Agfa ePhoto SMILE 0.2MP Digital Camera

Batteries last about 40 pictures with flash. The image quality is so pathetic, I can't recognize anyone in the photos. Bright sunlight is too bright, in doors is too dark and no amount of "photoshop" will sharpen the images.

Save your money for purchases like $5 coffees or a $40 towing fees that will give you more satisfaction than this camera.


Sold it for $40...I think I ripped the guy off.   January 8, 2001
J. H. Sohn (Silicon Valley)
It's a nice little TOY. That's all it is. It's just a toy...not a REAL camera. It's a piece of junk, and I'm really glad I got $40 out of it. If you're spending under $150 for a digital camera...you're wrong.


100% crap   December 31, 2000
Scott D. Sopko (Jim Thorpe, PA USA)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful

Camera eats batteries like my dog eats treats. Serial port connection lasted about 3 days. The flimsy input inside the camera broke, and the camera no longer connects to a computer, thus rendering it utterly useless. The battery compartment snaps shut with a small extended piece of plastic on the door. That broke off and I have to hold the batteries in with a rubber band. The picture quality is very poor, unless of course you want to capture the essence of walleye photography. Whatever you do, stay away from this junk.


Pense duas vezes antes de comprar.   December 31, 2000
Rodrigo A. M. e Guedes Brasiliense (Goias, Brasil)
0 out of 4 found this review helpful

Ainda bem que arrependimento nao mata, mas doi. Nao acredite que sua foto va ficar como a que esta impressa na caixa da maquina, pois a qualidade das fotos e muito inferior. Dizem que a resolucao da imagem e de 640x480 mas, na verdade, parece mais uma imagem 320x200 ampliada e interpolada, resultando numa imagem embassada e escura de doer as vistas. Ja vi fotos melhores em arquivos JPG com alto nivel de compressao. Como se isso nao bastasse a maquina consome rapidamente as pilhas, nos obrigando a usar um eliminador de 5v. Apesar das deficiencias essa maquina possui alguns recursos uteis, considerando o seu baixo preco. Permite mostrar as fotos na televisao e tambem pode ser usada para video conferencia com uma qualidade aceitavel, mas e necessario uma placa de captura de video. Indicada para uso experimental e Internet mas definitivamente proibida para uso domestico ou profissional.

Dica.: Se tiver dinheiro sobrando voce pode comprar de olhos fechados a Mavica da Sony. Ja usei e o resultado e otimo, para nao dizer quase perfeito.


A good idea gone bad.   November 23, 2000
Eliseo Soto Ayala (Cd. Madero, Tamaulipas Mexico)
11 out of 12 found this review helpful

Well my girlfriend got this as a prize in a contest and she let me try it. As you've read before the picture quality is unbelievable ungly... the colors are "blended" the picture looks pixelated and blurry, etc...
You can have and idea of what to expect if you take a normal (and decent looking) 640x480 image and save it as JPG at the lowest quality available (I was able to do this with Photoshop). Again... don't buy this if you want to take good photos of memorable moments, if you try hard you can really make a use of this camera by dropping the image size to 50% and adjusting the colors, contrast, etc.
Maybe a little kid would like it because you can look at the pictures on the TV but soon he'll wonder why his/her camera takes so horrible pictures and drop it forever.
And that's not all... don't even get me started on the software and battery consumption of this baby monster you can read it in the other reviews, hope it clears all.