Digital Diana Lodigimo Retro Camera All White

It's ok

I thought this camera would be equivalent to the Rhianna Digital Diana by Cyclops Cameras, if you've been looking at that one beware this is a knock off. The button placement and physical characteristics are almost exactly the same, neither have flashes or anything to attach one to them--but the specs are wildly different. This camera is NOT worth $100 or even $50; if you collect Toy Cameras you may want it for your collection--it has a wide variety of color and scene modes but does poorly indoors or in low lighting situations. Whereas the Rhianna takes very crisp point and shoot digital pictures, this one is only 2 MPs and may require sharpening in your favorite image editing software, on the medium setting the images are a bit soft--I haven't tried the high setting because I was afraid of image degradation and rather do some post work, because it's easier to sharpen an image than to try to recover from over sharpening. The video quality is only about as good as what you'd get from an 8 mm film camera even though it claims to be "hi-res"--so it's okay if you want a lofi, old time look. It does, unlike the Lomo Joco (the "Digital Holga" which I also own), have a microphone and speaker. Focusing range? Your guess is as good as mine--it does not specify in the owners manual--but I estimate it to be something like 3ft to infinity--you can't get close ups with the camera--there is a digital zoom but that just introduces artifacts. Unlike the Lomo Joco, it does not have vignetting--you'll have to add your own if you want it, but it does offer a wide range of aspect ratios.All in all it's a very mixed bag. The "camera strap" is essentially just a piece of heavy duty ribbon with poor attachments. It would have been better with a wrist strap as the camera is small and light and a strap wouldn't get in the way. There is no replaceable battery and battery life seems poor on my initial useage, it is charged via USB but takes a couple of hours. If you're out somewhere that you don't want to miss a shot, carry a 2nd camera as a backup in case the battery craps out on you.What's good about it? Some of the effects are interesting and fun--it does good monochrome images. If you collect toy cameras it's okay; the Lomo Joco is a better digital version of a Lomography camera--it has vignetting on all the images and replacable AAA batteries.See my examples included here for some the looks. I'm still now sure what Dog's Eye is supposed to be.