goes through batteries like you wouldn't believe! Really wimpy battery door: breaks and warps very easily. Power supply plug very inconveniently located on top. The cover for the other jacks is also on top. The designers' mothers should have been slapped for that one! The rotating portion is weak also, I've seen a couple broken ones.

In addition to the QV-10a, we've also used the QV-30, the Argus DC-3510, the HP Sureshot 318 for similar shots.

Customer service? What customer service? Doesn't work? Sir, it would probably be cheaper to buy our new model....

Is a good one camara for novices, is not acceptable for printed photos due to its low one resolucion. Very Facil management and very facil the transfer of photos toward the computer. It has capacity of 99 photos and thanks to the screen of LCD they can be seen and to erase the ones that have not remained good, needs good light, with low light not the photos are seen.

Facil management, commercial batteries AA

Very small photos to print and of very low resolution.

None

Never it has been requested

The Casio QV10A is a camera with a portable size, very pratical for taking general pictures. Its movable lens makes easy to point to the subject after some practice. However the picture quality in some situations of light and slight darkness were not very good, giving the image some glare and sometimes making hard to photoghraph the subject. It comes with specific software and cable, but it makes dificult to manage the pictures if you don't have your computer handy.

Very easy to use. Small size compared to others. Ideal for begginers with some sense of good use of computers.

Its software was not very good and compatible with other programs. The picture format (.CAM) makes it difficult to transfer pictures to other programs, unless you first convert into .TIFF and with another software convert from .TIFF to the format you want (i.e. .JPG).

Casio QV300 Sony Mavica

Never used it.

I purchased Casio's QV10A digital camera as a first time digital camera user and found that it was excellent for learning how to use a digital. I purchased the camera at an auction well below the $499 price listed. I often used the digital to take shots before I used my 35mm camera. The Casio was very simple to use, there were well written and easy to follow instructions to help in using the camera and in uploading to my Mac. I really enjoyed using the camera and was able to let my 6 year old grandaughter take pictures too! There is enough memory to take and store images for an outing without having to use additional memory cards. I would highly recommend this digital camera for beginner's in digital photography.

It is compatible with PC and Mac formats. Holds 90+ images. Delete key to remove images not wanted. Save function to insure images wanted will not be deleted. Simple to use.

Wish it had a zoom.

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Now, having had the Agfa 1680 for over a year, looking for a new camera in the 3 megapixel arena, the casio QV10A appears very outdated indeed. But in January 1997, when I got it, it was an expensive toy and looked very futuristic. I enjoyed taking pictures with it but the image quality was never good enough for printing. Not at all a camera that could replace my 35mm camera. When photographing people I had to take the pictures from closeby or else they would be virtually unrecognizable on the computersceen afterwards. The software that came with the camera was simple but sufficient. It worked well after I discovered that I needed to press the connector into the camera quite firmly. The macro pictures from this camera were actually quite good and as for the shutter delay time: Zero! It snaps the picture the nanosecond I press the shutterbutton. All in all: A nice entry into the digital camera scene.

Simple to use

Image quality

Not at that time

Never needed it