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Review summary: The first thing about the DC1300 is that it's, well, cute! Pearly white, and sporting a blue backlit display, this 3.24x2.24x1.02 inch camera is something you'll want to start using the minute you see it. With the camera, you get a rather cool ...

Pros: Small, good looking, 1.3Megapixel resolution, inbuilt Flash, long Battery Life

Cons: Too expensive, memory is not upgradeable

Verdict: You can take 78 pictures in the highest quality mode (1280X1024 fine) and 795 pictures in the lowest mode (640X480 normal). The camera can store 60 minutes of audio and can even record 2 minutes of video with sound. A red light near the LCD display ...

Review summary: BenQs small 1.3-megapixel camera is a stylish pearl coloured affair, and is one of the tiniest cameras that PC Authority has reviewed so far (aside, coincidentally, from the BenQ 300mini we reviewed in May 2002, page 81).

Verdict: When you plug the camera into the USB cable, the operating system automatically copies the photos and video to a My Medias folder. Unfortunately detecting the camera can be a tricky affair, with Windows XP only finding it successfully 50% of the time ...