Reviews for Casio QV-R40 4 Megapixel Compact Camera - Silver1.6" LCD - 3x Optical Zoom - 2304 x 1712 Image - 320 x 240 Video - MPN: QVR40
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robertefreeman
- Feb 21, 2004
Casio QV-R40 4 Megapixel Compact Camera - SilverStrengths: This camera is an exceptional value. Very happy with image quality output and ease of use. "Best Shot" autosetup of scenes well done. Small size, fast cpu, quick bootup, responsive trigger. Weakness: Flash shot-to-shot cycle time is too long (9 sec+). At evening party, no AF illuminator = 5% bad photos. Had redeye problem with default settings. Needs thick plastic cover over the LCD screen. This camera is presumably going to be replaced with the QV-R41 soon (with a bigger LCD screen). I've noticed the price has been dropping, and will probably continue to drop. The QV-R41 is already available in europe, the internet tells me. 100% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
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dfs1
- Mar 30, 2004
Casio QV-R40 4 Megapixel Compact Camera - SilverStrengths: Very fast startup; compact; easy menu choices and navigation Weakness: Not really any for a camera in this price range. I shopped forever for a compact digital camera and finally ended up buying the Pentax Optio S4--and then returning it. I found that the camera was actually too small and felt like it was going to "jump" out of my hands while using it. Also, the Optio felt a little "cheap" and uses a proprietary battery. So... I set out to find the smallest, reasonably priced, digital camera which took AA batteries. This was it. Great price. Great features. It takes great photos without much thought on my part. It feels comfortable in my hand and is still small enough to get in my pocket. 100% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
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yuanming2k
- Mar 27, 2004
Casio QV-R40 4 Megapixel Compact Camera - SilverStrengths: 1)Takes great pictures in day light 2)Pictures taken with flash look good, although more "white" than realistic. 3)Looks really cool. 4)Compact. 5)Very sturdy. 6)Easy to use. Weakness: 1)Any pictures not using the flash or in high light situations (sunlight, etc) turn out blurry and are pretty poor. 2)The flash takes FOREVER to recharge. Approximately 7 (SEVEN!!!) seconds for the flash to recharge. It is tiny, cheap, and most importantly takes amazing pictures. 100% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
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gsavella
- Jun 17, 2004
Casio QV-R40 4 Megapixel Compact Camera - SilverStrengths: Compact, uses AA batteries, free charger included and batteries, uses SD/MMC media - widely available media, nice quality pictures and easy to use Weakness: Silent movies, little bit of delay between flashes (but not as bad as the QV-R51), no case included and no SD/MMC card included I really like this camera, it is small enough to be discrete in your pocket yet packs a powerful punch. If you look at price to performance ratio, this camera excels. It doesn't cost that much yet for the price you get a fully functionally quality digital camera. At 4 megapixels I can't complain. I took this camera around during my day to take random pictures and to see how the camera performed. I took pictures in a restaurant and outside, both pictures looked good. I had it on highest setting and it does not differ too much from other 4 megapixel cameras. The LCD screen is average size, not too big but good enough to see without strain. 87% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
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srebrenica
- Dec 19, 2003
Casio QV-R40 4 Megapixel Compact Camera - SilverStrengths: Ease of use, on screen display, AA batteries Weakness: slightly bulkier than the ex-z3 For the money, there is no better camera than this one. Has anybody else seen a 4megapixel for ~$250? Extremely doubtful. If you are just getting into digital photography, this is the camera for you. It is much more than just point and shoot. You can control ISO, EV balance, white, and if you don't want to bother figuring out what those things are, there are preset shot modes to capture the best shot. highly recommended! 83% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
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bandicoot
- Nov 14, 2003
Casio QV-R40 4 Megapixel Compact Camera - SilverStrengths: Small,compact,loaded with features,easy to navigate menu,simple to use,uses rechargable and regular 2A batteries-great little camera Weakness: none that I've found yet I love this camera-it has everything I wanted in a digicam for a great price. I've used for a couple of weeks now and it is really easy to use-joint point and click! 80% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
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laocanxiong
- Feb 13, 2004
Casio QV-R40 4 Megapixel Compact Camera - SilverStrengths: It is light and the functions are easy to use. Most of the function is useful. Weakness: i didn't know yet It is good for a beginner to practice and enjoy taking picture!! Good price!! 75% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
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149805000
- Feb 2, 2004
Casio QV-R40 4 Megapixel Compact Camera - SilverStrengths: It is a small and pretty camera. The price is unbelievable, and it is easy to use. I wasn’t sure of the quality for the price I paid, but it turned out to be better than my expectation. Weakness: The user’s menu can be improved to provide more & better information, such as an index to find a topic. I am not a professional photographer. I only want a camera that I can press a button when I need to take a picture. Considering the price for a 4.0 MP digital camera, this camera does what I am hoping for. It takes very clear pictures, and all what I need to do is to press the button. I am very happy with this little camera. 75% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
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michaeld40
- Jan 23, 2004
Casio QV-R40 4 Megapixel Compact Camera - SilverStrengths: Easy to use, small, great camera for a lower price Weakness: battery operated This is a great camera for its price! The quality of pictures is amazing. I had this camera up and working and taking pictures within 2 minutes of opening the box. You will not be disappointed! 75% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
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manuelwc
- Oct 21, 2003
Casio QV-R40 4 Megapixel Compact Camera - SilverStrengths: Compact and generally good quality photos. Speed of operation in most cases. Weakness: As with many digicams the optical viewfinder shows very little of the actual frame and LCD is hard to see in daylight. The "Best Shot" mode allows the user to select from 21 scenes to get the "optimal setting for your photo situation. In general they work quite well. Though it would be nice to have more manual control available the features of the camera will produce good results in a vast majority of shooting situations. It is really nice to have a digital camera that doesn't take forever to get a shot off. In action situations you can almost always count on getting the picture you want with having the have pressed the shutter button 2 to 5 secondes before the picture actually is taken. It isn't instant, but way better than most digicams. I am quite pleased with it. 75% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
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btang3
- Mar 19, 2004
Casio QV-R40 4 Megapixel Compact Camera - SilverStrengths: Price, compact size, 4 MP quality, Ease of use Weakness: Needs more internal memory - just 10 MB I've only had for a week and it's already one of my favorite toys. It's compact size, quality of construction, and 4.0 MP image quality for the same price as a 3.0 MP camera makes this an exceptional value. Menu navigation is fairly intuitive, did not need to read manual to setup preference and start taking pictures. My only complaint so far is the little amount of internal memory, but it easy to expand with a SD card or lower resolution to reduce file size. 71% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
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Jtu526
- Mar 23, 2004
Casio QV-R40 4 Megapixel Compact Camera - SilverStrengths: This camera is very small and very easy to use. It can also combine two pictures together to form one picture, like for couples to use and all. Weakness: This camera does record motion, but unfortunately, there is no sound. Great camera, but there are better available. This camera can't take pictures with different sizes, and again, there is no sound with the motion recording. Then again, it's a camera not a camcorder. 60% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
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Vinnie5150
- Jan 8, 2004
Casio QV-R40 4 Megapixel Compact Camera - SilverStrengths: Fast, Compact, Great Pictures, Good battery life Weakness: none for a camera under $300 Being a very experienced user of digital cameras and having owned 6 previous ones, I was skeptical of the advertised features of the QV-R40 at first. However, at $270 from Dell I couldn't pass it up, and I have NOT BEEN DISAPPOINTED! 50% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? TopSponsored Links
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Casio QV-R40 4 Megapixel Compact Camera - Silver
Strengths: metal body, good photos, variety of modes, excellent close-ups, "best shot modes", white balance settings, etc
Weakness: only 10mb internal memory, no sound on video, no manual, awful software, etc
I like it because it is small and I can carry it in my pocket. This is the first digital camera I have been able to do this with. I carry it everywhere. It has a mostly metal body, which I prefer to plastic. It takes great photos and allows for many different modes or settings.
It doesn't allow for manual aperture and shutter speeds, which for most digital cameras doesn't really matter. Digital cameras have very small sensors which means the lenses have to be very small, making it difficult to have very small apertures (large f-stops). This results in a very small range of exposure settings. With this small range manual settings wouldn't really matter. Depth of field won't vary very much.
I like the movie mode except the image is too small and the number of frames per second is half of what it should be. There is no sound.
The software is useless. It doesn't allow for the photo names to be changed, nor for keywords of any kind. I don't know why Casio even provided this "crudware". I will use it just for placing it on disk and then use ACDSee software to manage it.
The manual is on disk. This is a useless format. The first thing a person should do, in order to get the most out of the camera, is to print the manual out. This shouldn't be necessary. It should include a printed manual.
I don't like the automatic, power lens extension when the camera is powered on. Because I like to carry it in my pocket, I am afraid the camera will power on and the lens will extend and become damaged. This could also happen in any enclosed space.
The flash is weak. I tried to take photos at my grand-daughter's gymnastics birthday party and failed. The flash simply wouldn't go the distance. I had a problem with shutter lag but found that by pressing the shutter halfway, I could decrease the time lag.
I enjoy taking close up photos and find this is the best camera for this to date. I have taken hundreds of close flower photos and have created photos of great beauty. The macro mode is also great for close ups of object for either eBay, insurance photos (household inventory) or for other purposes. The flash has three modes. Strong, normal and weak. This does help some with long and short distance. Still for close macro photos, the flash is too strong. I find that natural light is preferable for this. It has a variety of "white balance" modes which allows the objects to have the right color casts. This works great!
I owned one other Casio a long time ago (1998) and hated it. Everything had a red cast and red halos around it. I finally took it back to the seller and got my money back. I purchased a Kodak DC-200 which took great photos. This camera, being newer and more deluxe, is much more enjoyable to use. Still, a simple camera has less to break. Even so, I find that having a zoom lens is just about a necessity for the kind of photos I take, as is the macro mode.
There are several minor concerns:
My hands are large and the camera is small. The control on the back is too close to the edge and my clumsy hands accidentally press it. This control (it is round and has four arrows around the edge (3,6 9 and 12 o'clock positions)) is very solid feeling, unlike the similar one on the Toshiba PDR-4300. The zoom control has a protrusion on the front which catches on things. It doesn't have a TV out, but it doesn't matter to me as I have never used it on the cameras I have had which had it. The USB connection is small (good) and located on what to me is the correct side. The rubber cover is handy to cover the port up.
The camera allows for custom "best shots" or modes. It can be set up for macro, infinity, sharp focus, etc. etc. anyway (almost) you want it. I have one set up for tungsten light (light bulbs) and macro for indoor close ups.
The eye piece view port is small and my eye (glasses) has trouble finding it. I have gotten used to it.
The record (picture taking) startup allows for an image to be shown for 2 seconds every time the camera is turned on. I recorded a photo of my name, address and phone number for in case the camera gets lost or stolen.
It has very small internal memory. This is useless for my purpose. I use it to store other things. This is hidden unless the SD card is removed. The camera can be used as a hard drive. Possible downsides?
I bought a 256mb SD card. I have found this to be adequate. It will store 123 photos of the finest quality with the lowest compression. With the finest quality and the highest compression, it will record 218 photos. With the naked eye, I have found no noticeable difference between the 3 compression ratios. Some people might disagree, however. It has the following image sizes: 2304x1712, 2240x1680, 1600x1200, 1280x960 and 640x480. Other sizes than the largest may very well be find for most purposes. This will allow for many more images on the memory card. My 256mb SD card with the lowest quality compression and smallest size will store 2,463 photos. I think that sizes and compressions somewhere between 123 images and 2,463 images might be fine for most use. Cards smaller than 256mb might be fine for many people. I wouldn't consider using a card smaller than 64mb, unless I had several.
I guess this all I have to say, for now. I really love this little camera. I took it to Home Depot and took pictures of the orchids and they were beautiful.
As with all digital cameras, always carry a spare set!
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