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Aiptek PocketCamX - Review
Aiptek PocketCamX - Review
I like this cam its small light and some what easy to use - I however only use the movie part - the picture part is bad - real bad - the problem is not the camera its the software built into the camera - no not the driver - the firmware - inside the cam - the exposure,back light and white balance are all automatic with no way of turning them off - you can change how they work - but that seams to make little difference - you can forget about shots inside a house - they will be to dark and a reddish tint - it seams that the AUTO crap kicks in and makes the shot overly dark - even on a bright day it some times kicks in and you get a dark looking video or pic The cam needs a sunshade - I had a lot of pics that a foggy look from the sun hitting the side or top of the cam - the pics ranged from as good as my HP 315 to really really really bad - there is some fuzziness at the edges - as you would expect with a CMOS chip - it has to be said that when it did take a good pic its was real good - with good color - witch makes me think that like I said its the AUTO stuff that makes this cam crappy - Lets talk video now - you get 320-240 17-20fps AVI MJPEG video with 8000Hz mono 4-bit IMA ADPCM audio - on a 256mb SD card I got 39 min of video - thats over a Half hour - thats one long video - I found out that smaller video clips sometimes fill up the card faster Audio sync is sometimes off - not much - I found that formatting both the Cams internal mem and the fash card seam to help the audio problem It said in the manual that its got 16mb of flash in the cam and 16mb of SDRAM The LCD can not be turned off - So I mod-ed it with a small switch that I push to see the LCD - the switch turns off the LCD light only - makes the batterys last 3 times longer - but dont even try to install unless your good with surface mount soldering The video looks good - depending on the MJPEG codec used to play it back - It can look blocky - and some times looks better re-compresed - makes the video look softer It uses a CMOS chip and and its 2.1mp or less uses SD or MMC cards - Lens F=3.5, 8.5mm Size 3.4inch long, 1.6inch tall, 1.2inch thick For a $100 its not to bad - I just wish it would do good in low light in fact thats really the only problem I have with it It also works as a web cam If any one knows how to turn the Auto junk off please post even if I have to open the cam up - Thanks Here is the info on the chips in the cam SPCA533A - CPU CUO-L22 V.14 -- 39VF040 - 70-4C-WH - 0331147-D ---- 4 Mbit Flash - Firmware VDATA 40322B - VDS7616A4A-6 ----- Synchronous DRAM 166mhz 16MB SAMSUNG 334 - K9F2808U0C - YCB0 - UPF796B3 ---- Flash Memory 16MB I thought I would post this info - incase any one wants to compare this to other cams - in fact it seams to be generic It also seams to be - found out in a RC fourm Dolphin Jazz Slimcam 3200 Trust 735S PowerCam Zoom CyberPix S-330 PressCam L220 I am posting info in hopes of some day being able to change the Automatic settings - also so someone will not get this cam if they are thinking about using it inside a house - witch is what most peps would do |
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