Gateway DC-T50 5MP Digital Camera w/ 3x Optical Zoom
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Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Gateway DC-T50 5MP Digital Camera w/ 3x Optical Zoom
Customer Review: wish i could choose NO stars- dangerous flash, possibly?
Summary: 1 Stars
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.
Customer Review: JUST PLAIN JUNK
Summary: 1 Stars
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!Customer Review: Unreliable Camera Offers a lot. Performs Rarely.
Summary: 2 Stars
I bought this camera like others without reading any reviews about it back in 2004. Back then it cost over 99 dollars. The first 2 months the camera worked okay. I did get many blurry pictures, but I also took some amazing photos with it.
But after 6 months, I recieved card errors constantly. The camera would overheat. Another unfortunate problem is that once it gave me a card error and I had to readjust the card, but the latch got stuck. It got stuck and would not open no matter how hard you pulled at it. Eventually the latch became so smooth that there was no way to open it. The only way I managed to open it is to literally scrape the latch off until I was able to take the card out. Now the camera battery is wasted, and the charge will only last for 1 hour.
Only I could take photos with it, and nobody else could, because I was the only one who understood how to make it take great pictures. Eventually I got frustrated with it and bought a new camera that works much better.
This camera deserves patience to operate, and if you are short on it, do not buy it. It rarely gives good pictures, but when it does take pictures, it takes great ones.
Customer Review: WORST. CAMERA. EVER.
Summary: 1 Stars
I bought this camera last year thinking I was getting a good deal. Wrong. Every problem that has been mentioned in these reviews has happened to me: poor battery charging, card reading errors, pictures not being saved properly on the card and a long list of error messages it flashes every time I turn it on. Of course, if I take out the battery, re-adjust the card and turn it on just right I can sometimes get one or two pics before it takes a dump. My advice - spend a little extra and get a camera from a camera company - not a second rate pc builder.....Customer Review: Piece of Garbage
Summary: 1 Stars
I recieved this camera as a gift, and it is trash. The battery life is the worst, and it only charges the battery when it feels like it. I recently took almost 100 pictures at my cousins wedding and when I went to burn them to a CD, I got a card error. You can't imagine the frustration. I had to tell everyone depending on seeing my pictures that my camera lost "all" of the pictures. This hunk of junk was purchased when it first came on to the market. I wish I had found some reviews before I opened the box. I am glad it came with the 3 yr warranty. I am sending that TRASH back. Don't waste you time and or money.