Agfa ePhoto 1280

Opinion: This was the first digicam I owned (though I had used plenty before I bought my own). I bought the 1280 because of the trusted name in professional (rather than amatuer photography) AGFA. I knew from using other 1280 digicams that were around at the time, to not buy a Kodak, Casio, Epson etc. I owned it for about 24 months.

Excellent sharp photos, even blown up to 8x10's. I didn't realize how good till I used some other newer cameras at work and my Agfa was always better. Swivel body worked out ok. Night time light gathering capability was real good.

Opinion: An older camera now (November 2002), but still one with unique features that I enjoy. For near 1MB pictures, the images display beautifully on a monitor. Plastic body is disappointing, but swivel lens with flash is a plust for design; also, menus are logical and easy to use (why did Agfa drop this design?). Threaded lens is another nice feature. RJC

Opinion: This is (was) a great (older) camera for short people. The swivel body allowed me to get pictures over crowds that would have been otherwise impossible. When many other digicams were the compact style I was able to capture great shots at decent resolution. The plastic body and delicate swivel need to be handled with care though.

Opinion: Have to get some good rechargeables pair of batteries (1800 mA min), some Smartmedia memories (8Mb) and go for take some nice pics. Exelent quality of pics, big lens aned the zoom operates just fine.

Opinion: This was the 1st digital camera that I ever bought. I used it faithfully until I was introduced to the Sony DSC-S75.
The week after I bought the Sony, my AGFA "died".
The photos were actually quite good, considering the low resolution.

Opinion: well i had to give a 5star rating for value for money becouse i had it with the pc package i find this camera great in every department

Opinion: good value for the money at the time (2000)
I miss a good macro mode, 20cm (8") not good enough

Opinion: When the decision were made to buy a digital camera i was looking for the following features: 1- A robust camera in our harsh conditions 2- Quality and performance 3- Facility to use filters and additional lenses. And am I glad that I have chosed the very first Agfa E1280 in South Africa. As a wildlife photographer and the nature of my Eco tours in all kinds of conditions has the 1280 excelled itself. The slow loading time is certainly not a problem as I was looking for quality and performance. Wish Agfa will bring out a newer version with more feautures.

Opinion: I purchased the camera May 1999 for only 4990.-ATS, that's about $330. Very good is the swivel lens design.
January 2001, the camera survived 1.5m down from the tripod to stone ground. But in September 2001, the monitor of the camera did not survive when my 3 year old doughter stumbled with the camera.

I just purchased for $150 an other AGFA 1280 for my doughter that she can continue to learn how to make photos.

Annoying is only the software from AGFA. At every program start, the AGFA software occupies the JPG ending. When downloading pictures, after each picture the AGFA software changes it's window to the top. Very annoying since downloading 30 pictures from the 4 MB card takes about 15 minutes where I would like to work with other programs without being interrupted all the time by the AGFA software poping on top of all windows.

I will purchase next a Nikon 995