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DXG DXG-608 6.0 MegaPixel Camera with 3x Optical Zoom and 2" LCD | 
 enlarge | Brand: DXG
Category: Photography
List Price: $406.61
Buy New: $120.00
You Save: $286.61 (70%)
New (1) Used (2) from $49.95
Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 47848
Media: Electronics
System Memory: 32
Floppy Disk Drive: None
Optical Zoom: 3
Digital Zoom: 4
Display Size: 2
Maximum Focal Length: 21.2
Minimum Focal Length: 7.5
Maximum Resolution: 6
Has Red Eye Reduction: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 7 x 4 x 6
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
MPN: DXG-608
Model: DXG-608
UPC: 880734060804
EAN: 0880734060804
ASIN: B000FLD74K
Availability: Usually ships in 3-4 business days
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| Features:
| • | 2.0 inch LCD Display Monitor | | • | 1/1.8 inch size image capture sensor | | • | Shutter Speed - 8 - 1/2000 sec. | | • | ISO Speed Range - Auto, 100, 200, and 400 | | • | White Balance Control - Automatic, Cloudy, Fluorescent, Sunny, and Tungsten |
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Product Description
The DXG-608 records movies, has a high-quality voice recorder and takes crystal-clear photographs that sparkle with realism. This tiny digital powerhouse features 3x optical zoom for photographic versatility, an excellent 2.0-inch LCD screen for easy-viewing and comes with a free software bundle that includes Presto's Mr. Photo 3 Platinum Edition and VideoWorks 6. Get up close to your subject with the high-performance 4x Digital zoom glass lens. Connect to your computer fast and easy with the DXG-608's USB port. The 2.0 inch LCD Monitor makes framing shots and reviewing pictures easy. Keep your Camera safe in this sturdy carrying case. Whether you prefer mounting it on your waist or carrying in by hand, this case is always with you. This powerful little camera is so compact you can take it with you anywhere. It fits in any pocket there's no reason to ever leave it behind. The DXG-608 is equipped with 32MB of internal memory, which can be expanded to 1GB with the highly portable Secure Digital Flash Card. Flash Mode - Auto, Forced Flash, Off Movie Mode - 25 fps Movie Image Resolution - 320 x 240 Memory Included - 32MB Internal Storage Media - Secure Digital Multimedia Card Compressed Format - JPEG Movie File Format - Motion JPEG Video Out - PAL/NTSC Unit Dimensions - Height 2.5 x Width 3.7 x Depth 1.4 inches Unit Weight - 5.4 ounces
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| Customer Reviews:
Don't waste your money September 14, 2008
J. Dawkins (Milwaukee, WI United States)
I read several reviews (elsewhere) before purchasing at a store grand openning sale for about $50. All reviews seemed reasonable. The price for the features seemed great.
...until I got it home. The features are complex to use. Just to get ready to download pictures to your computer takes 5 steps: plug in the usb (careful not to rip the rubber cover off and it takes two nibble hands), a turn of the featuer dial to Connect, use the camera's joystick to select disk, press the camera's menu button and wait about 25 seconds.
When taking pictures, it often takes the picture more than 1/2 second after puching the shutter button. Several times the Auto White Balance has been off and made the pictures dark or green or other oddity.
I had the same problem with the battery as the other reviewer. The recharger is very sensitive to position the battery is inserted. I found a spare battery at a specialty battery store for about $20. You need two batteries because the battery dies long before you fill the memory card.
Ditto on the flakey operation. When you select a feature, turn it off, plug it in, or otherwise change any setting, you must wait for it to stop "thinking". I've got a bunch of pictures that were half stored, stored with lines through them, etc.
I've had it about 6 months and the flash died. It doesn't take low-light pictures very well so it's now worthless indoors.
Don't waste your money.
Not so great but it works... was a gift to me so I don't complain much May 20, 2008
A. Lamon
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Be warned, I'm a bit bitter and vexed with this product, see cons for details, and this is only based on my experience with the camera...but for the short part: I'd reccommend against this camera, most likely.
(p.s. lemme know if you can, if you find a typo, I'd hate let one I didn't find sit)
So, here's the long story:
What I found to be PRO'S with this camera: it takes digital pictures, they're ok looking, it's not really heavy, I like the twisty wheel thingy on top to change from different picture/movie/download-to-computer/whatever modes, you can turn off the viewfinder so it saves battery (a bit anyway, and it REALLY needs it), it has MACRO mode (yea!), and oh yeah, it was free 'cause it was a gift. I think I'd be dissapointed if I paid money for it, because of the cons...
CONS: the pictures are not "crystal" or "sparkling" or whatever clear they call them. They're ok, maybe good, but my HP took about the same with 1 less MP, but alas, the HP got lost...
It takes a while to turn on.
It seems to take forever to take pictures some times
The flash selector automatically gets shut off if you switch to macro-but doeesn't get set back to whatever you had when you went to macro. This means that you have to cycle through all the flash settings again, which means the camera then has to take 3 or 4 seconds to think about what you just told it, and then it gets itself ready again
AND HERE'S THE BIG ONE: Search as I might, I can't seem to find a spare battery for this thing. Maybe I'll find one, one day. Maybe not. [[UDATED a few days later: so, I finally found a battery today (after 9 months of looking) which is servicable in this function, by a 3rd party. I found it at Frys, and I only found it because we're visiting Chicago... they're not a chain they have in most places I've ever been. It's the LENMAR DLC1LH. I charged it in the camera's battery charger dock, and that didn't blow up. The camera turned on and off without blowing up, so I think (fingers crossed!) it might work. Still not too happy with the company or camera...anyway, back to the old story]] The camera takes what I believe is a propriatary battery, some rectangular NBL1 model. Not standard AA or AAA's... Granted, it's rechargable, and takes less than 2 hours usually (but the recharger dock is finicky on how you slip the battery in-you may "think" you're charging...and find out the next morning when you head to the park that you didn't). And unlike the standard AA or AAA's mentioned above, you can't just go to the store when you say, well, this time I"ll just buy the non-rechargable, because I need to use the camera, and I"ll recharge the battery later. No, you say: "Arg! The battery's dead. No pictures for me!" And since, when fully charged, the battery lasts around 3-4 hours, if you turn off the LCD screen and turn it off when you're not taking pictures every several minutes (less if you just keep using it), this will not last you even one day. Barely a morning, and by the afternoon at the zoo, you can only look at the animals and remember. Or, try to memorize what your 9 year old daughter looked like while she was perched on that bronze gorilla, etc.
Also, if for some reason the battery dies while the camera is on (e.g. because you've got the LCD screen off, and thus can't see the battery status icon, which is hard to decipher anyway), the camera will now be stuck in the OPEN position, with the little lense tube thing stuck in the OUT position. Therefore, it no longer fits into it's protective case.
If the universe decides to really ruin your day, and it runs out while you're taking a video, as it did to me, and it's actually trying to write data to the SD memory card, you're totally screwed. Not only is the camera stuck in the open position, but: 1. it was then impossible to delete the photos taken before it died off of the memory card (they mostly did transfer to the computer at least). 2. that particular movie clip and one taken just before it were scrambled such that they not only couldn't play, but they crashed/froze/partially froze both my computer, and my husband's when he tried his. 3. The memory card refused to be formatted, via the camera, or several computers. 4. The memory card no longer let you take pictures on it. So, 5. You need a new memory card. Joy.
The camera some times gets weird glitches where it will shadow a previous picture onto the following pictures, or go all funny with weird distorded odd colored bars horizontally over the screen, which transfer to the picture. This can look cool, but it can also ruin an important picture...
The DXG company website seems to forgot it made this and probably other older cameras, and doesn't seem to sell spare batteries of any sort, so I don't know where you'd find one, except maybe used somewhere (Updated: Found one, at last, at Frys, see above update).
Anyway, to wrap things up, consider long and hard before you buy this. If you can find an extra battery before you buy, or aren't going to use it that often/long, maybe it will work out. Otherwise, you may be better off with something with similar features, but with AA or AAA or other readily available batteries. (update: I'd still rather have the AA or AAA or something universally available at, say, a gas station! than this thing, if these crap out, I've gotta find another Frys or go online, and wait for shipping...) Good luck, whatever you choose!
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