Norcent Technologies XIAS - DCS-860 DIG CAM 8.0MP 3X OPT 4X DIG 2.5IN LCD -New Retail / 1-Year Warranty - Limited Stock!

I bought 2 of these items.. one is working fine the 2nd one has some problems with settings.... after clicking you have to hold the cam still for few seconds till it gets saved.. If you move in between then the picture gets blurred. First time users cannot understand it ... Its a bit confusing cam... Hope it works good for you... Its was ok for me , coz i gifted them... the price was good... the people who i gifted complained me about the settings and pictures...
 
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This camera will take great pictures outside in the sun, but the flash is awful indoors. The other people complaining about the pictures being blurry probably didn't turn on the anti-shake mode, the pictures hardly ever came out blurry with me. The menus aren't set up as good as some of the other brands of cameras, but you get used to them. I haven't been able to find a way to turn off the time and date from showing up on all my pictures, it wouldn't be as big of a deal if the font wasn't so large and yellow. The video quality is okay, and with a 2GB SD card you can take fairly long videos. Don't let the camera format your SD card, it will delete all your pictures. The battery life isn't very good. I would probably rather have a 6MP camera that would take better indoor pictures than this camera if I could find one as cheap, but its not a bad camera for the money, under the right lighting it takes excellent pictures.
 
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I bought this for my in-laws to replace their previous crappy 5MP digital camera and now feel it was almost a complete waste. I've pretty much always bought Canon for my cameras in the past but I saw this "deal" and just couldn't pass it up (it also had a perfect score from seven users-which after purchasing I looked closer and these "user reviews" were all people had just ordered it not any of them had actually USED it!!)Well lesson learned I guess. Anyway if ALL you do is use it for bright sunny outside pictures then this is very passable, but if you want any indoor pics then well sorry if you got hosed into getting this like I did as they suck.bad.
 
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I had a very nice Canon stolen about a year ago and was looking for a cheap replacement to fill in the gap till I buy another top of the line model. This fits that bill to a "t". Pros: Great value, Good pictures, Tons of features, Intuitive controls and easy to understand manual (read it!), Great design, Quick Charging Battery. Cons: Very poor flash - It takes great outdoor pictures with the flash off but the "auto" settings indoors or in low light are not good. Turning off the flash helps but in most cases you get very dark pictures indoors or at night, even with the flash on. If you plan on using this camera in those situations, learn to use the manual settings or you will not be happy with the pictures. Comments: I thought buying an SD card was a given! Some of you need to think for 2 secons before you post. One quirk of this camera, when you are viewing pictures, they will be preloaded in a lower (aka, blurry) resolution initially and then click into focus after about a second or two. Do not judge your pictures by how they initially look when you take them!
 
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So far so good. I purchased this camera with a 4GB SDHC ($20). Excellent value. With 4GB of memory I'm taking pictures of everything all the time. I haven't figured out how to play back videos on my pc. I'm pretty sure it's not brain surgery. I'm buying another camera and card for a friend today. He offered me $120. I had a fear of taking the $ and the camera was no longer available at buy.com. I'll keep playing with the camera. I have been looking at digital cameras for about a month. I probably had 5 cameras in my basket, but I couldn't pull the trigger on any of them til I saw this deal.
 
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I got this camera for my 8th grader's trip to Washington DC. It came with a case, rechargable battery and a battery charger. We did not need to carry or purchase a bunch of AA batteries. It also came with software and all the cables, etc to download the photos. I immediatly bought a very large capacity SD card on-line for $7 total. My child took hundreds of photos on the trip with no trouble at all. It is pretty small and rather light weight so it was not difficult to carry it all day. We are very happy with this camera.
 
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this camera works like a webcamera on a pc sombody if try this thing please help me because i dont know how ...
 
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Pros: Pretty nice loooking, like the mirrored finish. Easy operator interface. Great value. Cons: Rechargeable battery instead of regular AA's. Have to buy separate memory card. Need a steady hand or pictures come out blurry. Auto-Flash needs some improvement as far as light-sensing.
 
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The Battery compartment lid go stuck even before I could take one picture. I am returing this item; don't know if I will go for another piece of this crap.
 
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I bought this camera... went through the menu.. took some pictures... No complaints about quality of the picture..yet to get a SD card.. Arrived in time... nice packing... Nice look... Very EASY to handle...Excellent LCD display... For the price I would say this the best deal so far I got in the net. I am planning to purchase 2 more to give as gift.
 
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very good camera for the money. the only thing i dont care for much is that it doesnt take standard aa batteries it has the battery pack that it comes with. other than that its great! but you will need a memory card but you would have to buy one with any camera. i bought a 2 gb card and it holds 800+ pics set on 8.0 mp.
 
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When I saw this, I could only think: "An 8 megapixel camera for under $100? What's the catch?" Well, here's the catch(es). 1. An SD card (sold separately) is absolutely required. This camera ships with a memory that will hold two (2) 8-megapixel pictures. Then you have to erase them off the camera and start over. Obviously, I can't even use the video settings out of the box - so I can't vouch for how they're going to look. 2. Some of the settings are a little weird. When I first started using it, I immediately noticed that my pictures were too dark. The way to fix that, strangely, was to *disable* the flash. There was plenty of light in the room, but the camera somehow couldn't figure that out. 3. It requires a ludicrously steady hand. I set this thing on a filing cabinet and pressed the shutter button, and it set off the "Whoa, you're shaking me, it's gonna be blurry" alarm. And the picture was indeed a little bit blurry. I mean, it looked pretty good, don't get me wrong, but I didn't get the expected 8 megapixels worth of sharpness. You're probably going to need a tripod to get the most out of this. Still, those disappointments aside - it's still an incredible value for the cost.
 
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I was slow about purchasing an 8 mg pixel camera that only cost $80. I was concerned that the camera would function but that the lens would be cheap and therefore take lackluster or downright soft photos. What a surprise when I opened the box to find the lens was made by Pentax. The camera is a BEAUTIFUL metallic finish. The software is intuitive and the photos are definitely 8 mg quality. Quite astounding actually. I am so impressed that I kept wondering who I could buy one for as a gift.
 
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I bought this camera and signed up for the Revolution card through Buy.com, and I ended up net paying $30.00 with shipping for the camera. I have to say that the price was absolutely outstanding. The camera itself I find to be a bit slippery, so be sure to use the camera strap. Now about the SD card slot- As it says in the manual and on the webpage description, the camera takes an "SD" card, not an "SDHC" card. SAince the SD spec max is 4gb, that is the limit of the camera, although the tech support person said you could put up to a 8gb SD card in it. Problem is, non exist. So take this with a grain of salt. Official word is that "SDHC" is not supported. Oh yeah, the battery is proprietary when I asked the tech support person (at 909-305-2121 btw). You can buy extra batteries from them directly for $20.00 each and you must send payment first. Sounds a bit hokey if you ask me. Also hokey is that the website (www.norcent.com) does not have any information listed on this hot selling product. Caveat Emptor.
 
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No review on device yet as they just arrived HOWEVER, spare and or replacement batteries are available from norcent for $20+ship. Call cust serv at 909-305-2121. "There's no part number" says the CS tech just ask for it by camera model. P/N on battery says VG037612070002 s/n: DM6331_LP-(manu date here). Google finds little info on these numbers
 
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A great value at this price. Camera/Manual: Camera is feature rich and easy to use with a large, clear screen and user-friendly menus. The buttons are a little hard to read because of their small size and very dark color, but are pretty intuitive once you RTFM (Read The Flippin' Manual) and play with the settings a bit. Speaking of the manual, the printed one is the typical muti-language edition and grammatically "Chinglished", but isn't the worst the author has seen. The PDF manual included on the CD with the software is for (what appears to be) and earlier and/or different camera model. Carry Case: The included case is sufficient to hold and protect the camera, but has no pockets to carry an additional SD card or other items. SD card storage: There is no indication in the manual that SDHC cards will work in this camera, and I have none with which to test it. It does accept a 2GB SD card, and, at that storage capacity will take over 500 photos at the absolute maximum resolution the camera can achieve. At minimum resolution (VGA), the number is huge - over 8,000. Battery - type/estimated capacity: Power is supplied via a removable Lithium Ion battery (3.7V, 820mAh). Battery and external charger are a potential low point here. The battery cannot be charged while inside the camera, so you are left with carrying the charger and cord around in case your usage needs exceed the battery capacity. Charge time was a little over 1 hour initially, and about 45 minutes at 1/4 to 1/2 battery capacity, as indicated on the cameras power meter. Fully-charged, the battery was good for a couple of hours playing with the settings, familiarizing with the menus, shooting some video, recording some voice and taking over 100 flash photos before reaching 1/4 battery charge per the camera meter - the camera was not indicating a charge was needed at that time. I didn't wait for it to exhaust itself, so YMMV. Battery - replacement/spare: I have been unsuccessful in finding a replacement/spare battery of this type. The Norcent website is absolutely useless and, in fact, doesn't even have this camera listed, let alone replacement batteries! I did find a battery at a local dealer that seems to almost fit this camera, although it is ever-so-slightly different dimensionally that it doesn't snap into place quite like the original, but the comapartment door does close. The camera did power-up with it in place though, so it may be the only choice for the time being. The model number and specs are as follows: BLI-269, 3.7V/800mAh. The dealer wanted $35.00 for the battery (yeah, right!), but a little research on the net has me thinking you can find one for less than $20.00. The one I tried was made by Empire. There are several BLI-269 model batteries on the net that list mAh ratings as 650, 700 and 800. I do not know why there are different ratings, but the one I tried was 800mAh and was dimensionally identical to the 650mAh one in the same store - they both "almost" fit and did power up the camera. They are listed as a replacement unit for a Konica/Minolta NP-900 battery. Bottom Line: For this kind of money, all things considered...Buy It!
 
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My initial review was before I had bought the camera, Now that I have the camera with me and have used it for couple of days, its been a grt buy @ the price. Overall shape size weight are way too cool than other camera's in the market. picture quality..I would give it 7/10...its not a professional awesome quality camera but for begineers it beats everythin out there in the market. Day time pics r good...night time..mm questionable!! But for that price..GO GRAB one!!
 
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I wanted an "extra" camera to keep with me - it's great!! Once I read the instructions as to how to use the various controls (they seem to be different brand to brand!), I found it easy to use and it takes great pictures! I would recommend it to anyone.
 
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Just got the camera. Image Quality is good. Tried SDHC card and it works. Worth for price and a good deal!
 
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