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#1 Photo Products - Norcent DCS-1050 10.0 Megapixel Digital Camera
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List Price: $229.99
Our Price: $90.00
Your Save: $ 139.99 ( 61% )
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Manufacturer: Norcent
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Average Customer Rating:  
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Batteries Included: 1
Binding: Electronics
Brand: Norcent
Color: Black
Display Size: 3
EAN: 0803802352120
Feature: Slim design, exceptional image quality and feature rich
Floppy Disk Drive Description: None
Has Red Eye Reduction: 1
Label: Norcent
Manufacturer: Norcent
Maximum Focal Length: 18.6
Minimum Focal Length: 6.2
Model: DCS-1050
Optical Zoom: 3
Publisher: Norcent
Studio: Norcent
Warranty: 1 year warranty
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Features
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Slim design, exceptional image quality and feature rich
10.0 Megapixel captures high resolution images up to 3648 x 2736
3.0" LTPS TFT LCD, scratch resistant acrylic panel display
Built in flash with 3x optical zoom and 4x digital zoom
USB cable, AV cable, wrist strap and camera bag, user manual and software CD included
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Norcent - Unknown name, outstanding product.
Comment: I have now owned this camera for almost six months, so I suppose it is about time to give it a fair shake at a review.
I was skeptical at the brand, and even more so at the cost. For right around $100, I was certain I'd have a flimsy, sensitive, noisy, featureless piece of crap that I'd have to replace after a while.
I've since been shocked out of skepticism, and can safely give this camera five stars.
Pros:
- Size! Tiny. Light. You forget you have it.
- Screen size! 3" screen is a joy to use.
- Features! Packed full. I could begin to list, but there are too many. Presets are plentiful (and actually useful) some manual mode settings, light sensor, face detection, alignment grid, audio recording, accepts up to 8GB SDHC cards (confirmed this with a friendly email from Norcent themselves...
- 3X optical zoom on a camera this size? Huzzah!
- Well built! Metal case!
- Battery life! I'm not sure what people were doing with their cameras to drain the battery life to have them complain, but I've taken over 300 pictures with flash and it still wasn't finished. I only drained it by half using the movie function for all 30 minutes (on a 2GB SD card.)
- Carrying case! Actually a decent accessory.
Cons:
- Auto-focus... Geh, I hate it, but it is a fact on almost all Ultra-compacts. It is far better than most cameras though. At least it tries.
- Tripod mount location... waaaaay on the edge instead of the center on the bottom. Makes for wobbly shots...
- No charging battery in-camera... probably due to its size. Forgivable.
Overall:
I have taken this camera on quite a few excursions, music shows, walks and day trips. It has not failed me once.
Norcent as a company was moving at the time I tried calling them months ago, but I finally got through to someone, and my question was that of many: What about a replacement battery? They explained that after shipping a battery would cost about $20 and they'd be more than happy to send one. They are not planning on discontinuing the form factor of the battery any time soon because it has performed beyond their expectations.
They also emailed me almost immediately when I had a question about high-capacity SD memory cards (SDHC). They said the camera was good up to 8GB, but that they hadn't tested anything higher than that.
I have purchased two others of these for gifts in my family and they also are completely satisfied with them.
Spend-thrift bargain hunters rejoice: Your camera has come.
KW
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Summary: Great camera for a good price!
Comment: This camera surprises me. The pictures came out really clear. Definitely worth buying at this low price.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Worth the price
Comment: I bought it for 80 bucks and its worth it for sure. Its 10mp which doesnt really really matter and what matters more is that it takes clear pictures. The quality is good and the battery lifetime is also good. It has a li ion battery which I prefer over the AA's. It is definitely not superior to a canon but if you are into non serious photography and want to click some decent pictures then this is the camera for you.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Good budget camera, takes some work to get great photos
Comment: Quick summary...
This camera is definitely worth $80, especially if you're a casual photographer and not planning on printing all your photos. It suffers in low light but outdoor, daytime photos are very high quality.
Pros:
- Solid build, doesn't feel like it's going to break
- 3.0" LCD is nice, high viewing angles from left, right, and top
- Quickly turns on and off
- Tons of configuration options and features, refer to the manual for a little clarification (more details below)
- Most automatic settings have accessible manual overrides
- Outdoor/flash photos are generally very high quality
- Video quality is very impressive
- On-screen display is very informative
- "Delete mode" allows photos to be deleted with a single click which is great when deleting many photos
- Works with 4GB SanDisk Extreme III SDHC card
Cons:
- Auto ISO, focus, and shutter speed for low light, no-flash photos usually results in bad photos (more details below)
- Zoom is noisy (if recording a video, the mic is muted while zooming)
- Battery life seems too short, read other reviews for a replacement
- Tripod hole is too shallow, I have to use a shim to mount this on my tripod
- Internal memory holds only 1 full-sized photo
- Video file size is very large (about 70MB per minute due to M-JPEG codec)
- No viewfinder but your nose would smudge the nice LCD anyway
More details...
The camera allows you to override a lot of settings, the most useful for me have been ISO and shutter speed. The shutter speed goes as fast as 1/2000s which was fast enough to capture a photo of water droplets coming out of a fountain with no motion blur.
Sometimes it can be painstaking and quite aggravating to get print quality photos without a tripod. The automatic settings of the camera make low light photos particularly difficult, especially when avoiding the flash. The Auto ISO setting goes up to 1600 which is way too high for any shot - the entire photo will have small colored blotches on it. Unfortunately, the camera chooses ISO 1600 very often in medium and low light.
Also, it tends to choose a longer shutter speed than necessary which results in blurry images. The shutter speed that the camera chooses is displayed at the bottom of the screen which makes it easy to know when you either need to hold very still or override the shutter speed.
For the casual photographer, most of these low light photos will still look OK on the camera, but they're not so great on the computer. Using the flash will help, although even with the flash I frequently have trouble with blurry photos.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Norcent DCS-1050 Replacement Battery Found
Comment: A number of people have been asking about the correct replacement battery for the Norcent 1050. It uses a Minolta NP-900 battery. Same as the Norcent 520 camera. Just make sure when you order a replacement from who ever that you get one rated at least 820maH - which is what came with mine. I purchased a 1000maH hi-capacity battery and it works great and lasts longer than the supplied battery. Most NP-900 batteries are 650 - 700maH, so you need to buy a higher capacity battery - they cost only a few dollars more (about $15 total cost online) Overall the camera takes very good pictures, as good as any 10 megapixel camera. Shutter lag is noticable, but this camera doesn't claim to be a $300 camera. For about $80 US, you can't go wrong. Hope this helps those looking for a battery replacement.
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Editorial Reviews:
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PRODUCT FEATURES:10.0 megapixel digital cameraSlim, elegant designFace tracking identifies faces within the frame and automatically adjusts for ideal focus and exposureAnti-shake compensates for camera movement to deliver crisp, clean images3.0" LTPS TFT LCD, scratch-resistant acrylic panel display3x optical zoom and 4x digital zoomMovie mode captures video clips with resolutions of 640 x 480, 320 x 240, and 160 x 12Built-in flash with auto, red-eye reduction, always on, slow sync, forced on and forced off modesManual, daylight, cloudy, tungsten, fluorescent and custom white balance settings
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