Agfa ePhoto SMILE Reviews

Rating
Reviewed by: jfiscus
(Intermediate)

Review Date
July 24, 2003

Overall Rating
1 of 5

Value Rating
1 of 5

Used product for
0-1 years

Visitors rate this review
3.00 of 5,
2 votes

Review 1 of 49

Price Paid: $0.00 from website - won in con

Summary:

This is absolutely the worst digital camera I have ever tried. The camera did not die unlike everyone else's here did, maybe I didn't use it enough... The Camera eats 2 AA batteries after takign 2 pics or uploading 2 pics. You can actually watch the battery levels deplete. I only took about 10 pics with this camera, it was just plain was horrible. I won it in a contest on a website and expected it to at least work ok with a promised size of 640x480, but it looks like it just takes 50x50 and fudges the rest.

Strengths:

um... wait... well... cant think of any.

Weaknesses:

you name it. LOW quality. eats batteries. slow upload. etc, etc.

Similar Products Used:

never used anything close to this in wuality, even my webcam for 95 takes way better pics. I do have Epson digital cameras, and al of them are ok, except 650 - fudges colors, and I have a 3.2mb sony t

Customer Service:

never tried, they're probably to busy laughing at anyone who actually bought these pieces of junk to answer.

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Rating
Reviewed by: Richard
(Casual)

Review Date
June 23, 2003

Overall Rating
1 of 5

Value Rating
1 of 5

Used product for
0-1 years

Visitors rate this review
3.00 of 5,
1 votes

Review 2 of 49

Price Paid: $99.00 from Walmart

Summary:

This thing was a piece of junk. My first one had to be returned. Second one only worked correctly for a month or two and it still was very, very low quality. Camera will no longer recognize the cable to the computer so it is useless to me.

Strengths:

the nice blue color nothing else

Weaknesses:

horrible images, software program is useless, freezes computer, bad focus, slow upload, etc

Customer Service:

couldn't even find any info about the smile on agfa homepage

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Rating
Reviewed by: Andy Hershcoviz
(Intermediate)

Review Date
August 20, 2002

Overall Rating
3 of 5

Value Rating
2 of 5

Used product for
2-5 years

Visitors rate this review
3.00 of 5,
2 votes

Review 3 of 49

Price Paid: $50.00 from office depot

Summary:

Lowest image quality, sure not the promised 640X 480. Good for making icons only. If you want to print you must work hard to enhance the image. Stopped working after 3 weeks, had to replace by myself a crystal (took from broken pager) and found that it's made by an anonimous OEM for Agfa. Good for kids play to learn basics of photography' or to make icons.

Strengths:

Price ??? (I'm not sure)

Weaknesses:

bad image quality, small memory (2M), LONG picture upload time. Problems with upload software on WIN2K (needs patches) Bad field (it looks like shooting fro pinhole)

Similar Products Used:

Canon 340

Customer Service:

Contacted them by e-mail, wanted me to ship the camera back to USA ... It costs more than twice it's price !!

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Rating
Reviewed by: vinod anan
(Beginner)

Review Date
August 13, 2002

Overall Rating
1 of 5

Value Rating
1 of 5

Used product for
0-1 years

Visitors rate this review
2.00 of 5,
1 votes

Review 4 of 49

Price Paid: $99.00

Summary:

It is worth only to keep in the showcase, NOT to take photos.

Strengths:

Looks, color, size. Good for showcase

Weaknesses:

picture quality, battery consumption

Similar Products Used:

"D"-Cam

Customer Service:

not used

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Rating
Reviewed by: Melissa Taylor
(Intermediate)

Review Date
June 25, 2001

Overall Rating
1 of 5

Used product for
1 Week

Visitors rate this review
3.00 of 5,
2 votes

Review 5 of 49

Summary:

My friend sent me a digital camera to give to his girlfriend, but she didn't want it and I now know why. I haven't had a lot experience with digital cameras, but I'm pretty good with photography. Using this camera compared to the ones I've used before was like the difference between night and day. I could not believe the picture quality was 640x480 because it looked so out of focus and so low res, that the camera did me no good. This is pure junk; a kids toy would probably work better.

Strengths:

Compact Size

Weaknesses:

very battery hungry flash doesn't always work the worst picture quality I have ever seen

Similar Products Used:

None

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