- 8.1 MEGAPIXEL RESOLUTION.
- 2.4 Inch screen.
- 8x digital zoom.
- Sd card support up to 8 gb.
- Touch screen. - Face and smile detection.
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Vivitar ViviCam 8025 - Digital camera - compact - 8.1 Mpix - supported memory: SD, SDHC - red
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Vivitar ViviCam 8025 - Digital camera - compact - 8.1 Mpix - supported memory: SD, SDHC - red Overviews
Vivitar Vivicam V8025 8.1MP Digital Camera is a stylish and compact digital camera with great choice of features and high resolution of 8 Megapixels allowing to capture every detail and produce large prints. It's exceptionally user friendly thanks to its large touch screen.
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Vivitar ViviCam 8025 - Digital camera - compact - 8.1 Mpix - supported memory: SD, SDHC - red CustomerReview
You remember those "disposable cameras" you could buy for a few bucks with the film embedded in them? They had the following functions: film advance, flash (maybe!), shutter button. The point is they were simple. They took pictures that were "good enough" for vacation use. And if you lost the camera, not a big deal -- you only paid a few bucks for it.
A step above that, for some few bucks more, you could get one extra feature: A more durable camera body with the exact same features as above, but with removable and replaceable film. The Vivitar v8025 is the digital equivalent of that camera.
It has: a fixed lens (no zoom), a flash (settings: off, auto, fill, red-eye), settings for ISO (film speed/sensitivity -- basically like loading a different type of film in the camera), white balance, exposure compensation (+/- 3 EV), shooting mode (e.g., landscape, sports, night portrait, auto, etc), macro/landscape switch, and a self-timer.
It also has the usual settings for image size (1-8MP), quality, sharpness, some sort of "shake reduction" feature, and "facial recognition."
In operating terms, it doesn't get much more simple than this for a digital camera. It makes my DiMAGE Xt seem advanced. The V8025 can take decent photos and has decent "auto" settings, but like any camera, you will need to become familiar with exposure compensation, white balance, and the macro/landscape settings in order to take consistent pictures.
What's ok about it?
1. You can get it for cheap if you hunt, <.
2. Big LCD screen (tho nominal resolution)
3. Long battery life from a generic cell-phone Li-ion battery. I've taken over 100 photos, and had it on for over one hour so far, turned it on/off several times, fiddled with settings, and it just entered the 2/3's battery mark.
4. The tripod mount is in-line with the lens. Nice! (not so with my DiMAGE Xt)
5. Easy access to flash and macro/landscape modes, and they really work.
6. It comes with combo USB cord/wall charger, and uses a standard USB connection.
7. Assuming everything else is of good build quality, the lack of moving parts should make this camera durable. It also looks nice.
My gripes?
1. The lens and sensor aren't high enough quality to warrant the 8MP resolution. It's just a sales gimmick to jack up the MSRP. How often are you going to be printing larger than 8x10 with this thing? I keep it around 3MP. see [comment] for more info. Other benefits of using the lower 3-5MP settings: a. faster card writes b. larger storage capacity
2. Important exposure settings (+/- EV, ISO, white balance, shooting mode) are split between two different menu hierarchies. But even though these settings are things that we need to tweak often, most cameras I've ever seen bury them under menus.
3. Which would be OK, but menu navigation via "touch screen" buttons is bit gimmicky and not as useful as multi-function directional buttons. You get used to it after a little bit, though.
4. For some reason, the camera resets the "facial recognition" and "shake reduction" settings with every power off/on. Annoying.
5. A little slow on time to first pic after power on (~5 sec)
Don't pay a dollar over for it. Buy a super-cheap 256/512mb SD card. Charge it up, set it to 3-6MP. Keep it on you and use it frequently. Practice your photo composition. Have fun. And don't fret if you damage, break or lose it!











