Digital Cameras - A First Look

I recently bought a factory refurbished Casio QV10-A digital camera. With a resolution of only 320 by 240 pixels and no zoom lens, I was under no illusions about its specification, but I had wanted to find out what the medium had to offer and this camera offered a relatively inexpensive way to start. I was hopeful that it might produce small images that were good enough for web pages and laser printed documents.

My first pictures were with dull winter light, many of them indoors. Some of the images were rather poor as a result of the light, suffering from poor contrast and, in some cases, camera-shake which resulted from slow shutter speeds. By reducing the size of these, I have still ended up with some reasonable pictures. All in all, I was encouraged by these first efforts and I am looking forward to better weather, so that I can try again!

With better lighting and more imaginative use of the editing software provided, I would hope to be able to improve on technical quality of these early attempts. One advantage of the low resolution however, is that the camera's flash memory can hold over 90 images. I found the controls easy to get used to. Downloading the images to my PC proved straightforward, using the cable and software provided.

Here are some of the pictures:

A Computer Room!

Richard and Toby Smithson

Richard Smithson Toby Smithson

Newbury in Winter

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Author: Mark Baker, e-mail mbaker@rmplc.co.uk
Last revision: 3rd December 1997