Vivitar Vivicam T328
MSRP $99.99
Released Jan 2009
Pros
- face and smile recognition
- affordable price
- accepts easy to find, capacious and affordable SD memory cards
- cheap no-name brand
- basic point and shoot
- glossy plastic
Vivitar's ViviCam T328 is the company's flagship model of compact digital camera, and features a 12.1 megapixel resolution, built-in flash and 3" LCD screen, as well as 3x optical zoom and 8x digital zoom. It has a low price point and is meant to compete with other manufacturers' entry-level point-and-shoot cameras. This camera has a touch screen for image navigation and taking pictures, digital image stabilization, face and smile detection, and red-eye reduction. There are several different preset shooting modes, including automatic and manual, and several white balance settings, also including auto. This model has a rechargeable lithium-ion battery and an internal memory capacity of 32MB, which can be expanded up to 8GB with a SD card. The T328 is also compatible with a wider range of computer operating systems than Vivitar's other models.