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WQV-1 : Casio Wrist Camera
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Want a cool gadget?
then this is it. Basically it is a small digital camera built into a watch.
The pictures arent great, the battery lasts about 6 months or so depending on usage, and
you have to have a PC to download the Casio special format pictures (you can convert them
to BMP or JPG). Saying that it is nifty, in a man-gadget kind of way. Mainly
because it is always there. You do need quite a lot of light to get reasonable
pictures, but this ability to snap anywhere means you can "waste" shots either
in the hope they will turn out, or just because you see something cool. I have found
that stuff which i'd never bother snapping with my 35mm I zap with the wristcam just for
nostalgia's sake. Comparatively expensive, I can't wait for the next-gen of
mini-cameras to appear.
The website i4u has an excellent review plus full
stats,  has pages full of pictures taken with peoples wrist cams.
Here's a range of shots showing what it can do:
     
or click on these links for more extensive collections of WQV pictures:
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