Norcent DCS 760 review

[pyat]

So, the Kodak Easyshare I picked up on Thursday was not resolving the SD card recognition issues. So, I returned it on Friday afternoon and traded "up" for Norcent DCS 760. Normally I would have been very leery of a Norcent anything, as Norcent is a low-end Chinese manufacturer best known for cheap LCD monitors and digital keychains. However, most of the reviews I'd seen in advance were positive, and it seemed to have fewer angry reviews written entirely in lower case.

Alas, the Norcent had an issue with the battery mmeory or power switch that meant that it could be turned on and off... but then would not turn on again until the battery had been removed and replaced. So, off to XScargo again this morning for my third camera in two days.

Lesson:
DO NOT TRUST XSCARGO FOR ANY HARDWARE MORE COMPLICATED THAN A HAT.

Though, I mean, really, with a name like "XScargo", you can't really expect high-end stuff.

That said, this third camera seems to be working fine. Indeed, it takes photos that are generally superior in colour and resolution to my lost Pentax Optio S. The colour is very good, and I got some excellent shots with and without the flash. The following shots were taken in "auto" mode, without a flash. My only concern is that the camera, when used without a flash, requires full outdoor light or the images are slightly blurred. Also, there seems to be an odd "glow" to some of the colours, which is not entirely unpleasant.

I'll see how durable it is over the coming weeks. The following sample shots have been cropped, but are otherwise as is.


Last night at sunset, on the returned camera.


This afternoon. Two features I really like are the quick turn-on time (under a second) and the rapid shot times. A lot of cheap digital cameras have a 5+ second warm up, and take more than a second to respond to the shutter button. Elizabeth threw the paper airplane without warning, and I was able to catch it in the frame every time.




The tossed hair isn't blurred.


Indoor shot from last night - you can see some of the "glow" I mentioned.


And again here, especially around the white paper. It doesn't seem to happen when the flash is in use.


The colours are very true to life.

Comments

[ladyperegrine.livejournal.com]

In the last two pictures especially, Elizabeth and Claire seem to be looking a lot alike these days.

(Both adorable, incidentally, but then you knew that. :-) )

[velvetpage.livejournal.com]

It has always been very obvious that they're sisters, to the point where the grandparents have to look twice at the baby pictures to be sure. Right now, they have hair about the same length, which helps. But most of the time, they don't look like the same kid anymore.

[dronon.livejournal.com]

Oooh, now I'm tempted to invent a very complicated hat, one that requires a user manual!

[pyat.livejournal.com]

Hugo Gernsback is way ahead of you!

[lovmelovmycats.livejournal.com]

Yay, paper airplanes! Claire is up and about? I hope she's pretty much all better- even vomiting can't keep a kid like her down long, huh.

[velvetpage.livejournal.com]

She seems fully recovered - eating normally, playing normally, the works.

Nothing keeps the monkey down.

[the-vulture.livejournal.com]

LOVE the icon! Gotta get me one of those buttons! :)

[summerfields.livejournal.com]

XSCargo?
They sell snails?

I forgot Elizabeth lost her tooth - so cute!

[velvetpage.livejournal.com]

Two of them!

[the-vulture.livejournal.com]

Okay, it looks like the current camera is serving its function reasonably well. What model is it, if you don't mind my asking?

If you can, try adjusting the exposure levels to deal with the washout from the highlights.

[pyat.livejournal.com]

Norcent DCS 760