Philips Keychain Digital Camera

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Editorial reviews

Product Description
This digital camera is smaller than a cellphone and stores up to 81 pictures in its internal memory.

• Smallest digital camera in the world
• 2MB internal memory
• Can also be used as a web cam and limited-use video camera
• Image resolution up to 288 x 352 pixels
• Holds 20 pictures at CIF resolution
• Holds 81 pictures at QCIF resolution
• USB compatible (cable included)
• Imaging software suite included
• Lifetime manufacturer's warranty

Be prepared to snap a photo any time the opportunity arises. You'll always have a camera at your fingertips with this tiny keychain model.

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Customer reviews

review by: JargonTalk date: 2008-03-07 rating:
Just get it for the fun of it!
Found one of these at a yard sale in the spring of 2007, and the owner wanted $10 for it. I passed at the time, then thought what a great conversation piece it be if it worked. Went back the following day, but he had already sold it.

Then last fall I found it being sold as a Vivitar Mini Digital Camera at a local CVS Pharmacy for $9.99, and this time I bought it. Got it just for fun, more than anything, just to have a super-small digital camera.

A few days later my son and I were out shooting some fall foliage shots with our 6-megapixel cameras and he suggested that we try it out. We did, and later were quite surprised at how reasonably good the results were. It's highest resolution is only 352x228, and you'll only get about twenty shots in that mode, but if you look at the fall foliage shot that I posted here, you can see that it's pretty respectable, especially for the price. To be honest, the images are about equal my old Casio QV-10 of the mid-1990s, and at a tiny fraction of that camera's ~ $300 cost.

Just in case you wonder, this camera appears to be identical to the following items (and there may be others if you search):

* Vivitar 3-in-1 Camera
* Mini Digital KeyChain Camera Along With Imaging Software Suite
* Philips USA J44417 Keychain Digital Camera
* Innovage Outdoor Sports Mini Digital Camera

The camera is about the size of a Zippo lighter, and it has a key chain attachment and a simple black slipcase. The viewfinder is a wacky slide-up device... were you thinking there would be an LCD for that price? It does come with a proprietary USB cable, and with the installation of the driver from its included CD, was able to transfer the images to the computer (running Windows XP) relatively easy. The included software package was a joke, and lets leave it at that.

If you already have a good, high-quality digital camera, yet know people who just have to show off their latest high-megapixel acquisition, then show them some shots taken with your good camera. When they ask what kind of camera you used, whip out one of these Vivitar Mini Digital camera and just watch their jaw drop... it works every time.

Don't take this as a sophisticated digital photo instrument. The best way to use it is like a simple point and shoot camera, and just have fun with it!

Subjective Package Ratings:

* Size and convenience: 5-stars
* Image (considering): 4-stars
* Battery life: 2-stars
* Imaging software: 1-star
* Fun factor: 5-stars
* Conversation piece: 5-stars
* Anti-photo snob effect: 5-stars
* Overall value (weighted): 5-stars

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review by: date: 2007-08-25 rating:
No mac support
Feh. This is one of the only cameras in the world that only works with Windows, not Macintosh.

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review by: date: 2007-04-23 rating:
ok for price....
I bought this earlier this day, and i'm already disappointed. The software is fairly cheasy, even the best quality is very grainy, it chews up the battery, and it has the smallest amount of memory. 2 MB. Most keychain cameras have 8MB. I'm not even going to try it on low res mode, especially after i saw high res. It wont let me take video. and, there is no way to add memory (most can). I'm taking it back asap, and am going to by the better quality Vistaquest camera. I'm just happy i didn't buy the Digital Concepts camera, for it supposedly doesn't work at all.

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review by: date: 2007-01-08 rating:
This Camera is not worth using even if you get it for FREE
I bought this camera thinking that it would be nice to have a little pocket-sized camera to carry around for spontaneous picture taking. I was expecting the photos to be low resolution and low quality considering the price and size of the camera. The quality of the photos was even worse than expected. They are so poor I can't imagine how you would be able to use them for any purpose. I also found that the battery life is too short and the image viewfinder doesn't match the actual image taken requiring you to mentally compensate. The worst offense, however, is that the software that comes with the unit is pathetic. There is also zero support for the camera on the Phillips web page. I recommend staying away from this camera.


review by: date: 2006-11-19 rating:
Philips Keychain Digital Camera
I actually love this camera. For $15 it was a real steal.
Pros: Small, many modes, keychain, if you have it in school teachers think it is just a toy (rather than a prohibited camera), takes great nice pictures, adorable!! And very durable. (I was tossing it around, and dropped it on the concrete, it borke into peices, but is extremely easy to put back together and reuse.
Cons: If you take out the batteries it loses pictures, takes small pictures, easy to break (but easy to put back together)


The little peak hole is to look into from afar. If you put your eye up to it, it is blurry.

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