Any feedback on Lidl cameras?

comet

Seen plenty of posts about the Lidl camera around boards but no real feedback on whether they're any good or not. Latest one is 289euro and 5 megapixel


Technical data
CCD resolution 5,0 MegaPixel
1/1.8" CCD sensor
Picture resolution 2.560 x 1.920 pixel (photo)
1600x1200 pixel(photo)
1280x960 pixel (photo)
640x480 pixel (photo)
320x240 pixel (video)
Quality modes 3 (fine, normal, economy)
Internal memory 11 MB internal plus 128MB SD-Card
Picture capacity FINE ~ 65 pictures
NORMAL ~97 pictures
ECONOMY ~ 125 pictures
Video capacity max. 3 min./video-sequence
Optional memory max. memory 256MB SD-Card
LCD-Display 1,6" color-TFT with 320x240 pixel resolution
View finder optical
Lens Japanese brand
7 elements / 6 groups
Digital zoom 3 x optical-zoom (equivalent to 35-105mm on 35mm cameras)
2x/3x/4x digital-Zoom additional(preview)
2x/3x/4x/6x digital Zoom (playback)
Autofocus yes
Autofocus modes Auto, macro
Depth of focus Normal 0,8m - infinity
Makro 0,2m - 0,8m
Exposure Auto, manual (+/-2,0 EV - 0,5 EV steps)
White balance Automatic, fix (5 modes) with manual switching
Shutter speed 1/5s - 1/2000 sec.
Film speed 7.8 - 23.4 mm (equivalent to 35-105mm on 35mm cameras)
Normal: 0.8 m - infinity
Macro: 0.1 m
ISO ISO 100 / 200 / 400

Video yes, MPEG (3 min./sequence)
Microphone yes
Colour modes Standard, monochrom, sepia, saturated
Timer 5 or 10 sec.

Tripod Standard
Flash 0.5m - 2.5m, red eye reduction
File format JPEG, MPEG, EXIF, DPOF, DCF
Video-out PAL / NTSC-Video
Special effects Diashow on TV, 9 thumbnail pictures on one frame
Picture frequency 16 multi-foto-mode
Preview yes
Interfaces DC in jack
USB connector
Video-out jack NTSC or Pal
Power supply DC: 3V / 2,5A
2x 2000mAh NiMH-batteries
Software USB-driver
MGI Photo Suite IV SE
Photo Vista
Measurement 95 x 36 x 64mm (WxTxH)

Weight 180 g
Warranty 36 month
Specials - Aperture & shutter speed adjustable in manual mode
- Change image quality stored pictures
- Change image size of store pictures
System requirements Windows 98 / 2000 / ME / XP
Pentium 166MHz or better
Mac OS 8.6 / 9.0 / 9.1 / x
Power PC CPU
32MB RAM recommended
128MB free HDD space
USB-slot 1.1 or 2.0
CD-ROM-drive
Color monitor with min. 800x600 resolution
and 24Bit color depth or better recommended
Scope of delivery Still digital camera, 128MB SD-card, 4x rechargeable 2000 MHh batteries, fast battery charger, AC-adapter, CD-ROM with software and driver, USB cable, video cable, manual, carrying case with belt loop, hand strap

BrianD3

I've been doing some research on that LIDL camera and it appears that it *may* be a clone of a Toshiba camera, possibly the Toshiba PDR-5300. Presumably, the performance of these two cameras is pretty similar then. There's a review of the toshiba on dpreview.com. Must stress that I'm not at all sure about this as I came across this info in a german newsgroup, and my german is crap

BrianD3

comet

Interesting, i'll check it out, I decided not to go for that camera this time but if it comes up in Lidl again i might, thanks for the info.