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Review: BenQ DC E1000 camera
A nice camera with good features, but it offers little more than basics
The E1000 is a 10-megapixel camera with a 3in screen, which dominates the
rear of its body. Alongside this sit the chunky zoom, playback and menu buttons,
which despite their size sink into the body and were hard to press. One
stand-out feature is the three-shot mode, which lets users take three versions
of the same picture and pick the best.
However, like the anti-shake mode the option is hard to find: rather than
using a dedicated buttons, the three-shot mode is hidden in the camera's menus.
In low light it struggled to focus and the pictures were noisy. In better
lighting, images were better, with strong, bright colours. We were also
impressed with the face-detection.
The camera is slow, though: the lens took several seconds to open when the
camera is switched on.
The
E1000
is small and light and does its job, but for those looking for more quality in
their pictures, it's not quite enough.