Customer Reviews

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

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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.

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.

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.

You get what you pay for but this is a pretty amazing little camera if you just want something inexpensive. I should point out that the highest quality photo setting takes about 5 seconds which can be irritating if you're in a hurry. I shoot homemade movies with this camera and edit them with Windows Movie Maker. The 30 fps is certainly not the best but it'll do for now. It's also perfect for sneaking into concerts with since it's so small. It takes gorgeous pictures outside in the right setting. The amount of features it has makes it worth it.

The Mustek Adventure DV3 camera is fantastic. The battery life is long, outside video was fantastic, and the camera is wonderful. Only one problem found: mp3 player only lasts 25 minutes on new batteries. I added a 512 M SD card for 30 bucks. I still can't believe the camera w batteries, shipping and tax was just $84.

THIS LITTLE CAMERA AND CAMCORDER IS VERY USEFUL FOR ALL KINDS OF THINGS, THE ONLY KICKBACK IS THAT IT MUST BE USED IN A VERY LIGHTED AREA........OTHER THAN THAT IS A A GREAT INVESTMENT.....