Concord EyeQ Digital Camera w/ 3x Optical Zoom

I love this camera! The small size allows me to take the camera everywhere. With my 35mm camera I was always leaving at home and I didn't have it when I needed it. My friends have larger digital cameras with great LCD screens on the back but they burn through batteries so quick they get frustrated. I can review my pictures through the viewfinder which is not as easy but it let's me know if I have captured the moment or need to take another shot. I know there are higher resolution cameras available but for the money and convenience it fits my needs for the next couple of years when new technology will be way beyond everything out on the market now.

My 1st review was 'a mixed bag', but even after trying to tweak this thing to improve its performance, more that 50% of its images are too blurry to bother saving. In addition, the flash is so hot that unless you place scotch tape over it (2 layers sort of did the trick...kind of an unsightly tweak), your indoor shots will all be useless. In short, forget it, it's a piece of junk.

A friend let me borrow this camera to test it. My verdict was "Return this piece of ...". The whole camera stinks of low quality. Zoom, lenses, sensor, casing etc is of inferior quality. Picture taking is slow and cumbersome and the pictures ... This is a JamCam with zoom!!

This is really a 0.3 MP camera, 1.0 is by interpolation. Any imaging software can do that. No need for a camera to do that.

We compared the pictures with pictures from my Canon A20 using the resolution. There is a huge difference in quality.

Do yourself a favour and get a decent camera. Concord EyeQ is small and cheap. It's also ... wasted. If money is the issue look at Kodak DC3200, DC215, Olympus D100 ... There are a number of decent digicams for $200-250. All of them are a better choise.

The people who wrote positive reviews for this camera [had to be]... employees of Concord.... The viewfinder, the focus mechanism and the flash are all severely flawed. On the positive side...it is small!

Good size and price. Pictures are somewhat acceptable in maximum resolution setting. Too bad camera do not remembers customer settings. Battery life is a bit dissapointing 100 shots without flash. Cannot compete with more sofisticated cameras.