BenQ's new consumer cams, the C540, C740 and C1000

by Paul Miller, posted Aug 31st 2006 at 12:45PM

As Photokina looms ever nearer, camera manufacturers continue their stream of announcements, and BenQ seems to think today's their lucky day. They've got three new ones to show, and there seem to be plenty of megapixels and piddling feature sets between them. Headlining the trio is the C1000 (pictured), which packs a 10 megapixel CCD, 3x zoom and 2.4-inch LCD. There's also 24MB of built-in memory, an 8 second shutter night scene mode, and quick 4 continuous shot mode -- exciting, we know. Next up there's the C540 and C740, which bump the LCD size to a whole 2.5-inches, and manage 5 and 7 megapixels respectively. Both of the cams feature a "Shake-Free" mode, along with 1000 ISO sensitivity for extra nighttime fun. Yeah, not a whole lotta excitement to be had here, but at least these three cams should be fairly cheap when they drop in September. Keep reading for pics of the C540 and C740.

Read - BenQ DC C540
Read - BenQ DC C740
Read - BenQ DC C1000

DC C450

DC C740

Filed under: Digital Cameras

Tags: benq, c1000, c540, c740, photokina

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Perrey Z. @ Aug 31st 2006 9:17PM

DC C1000 looks like a Lumix DMC-TZ1K ripoff and cheap.

DC C540 Looks decent but carnival-free-prize cheap.

DC C750 Looks... the same as the DC C540 but in Matte Black with that classy but cheap look.

Hey Engadget thanks for sharing this story about these new disposable BenQ cameras with the rest us.

Oh! they aren't disposable? oh my bad, i thought they were since they look so crappy and cheap.

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Shredsled87 @ Sep 1st 2006 2:17AM

They look worse than the Vivitar's we sell at my store.

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