Cell Camera Phones

[The Big Tuna]

Has anyone ever used these? How is the quality?

[TundraIII]

Just bought one recently. Works great, so far. Quality seems to be typical. 25 cents per image to transmit, or 3 bucks per month unlimited. Phone is a Verizon VX6000. 150 bucks with 70 dollar rebate.

[skahorse]

I have one, and have had it for awhile. The quality is fine, as long as you stick to looking at it on your camera. It's definitely not printable, and usually doesn't even look good on your computer.

It was cool at first. But now it's just there, and I never use it. My wife has one too, and when we first got them we were constantly sending pics. Now, we haven't sent one in months.

Once the "cool factor" wears off, they're not really worth it.

--Skahorse

[TundraIII]

I got the camera phone for the wife. She runs a route delivery business and is on the road alot. I consider it a safety feature. She recently had some punk make a claim against her for damaging his truck while she was backing out of a receiving dock. There was no damage and it would have been great to get a picture of his rig before he left the scene and filed his claim. Plus she is on the road so much that she has down loaded a series of pictures of our family so she can look at some fun pictures when she gets lonely :grin:
Other than that we will probably rarely use the camera feature.

[rainrshine]

skahorse and tundraIII, I have heard that they dont really show well on a computer, any chance one of you guys could post a pic on this thread so I could see what it looks like? I have been thinking about picking up one but if they dont look good on the computer then I think I will stay where I'm at. Thanks

[skahorse]

Here ya go.



This is max resolution. The phone is a Sanyo 8100, there may be better quality ones out there... When it came off the camera, it was 13k :shocked: . Definitely not printable, but actually not half bad to look at on the computer.

P.S. This is my cousin with a fall chinook he caught in sept. on the CR. The last picture I took .

--Skahorse

[rainrshine]

skahorse, Thanks a bunch. I am kind of surprised I really dont think it turned out all that bad. Like you said they have there pros and cons but all in all thanks for showing what it would look like on the computer

[Boatdog]

What's in that giant blue bucket? Man, that thing is HUGE! :grin:

[TundraIII]

Ya what is that big ol' bucket for? Anchor storage? Sure looks like it takes up alot of room. :shocked:

[Corkie Monster]

I've got the Sanyo 8100 as well. Have'nt played with the camera much. Mainly got the phone becuase it was all Cle Elum Radio Shack had as a damage replacement. Don't care much for the camera but the phone works good. :grin:

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