Gateway DC-T50 5MP Digital Camera w/ 3x Optical Zoom

Gateway DC-T50 5MP Digital Camera w/ 3x Optical Zoom
Manufacturer: Gateway
Product Type: Photography

Editorial Review:
Product Description
Sleek. Elegant. Capable. It's time to upgrade your low megapixel camera. The new 5 megapixel DC-T50 digital camera from Gateway is compact and stylish enough to carry with you everywhere, yet more than capable of capturing high-quality images with enough detail to make prints up to 11"x14". Weighing in at little more than six ounces, you can keep your hands free and carry it comfortably on the neck strap until your next photo opportunity arrives.

Average customer rating:

This is a wonderful camera.
Works great for me!
Glad I hadn't read the reviews
wish i could choose NO stars- dangerous flash, possibly?
JUST PLAIN JUNK

Gateway DC-T50 5MP Digital Camera w/ 3x Optical Zoom

Manufacturer: Gateway
ProductGroup: Photography
Binding: Electronics

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Accessories:

Lexar Media USB 2.0 6-in-1 High Speed Reader
Body Glove Multi-purpose Camera Case Black
Body Glove Large Multi-Purpose Camera Case (Black)
"Body Glove 74946 Multipurpose Camera Cases (Large, Blue)"
Lexar Media SD256-32-231 256 MB 32x Secure Digital (SD) Memory Card

Product Features:

3x optical zoom, 4x digital zoom with macro mode
1.5-inch TFT color LCD screen; 10-second self-timer; video mode
Store images on Secure Digital memory card; comes with a 32 MB SD card
Powered by a rechargeable Lithium-ion battery (included with charger)
5-megapixel resolution for photo-quality 11 x 14 sized enlargements

ASIN: B0000ULBIK

Product Description

Sleek. Elegant. Capable. It's time to upgrade your low megapixel camera. The new 5 megapixel DC-T50 digital camera from Gateway is compact and stylish enough to carry with you everywhere, yet more than capable of capturing high-quality images with enough detail to make prints up to 11"x14". Weighing in at little more than six ounces, you can keep your hands free and carry it comfortably on the neck strap until your next photo opportunity arrives.

Customer Reviews:

This is a wonderful camera........2006-12-29

I have had this camera for more than 2 years by now. I was surprised to see the negative reviews by others, since none of such bad instance happened to me. When I bought this camera, 5.25 MP was not very common yet. Plus, it is compact, light and stylish. It takes great pictures. It also has a movie mode, which we often used, and one time we recorded a great movie when a family of deer walking through our back yard calmly. The only additional accessory we bought is a 256 MB SD card. With a 256 MB card, we always managed to load the pictures onto a PC and free the card for more pictures. We love this camera, and can't find anything bad to comment on.

Works great for me!.......2006-11-29

Maybe I just got lucky, but this has been a terrific camera for me! I've had it since January 2005, and with 2 little ones around you can bet it's snapped it's share of photos. I did lose the pictures once (thankfully I'd already downloaded them) and realized that I was trying to switch modes while the camera was on. I stopped doing that and the problem never happened again. The memory format error finally happened a couple weeks ago, but really, most hard drives need to be reformatted after a couple years too! Most of the pictures have been great, though the auto flash red eye reduction isn't the best. This little camera has even withstood the occasional unauthorized use by my 4 yr old! It's not the biggest or the best, but for me it's been great!

Glad I hadn't read the reviews.......2006-09-13

I bought this camera for $199 in 2004. I liked that it was a high pixel camera, had a color LCD screen and had many different modes (macro, black & white, sepia, movie, portrait, etc). In 2 years, I have taken approximately 2000 pictures and several dozen videos. The only picture quality issue I have had was that I kept getting blurred pictures until I turned the automatic flash on, and I have not had any problems with blurring since then. I have used the color format, black & white, and sepia formats, as well. I am VERY "camera dumb" and didn't actually get around to reading my manual until just this year, yet I hadn't ever had an issue with using this camera, it is fairly user friendly. Unlike other reviewers, I have never, ever had an issue with any card errors, lenses freezing up, camera shutting off, card erasing pictures, etc.....however, I recently noticed that my battery wasn't holding a charge. We took the camera to the store we purchased it from and they said the camera's battery charger was defective, so they sent us a replacement. It did not work, so my husband again took the camera to the store and they said that there must be something wrong with it, so it has been sent back to the manufacturer to be "fixed" or to be replaced with a comparable item. After reading all these reviews, I am fervently hoping that they replace it with a different brand!
So, even though the particular camera I have had has worked well for me over the past 2 years, I don't want to chance losing any pictures or having the issues that other people have had. I take so many pictures that not having a working camera for even a couple weeks is very, very frustrating for me!

wish i could choose NO stars- dangerous flash, possibly?.......2006-08-26

I just threw this out, today. I had bought a new battery AND charger AND SD card in case any of those were the problem. I wish I had looked here first and read the reviews, and given up immediately instead of being further nickle-and-dimed to death.

ISSUES ISSUES ISSUES!

I had all the issues mentioned here AND...

...screen would also often go blank for no reason and refuse to come back on unless I had the battery (new or old, either) out for more than a minute. This would happen every few shots.

Also when switching in between modes, it would either decide the card was the wrong format, go black or simply freeze up. Not every time, about every other time. Randomly. "Card cannot be used." or "Card Wrong Format" -- not even the same error message would repeat -- but it then would not format the card, either! This was a 128mb card, but other sizes failed with equal predictability. That is, 100%, if used for a shot or two.

I never even got around to trying the movie mode.

NUCLEAR FISSION FLASH - DANGER WILL ROBINSON!

The few shots I did get were worthless. Not one was adequate. It WAY overflashed esp in the portrait mode whether I was zoomed in or not. This is when it should know best NOT to overflash.

Usually these cameras have underperforming flashes. This was not the case with mine. Mine was a real diva of a performer!

The photos were basically pure white. I even tried turning off the flash altogether and it still overflashed, I mean, FRIED, the subject. And the NO FLASH symbol was right there on the screen...and still it flashed..!

I decided to try the +/- bracketing, which appeared on the screen like the NO FLASH symbol did, but the result was that the flash still xrayed the subject, at every setting.

Even in landscape mode, the flash was on the atomic scale. A small child or pet could be vaporized. Or at least get sunburned... OK, i exaggerate, but only slightly; and seriously, at close range, a flash straight in the eyes can be dangerous if not piss people off.

This camera has made me consider the possibility of demonic possession of an inanimate object...in addition to all of the above, it would not even TURN OFF when I wanted it to!

Yes, I said THE CAMERA WOULD NOT TURN OFF. It turned on fine, just very rarely would it turn off even with multiple repetition long pokes and jabs holdings-down of the power button. Even with my best cussing...

I have used a vast number of film cameras and a wide range of digital, from cheaper than this to professional SLRs. And this camera is utter crap. The pinhole camera I made in middle school did better work, and didn't expose me to gamma radiation, or lawsuits, and was a heck of a lot cheaper.

JUST PLAIN JUNK.......2006-07-26

This is by far the worst item I have ever owned in my entire life. After spending $300, this thing will work once in a great while...I still use an older 35mm as a backup! It will not do anything now. DOA Card error cannot be overcome on this unit. It took pictures when it felt like it. I missed a lot. No wonder Gateway closed their stores. VERY POOR CRAFTSMANSHIP!

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