 Candee |
Samsung camera issues Hi, I'm wondering if any of you know some place to get my stupid Samsung Digi-Cam fixed? Long story, but here's the short version: We purchased the camera at Best Buy when we saved money on a computer. Bought the camera the same time. It was a display model that was being clearanced. I used it only a few times trying to learn it within that last year, and during the later part of that year, my husband asked for a divorce. Life went south and I forgot about the camera and getting it fixed. Needless to say, the warranty expired and now I have a camera that doesn't work properly. Samsung basically wants nothing to do with it because it is no longer under warranty. I don't have a lot of money to buy a new, but everybody tells me that it would be just as cheap to do that as to get this one fixed. I miss having a camera, but if I have to spend a couple hundred, I may as well get a few disposables and hope for the best. I just don't have the money right now. Any suggestions?
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Jon Close |
What, exactly, is wrong with the camera? Otherwise, I agree with "everybody." If the repair would be more than $150, then you might as well get a new digi camera, or a cheap film camera or disposables until you can afford more.
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Candee |
I think the camera would actually take good pictures, but they are not focused. The images' colors are good, but the edges are all blurry. The manual says there is a way of manipulating the focus while in the movie mode, but it doesn't say any thing about being able to focus while in still mode. I suspect it is just all out of whack from being "tested", but the directions are not very easy to follow. When I called Samsung to ask about it, they were not at all helpful since it is out of warranty.
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Jon Close |
I guess I should have asked, which specific model?
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Candee |
Oops, I should have stated the model, sorry! It is a MiniDV Digital-cam. 20x digital zoom 900x. I haven't really used the movie side of it. Like I said, I've barely used it at all, but now that this is the only camera I have, I'd like to start using it. I scrapbook, and would like to use it for that. I also show dogs, and that is the main reason I got it - so I had the option of taking stills or moving pictures at dog shows. I bought the computer at the same time, set up so it would allow manipulation in both medias.
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Jon Close |
SC-Dxxx? SC-D303? It is primarily a video camera, and while it can record still photos, it cannot do so with very high resolution. The pictures are only 1.4 megapixel (640 x 480), and heavily compressed to .jpg files (even at "Super Fine" setting. If you use the digital zoom the image will only get worse. Digital zoom simply enlarges a small part of the image (using even fewer pixels). Without seeing any samples, I suspect there is nothing wrong or faulty with your camera, it is just not the proper tool for what you want. Re - Focus
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Candee |
Nothing on the camera itself to indicate SC-D???. On the manual, it says SCD107. Well, heck! If I'd have known that it isn't much good for stills, I wouldn't have bought it. I was hoping for something that would do both well. So, can you recommend a digital camera for around $250.00-$300.00? I am on a very limited budget, but will have extra hours coming up at work, so I may be able to afford to get something that I can use the way I want to. BLAST those idjits at Best Buy! Guess they do tell you only what you want to hear. I really thought, after reading the manual prior to buying it, that it would work for what I wanted it for. Guess I was wrong again. (I figured it had to at least be better than the Kodak 2 megapixels I had before) Thanks for your help and patience!
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