Minox DC-8011 packs 8 megapixels into a yawner compact

If anything, Minox does a decent job of aping its big name counterparts in looks and feature set -- if only it wasn't on average a couple years late to the party. The Minox DC-8011 seems to be a perfectly passable budget compact, with an 8 megapixel CCD, 2.7-inch LCD and electric image stabilization. It even measures in at under an inch thick and offers 4x optical zoom, but that's about as exciting as things get here -- which is to say, not very exciting. No word on price or availability, but we're not really sure that's much of a loss.

[Kris S. @ Apr 5th 2008 3:43PM]

*YAWN*

[Derek @ Apr 5th 2008 3:51PM]

Not very exctign indeed.

[Ignatius @ Apr 5th 2008 3:55PM]

Not exctign at all. Not one damn bit.

[derX @ Apr 5th 2008 4:36PM]

Wow, when a typo in a blog post about a product is more remarkable than the product itself, that's a really bad sign.

[Smart People Play Tuba @ Apr 5th 2008 3:56PM]

Just as I thought. Minox . . . chewin' on the power cables.

[Jarhead2012 @ Apr 5th 2008 5:52PM]

I loled. I was waiting for someone to throw in the Han Solo quote.

[Travis Turner @ Apr 5th 2008 3:57PM]

Damn, I wanted to be first to poitn out the typo...

[Andrew Chung @ Apr 5th 2008 4:09PM]

Oh mah gawd, a typo. I don't think I can read this blog anymore. :/

[Byzil Mystwing @ Apr 5th 2008 4:25PM]

and here I was hoping it would be excitign, my life needs some excitemetn..

[thelittleleaguecoach.com @ Apr 5th 2008 4:29PM]

Hopefully they have a good price point, because their seems to be nothing special about it.

[rutsy5 @ Apr 5th 2008 4:34PM]

They're camera won't do very well if their going to be so late with there features.

[SteveBob @ Apr 5th 2008 5:16PM]

That's a shame, years ago Minox made some good stuff.

[hooeezit @ Apr 5th 2008 4:51PM]

Rutsy5, ma man, you made my day! Sadly, many people won't get the joke.

[Ignatius @ Apr 5th 2008 6:13PM]

What, all the incorrect usages of there, their and they're?

[bartoron @ Apr 5th 2008 5:42PM]

Call me crazy, but that camera looks a lot like the Panasonic TZ3K. o___O

http://s7d1.scene7.com/is/image/vanns/495324917?$medium_item$

[spyder91 @ Apr 5th 2008 5:47PM]

Hmmm, my girlfriend's (now discontinued) Kodak EasyShare V603 is sitting in front of me. Me sees a resemblance...

[spyder91 @ Apr 5th 2008 5:49PM]

BLAST! Me also fails and commenting!

http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-path=10387/10388/8803&pq-locale=en_US (black obviously)

[Markus @ Apr 5th 2008 7:50PM]

Only from the minds of...Minox.

[Carmelo Lisciotto @ Apr 5th 2008 10:43PM]

nice device


Carmelo Lisciotto

[gad get @ Apr 6th 2008 5:38AM]

The good news is that you can glue the label of virtually any camera brand over the "Minox" and fool people into thinking you've got a decent camera. The bad news is you'll never fool yourself into thinking that.

[tutut @ Apr 6th 2008 11:38AM]

Who's minox and what is so exciting about this ? These people are late, many companies out there already got their 8 MP and over that already. Even a company like Aigo already got 8.2 MP long ago.

[tutut @ Apr 6th 2008 12:03PM]

Sony already pumped out the 12 MP last year, Canon, Panasonic, Nikon, Aigo already spilled the beans with 10 MP

[Jeff P. @ Apr 6th 2008 12:28PM]

"Who's Minox?"
Geez man, do a little research. Minox is photo equipment company that's been around for a long time. They are most famous for making very small cameras that were considered to be "spy" cameras many years back. You can check out a very comprehensive Minox website here:

http://www.submin.com/8x11/collection/minox/

In today's ultra-competitive marketplace I have no idea if their digital cameras hold their own but their place in photographic history is firm.

[Mike V @ Apr 6th 2008 8:01PM]

This camera has a wide lens (28mm equivalent).

Very few point and shoot cameras have a lens this wide.

[gad get @ Apr 7th 2008 1:38AM]

Whoopee!