Norcent DCS-1050 10.0 Megapixel Digital Camera

by Norcent

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 3.5 x 1 x 2.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 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: B000XT3W5I
• Item model number: DCS-1050
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #12,810 in Camera & Photo (See Top 100 in Camera & Photo)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 2, 2001

Product Description

The Norcent DCS-1050 10.0 megapixel digital camera with it’s slim, elegant design has a exceptional image quality and is feature rich and a must have. The 10.0 megapixels provide crisp, high resolution images up to 3648 x 2736 with a large 3.0 inch LCD scratch resistant acrylic panel display. It’s other features include 3x optical zoom and 4x digital zoom, Face Tracking that identifies faces within the frame and automatically adjusts for ideal focus and exposure, Anti-Shake compensates for camera movement, movie mode that captures video clips, built in flash with auto, red-eye reduction, always on, slow sync, forced on and forced off modes. You can select manual, daylight, cloudy, tungsten, fluorescent and custom white balance settings. The camera also has over twenty picture taking modes: Program, movie, voice REC, portrait, landscape, sunset, night scene, night scene portrait, text, back light, kids, snow, food, fireworks, building, quickmode, sport, soft skin, candle, party, soft flowing water.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Norcent DCS-1050 Replacement Battery Found, June 18, 2008

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Michael W. DaBose "Mike D" (Kissimmee, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Norcent DCS-1050 10.0 Megapixel Digital Camera (Electronics)

A number of people have been asking about the correct replacement battery for the Norcent 1050. It uses a Minolta NP-900 battery. Same as the Norcent 520 camera. Just make sure when you order a replacement from who ever that you get one rated at least 820maH - which is what came with mine. I purchased a 1000maH hi-capacity battery and it works great and lasts longer than the supplied battery. Most NP-900 batteries are 650 - 700maH, so you need to buy a higher capacity battery - they cost only a few dollars more (about $15 total cost online) Overall the camera takes very good pictures, as good as any 10 megapixel camera. Shutter lag is noticable, but this camera doesn't claim to be a $300 camera. For about $80 US, you can't go wrong. Hope this helps those looking for a battery replacement.

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A decent little camera for a great price, May 20, 2008

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J. Fink "hodgemo2" (St. Louis, MO) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Norcent DCS-1050 10.0 Megapixel Digital Camera (Electronics)

You definitely get what you pay for! This camera is a steal...10MP camera for just over $100 (there seems to be a second version of it on amazon that is from other sellers at $60 and I got mine for $99 on ebay). It comes with a battery recharger, UBS line to download pictures to your computer, AV cables (haven't figured out what those are for yet), camera case, camera strap and (I think) a couple of other cords.

That being said, I haven't made up mind 100% on this camera.

Pros:
1. Definitely a great price.
2. Camera is very lightweight but doesn't seem fragile
3. There are a few bells and whistles including auto focus, redeye reduction, macro, image backgrounds and colors and more
4. Fairly straightforward to use
5. There are multiple quality options for picture taking to maximize number of pictures stored; from VGA all the way up to 10MP

Cons:
1. Camera battery is not a standard battery that you can find anywhere (ie AA, AAA) in case you wanted to pick up a spare---you will have to go farther afield than your local 711.
2. Camera battery life seems fairly short, although I may have broken some cardinal rule about letting it drain fully or when you should first charge it.
3. The autofocus, while helpful for clear pictures, is a pain in the ---. The lighting and angle of the camera have to be just so before you hear the pleasant beep and blue box that tells you it is OK to take a nice picture. Otherwise, the pictures seem to turn out at least slightly blurry around the edges (if you haven't been given the all clear and take the picture anyway). Also, I have tried pointing the camera straight down and got an OK on the autofocus but the pic still came out blurry. Perhaps my hands were shaking at that angle, but in this case, at least, the anti-shake function didn't work either. I have yet to play with autofocus.

All in all, a very nice camera for the price, but there are much better cameras around if you are willing to spend a bit more.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Norcent - Unknown name, outstanding product., September 7, 2008

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Kyle Weiss "Thought Traumanatrix, Opinionated... (Reno, NV) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Norcent DCS-1050 10.0 Megapixel Digital Camera (Electronics)

I have now owned this camera for almost six months, so I suppose it is about time to give it a fair shake at a review.

I was skeptical at the brand, and even more so at the cost. For right around $100, I was certain I'd have a flimsy, sensitive, noisy, featureless piece of crap that I'd have to replace after a while.

I've since been shocked out of skepticism, and can safely give this camera five stars.

Pros:

- Size! Tiny. Light. You forget you have it.
- Screen size! 3" screen is a joy to use.
- Features! Packed full. I could begin to list, but there are too many. Presets are plentiful (and actually useful) some manual mode settings, light sensor, face detection, alignment grid, audio recording, accepts up to 8GB SDHC cards (confirmed this with a friendly email from Norcent themselves...
- 3X optical zoom on a camera this size? Huzzah!
- Well built! Metal case!
- Battery life! I'm not sure what people were doing with their cameras to drain the battery life to have them complain, but I've taken over 300 pictures with flash and it still wasn't finished. I only drained it by half using the movie function for all 30 minutes (on a 2GB SD card.)
- Carrying case! Actually a decent accessory.

Cons:

- Auto-focus... Geh, I hate it, but it is a fact on almost all Ultra-compacts. It is far better than most cameras though. At least it tries.
- Tripod mount location... waaaaay on the edge instead of the center on the bottom. Makes for wobbly shots...
- No charging battery in-camera... probably due to its size. Forgivable.

Overall:

I have taken this camera on quite a few excursions, music shows, walks and day trips. It has not failed me once.

Norcent as a company was moving at the time I tried calling them months ago, but I finally got through to someone, and my question was that of many: What about a replacement battery? They explained that after shipping a battery would cost about $20 and they'd be more than happy to send one. They are not planning on discontinuing the form factor of the battery any time soon because it has performed beyond their expectations.

They also emailed me almost immediately when I had a question about high-capacity SD memory cards (SDHC). They said the camera was good up to 8GB, but that they hadn't tested anything higher than that.

I have purchased two others of these for gifts in my family and they also are completely satisfied with them.

Spend-thrift bargain hunters rejoice: Your camera has come.

KW