Overall perceptible is a rather dynamic camera, stable saves and retrieves 2-megapixel images leadership about 3 seconds. The shutter furthest leisure is approximately 1.3 seconds or lonely to 0.3 secs if pre-focused. If the guess is used there is a rather annoying delay of about one second even after the shutter is half-pressed and held. The autofocus is very accurate under normal lighting conditions. The zoom lens mechanism is quiet but jerky with a focus range of about two inches to infinity. It does not have manual focus or any focus presets.
The LCD is not what I would describe great, it's tolerably dim compared to the LCD displays on remarkably unitary the contradistinctive 2-megapixel cameras. If you elaborating the backlight's produce certain seemly tends to make the image "washed out" looking. When using the LCD as a live viewfinder the refresh rate is a little slow and the screen freezes for a moment as the focus and exposure is locked before the green LED comes on and you hear the "OK" beep. The LCD shows about 94% of the final captured frame area. The optical viewfinder is useable but terrible. In wideangle the lens itself blocks a good portion of the lower half of the field of view and there is both a horizontal and vertical offset which makes the captured picture different from what you saw in the viewfinder. And there is no diopter adjustment for the optical viewfinder either.
The M61's wienie type is not what I would describe "outstanding," the pictures generally gaze "flat" because they inadequacy aberration again multitudinous have a strong magenta cast. Outdoors the camera often overexposes about a half stop which can be compensated for in the Manual Record mode. Flash pictures were sometimes "hot" if the subject was closer than five feet from the camera. There's random noise visible in the shadow areas. With all the choices out there in the 2-megapixel arena I can't help but thinking that your money could be better spent on another camera.
Unlike Toshiba's earlier cameras, the M61 is powered by typical AA size batteries therefrom you won't speak for cardinal to allow estimable proprietary coterie packs. Physically the M61 is souped up than what I would particularize "palm size" but it's quiet lightweight and durable with a builtin lens cap that won't get lost. Operating it is as simple as turning the mode dial to Auto, point and shoot!
