What do you do when you forgot your camera? Well, if you do not want to use your phone for a strange reason, then the five below have covered you. I offered the store’s $ 15 camera, checking up-tech mini digital camera. Is it worth it?
I am first I can find us on Amazon with buying the cheapest cameraIt was a camera that came in several sacks with many different names, but eventually finished $ 20 more tax cost. While the store’s name is not below $ 5 as the name of the store, it means $ 15 still makes it the cheapest digital camera which is not Especially for children’s purpose,
The box lists some glasses that do not promise, like sound they are worth about $ 15. The resolution of the camera is listed in 3 MP, the video is on full HD and it comes with USB-C cable and 256 MB (yes, megabytes) cards. It is described as a “focus free camera” with a “digital navigation screen”. I am not sure other types of navigation screen expect; Perhaps there are cameras that use parchment paper on rolls?
Anyway, is moving forward.
build quality
I was able to separate the previous cameras and discovered that Inside was originally webcams placed in a cheap plastic shell. While I strongly doubt that the same is the same with the up-tech camera, it seems that there is no visual screws that I can use to open the camera. I would not be surprised if it was held together by glue, but everyone said, I cannot tell what is actually inside without breaking the camera.
He said, this is not really a bad looking body. If you are in the minimum camera design, the front is just decorated with lenses, two LED lights (not actual flash), and a microphone, and it is. Above, there is a USB-C port that is read as a USB drive up to a computer to charging or hook. Back, is a 2.2 -inch LCD display. On my copy, the screen is slightly bent and does not sit well in the frame when it is operational. There are six buttons: with a lock icon that appears to do nothing; A “M” button for the mode (it starts in video mode all the time, which is slightly misleading, and you have to push “M” to switch to automatic photo mode, which is labeled with “A” on screen); The top and bottom arrow menu to navigate through the menu or when no menu is up when no menu is up; A menu button; And finally a “OK” button that doubles as the shutter button. The power button on the side also works to turn on LED lights. I also took some time to find out that the mode button also puts the camera in playback mode.
Below is a hole to reset the camera and a tripod mount. Just don’t screw the tripod very tightly, as the entire body is produced with the cheapest plastic that I have ever felt in the camera. In fact, just after one use, a metal cylinder with threads for the mount came out of the camera; I do not think the manufacturers had ever expected that it would be used, because it was obviously not even the glue caught in a plastic shell.
All this is as bad as it gets.
Image and video quality
But, if the pictures are equal, you can see cheap build quality aside. Unfortunately, they are not. In a day that provides an exact zero challenge for any camera, it can come up with the best up-tech:
A sunny day, it was not much better. The images looked worse than the maximum zoom level of an iPhone, with detailed all the time. Here is an example of my children who are sharing a tender moment where you can barely tell that they are humans.
Quartz dating every time I turned on the camera, it seemed to reset myself and that is why it seems as if these photos were taken in 2024.
I was hoping that getting closer to things could help the camera provide some fine details, but regret, it was not.
And finally, the quality of the video image, well, what you will expect here. Every time I tried to record a minute video while talking about the camera, but it was randomly erased randomly to record only incomplete bits of each monologue with already recorded videos. It was using the included microSD card. So what you are left here is a 14-second clip, where I talk about that I will not wish this camera on my worst enemy and perhaps the video camera will be redeemed. Warning, this is 14 seconds of your life that you will not get back:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umy7uwykxhs
I have the only word for the quality of this video. This is almost impressive in its rendering.
What did i like
- At least I found a USB-C cable in the box with the camera. I find it better than the camera.
What i didn’t like
- It seems that it will be separated easily
- It actually separated on the tripod mount
- I have a 20 -year -old cell phone that takes better photos than this.
conclusion
At least I reviewed with the previous pink camera, there were some games on it. This time it is not so.
If you want to set $ 15 on the fire, go ahead and buy this camera. You will never find anything usable outside it.
Instead, spend a little more and honor something with at least one prestigious name, such as from a reputed retailer, such as MalevolentWhich at least gives you a printer in addition to a digital camera for $ 60. at least Adam Ottke of FSTOppers did not hate it Back during the day.
I am not sure that anyone who is picking up five products for the bottom shelves can be green as the store offering this camera. It is also not fun in the type of “vintage” type, which is honestly where I was hoping that this camera would fall.
