Mustek Adventure DV3 Camcorder Multi-Functional (Digital Camcorder, Digital Still Camera, MP3 Player and more)

by Mustek

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0002XRWSS
• Item model number: MDC6500Z
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #23,151 in Camera & Photo (See Top 100 in Camera & Photo)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 23, 2004

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Features include:

• Multiple functions, including digital camcorder, digital still camera, digital voice recorder, MP3 player, PC camera, USB portable disk, SD/MMC card reader
• 4 megapixel hardware resolution
• 32MB internal flash memory
• Audiovideo out to TV
• Sophisticated control panel
• Color TFT 1.5-inch LCD
• 4x digital zoom
• SD and MMC memory card supported
• Lightweight and compact design

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

67 of 73 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great Images, right price., November 1, 2004

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Gustavo Cascante "net searcher" (jax fla) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mustek Adventure DV3 Camcorder Multi-Functional (Digital Camcorder, Digital Still Camera, MP3 Player and more) (Electronics)

A good one from Taiwan...maximize your money.

PROS:
Wonderful still images in 3, 5 and 6.5Mp quality modes, also you can take video for the long of the SD card inserted in 640x480, can reproduce the pictures and video in your TV set directly from the camera (cable included). Easy to use, great menues (and manuals in five languages,!great translation), fast usb port when transfer pictures to your PC and viceversa, excelent software bundled, comes with everything you need to start inmediately, can play MP3 files and could be used as card reader (sorry only SD or MMC).

CONS:
Poor sound in movies, a little slow to AF and AF lock, also slow to raster the image, the LCD screen is almost impossible to be used on direct sunlight or highly iluminated places(use the viewfinder instead), the battery is a piece of scrap it shuts off the camera when switch to flash mode, you must recharge it every day or buy a new good one, and finally, you loose the configuration of the 12x zoom mode every time you shut off the camera.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Inexpensive but not cheap, January 18, 2006

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Steven J. Chappuis (American heartland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mustek Adventure DV3 Camcorder Multi-Functional (Digital Camcorder, Digital Still Camera, MP3 Player and more) (Electronics)

I wanted pics, video, audio, etc all-in-one for a little money. Amazingly, my DV3 does this for me. The video quality is low but good enough. I'm not SPielberg. You can adjust the pic resolution which is nice. You can store a variety of media at the same time. You can shoot video then snap some pics then go back to video. You can review all the media before you get back to your computer.
And, this thing is tiny. It's not cheaply made. It seems as well built as a more expensive model.
My biggest complaint is that my 6 year old wants to shoot video all the time and I'm afraid she'll drop it.

13 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Mustek Adventure DV3 NOT Mac Compatible, May 1, 2006

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Stephanie Bures "disappointed" (Brighton, CO USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mustek Adventure DV3 Camcorder Multi-Functional (Digital Camcorder, Digital Still Camera, MP3 Player and more) (Electronics)

I bought this camera for a birthday gift. Since no one has this in a store, one really has to trust the advertising. It is a solid little camera, really, but don't be fooled by the MPEG-4 advertising. It will not be compatible with either Quicktime or iMovie on a Mac. It saves files as a .asf, which you will need a video converter to convert to use on a Mac. You might get lucky on a PC, but even then the files were compressed using a weird "codec" and there was additional software plug-ins needed. If you are not a tech geek, avoid this camera.