Customer Reviews

Argus QC-2185 Quick Click 2MP Digital Camera

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We purchased this camera for several children as christmas presents. It was easy enough to use out of the box for 7yr & older, however the menu system was a bit difficult to navigate and the more gadget-oriented kids fared a bit better. response from the kids was great, and it has several key advantages over slightly cheaper keychain type cameras. It supports an external memory card (SD), has a flash, and doesn't lose pictures if the batteries die or are removed. USB connection (with Windows XP) worked fine without needing to install any additional drivers. For less than $40 it was a great present, and picture quality is sufficient for most "snapshot" applications, and feature list is rich enough to allow kids to learn something about digital photgraphy. We have not tried the web-cam feature or recorded movies so do not know what the video quality is like.

We bought this camera intending to give it to our 8-year-old son for his birthday. He loves taking pictures with the family's (expensive) digital camera, and I thought it would be good to get him a cheaper camera that we wouldn't be heartbroken about if it got lost or broken.

But when the Argus arrived and I tried it out prior to wrapping it for his birthday, I was so disappointed with it that I decided not to give it to my son after all. The problem is that the picture quality of the LCD display is horrible, no matter what lighting conditions you are in. I am sure that the actual picture quality of the photos themselves is better after you load it onto a computer or print them out. However, because this camera was meant for a child who mostly just likes pointing and clicking and looking at the photo on the camera display right then and there, the LCD display quality was unacceptable.

This last Christmas I bought three of these cameras and some scrapbooking materials for my grandchildren, ages 6, 7 and 9. They were delighted. You can take a decent picture with this camera. Color is slightly off, and you have to be very still to get an unblurry picture, but the kids learning curve was rapid and by the end of the day they were taking pretty darn good pictures. Which I would print out for them for their scrapbooks. All and all a good buy for what it was intended.

I bought this for my 5 and 7 year olds after they broke their first, hand-me-down, digital camera (that they loved for 2 weeks before repeated droppings took their toll and it died). This camera is a fine value for the price.

Here's how I'd describe the features:
- Very small preview screen
- Easy-to-use menu
- Easy to transfer images to computer
- Outdoor images are clear and pretty good quality
- Indoors images tend to be fuzzy (I think the shutter speed is just too slow to hold steady) -- it has a flash but at least for us works erratically and usually gives terrible washout/reddish coloring to images

I would recommend this camera if your kids are still at the age where they're not yet quite ready for the responsibility of caring for a $100+ camera. We bought a 1GB Kingston card (~$12 on Amaazon) which slots in easily (and can be re-used for the next camera if this one doesn't hang in there).

The user interface is clunky, but for simple pointing and shooting, it's great and cheap. No moving parts--dust doesn't mess it up. The pics are pretty sharp. The lcd display is small and dim in bright sun, but there's an optical viewfinder that's helpful. The optical viewfinder is has a much narrower field of view than the actual camera, so use it to center shots, not frame them. My hands shake, and I was surprised how little an issue it was. Pics of fire and fireworks in the dark did not come out well. The empty battery warning came on fairly early, but it kept right on shooting.

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Our 8 year old bought this camera with her saved up money. She absolutely loves it! It is great for anyone that doesn't want to spend a lot of money on a digital camera. The pictures come out pretty good. We're very happy with it.

I bought this for my 8 year old godson so he could take his own pictures, but not invest a lot for a camera if it got lost or broken. I also didn't want to buy a camera that required expensive batteries. He did tell me that he can't see the photos after he takes them because the screen is too small. He can download the photos just fine and view them on the computer.

This is a great camera for the price... for an early elementry aged child. Old enough to be somewhat responsible and not drop constantly. Takes best pictures outdoors. Not so good inside. We added a memory card and some rechargeable batteries along with a padded camera case and are very pleased with the purchase. Resolution is good up to 4 x 6 print.

Just another in a long line of inexpensive electronics that I have purchased or received that ended up failing me.

My daughter got this camera for Christmas. She took ten pictures on the internal memory. I hooked it to the computer and saw thumbnails of the pictures, but when I went to open them, they were either scrambled or unreadable. I opened the various compartments on the camera to see if I had done something wrong. One of the compartments was the battery compartment. It turns out that the internal memory is not flash memory, but volatile memory, which lost us the irreplaceable Christmas pictures she took before I could finish trying to salvage them.

So not only is this another instance of problematic hardware being sold at a lower price, but also of said hardware having poor support. I explained on their support website that I had hooked it up and Windows had seen the camera. I also detailed how I went to their web site to download a driver and after installing the driver I Could not do anything with the camera in Windows. Upon responding several days later, all their tech support staff did was explain to me that it should be picked up by Windows and does not need a driver. This in spite of the fact that their web site had a driver for download. They answer3ed nothing about he scrambled pictures or what exactly their website had given me if it was not a driver.

The camera seems to be taking pictures now and working fine for her, but if you buy this camera be cautious with it and if it doesn't work don't count on support to help you in an timely and effective manner.

If you can actually get the picture to turn out right, it does take pretty decent pictures. Most of the time the photo is either over-exposed or too dark and grainy. It also only holds about 5 pictures, so you will have to buy a memory card if you want to really use this alot. I was a little disapointed with it due to the fact that it cost 40 dollars, and it doesn't really seem worth it.