Vivitar ViviCam 7500i 7MP 3x Optical Zoom 3" LCD Digital Camera (Black) | 
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| Brand: Vivitar
Category: Photography
Buy New: $129.00
New (3) from $129.00
Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 25837
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Batteries Included: Yes
Floppy Disk Drive: None
Optical Zoom: 3
Display Size: 3
Maximum Focal Length: 18.9
Minimum Focal Length: 6.3
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 3 x 6 x 8.3
MPN: 60524
Model: 60524
UPC: 019643605244
EAN: 0019643605244
ASIN: B000V6HVZK
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | 3X OPTICAL ZOOM / 5X DIGITAL ZOOM | | • | 3.0 INCH LCD MONITOR | | • | MP3 PLAYER / PERSONAL MEDIA PLAYER | | • | SD Card Support (up to 1GB, not included) | | • | Slim Form Factor, Internal Lens |
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Product Description
Slim, sleek, sophisticated, with just one click, the ViviCam 7500i stylishly captures delightful video or a colorful moment in time with defined brilliance.
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| Customer Reviews:
Recommended for those who post-process photos. Easy to justify to the spouse, with its low price. March 17, 2008
Kenneth Young (California, US)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I had my Vivitar 7500i for two weeks now and have taken over 100+ photos & videos before I gave this review. As a semi-pro photographer, my main camera is a Canon dSLR. However, I need a P&S camera for times where carrying a large camera body is not appropriate or not allowed. I wanted a non-protruding lens and is capable of capturing decent video clips.
Other candidates that I considered were made by Fuji, Sony, and Samsung. However, I decided on the Vivitar 7500i due to its features and mainly the price. No other decent brand can compete with the selling price. Furthermore, Samsung is the only other one (that I'm aware of), which is also a mp3 player.
I personally found that anything above ISO 200 will get noisy, as expected from a P&S equipped with tiny sensors. The Auto White Balance, anti-shake, and face-recognition are not effective as I wished. On the other hand, the macro function works great.
The focus lock is reasonable for a P&S. It will hunt for an AF lock in low light situations. Be sure to repeat pressing the shutter button half-way until the indicator turned green, before pushing the button all the way to take the photo. Be sure to ask the subject to hold still and be patient with you.
The camera starts up quickly (due to non-protruding lens), and reasonable delay between shots (slight longer if the flash is being re-charged). The non-protruding lens does not snag to things accidentally. However, there is no protective lens cover so it's easy to get finger prints on it when using the 7500i as a mp3 player. I keep a micro-fiber clothe in the camera case and use it frequently.
The non-protruding lens does get a fair amount of glare. So the user has to be aware of any bright light from an angle. The lens appeared to be multi-coated.
The layout of the buttons is intuitive and easy to navigate. The 3x zoom limitation doesn't bother me since I use it to take mostly candid moments and very rarely use zoom. Personally, I preferred it to have a wider lens, say 28mm equivalent.
I have not tried to use any SD memory card larger than 1 GB. I believe another reviewer reported problem using a 2 GB card. It would be nice if the next version takes advantage of the SDHC. For now, I have no problem emptying the card regularly. Using 1 GB SD, the 7500i takes approximately 54 minutes worth of the video or 280+ high quality photos.
I do find that 70% of the photos were too saturated for my taste. After adjusting the RGB (especially the red channel) curve and post-sharpening, the resulting photos are as good as from my Canon dSLR. As for any pictures that I cannot salvage, I process these photos into very nice black & white photos. The resulting photos are nice and clear. I silenced others who think Vivitar is a toy camera, with my photos.
The battery needs removal for recharging. Since I might use it as a mp3 player, I decided to get more batteries. Although I had trouble ordering the batter from Vivitar's Customer Service, I compared the specs and realized that the battery is the same as Fuji NP-40 battery. That is great because I was able to get batteries from online at half-price.
The mp3 player produces clear sound. It is at a reasonable volume and the player is easy to navigate. I have no success converting video clips with the included software to play in the 7500i, so I gave up.
The Vivitar 7500i takes okay video, if there is ample light. However for indoor clips, the video is noisy and jerky. I am a little disappointed with the (DIVX?) compression engine. In comparison, my wife's Casio Exilim produces a smoother video in all environments. But again, the Exilim costs three times more than my Vivitar.
I carry my Vivitar 7500i on my hip at all times now and have used it daily. I've captured many great candid moments and happy memories. Overall, I would recommend this camera, if you know what to expect and willing to post-process the photos.
Extremely Versatile and Powerful December 29, 2007
Anthony Seliquini (Melbourne, FL)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I purchased this camera for my wife as a Christmas gift. I was looking for another Vivicam (Vivitar's Vivicam line is high-quality for the dollar and very durable) and while browsing online found the 7500i.
This camera does it all. Just look at its features:
1. 7 megapixel 3x optical; 5x digital zoom (Excellent picture quality... pictures taken at the highest resolution are extremely detailed. I zoomed in on my own face and could see every pore on my skin.
2. 3" LCD display... 3 inches! I have not found ANY other camera with a display as generous. It's really great to watch the videos you've recorded.
3. MPEG video recording -- up to 720x480 at 30fps.... It's fluid recording at a resolution somewhat similar to what VHS offers. The microphone is OK; pretty much as good as you get with camera recorders.
4. MP3 player... You can store as many MP3s as you can fit on your SD-RAM chip. In my case, that's over 800 songs... it has a speaker built in, but offers a headphone receptacle so you can listen on your own headphones or auxiliary speaker system. It also allows you to browse any .avi, .mpg, .jpg, .bmp... most common file types.
5. Voice memos and voiceprints... You can annotate your photos with recorded sound. It's just nice to have that option. You can record aything with it.
6. Its size... Not even as deep as a deck of cards. This fully-featured camera is incredible compact. (Not fragile, though. No protruding telescoping lenses to collect dirt. All receptacles are intelligently designed and weatherproof with rubber guards.) It is 3.75" wide, 2.25" long, and .75" deep, as I'm measuring it right now in front of me.
Anyway, my wife loves it. When our friends' see it they are always fascinated by it, and it's just plain fun to use. The menu dialogue is perfectly designed, and I'm always finding new features. In fact, here's a list of customizable settings:
Mode settings, Quality (affects .jpg size), Voice Memo, Spot or Multi Metering, Single or Continuous Shooting, Adjustable sharpness, Effects (the usual, black and white, sepia, negative, etc), Frame (you can add a frame to your photos), OSD adjustments (grids, how much info you want on the screen, etc), Startup Images, Sounds it Makes...
I give it 5 stars for all the reasons above. Also, Amazon's price was FANTASTIC, over one hundred dollars less than the Sony equivalent of this camera, if you can call any other camera the 7500i's equivalent.
It Has A Great Look & Feel To It & It Takes EXCELLENT PICTURES! Video is Good & So Is The MP3 Player December 14, 2007
BabyLuv89 (Bronx, New York)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Let me be the first to say that this picture on the web does nothing for this little black beauty! It's even more gorgeous in person, TRUST ME. I loveeeee mine. It has a great sleek slim look to it and it just feels like a million bucks in your hand! lol The pics are EXCELLENT, I have no complaints about that. With the flash feature on for low light pics and darker pics, they still come out FANTASTIC! Very very detailed pictures. It has a whole bunch of great features inside such as picture settings, picture frames, video, mp3 player. YES, you read right! Its an MP3 player! AND A GOOD ONE AT THAT. The video feature is great for a camera that size and it takes lengthy videos so thats a plus! You can snap a video or a pic while you're listening to music and if you're like me...it will work to your convenience! It has face detection.The menu is soooo easy to navigate through. You dont have to be technology savvy to figure it out, its really easy and straight to the point. It comes with really good software also. You can edit your video and cut the video from start to end, put text and narrate your videos! Really nice. POINT AND SHOOT. I love it! You'll love it too, go ahead it's worth the money.
The cons?
Hmm...well, this is really small actually, but something you might want to know. You have to charge the battery seperately. Meaning you have to take it out the camera, so you cant use it while it's charging. Battery life is good though overall. It's a lithium battery.
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