Digicam clone from China
Leonard Goh | Apr 15, 2008
Chinese company Chinavasion is promoting its prosumer lookalike point-and-shoot, the ZKX-DC5010. While it looks suspiciously like Sony's H7 or Nikon's upcoming P80, the specifications tell another story.
It comes with an outdated 5-megapixel sensor, tiny 2.4-inch LCD display, fixed lens (with no indication on 35mm-equivalent focal length) and 4x digital zoom. All these tell-tale signs point to one thing: Unless you are really hard up on cash but still want to take pictures, stay away from it. If you are still interested, check out the promotional video on its Web site.
This shooter is more for wholesale than single purchase. One set costs US$125.60 and if you buy three, it's US$120.57. There are options to purchase 50 or more, but to find out the price we would have to register and be a member of Chinavasion. Thanks, but no thanks. We'll stick to the big boys.
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gohleonard says...
Hi, The specifications sheet didn't offer a conversion of the focal length to 35mm equivalent (which we are used to) and if i were to put 8.7mm, it might confuse some readers thinking that this is a super-wide fisheye lens camera. But thanks for pointing this out. You might be right regarding the CMOS of unknown origin and its physical size (thus we were unable to make a conversion of the focal length). So unless a great artist makes some revolutionary artwork with it, it might be in the shadows of the big boys for a long time.
Apr 16, 2008 10:19
Hi, The specifications sheet didn't offer a conversion of the focal length to 35mm equivalent (which we are used to) and if i were to put 8.7mm, it might confuse some readers thinking that this is a super-wide fisheye lens camera. But thanks for pointing this out. You might be right regarding the CMOS of unknown origin and its physical size (thus we were unable to make a conversion of the focal length). So unless a great artist makes some revolutionary artwork with it, it might be in the shadows of the big boys for a long time.
Apr 16, 2008 10:19
wrxsti22b says...
The comments & the user reviews are just laugable... who wrote the user reviews anyway... so highly recommended... hahaha... are they from another era or some 3rd world country or wat i dunno...
Apr 17, 2008 05:47
The comments & the user reviews are just laugable... who wrote the user reviews anyway... so highly recommended... hahaha... are they from another era or some 3rd world country or wat i dunno...
Apr 17, 2008 05:47
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knoxploration
The lens details (both maximum aperture and focal length) is right there in the specifications, plain as day. "F/2.8 f=8.7mm" So it doesn't even have a zoom lens - it is a fixed focal length, fixed lens camera. Frankly, given the pricing, I wouldn't be surprised if the aperture is also fixed and the lens elements made of plastic. Couple that with a CMOS imager of unknown (but probably microscopic) size and interpolation to twelve megapixels, and this thing is guaranteed to offer photos only a pointillistic artist would be proud of.
Apr 16, 2008 00:59