PenCam II VGA

by Aiptek

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B00007FS1T
• Item model number: PENCAMTRIOIIVGA
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #60,097 in Camera & Photo (See Top 100 in Camera & Photo)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: November 9, 2002

Product Description

3 in 1 digital camera you can take everywhere to take snapshots and use it as your Digital Camera. Digital Camcorder takes stunning video footage with the PenCam's digital feature. PC Camera attaches to your system to use as a web cam. Works great with Windows 98/XP/ME/2000. Camera has a 54 Degree view angle. Uses 1.5Vx 2 Battery (AAA) and USB Power

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Adequate for general purposes, May 5, 2004

By 

cyberpsycho "cyberpsycho" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: PenCam II VGA (Electronics)

Not bad for the price. Adequate for email attachments and snapshots. The picture quality depends largely on the amount and type of available lighting. It seems to work best outdoors on bright days; not nearly as well with indoor lighting. No big surprise there. However, the major drawback is that the batteries continue to drain at an alarming rate, even when the camera shuts off. A word of advice: if you don't want to lose your stored photos, upload them to your PC as soon as you have the opportunity. Leave this one sitting around for a day or so and you'll find that you've wasted your time taking those pictures.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars You get what you pay for....., January 20, 2003

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"caolson2" (Omaha, NE United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: PenCam II VGA (Electronics)

I was looking for a camera that was affordable and had decent resolution for taking pictures for my auctions. I ran across this camera and picked it up. The package boasted great image quality for pictures and also worked as a webcam.

The picture quality was not too bad when you can get it to take pictures. If you take alot of indoor pictures, make sure you have a 500 watt halogen lamp handy. I could only occaisionally get pictures taken under normal household lighting. Outdoor daytime pictures generally came out great in either image mode (high resolutio- 27 pictures....low resolution-107 pictures). What I could never understand was the image quality and light sensitivity was perfect when used as a webcam. I also found that this little camera had a nasty tendancy to suck up batteries at a fairly costly rate.

Another annoyance is the viewfinder. No matter how I lined up the shot in the viewfinder I was bound to cut the top off of a head, or the side of a box.

If you are looking for a camera to take some quick outdoor shots, or a webcam that you can use to take some pictures on occaision, then you might enjoy this camera. Quirks aside, the compact size and picture quality (under good lighting) is generally good.

Hopefully Aiptek has improved on later versions of this camera. I would not suggest paying retail prices for this camera. If you can find one in the [$$$] range, it might be worth it.

C. Olson

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I like the idea - a pen-like camera ., January 31, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: PenCam II VGA (Electronics)

It's simply a all-right webcam. It's tiny and well-made.
For its resolution, I don't think it's good enough. Put
differently, it's a webcam with the extra function as a
simple digital camera.