Product Description

Who says that DV should look all the same? The PocketDV 5300 will absolutely break the stereotype of your perception and blow your mind. Compared with other camcorders, the vertical design is totally different from any other camcorder in the market. No doubt, with its snazzy and unique look, you will be the envy of everybody.But you not only own its elegant look but also own its superior quality. With 3 mega-pixels CMOS sensor, the still image is up to 5 mega-pixels by hardware interpolation. If you are the person who insists on getting a cool DV, PocketDV 5300 will absolutely be the excellent solution for you!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #74573 in Camera & Photo
• Brand: Aiptek
• Model: PKDV53
• Dimensions: 2.00" h x 6.00" w x 8.00" l, 2.00 pounds
• Display size: 1.5

Features

• Multifunction digital still/video camera with 3-megapixel sensor; interpolated images to 5 megapixels
• Captures video in MPEG4
• Built-in 16 MB memory; also compatible with SD/MMC memory cards (up to 512 MB)
• 1.5-inch swivel LCD; 4x digital zoom; built-in flash
• Also works as a USB mass storage drive, digital voice recorder, and PC camera

Manufacturer Description
The new Pocket DV5300 is a 4-in-1 digital video and still camera, PC camera and voice recorder. Record MPEG-4 VHS quality video w/ sound and take up to 5-megapixel pictures. Other features include a 1.5-inch swivel and reversible TFT LCD panel, 4x digital zoom, built-in flash strobe, and built-in SD slot for SD/MMC.

Aiptek DV5300 Highlights

4-in-1 multi-function design Digital Still Camera, Digital Camcorder, Digital Voice Recorder, Removable Hard Disk and Secure Digital Card Reader.

3-megapixel CMOS sensor Equipped with 3 mega-pixel CMOS sensor, the still image resolution of the Pocket DV5300 is enhanced to 5 mega pixels to fulfill your demand for high quality photographs.

High-compression MPEG-4 for recording movies One touch recording allows you to capture stunning video clips with MPEG-4 technology. MPEG-4 not only prolongs recording time, but also offers professional camcorder frame rate!

1.5-inch swivel, reversible color TFT LCD display The Pocket DV5300 is equipped with a reversible color TFT LCD. The LCD display rotates up to 270 degrees, giving the user more shooting flexibility, especially for self-portraits. The large 1.5-inch screen makes it easy to preview, playback and share images with your friends or family!

Flash strobe Built-in flash strobe allows you to take snapshots in darker environments.

Digital zoom 4x real time digital zoom allows you to zoom in and out while recording video!

Playback options Connect the Pocket DV5300 to your TV/VCR to playback video clips and/or pictures, or playback directly on the built-in 1.5-inch rotating color LCD.

Removable hard disk and SD/MMC card reader In addition to the internal memory, the Pocket DV5300 also allows you to expand the memory capacity to record more video and/or take more snapshots. Store any type of data on the camera and take it with you. It works like a removable hard disk and SD/MMC card reader!

Customer Reviews

Some things you ought to know.
Pros:

This is one of the cutest gadgets out there. It is:

Extremely light. This is important when you take long videos.

Has a good screen. It can be turned over to tape yourself (if you really want that).

Video files are really compact, even in 640x480 resolution due to mp4 compression.

Fairly good battery life, except when using the flash or if you like to review your videos over and over.


Low points:

Slow. As you could expect from the combination of high resolution and low price.

Bad pictures with low light, especially if you put your index finger in front of the flash (believe me, it's easy). Even if properly used, the flash will not really give you the best pictures at night.


In general I am convinced it is no match for a regular still picture camera, but as a video recorder it may become a nice tool. I purchased a 512megs high speed sd card and it works great. Practically you can record video until your batteries run out. As far as pictures it works fine as long as the sun is high. In my opinion it doesn't make any sense to use resolutions higher than 3M. It will only make your pictures bigger but with 3M quality (which by the way is also big enough for me).

Hope this helps... :-)

Only had this 2 hrs now....
...so you're not gonna get "down-in-the-mud" information - but I've been waiting for this thing for awhile now and I'm excited to tell you what I've learned so far. First off, the camera is very "cheap" feeling - all plastic - and extremely light! Not that that is a bad thing - in fact, its size and weight is one of the reasons I ordered this. I put in my Sandisk 512MB card and it worked perfect. I took a few mins to go through the menu/setup - which is very straight forward - you can follow right along on the LCD screen for your information and its all spelled out. Once I had it set up, I took a few pics at the 2nd highest resolution - which was "4M" (according to the camera screen) - the flash went off and it took the picture - then the little red light on the camera continued to flash quickly for about 30 seconds - I guess its writing it to the mem card??? I'll have to check that one out... maybe the flash wasn't ready??? Don't really know. But I took the mem card out of the camera and put it in my computer to look at the quality - and it looked great! Just as good as my FujiFilm 3.1M camera. Then I tried to do some video - the room is kinda dark - and the camera really doesn't handle the darkness too well... but that does not surprise me - a few reviews I read on other sites said the same thing. But - with the lights on - at night - inside - it did okay. Thats all I have for now - I will write more when I spend more time with this...

theyre ripping you off
i just wanted to tell you ppl that u can buy one from aiptex's website for around 60 dollars.