Customer Reviews

Sipix StyleCam Extreme 2.1MP Digital Camera

5 star:		(5)
4 star:		(11)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

Great Camera:
Pros:
- Clear Pics
- Nice & Compact
- (once you get used to the controls) quality pics can be taken, except in the dark
- Very portable - I carry this around in my pocket very easily.

Cons
- No zoom! I admit, my mistake that I did not read up on the differnce between a digital zoom & optical zoom. I wish I could just turn the digital zoom off. If you do 'digitally zoom', it really messes up the picture.
- This doesn't have an eyehole, so you have to see everything through the LCD. Not too bad most of the time, but when its pretty dark, you can't see where the subject of your picture is easily - you have to take two pics - one to use the light from the flash to adjust your camera so that the 2nd one actually takes a picture of what you need.
- There's a 'macro' mode - for really close up shots; but the button for this is on the side of the camera, and the camera switches easily to that (one accidental slide of a finger, and you've changed the camera to macro mode), causing all normal (non-close-up pictuers) to get very blurred. Ruined a few pictures of mine! :(

Overall, I think I can really make good use of this camera if I'd have read the manual in detail before going and using this camera all the way. Very easy to get started though - just turn it on & start clicking! It has quite a few good features, for shots to take when its sunny, auto, etc.. - still have to use these totally though... I've not tested out the video conferencing, I'm guessing it shouldn't be a problem.

Oh yes, I had ordered a few prints of pictures that I took from this camera, and they turned out great! :)

Remember the (practical) no zoom.. - a decently priced camera, for all other usage.

Probably the best thing I can say about this camera is that it's priced fairly. It is very compact and reasonably user-friendly. It is just the thing when you want a small, light-weight camera for taking quick snapshots or the occassional brief (very brief without adding a memory card) movie.

However, manufacturing a camera for this price range means cutting corners. Some of the construction is a bit flimsy, although the main problem is image quality. The pictures are grainy even under the highest quality setting and the best lighting conditions. They aren't horrible, but they are far from great.

If you need a convenient, inexpensive way to take quickie shots and get them to your computer fast, this camera does the job quite well and for a fair price. It's ideal if you need pictures for online auctions, damage photos for an insurance claim, or a way to humiliate your friend who had a bit too much to drink at the party and did something stupid with a lamp shade. If you want lasting vacation photos or portraits of the kids, you should be considering a different digital camera - and a far different price range.

This little camera is great for the person wanting a small, good resolution camera at a good price. The video isn't great. It doesn't zoom. There no audio and you pretty much have to buy the memory card to record anything over 1-2 minutes. It has a timer on it which is nice so you can take picture with people. The flash is BRIGHT. It takes the best pictures in the light. Dark rooms are decent with the flash but you only get what you're shooting at, no background. But I can't stress enough how much you get for [the price]. This is a great camera for traveling.

I bought the camera mainly for email/web sharing of photos for which it seems more than adequate.

Pros:
* USB/PC connection makes downloading pics pretty fast.
* Small and lightweight
* Inexpensive
* Resolution is decent for the price
* Good menu/navigation system makes camera operation easy

Cons:
* No eyepiece to aim camera, so all shots must be framed in the LCD, which can be rather dark for low lighting situations
* Battery life suffers due to the above
* I occasionally lose the USB camera/drive when downloading pics (almost as if the camera goes on standbye). This may be operater error...and I never actually lose any pics.

Overall, well worth the price.

This camera is really tiny and perfect for carrying around. It addition to taking photos it takes quicktime videos. Its fairly simply to understand and has really good quality pictures. Uploading is a breeze, so extreemy easy. I would give it 5 stars if it werent for its memory and battery life compatibility. The camera is a battery eater. I bought it on vacation with me and it was out of batteries within 2 days. Its also a memory eater, if you want good pictures that is. It has an internal memory of 16MB. That takes about 40 good pictures and has about 100 seconds of video. If you buy it I suggest you but the Memory Card for it becuase youll be glad you did. Overall its a good camera and I really enjoy using it.

It's a nice and handy camera, but it has several disadvantages. It works really great outdoors, makes great quality pictures and it is the only camera with 16 MB internal space. The camera also has a quick button to enter the menu and change several important settings right away.
The disatvanges come when you try to take pictures inside. You can adjust the settings to different kinds of lights, but once it's dark your pictures are more likly to not be really good. The flash really sucks and since this camera works only with batteries it really sucks the juice out of them.

But if you only wnat to tkae pictures outside and want to have a good camera for traveling, this is the one for you!

A nice point and shoot camera about the same size as the popular Canon Elphs, I wanted a small inexpensive camera primarily for use at social functions like sporting events or at clubs and restaurants and it really does a great job. There is no optical zoom but I've had new Fuji's and Elphs both break due to their telescoping lens on power up, so you won't have to worry about that with the Sipix. No special batteries, just AA's available anywhere. The flash is bright and doesn't project very far, but just cover it up a bit for close-up shots at night. A very tiny light camera that fits easily in your pocket and I've been impressed with it's picture quality compared to cameras that cost twice as much.

This camera is really tiny and perfect for carrying around. It addition to taking photos it takes quicktime videos. Its fairly simply to understand and has really good quality pictures. Uploading is a breeze, so extreemy easy. I would give it 5 stars if it werent for its memory and battery life compatibility. The camera is a battery eater. I bought it on vacation with me and it was out of batteries within 2 days. Its also a memory eater, if you want good pictures that is. It has an internal memory of 16MB. That takes about 40 good pictures and has about 100 seconds of video. If you buy it I suggest you but the Memory Card for it becuase youll be glad you did. Overall its a good camera and I really enjoy using it.

After extensive research and pricing online for digital cameras, I decided on the Sipix Extreme 2.1 Digital Camera. I found the operation to be fairly simple for a first timer. I will need to purchase the extra memory card, but until I get the camera and the software down, I will wait. Pictures are great once you get the camera set up for the lighting and learn how to use it. I was very impressed with its capabilities as it is a very small camera. The software bundled with the camera is also pretty good. Bought the camera to email pictures to my daughter in the Navy stationed in Bahrain. Happy to have this item and look forward to using the heck out of it.

Bought a so-called FashionCam (a re-labeled StyleCam Extreme) here
in Denmark a few days ago for DKR 999 (incl. VAT) (equiv. to US$ 100).
Plusses: It's small and easy to use and works as a USB disk under Linux too. Works well as a web cam too. (haven't tested that under Linux yet). It's cheap! Battery life seems to be good too.
Minuses: Had it lock up once because I saved a JPG to it that it didn't understand. Cured the pbm. by removing the faulty file using USB. It does not have an optical viewer. The image quality is less than perfect: it tends to over-saturate light areas and images are "grainy", but what can you expect for $...
The included software (PhotoImpression and VideoImpression) is worth the $... you pay for it. It plays a little tune when you turn it on and off which is annoying.