On the shelf this week
Example stock · every one 8/8
- A
DSC-P72.CAM
Sony Cyber-shot P72
2003 · 3.2 MP · 312 shots/charge
$129 - A
EXZ60.CAM
Casio Exilim Z60
2005 · 6.0 MP · 248 shots/charge
$149 - B
CP3100.CAM
Nikon Coolpix 3100
2003 · 3.2 MP · 190 shots/charge
$89 - C
IXUS400.CAM
Canon IXUS 400
2003 · 4.0 MP · 164 shots/charge
$74
MENU › TEST SHEET
Eight checks before a camera gets a grade.
A camera that fails one goes to parts. It never gets listed.
SCAN COMPLETE · 8 OF 8 PASSED
- Sensor
- Shot at the lowest and highest ISO against a flat grey card. Stuck and hot pixels are counted and written on the listing.
- Lens and zoom
- Full zoom travel in both directions, repeatedly. The lens cover has to open and close without a nudge.
- Focus
- Close and far subjects, in daylight and under indoor bulbs.
- Flash
- Fires on every shot of a burst and recycles. Red-eye lamp included.
- Screen
- Dead pixels, backlight bleed and any scratch you would notice while framing.
- Buttons and dials
- Every key pressed, every mode dial position tried, every menu opened.
- Battery
- Charged, then shot until it dies. The listing says how many frames it lasted.
- Card and cable
- Writes and reads a card, then transfers over USB to a current laptop.
Grades are for the body. Every grade works.
Same test sheet for A, B and C
Faint marks you only find by looking for them. Screen clear.
Scuffed corners and worn paint on the edges. Light screen scratches that disappear in use.
Deep scuffs, a small dent or a missing rubber cover. Priced for it.
'04 12 25
Trade in the one from the drawer.
That camera from a holiday twenty years ago still has a buyer. Tell us the model and what came with it, and we reply with an offer.
- Years
- 2000 to 2008 compacts
- Working
- Offer as a camera
- Not working
- Offer for parts
- Missing charger
- Fine
- Send us
- Model, extras, one photo
Sign the guestbook
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got the IXUS 400. the sample roll on the card has the shop cat in it!! 5 stars
grade B Coolpix looks better than grade A from other places. battery count was right too.
traded my dad’s old Exilim, offer came the next morning. ty
