Sipix StyleCam Groove Digital Camera

by SiPix

Product Details

Product Manual [1.09mb PDF]

• Product Dimensions: 0.9 x 3.5 x 2.4 inches ; 2.1 ounces
• 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: B00008WFVG
• Item model number: GR-10U1
• Average Customer Review: 1.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #52,216 in Camera & Photo (See Top 100 in Camera & Photo)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: March 18, 2003

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The versatile SiPix StyleCam Groove is a digital camera, digital video camera, video conferencing camera, PC camera and audio recorder all in one. Ultracompact and slim, the StyleCam Groove delivers colorful, vivid pictures with its 1.3 megapixel resolution--perfect for e-mailing, uploading to the Web, or prints up to 4 x 6 inches.

Using the SiPix proprietary Picture ALIVE (Advanced Living Image Via Enhancement) Technology, the StyleCam Groove produces vibrant images with accurate color, brightness and contrast with advanced technology for zooming and sharpening.

Featuring MovieMode and a built-in microphone, the StyleCam Groove can capture up to 55 seconds of digital video with audio. With the included video software, making a home movie and sharing it with friends and family is easy. The StyleCam Groove has 16 MB built-in memory that stores up to 155 photos.

Using the StyleCam Groove and the included tilt-and-swivel base, you can have a live video conversation with friends over the Internet. The StyleCam Groove is compatible with popular instant messaging applications such as Yahoo! Messenger, Microsoft NetMeeting and Messenger.

The StyleCam Groove includes award-winning software package that makes photo- editing, enhancing and sharing fun. Take the images into ArcSoft PhotoImpression to retouch, add special effects, and create calendars and greeting cards and more. It's easy to produce and edit video clips with ArcSoft VideoImpression, which includes useful tools such as adding cool transitions and adding text to your video.

The camera measures 3.5 x 2.4 x 0.9 inches and weighs 2 ounces. It's powered by 2 AA batteries (alkalines included). This package includes the Stylecam Groove, tilt-and-swivel base, wrist strap, USB cable, and CD-ROM with imaging and video software and drivers for Windows-based PCs.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Very erratic performance, September 8, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Sipix StyleCam Groove Digital Camera (Electronics)

I picked up the SiPix on impulse due to its low price, figuring it would be a fun intro to digital photography and a great way of recording nights out / events at school. The camera is small and lightweight and therefore very good for that. However, it has several severe drawbacks:

- By default, the flash is turned off; therefore, photographs are often taken without flash and are unusable
- The camera's connection to the computer is erratic - for example, the camera has refused to connect for the past day and required a hard reset (losing all photos!) before it would connect again
- Picture quality is often poor, due to lack of focusing mechanism

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars actually it's pretty good, May 21, 2003

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"lsierra10" (Brookfield, CT) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sipix StyleCam Groove Digital Camera (Electronics)

I got my camera about a week ago and after giving it a huge test run, I love it. The two major problems with it are: no zoom, and there's no screen to review the pictures you've taken. But for this price I think it's a really good deal. On the lowest quality setting it takes pretty decent pictures. The flash is really bright so it's great for dimly lit rooms and at night. And everytime I went to take a picture someone turned around and said, "Wow, what an awsome camera!" :)

If you're looking for a good digital camera for a cheap price I would highly recomend this.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Sipix Style Cam Rubbish!!!, January 19, 2004

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Mark (Guildford, Surrey, UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sipix StyleCam Groove Digital Camera (Electronics)

I took this out New Years Eve and every single picture was ruined! Everyone had no face as the flash was too bright. You can't even adjust the picture in a package as there is no detail in the faces. So take the pictures with the person standing 5 metres away! A bit of masking tape over the flash solves that but when I took some pictures of my baby neice who I see once a year I went to download them and the camera locked up. I lost all the pictures. Few weeks later I went out for someones birthday and took loads of pics. Next day the software crashes after downloading the 3rd picture (which takes between 5 - 15 mins) so I lost all those priceless pics too!! This camera is a joke! Other than those problems it could of been a decent camera, as the one or two pictures I actually managed to download didn't look too bad (outside shots only). If you risk losing the pictures you take whats the point in having a camera! I,m in the process of getting my money back. I,m going to put a bit more dosh in and get something that actually takes pictures.