Product Description

New trends in today's technology marketplace have brought about a movement towards smaller, more compact devices that still retain all of the features and functions of their predecessors. Tapping into this exciting new market, Aiptek has just released a device that is not only more convenient than its predecessors, but one that also boasts some remarkable new additions.The PenCam VGA 2's compact size and durable design make it a great tool for a variety of applications. It's so convenient, you can slip it into your pocket, and take it with you everywhere! This exciting new product is unlike any other on the market. Already a great device simply for the convenience that its compact size offers, it also boasts an abundance of valuable features. You get so many options without the added hassle of carrying around more tools and bulky hardware. For convenience and versatility at a price that you can afford, the Aiptek PenCam VGA 2 truly is an unparalleled value.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #196130 in Camera & Photo
• Brand: Aiptek
• Model: PENCAMTRIOIIVGA

Customer Reviews

Adequate for general purposes
Not bad for the price. Adequate for email attachments and snapshots. The picture quality depends largely on the amount and type of available lighting. It seems to work best outdoors on bright days; not nearly as well with indoor lighting. No big surprise there. However, the major drawback is that the batteries continue to drain at an alarming rate, even when the camera shuts off. A word of advice: if you don't want to lose your stored photos, upload them to your PC as soon as you have the opportunity. Leave this one sitting around for a day or so and you'll find that you've wasted your time taking those pictures.

You get what you pay for.....
I was looking for a camera that was affordable and had decent resolution for taking pictures for my auctions. I ran across this camera and picked it up. The package boasted great image quality for pictures and also worked as a webcam.

The picture quality was not too bad when you can get it to take pictures. If you take alot of indoor pictures, make sure you have a 500 watt halogen lamp handy. I could only occaisionally get pictures taken under normal household lighting. Outdoor daytime pictures generally came out great in either image mode (high resolutio- 27 pictures....low resolution-107 pictures). What I could never understand was the image quality and light sensitivity was perfect when used as a webcam. I also found that this little camera had a nasty tendancy to suck up batteries at a fairly costly rate.

Another annoyance is the viewfinder. No matter how I lined up the shot in the viewfinder I was bound to cut the top off of a head, or the side of a box.

If you are looking for a camera to take some quick outdoor shots, or a webcam that you can use to take some pictures on occaision, then you might enjoy this camera. Quirks aside, the compact size and picture quality (under good lighting) is generally good.

Hopefully Aiptek has improved on later versions of this camera. I would not suggest paying retail prices for this camera. If you can find one in the [$$$] range, it might be worth it.

C. Olson

I like the idea - a pen-like camera .
It's simply a all-right webcam. It's tiny and well-made.
For its resolution, I don't think it's good enough. Put
differently, it's a webcam with the extra function as a
simple digital camera.