21st april 2007 - camera review

about the price of a roll of film (with developing), the 'innovage mini digital camera' boasts a pop up viewfinder, is the size of a matchbox and is, in a sense, bad enough to be celebrated. it's a camera / webcam with a video function and they reckon you'll catch classic, 'unpredictable' moments with family and friends.

perhaps with the instincts of a fighter pilot you have an outside chance of catching the babys first crawl, but no chance of getting uncle john falling into the river during that fishing trip. even if you had the dexterity to switch it on, select function, frame and time the shutter-lag just right, a quick pencil sketch would give more detail. the results will leave you disgruntled and your family and friends utterly bemused at your cheapness.

high resolution stores 20 images on the 16mb build in card or up to 60 in 'compressed' mode (actual size results below). low resolution is not worth typing about. it can shoot single or continuously in photo mode and annoyingly switches off automatically after 30 seconds standby.

keep one in the glove compartment of your car in case you crash, chuck one around your friends at a house party and use it as a key fob but for goodness sake don't record anything remotely meaningful on it.



i had a food shoot in town this evening and tested it walking from sherwood rise through the forest and arboretum parks during soft evening light before dusk.