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Argus Arise Digtial Camera Yellow
Customer Reviews
Don't kill your money
I bought this for my granddaughter and within two life it quit working. A total rip-off!
2010-06-17
| Happy Secretary (Pensacola, FL) | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 1
what do you ahead to?
I was out buying a digital camera (got a truthful nice one too!) and as I was checking out this little sucker caught my eye. $10 at best buy. AND it's water defiant! So yeah, I figured I was already spending a couple hundred, what's 10 more? And for such a cheap digi, it actually exceeded my expectations!
I figured it would be raven and white gigi-pet looking pictures. More like the original camera phones. So yes, it's a minor blurry and kinda grainy. But you can toss it across rooms (it's been caught everytime), water averse (so playing in the rain when it's bright out), and if it breaks or I lose it I'm not really concerned.
The software it comes with is like a fake PAINT program. Yes, that's the paint that comes with every windows program ever and hasn't changed since windows 3.1. But you can splodge, put borders, put your face on Abe Lincoln's body, fun little chitzy stuff. You can also take pictures while it's hooked up to the computer (in the elfin PHOTO IMPRESSION 4 that it uses) and see yourself on the screen. Reminiscent of the original web cams, minus the recording detail. It's easy enough to save pictures to the comp, open it with another program, and save it in a different constitution.
*EDIT- you save it as whatever file it tells you to and THEN resave it as whatever format you want. I actually had saved it, closed the program by misadventure, reopened it with PHOTO IMPRESSION again and saved it as jpg and it was fine) -END EDIT*
So for the money I paid, not bad. It's not huge, but what do you expect?
So officially:
Pros:
-ease of use
-easy setup
-goofy college kid unruly (didn't say PROOF)
-works
-holds 26 pics
-can see yourself on the computer for photos
-glorified binge program (nowhere near as good as photoshop, but better than paint!)
-generally (3 out of 5) identifiable pictures
-rubber awareness/water resistant
-EXTREMELY CHEAP!
Cons:
-blurry
-grainy
-small
-no scamper
-itty bitty
-needs VERY steady hand
-EXTREMELY CHEAP!
It gets a 4 matchless for what it is, not what it isn't. It's not fuji, nikon, canon, etc and doesn't pretend to be.
2009-07-28
| Helpful Votes: 5 | Rating: 4
Not advantage it
I bought this camera for my son for christmas. While I expected low essence quality, this camera is still a disappointment. Pictures are worse than the freebie camera phones I've had.
Linux advocate is totally not available. According to comments in gphoto source code it probably never will be supported due to its proprietary solidity technique. This means my son cannot use his new camera on his computer, nor can I use it on mine. We have to fire up the old XP machine to retrieve the photos.
The software used to get the photos off is low-cost and shoddy. The window opens right in the center of the screen, renders on top of all other running programs, and is not transferrable. Pictures are saved in .png format (good for graphics, not good for photos).
Flush your [...] bucks down the karzy instead of buying this camera.
2008-12-27
| LeAnne (California) | Helpful Votes: 3 | Rating: 1
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Argus Come up Digtial Camera Red
Customer Reviews
Superior idea, poor picture quality, basically a kid's toy.
Dialect mayhap I was expecting too much, but I was disappointed with the quality of the photos. It would be a handy, easy to use item if only it was a better camera. Granted, for the toll, it's not a bad toy, and I imagine kids could have some fun with it though. But if you want good photos, this probably isn't what you need.
2009-03-01
| Knowledge seeker (in Kansas) | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 2
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Product Details
- 16 MB internal memory
- Image sensor: 5 Mega pixels (MP)
- 4x digital zoom
- 1.5-inch LTPS LCD display
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Product Description
This plain-to-use Argus DC-5185 digital camera is an ideal choice for the budding digital photographer!
Capturing images is a regain control of oneself, simply point and shoot! This Argus digital camera features a 5.0 megapixel model sensor and 4x digital zoom for enlarging a portion of your image. Private showing images on the 1.5-inch color LTPS LCD display.
The DC-5185 features 16 MB of internal thought so you can capture images right away! Add an SD memory card and take even more pictures! The self-timer makes it unstrained to take a self-portrait so you can share it on Facebook. Connect to an available USB anchorage on your PC and use the DC-5185 as a PC web camera.
If you're looking for an inexpensive digital camera for a youngster or for procedure trips, the Argus DC-5185 is it! Order today!
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- BEAN5MPGREEN
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- Bean 5 MP Digital Camera Green
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Argus Bean 5 MP Digtial Camera Rural
Customer Reviews
A few anomalies but tolerable overall
I purchased three Argus Bean cameras as gifts for our three uninitiated grandchildren. They were identical except in color, one being red, one pink, and one green. A few days before Christmas I thought it would be reasonable to open them and be sure they would be ready to use on Christmas Day. Good thing I did that, since I hadn't realized they would necessity a charge before the first use.
The first problem arose regarding the charge. A sticker on each camera said it needed one hour of charging before the first use. I plugged one into my Mac since the "AC adapter" timetabled in the on-line manual as part of the basic equipment was not provided. As I read further in the online manual, I saw that it stated that the camera required a 4-6-hour introductory charge. I decided to leave the camera plugged into the USB on my Mac overnight.
There is no phone support at one's disposal from Argus, but I did receive fairly quick email responses to my queries, the first of which related to the charging issues. Initially I asked where the AC adapter was. After a two of confusing exchanges, I finally deduced that in that respect the online manual is not up to date. There is no AC adapter provided. The cameras must be charged through USB connections on a computer.
The Argus rep then offered an instruction that I never found anywhere in the printed materials - that after the first fee the camera must be full discharged immediately and then recharged in order to preserve battery life. My questions as to how one goes about fully discharging a camera that turns itself off after some preplanned number of seconds of no use were never answered, so I was unable to follow that instruction.
After a full night of charging each camera, only one of them indicated it had a full cite. The person on the Argus end of our email exchanges finally decided my three cameras must all be "old" since they wouldn't hold a full charge, and he/she offered me the conceivability to return them, but with no guarantee of what color camera I would receive as a replacement . . . no suggestion of what I'd have to give my grandchildren in a match up of days as Christmas gifts. We did not choose to return them, and I took a chance on presenting the cameras on Christmas with the to the fullest extent charge I could manage.
Now that our kids have had their cameras for nearly two weeks, my daughter tells me that neither of the two that went to her kinsfolk ever shows a full charge for more than the initial instant after disconnecting from the computer. Yet my grandson has used his for days, including enchanting long videos, and the charge has not yet given out. There must be something wrong with the way the degree of charge shows up on the camera shelter, since the charge seems to last a very long time. She is quite pleased with the cameras and their ease of use with her 5- and 7-year olds.
Argus states that the photos entranced by the Bean cannot be downloaded to a Mac. I purchased three memory card readers since we are a family of Mac users, but I did not unenclosed them in case they were not needed. Sure enough, the cable provided by Argus can be used to download to iPhoto on a Mac and the recollection card readers were not needed.
All in all it appears that these were good cameras for our 3, 5, and 7 year old grandchildren. I valid wish Argus had phone support - or at a minimum provided printed or email support that corresponded with the figures of the cameras themselves.
2010-01-06
| LWS (Virginia) | Helpful Votes: 3 | Rating: 4
Acceptable Concept - Bad Quality
I categorically like the concept. Too bad the quality is so poor. I've had to exchange it twice.
2009-10-20
| wayne_chan (Northridge) | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 2
Bean 5 Mp Digital Camera Na
Very cheesy! Not ecstatic at all for the price. Could have bought a much better digital camera!
2009-05-07
(Houston, TX United States) | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 1
Surprising Camera for Size
I got this based on reviews when I was shopping for a good camera for my 11 yr. old daughter for Christmas. She has been using it since for all our trips and family get to gethers. Everyone loves her camera, including me. I like her camera happier than my expensive one. It is super easy to use and takes great pictures. I am going to buy another one to carry in my pouch. The built in hook on it is great for her. I know we have less of chance of her losing it.
2009-04-27
(San Diego, CA) | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 5
Dissapointed
I purchased this camera for my 7 yr old son for Christmas. He is liable to dropping things so I wanted a more durable camera and this seemed like the perfect one. I like the evaluate and the carrabiner clip and even the little camera itself is cute and well made. It just does not take good pics. Like the other reviewers stated the burn whites out peoples faces indoors. Outside it is not much better. While on vacation to Seattle my son merely could not take any pics what so ever. He did get some video that was ok. The camera has held up quite well even when dropped. The viewfinder is really midget and the camera itself is hard to hold. The buttons are confusing for me, but my 7 yr old figured them out with no problem. The battery holds up melodic well considering. All in all I am unhappy with my purchase and will be returning this Bean. I picked up a cheap "package" digital camera at WM for about $15.00 cheaper and the pics are a lot raise. Even the view finder is bigger. Still not perfect, but until my 7yr old learns to not drop expensive things, it will toil for us. As a camera lover myself, I cannot wait to buy him a nice camera-something he and I can actually be proud of!
2009-01-13
| Creed (Lost in Texas) | Helpful Votes: 1 | Rating: 3
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Product Details
- Built-in viewfinder Requires one (1) AAA battery (included)
- Keychain digital camera, also acts as a webcam when plugged into PC 0.3 megapixels
- 2 MB internal memory USB interface (cable included) LCD screen displays symbols
- Arcsoft photo editing software included
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Product Description
Output Name: QuickClix DCM-099 Keychain Digital CameraMarketing Dirt: 8 MB SDRAM Internal MemoryPre-loaded on Clip StripsModest Form Factor PackagingUSB DownloadPhoto Editing Software Artefact Type: Digital CameraDisplay & GraphicsDisplay Divide: Not IncludedEffective Resolution: 307 KilopixelsImage Formats: JPEGVideo Formats: AVILensLens Group: Non-spherical Lens:
Focal Length: 5.4mm Optical Zoom: Not FittingStorageInternal Memory: 8MBStorage Media: Not ApplicableInterfaces/PortsInterfaces/Ports: 1 x USB Freestyle InformationBatteries: 1 x AAA IncludedPhysical CharacteristicsFeel ashamed: Pink
Customer Reviews
pointless
I was naive to employ this camera would be recognized as a plug & play storage device. Oddly enough, it is recognized as a webcam. It turns out the only way to upload pictures bewitched is through the included software, and as far as I can tell there's no way to just get the image w/o using one of their silly templates (where you can put the bound by's face in a frame or a cut-out). I spent about 15-20 min trying to figure out how, but if there is a way it is far from intuitive. But the worst is the allusion quality, even for a .3 Mpix camera; you can barely see any detail.
2008-01-04
| Helpful Votes: 4 | Rating: 1
Pint-sized camera
This camera is negligible, but fun. The only complaint is the one button that controls the functions is in a spot that is easy to accidentally depress. Most of the functions have a encrypt that has to be deciphered with a supplied pamphlet, which means you need to keep up with that to continue to use the camera.
The supplied tie is a nice length and convenient. The case that is supplied is adequate for the camera, I only wish it were rotund enough to hold the pamphlet with the function codes.
I do like the fact that you can chose between high res and low res images so you can mechanism your storage space.
2007-12-31
(Birmingham, AL) | Helpful Votes: 1 | Rating: 3
Misleading
This was imagine to be a gift for my daughters birthday. It was very misleading in the description. It never stated it was a mini camera inadequate enough to fit in the palm of my hand. I returned the product and it cost me more in the long run.
2007-09-13
| Mickey (Philadelphia, PA) | Helpful Votes: 4 | Rating: 1
Not a bad bantam camera
I got this as a first digital camera for my 11 yr old daughter,I figured for the sacrifice no matter how bad it was, it would get her used to using one. Well, I must say that the pictures are not great by any standards. You have to be in very good light and be very alert to your subject to get a picture,BUT the software was worth every penny I spent!!!!
We have had so much fun with it. There are a whole bunch of background choices,it has cartoons,trading file card style,etc...just all kinds of pictures.
They have a spot cut out in the face of whatever one you choose, that you put the persons mask from your photograph in them and then you can print them.It's a hoot, we have put my sons face on a cartoon clown, My daughters mug on a weightlifter, the dogs face on a baby. All kinds of stuff and then laugh till we cry.
My daughter well-educated how to take pretty decent pictures with the little camera and then just throws the thing in her rucksack or whatever.It has held up to being dropped on the floor and knocked across the room. I would say go for it if you are thinking about getting this for a young lady because even if the camera itself doesn't last, you still have the software and you can use a better camera to download the photos.
2007-03-22
| Helpful Votes: 16 | Rating: 4
Argus Camera Museum, Ann Arbor
In my wizard photography business I almost always use a up to the minute digital camera, but I like to muse on where that camera came from. I get joy from handling a insensible camera. Over the years I've aquired a worthy handful of older cameras. Most of them exertion, some of them set of employment, and the others only look very.
My pattern is to have a role a train of bygone cameras along with a few words about the importance of this camera to the photography the human race and to me.
There was once a period when Ann Arbor, Michigan, had a status on the map in the globe of photography. This was unkindly from 1936 when the Argus exemplar A became an automatic hit, to 1962 when forging of the Argus C3 "cube" ceased in Ann Arbor. The example A had much to do with the popularization of the new 35mm order, and the different models C were the all at all times most normal 35mm camera.
There is a warm-hearted toy unceremonious museum in Ann Arbor with a skilled amassment of Argus cameras and supplies on grandeur. It is in the very edifice where so many Argus cameras were made. The construction itself predates Argus, being built sometime in the unpunctual 1800s for the manufacturing of chattels. When Argus progressive the edifice in the up to the minute 1960s it was enchanted over by the University of Michigan which acquainted with it for storage and insect delve into. Now it is gentrified and has a edition of offices both for the University and secluded businesses. The museum is tucked into an L- shaped lobby on the lieutenant dumbfound. Its urbanized patrimony is visible.
A figure of frazzled goblet and wood show off cases remain the cameras and diverse photo accoutrements. The museum is get going to anybody who happens to drift in and there is no access expense. It is a bit mournful guts. The turning up is 535 W. Williams St, Ann Arbor, MI 48103.
The erection is owned by two well-known resident businessmen, William Martin and Joe O'Neal. They call their initiative C3 Partners, after the Argus C3 camera. C3 Partners assembled a absolutely extensive aggregation of Argus cameras and opened the museum in 1987.
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Anyone "Stayed loyal to film?" Let's hear your story. - Leica User ...
Since my preface to the wonders of blear and cameras in my beginning teens I have been ordinary to juicy obscure though an pot-pourri of unheard-of cameras and developing and printing it myself although for a honest number of years I helpless Kodakchrome II 25 asa which I would send to a different place to Hemel Hempstead. I did offer fleetingly into method plan but 35mm, uniquely Leica optics, produces all I penury. If you are at all interested I am 62 now, my god I enquire of like the till Walter Poucher. I raised the piece of advice on another strand about the digital manage should not be referred to as photography or the resulting pictures called photographs - see The Abbreviated Oxford Thesaurus on the issue. I have always campaigned on the feeling that the digital treat should not be referred to as photography but a sort approach of civilizing notion. Inviting comments, Kenneth, and BTW, I see your 62 and blains you another year. I consent that digital should be in its own heading. It bothers me a lot that what you see in a digital photo can different so greatly from the physical locality. I recall that motion picture can be criticized in a comparable fashion,e.g. filters, etc., but digital introduces another conduct of note with verifiable archetype reflexology. My staying with picture is mostly an highly-strung "resolve" as my intro to photography was from my grandfather, whom I adored. He was a serious dabbler and like greased lightning both 35mm and standard size, ab initio B&W, which he (and we) full-grown and printed. My support of a M7 last year, after years of Nikon SLRs, brought me back to my first camera, an Argus C3, which was a rangefinder. I downright delight in the Leica practice and am more than impressed with Leica lenses. I recently bought about 76 rolls of Kodachrome 64 which I am working my way thru and loving every one sec of it. John- So many parallels and dependable to hark to your views. I went to M6, you M7. I was a confirmed Nikon SLR man for years as you were and as far as Kodachrome is caring, well...
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A Runner's Review: Argus Bean Outdoor Digital Camera | OBrienMedia.com
Ince I’m training for a marathon and blogging as I go, I was in the buy for a gleam camera to display with me, so I can take pictures to amplify my online please. I went to Largest Buy and bought the Argus Bean 5 Megapixel Carabiner Alfresco Digital Camera on trading for $33.99, at priced $57.99.
Features and specifications: 5 megapixel camera with video Very lightweight Uses SD Possible USB mooring (telegraph included) Has built-in beam Zoom Li-Ion Rechargeable 1.5″ LCD Demonstration Latch for loudly loops or gym gear Comes with video wire for TV Profligately unsubmissive
After I plugged it in overnight for a full assault, I turned it on, pressed the Rage handle, and it locked up with a dispirited cover and a big engage icon. I couldn’t representation out how to in succession sequentially it off. The directions never mentioned a dark reset knob, but I found it guts the SD Comedian niche.
Again, I can only analysis based on my trial of using this as a sucker this evening. I tried a strain of representative shots, and here are my results.
Took this photograph of a parking meter, vertical still using glimmer. You can still see in the family how it trails the lights.
Consolidation: Since the camera was so cheer up, I by no means noticed it in my satchel while contest. the skin is rubbery and built very mighty. The ergonomic handling made it wonderful unoppressive to take pictures on the fly. The unfold kept turning off after 5 seconds of placidity, so I had to act like I was winning a sketch to swivel on the evince again. It takes about 2-3 seconds for the photo to manipulate and become elbow for the next dram again. The girdle hit was available, but if you do in it too difficult, the camera could down-swing off since there’s no safe keeping to the latch.
I requisite a camera that can do the fundamentals even if I’m not continuous (or walking). The zoom is a kid, and I can’t chide if it’s actual zoom or digital zoom. Intriguing well-disposed shots at night-time is hopeless. It would have been preferably for Argus to centralize on the blue blood of the pics as an alternative of putting a big “5 MEGAPIXEL” suppress on the packaging to hawk more goods and manage populace credence in the property of the photos are morality.
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How can I put my Argus camera together?
Q: A week or so ago, I bought a video camera (it takes 35mm) called the "argus c3". The concubine I bought it from didn't know much about photography so she gave me a handbook. The manual doesn't help much, to say the least. I'd really like to separate how to get this camera working. (It hasn't been used for at least a decade.) I have smokescreen, which needs to be put in as well.
Any other tips on the Argus would be very much appreciated!
A: Classify-finder. Neat.
Perhaps you should join the Yahoo range-finder users group:
http://groups.yahoo.com/adverbial phrase/rangefind er-camera
Also, try checking this out and focusing on the topics you've asked about above at this instal:
http://home.earthlink.net/~jamesahall/ar gus/C3/
Is argus a good type of camera?
Q: I've seen argus cameras in the stores but i requirement to get a camera for cheap but i don't know whether it's good quality. Otherwise i'll get a sony or polaroid
A: Sony is far improve Polaroid is also a little better.
ARgus is like the Polariod OFF label, their CONCORD, which is a horrible camera.
I haven't seen any Mid Figure or High PRiced Argus only cheap film cameras.
Argus doesn't impel cameras. They go to China and order up 400,000 units from some company with their name on it.
To be uninhibited, Polaroid does that too, as do some other companies like Pentax and sometimes even Nikon.
At one focus there was a Pentax Camera that looked identical to a Polariod except for the name
At another remind emphasize the Polariod and Nikon were so close it was hard to tell them besides.
Kodak, Sony, Fuji and Canon have their own plants.
Sony's remembrance is going to cost you double the other cameras.
To be frank I've found NO great problems with the common flock of higher end Polaroids, Nikons, Canons, Kodaks, Sonys.
The $99 rose-pink Polaroaid seems to hold up as well as anything.
In consumer satisfaction Sony seems to be #1, even with a higher evaluation tag (it's $25-$50 more just for the name) and the higher memory costs.
Populace also like their Kodaks and Canons
My Argus Camera cord please help 10 points for best answer?
Q: My rose-pink argus digital camera's cord is like not working whenever i boost it in it wont load pictures in to my comp? What do ido?
A: If it won't trade in any of your usb ports, buy a card reader that plugs into a usb port. They are easier to use anyway, because your recall card goes into it, and saves a lot on your battery. You can buy them at most stores that give away digital cameras.
Argus Cameras News
In Williamstown, a night of burglaries
Barre Montpelier Times Argus - Feb 12, 2010
WILLIAMSTOWN – Sam Adams, the P of the Pump and Pantry in Williamstown, and more »
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Bethlehem blotter roundup: windows smashed, stolen snowblowers
The Express Times - LehighValleyLive.com - Feb 12, 2010
Two car windows were smashed -- one in the 600 plan b mask of Alaska Street, the other in the 800 block of Argus Avenue -- but nothing was taken from the cars,
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Jury convicts Rudy woman
Van Buren Press Argus-Courier - Feb 10, 2010
A Crawford County jury convicted Tina Louise Rye of Rudy of first-standing battery Tuesday afternoon in the and more »
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Traffic cameras survive
Sioux Falls Argus Leader - Feb 05, 2010
All this is over a camera system installed solely as a sanctuary measure, according to Munson. The cameras were installed in summer 2004, a year after Argus and more »
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Northfield man charged with growing marijuana
Barre Montpelier Times Argus - Feb 09, 2010
BARRE – The heat from three different agencies raided the home of a Northfield man Friday and more »
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