Reviews for Aiptek DV4500 Digital Camera3.1MP, 4x Dig, 1.5 LCD - MPN: DV4500 
By member:
josettenehmelman
- Nov 3, 2004
Aiptek DV4500 Digital CameraStrengths: It is very simple to use, I did not have to read any of the instructions. A lot of options: black and white or colored pictures, mp3 player, voice recorder, camera, video, timer for pictures. Simple Weakness: It takes a while for the flash to re-charge, and video images indoors are not the best. Overall a pretty good and simple camera. In my price range. This is my first digital camera/camcorder. Very light and small could easily fit into any purse or loose fitting pocket. Comes with a small nice carrying case. Also comes with a mini tri-pod! Also has small head phones to listen to the mp3's I would reccomend this digital camera/camcorder, to any first time user. 96% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
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silenceislost
- Aug 15, 2004
Aiptek DV4500 Digital CameraStrengths: Love the portability and quality Weakness: Not the highest of resolutions This camera looks great and has a very nice weight to it, it takes great pics and is highly portable and great when on the go. The pics print nicely at this resolution. Highly recommended. 95% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
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pkluong
- Apr 1, 2004
Aiptek DV4500 Digital CameraStrengths: Small and cheap. Weakness: Low resolution for some pictures. I got this to replace my other Aiptek Pocket DV3100 which I do like a lot. The new one is a little bit heavier than the other one (about 0.4 lbs moore), however, there are more functions. It is cheap and small. The old one uses compact flash and not compatible with this new one. Therefore, I have to buy a new SD for moore memory which cost moore than the DV itself since I want a 512 MB SD. I also checked out the Mustek 4000. The Aiptek is a little cheaper. The Mustek have the rechargable battery but no flash. Do not expect a lot for these cameras. However, with the price and the size, it is nice to have it around. 91% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
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happy1234
- Apr 18, 2004
Aiptek DV4500 Digital CameraStrengths: DV 4500 does everything that more expense camcorders will. It is compact and easy to use. Weakness: When using the flash feature for still pictures It resets the date and time back to default. Has to be set back to present date and time. This is the third Aiptek product I have purchased and all are still working. There is a problem getting any help from Aiptek Tech They maybe will answer e mail after 3 or 4 attempts. Also, on the DV 4500 that I have when using the flash Feature it will reset the date and time back to default. This is something I am accepting even though it isn't correct. 88% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
By member:
JoeCM
- Feb 16, 2005
Aiptek DV4500 Digital CameraStrengths: Very easy to use, great user interface and picture review, reasonably fast shutter, minimal lag.. complete and ready to go out out-of-the box, great bday gift for 8 year old daughter Weakness: Battery door seems a bit fragile, usb cover door is fragile (extra door was included in package) Great camera for kids (much better than anything I've seen for around $100.. 2MP is fine for kids shooting pictures, actually is fine for up to 5 X 7. Good indoors for pictures or video with sufficient light. Great outdoors. Voice recorder is good as is the ease of use for all functions. Menu's were figured out by 8 year old without help or the manuals. I find the button orientation and controls very intuitive. About the size of the ipod mini. cassette tape size, two cassettes thick). 88% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
By member:
kanthan
- Sep 17, 2004
Aiptek DV4500 Digital CameraStrengths: AN ELECTRONICS ENGINEER WHO OWNS VERY EXPENSIVE DIGITAL CAMERAS RECCOMMENDS DV4500 VERY HIGHLY. EVEN I WHO IS A GADGETS ILLITERATE TOOK VERY GOOD STILL AND MOVIES. EASILY CONNECTS TO PC VIDIO MAIL. Weakness: NOTHING. MY DAGHTER HAS BATTERRY CHARGER. I SENT DV4500 TO MY DAUGHTER IN IRELAND AND WE ARE THRILLED THAT WE ARE ENJOYING JUST BORN GRANDSON ADAM ROHAN GATELY BY VIDEO MAIL AND INFACT WE BABY SIT TALK AND LISTEN LIVE. SHE USES EASILY TO GET STILL AND MOVIES AND ALL OUR RELATIVES ARE 88% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
By member:
mexstang
- Oct 16, 2004
Aiptek DV4500 Digital CameraStrengths: easy to use Weakness: battery life low very good for someone who sells stuff and needs to upload pix. the Mp3 player sounds decent. Alittle fuzzy. The camcorder is fun to use. Recommend the 512 SD memory. 86% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
By member:
big_dick
- Jul 2, 2004
Aiptek DV4500 Digital CameraStrengths: moderate price, multi-funtions, 4-mega-pixel camera, compact Weakness: drains batteries very fast...no ac adapter or car lighter input, so you have to use batteries. also, there is some background noise and distortion when listening to music good for the price...you get what you pay for, i really like the multi-fuctionability, but it drains batteries very fast. camera and camcorder seem to work fine, installed the sofware without a problem, would recommend for the average perrson to use for fun, but not those who want professional results. 79% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
By member:
lilrebel
- Mar 2, 2005
Aiptek DV4500 Digital CameraStrengths: webcam Weakness: Everything~ battery life, picture quality.... This camera is horrible is horrible. I got it for my birthday in January and didnt use it too much because I was waiting till the end of February to use it for a trip to NYC. You can only take literally 4 pictures with flash before the battery dies! The pictures come out bad. You might be thinking o well only 1 bad review but I have no clue what the other reviews are talking about this camera is horrible! DO NOT I repeat DO NOT buy it!!!!!!! 57% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
By member:
caccon
- Jan 29, 2006
OK for its priceStrengths: Cheap, alot of functions, flash, LCD screen Weakness: hard to focus, Eats up battery. I have to admit it is ok for its price but I would spend alittle more to get a better camera if you plan on taking some serious pictures. Maybe this would work for a present for your little child to play with as his/her first camera. 50% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
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yamaplos
- Apr 3, 2006
Nice multiuse, not-serious cameraStrengths: I does everything - sort of. Weakness: If you want good movies, use a camcorder. For good pictures, a camera. Pictures are fuzzy and video has color artifacts. I love this gadget. It is fun and very useful, heaps above anything in the price range (got if for $70 at Target clearance, about $60 on Ebay March 2006). As a teacher, I bought it to take pictures of books and projects and show them to the class on a TV, which then I can erase, all in a few seconds. It worked fine for that. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
Reply by member: freakyfish
Jul 8, 2006 I've had this camera for about a year and also had the same problem; the shutter button just gets pushed in and you can pull it out, but pressing it just puts it back in again. Despite having it for a year, I don't use it very much and keep it always hung up in the case, so the shutter button breaking doesn't make much sense.
By member:
respseller
- Feb 12, 2006
good little digicamStrengths: compact size. Price. Weakness: resolution. sound. The picture quality is not bad with 2mp. Video quality is ok. This is a nice compact digicam for entry user. I think this is a good buy for less than $80. I can use 1gb SD card with this. MP3 function is a nice plus. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
TopTenREVIEWS.com - Jul 16, 2008
Aiptek Pocketcam DV4500
Aiptek Pocketcam DV4500 receives an overall TopTenREVIEWS score of 1.41 out of 4.00. It is ranked the #426 standard digital camera of all time. The overall rating represents an intelligent balance of features, value as a function of price to features, and a summary of reviews from a variety of sources. The TopTen REVIEWS' formula gives a picture of important consumer features, market value, and a... Top 
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Pocket DV4500
Strengths: Inexpensive, portability and ease of use.
Weakness: Video quality drops under low light conditions. Goes through batteries extremely fast. USB port at front, difficult to use as web cam. Tripot broke out of the box.
Bought this for $32 at Target clearance. For the price I got a great little entry level DV camera. The video is little grainy. Recording video and taking pictures is a one touch operation. Zoom function is in 0.2 step and it is not smooth during video mode. Video can be converted to AVI format with included Ulead Video7 software. I would recommend to buy this if the price is around $60. I have CVS one time use video camera and picture quality is better than this one. But in photo mode picture quality is good. Micro mode isn't good. SD card is under battery cover and cover hinge is not really strong. Specs said 512MB SD card but I can use 1GB card without any error.
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