Saturday, July 15, 2006
TrustedReviews Reviews Acer CP-8660 Digital Camera
Posted by Suhit Gupta in "ARTICLE" @ 09:00 AM
"If the CU-6530 was ambitious, then the CP-8660 is positively audacious. It offers an 8.23-megapixel CCD, an f2.8-4.8 6x optical zoom lens, a massive 2.8 inch LCD monitor, manual exposure control and an anti-shake system, all for a suggested retail price of £249 - though it won't be available until August. With a specification like that it’s competing head-to-head with high-end models from long-established brands, cameras like the Panasonic Lumix LX-1, Canon PowerShot A620 or the Casio Exilim EX-Z850, although in fact there isn’t another camera on the market that can match all of its features. There’s no doubt then that the CP-8660 talks the talk, but can it walk the walk?"
While this camera is high on the feature scale, it seems to be getting panned in all the other ratings. The camera’s sensor seems to have very limited dynamic range, so any image with both shadows and highlights tends to lose detail in both. It does offer a unique combination of features but performance is slow and the anti-shake system is largely ineffective. It costs around £249.
While this camera is high on the feature scale, it seems to be getting panned in all the other ratings. The camera’s sensor seems to have very limited dynamic range, so any image with both shadows and highlights tends to lose detail in both. It does offer a unique combination of features but performance is slow and the anti-shake system is largely ineffective. It costs around £249.
