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SVP DC-8590 User Manual Question

Mar 10, 2005 6:42AM PST

Just purchased your DC-8590 camera and I have a couple of questions. First of all I?ve been using digital cameras for nearly 8 years and consider my experience level to be ?above average?. However, I am struggling with the user guide for the mode settings. It just shows icons without the text to explain their function. Can anyone please explain (on page 14 of the user guide) the following icons; the capital letter ?A?: with the "light" shining off to the left? The rectangular box with 3 dots or 6 dots contained inside? Also ? Is there a way to make the camera flash default to auto every time the camera is turned on? What is the recommended EV setting? Many thanks for your assistance. Bill

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Silicon Valley Peripherals
Mar 10, 2005 7:31AM PST

This line of cameras is mostly sold on eBay and usually do not include sufficient information in their user's guide. A common complaint.

The advertisements usually contain misleading information. i.e. the DC-8590 is not an 8 megapixel camera. If your read the specifications, it uses a 2048 x 1536 sensor, which is 3 megapixels.

They achieve 8 megapixels by interpolation. The same thing you do when you use software to take a 3 meg photo and resize it upward to 3264 x 2448 (8 megapixels). You lose picture quality when you do this.

Most of these cameras are made in Taiwan or China.
They are not made by any of the major camera manufacturers.

The only source of possible support is the SVP website:

http://www.svp-tech.com/index.htm

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svp dc-8590 I just bought one
Mar 21, 2005 11:32AM PST

Hello bill, I just puchased the svp dc 8590 and was wondering if you could give my your humble opinion of the product. did I just waste my money or is it worth the 144 I paid for it.