DC DXG-308 3MP Digital Camera | 
| Brand: DXG
List Price: $99.00
Buy Used: $30.00
You Save: $69.00 (70%)
Used (2) from $30.00
Rating:  31 reviews
Sales Rank: 21295
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries: 2
Batteries Included: Yes
Optical Zoom: 1
Display Size: 1.5
Minimum Focal Length: 9.6
Has Red Eye Reduction: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 9999
Dimensions (in): 8.5 x 4 x 6.5
MPN: DXG-308
Model: DXG-308
UPC: 880734030814
EAN: 0880734030807
ASIN: B0001GBLBU
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: 3.0 Megapixels. 4x optical zoom. In perfect condition. It is one of 1st digital cameras for individual use!
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| Features:
| • | 3.1 megapixel sensor captures enough detail to create photo-quality 10-by-13-inch enlargements | | • | f/3.0 | | • | ISO 100 | | • | Store images on 16MB internal memory | | • | Powered by 2 AA batteries |
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Product Description
Sleek, sturdy and fun! The 3 megapixel DXG-308 digital camera is compact and stylish enough to catty with you everywhere, yet more than capable of capturing high - quality images with enough detail to make very large prints. Small, weighs a bit over 4 ounces, so you can carry it comfortably until over next photo opportunity. Includes carry pouch.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 26 more reviews...
 Buy a disposable film camera instead of this one May 17, 2005
Steve Camp (Flagstaff, AZ)
18 out of 21 found this review helpful
This is quite possibly the worst camera I have ever operated. I have owned and operated 6 different digital cameras. The flash has two settings; off and auto. The auto mode is more like a random mode. It can't decide when to fire the flash. It seems that it is dark and the flash should fire. Surprise!! Sometimes you get a flash and sometimes you don't. When it does fire, the picture is so over exposed it is unusable. The focus seems to be a fixed focus. In other words, it fixes on anything it wants and nothing you want. The shutter lag is so long, you hope the subject doesn't fall asleep before firing. If your subject doesn't fall asleep, you will waiting for the picture to write to memory. It is useless for much of anything except landscape and buildings photos outside. I purchased this camera for my 11 year old son for a birthday gift. It replaced the disposable film cameras he was using. The pictures from the disposable film camera turned out consistantly better than this piece of junk. When the flash is charged on a disposable camera at least it fires every time. A disposable camera is no frills. This one is quite possibly not only the worst I operated, but the worst camera ever!
 DXG-308, great submersible buy, and good camera so far June 20, 2005
Mark W4CHL (Central NC United States)
17 out of 18 found this review helpful
Got this at CompUSA at same price as quoted on Amazon. Fine, basic 3MP fixed optical focal length (no optical zoom) camera which in my mind is worthwhile only because of the submersible housing. The housing is indeed submersible, used it to snap shots of kids in swim practice from in the pool! As it takes SD cards, memory is quite easily expandable.
Easy to use, even with the waterproof housing over the camera, though many controls require you to open up the housing (like switching to view photos after taking them).
Here are my +++ and ---:
+ waterproof housing is indeed submersible, claims up to 15feet
+ basic controls to take photos are indeed available when camera is in housing (digital zoom, switch LCD modes, camera standby, set flash mode)
+ takes regular AA alkalines or NiMH
+ basic digital zoom works OK
+ basic slideshow to TV also OK
- seems to drain AA NiMHs faster than comparable Kodak and Argus cameras I've had
- LCD isn't very bright in sunny conditions
- lacks optical viewfinder
- flash reflections
- very brief flash of image on LCD after it is stored on SD card
- relatively long delay (few seconds) between shots
- takes a bit of getting used to as there is fraction of a second delay between hitting the button to take photo and when it is recorded on SD card
So, all in all very nice special purpose camera for taking to the beach or swim meets when you won't care if it gets splashed or even dropped in the water!
We've been using this every day for the past month as I was a bit leery of the durability of this camera. The salespeople REALLY didn't want to sell this brand to me, preferring to upsell me to Kodak, HP, Nikon, et al.
NONE of the other stores I visited had any other submersible camera (other than disposable 35mm) for anything even close to this price! And it has passed its in-store return period with flying colors!
Absolutely the most aweful piece of tech I have EVER bought. December 29, 2004
J. Martin (Minneapolis, MN USA)
15 out of 19 found this review helpful
I should have known when I paid under $100 for a 3mp camera, but it had good reviews and sounded like a good deal. Well, this camera has been nothing but disappointing and just plain useless since I recieved it.
MAJOR ISSUES:
1. Pressing the 'shoot' button takes up to 2 seconds for the camera to respond.
2. When the camera DOES respond it arbitraily decides when to flash, sometimes in total darkness it doesn't flash even when on auto.
3. Camera frequently doesn't focus on the item in the crosshairs.
4. Camera delay makes taking pictures of children almost impossible. Even landscape moves too fast for this camera!!
5. Out of the over 200 pictures I and 3 of my family and friends have tried to take with this device only 10 images of even decent quality have been produced.
6. The webcamera feature is useless unless you are in a floodlit environment.
7. Turning up the exposure to compensate for the lack of low level light photography, comes up with totally washed out GLOWING images...
anyhow, this is the worst piece of tech I have ever bought. I'm 33 and a computer developer and tech-o-holic and this thing is aweful... stay away... far far away.
Okay for the price if you read the manual first March 22, 2005
V. Lee
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
Considering the dirt-cheap price, this is an okay vacation or backup camera, especially considering that the whole thing is a lot less than an underwater housing alone for any other camera.
At first, I was pretty disturbed by the fuzzy shots I was taking, until I played around with the camera and its settings a bit and READ THE MANUAL.
The first thing to realize is that the camera appears to be fixed-focus. Anything you take in normal mode has to be at least 4 feet away or it will be fuzzy. If the thing you're pointing at appears fuzzy but the background is not, it's not because the camera is focusing on the wrong thing; it's because you're pointing at something too close. If you back off a bit and use a little digital zoom instead, the final picture will be better.
As mentioned by some others, this camera also has a pretty slow exposure time, especially indoors. The problem is that it has a sensitivity of only IS0 100, but its automatic flash does not come on except in very low light and there is no way to force the flash on. It puts up a "hand" icon if it is too dark to take a freehand shot and you need to steady the camera on a tripod or by leaning against something. Pay attention to the icon, because if you ignore this, you will get a fuzzy shot every time.
It's a shame the makers of the camera didn't design the flash to properly come on whenever it's too dark for a handheld shot. If they had that, it would take much better indoor pictures and I'd give this camera a 4-star rating. As now, I'm still glad I bought it, as now I have a camera I can take to beach, camping, etc without having to worry about it.
 Great Camera for the beginner October 25, 2004
M. L. Kletsko (Collegeville, PA)
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
This is my first digital camera and it was a gift from a novice so I have no idea how much he spent on it. It is an excellent little camera and very user friendly! The included software is very useful and not just a pile of crap that usually comes with stuff like this. If you have XP, the software is not necessary because it does everything for you, the software just has a bunch of fun extras. The display screen is not very large but this doesn't seem to be a big problem for me since I just wanted a point and shoot camera. It does take some time in between pictures using flash, however, outdoors i never use the flash and it works great! One photo after the other. Doesn't take forever to load the photos onto your PC either! very simple! Would recommend this camera to anyone who is looking for a compact camera and not a lot of bells and whistles! wonderful product! PS... don't be intimidated if you don't recognize the brand name, I was worried myself, but you have no reason to worry!----
i would like to retract this statement. This camera has proven to be AWFUL. After just 3 weeks with this camera, i've decided it's terrible. Poor photo quality, time between photos increases as the camera ages and there are so many better ones out there. DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT. it's awful!
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