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Argus Bean 5MP 16MB 1.5IN LCD USB Li-on Battery Blue | 
 enlarge | Brand: VisionTek
Category: Photography
List Price: $59.99
Buy New: $51.10
You Save: $8.89 (15%)
Rating:  9 reviews
Color: Blue
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Fragile: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 0 x 0 x 0
nv:Sensor: 5 Megapixel
Image Resolution: 2592 x 1944
Movie Resolution: 640 x 480
Memory Included: 32MB Internal
Storage Media: Secure Digital
Compressed Format: JPEG/EXIF v 2.22
Compressed Format: DCF
Movie File Format: Motion JPEG (AVI)
Digital Zoom: 4X
LCD Monitor: 1.5-inches
LCD Coverage: 100%
Maximum Aperture: f 2.8
Exposure Control: -2.0~+2.0(in 0.5 step)
White Balance Control: Auto
White Balance Control: Daylight
White Balance Control: Cloudy
White Balance Control: Tungsten
MPN: BEAN 5 MP - BLUE
Model: BEAN 5 MP - BLUE
UPC: 760215303777
EAN: 0760215303777
ASIN: B0019K4UHY
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| • | CAMERA, BEAN, BLUE, 5MP, 1.5"LCD |
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Product Description
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| Customer Reviews: Read 4 more reviews...
 Excellent starter camera for kids January 3, 2009
Fred Savage
After buying and returning a VTech Kidizoom and Fisher price kids camera (neither one worked out of the box!) I researched and found this camera. With the exception of charging it for the first time, it is ready to go right out of the box. My 6-year old loves it. It is small, light and gives good pictures. While there are many features, it took only about 2 minutes to teach her how to turn it on, take pictures and review the pictures she's taken. When my son turns 5 I will be getting him his own. A good thing to point out is it is rechargable - no AA or AAA batteries to mess around with. And with kids this is a great money saver.
I will agree with one of the reviews I read which stated that the auto-off feature is a bit bothersome. Once you realize that all you need to do is press any button it turns back on that becomes less of a pain.
Great for capturing outdoor adventures January 1, 2009
Mikey Cooper (Orlando, FL USA)
My wife bought me this camera for a cruise we're taking next year. Since we'll be kayaking, hiking, sea-planing, etc. on our excursions, I wanted a rugged camera that would take decent pictures and not fall apart.
Construction on the Bean seems to be very solid. I thunked it around several times with no ill effect. The camera is a good bit bulkier than I was expecting, so plan to use the belt clip to carry it around. It does not sit comfortably in pants pockets.
Picture quality for outdoor photos is fantastic! Much better than anything my 1.3MP camera phone (or my wife's 3MP camera phone) can take. At the highest quality/resolution settings (not the default, so make sure to change it first thing), the pictures are 2592x1944 so very nice 5x7s can be printed. 8x11s are doable, though not as good of quality. Hard to notice unless you're up close though.
Indoor though, the Bean completely fails unless the room is VERY well lit. I'm not sure if the rubberized lens hood is not letting enough light or just poor AWB software, but indoor pics that normally come out decent on my 1.3MP camera phone come out very, very dark on the Bean. Turning the flash on is no better, as the pictures just end up washed out. I mainly care about outdoor photos, so this doesn't bother me much, but I would be very disappointed had I bought this camera to take family pictures around the house.
Without a memory card, the camera can only hold about 15 pictures at the highest quality/resolution settings. Adding a 2GB SD card (the biggest it supports) gives you room for about 1200 pictures, though. One of the other reviews mentioned no Mac support, but iPhoto had no problems downloading my files.
The UI is a little unpolished, but easy enough to work with once you learn the quirks. The only major complaint I have about usability is the lack of on-the-fly picture review. After you've taken a picture, most digital cameras will show you the picture for 5-10 seconds and let you decide if you want to keep or delete it before switching back to the live viewfinder. This feature is absent from the Bean. Pictures you take are shown for what seems like only half a second and then the viewfinder switches back to the live view. Switching to review mode to find the picture, then delete it, then cycling through video mode to finally get back to picture mode becomes tedious. I don't bother reviewing anymore and just snap 3 or 4 of the same shot and hope one was good when I download later.
So for what I want, something to take pictures of Alaskan wildlife while kayaking, it's a great buy. If you want to capture your New Year's Eve party memories with it, you're better off with a different camera.
I'd recommend December 30, 2008
G. Siegel
We bought this camera for my 5 yr old son. It takes great photos and it has a good, rugged case to protect from those accidental drops. Unfortunately, after only 1 day, the toggle switch on the back broke, but we got the camera exchanged and hope that was a fluke. As for quality, the indoor flash shots are a little bright, but you can adjust the exposure slightly which helps. Outdoor shots are great. The video feature is a hit with my son (no audio). Overall, I would recommend.
 A Little Dissapointed... December 29, 2008
raquela (USA)
I was so excited to get this product for my 2 daughters, ages 5 and 8. Judging by the looks, this camera seems like it's extremely durable. However it is not as durable as I would like. My 5yr old cracked the screen right out of the package. My fault for letting her open, but she was so excited to open, she did it before I could grab it from her. Controls are ok, could be a little easier to use, but then again my intentions were purely for my kids. My kids adore the camera, but I was just a little dissappointed and hoped it would be more rugged. The size and quality of images are as expected and are pretty good.
 Not For MAC users, and Not Kid Friendly! December 26, 2008
J. Gilpatric (Southwest USA)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Too bad customer service told my sister that we could use this on a Mac, without installing the driver, by downloading the files manually. Unfortunately, they were wrong. The disk image doesn't even show up...
Waste of money. If you are forced to be on a certain computer platform to use their product, then they obviously don't have the expertise to create a versatile product, which leads me to believe their tech support team probably stinks, as does the product itself. If this were a sophisticated product, they would have sophisticated design and support.
For instance, there are settings on the camera that can be changed by clicking a button... There's only 1 button. If my 6 year old daughter clicked that button a few times she'd "delete all" pics! How idiotic... Not too sophisticated... NOT TOO KID FRIENDLY IS IT~?
Also, the finder stinks, it's blurry... The Barbie camera we had is 10 times better....
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