Using the SiPix proprietary Picture ALIVE (Advanced Living Image Via Enhancement) Technology, the StyleCam Groove produces vibrant images with accurate color, brightness and contrast with advanced technology for zooming and sharpening.

Featuring MovieMode and a built-in microphone, the StyleCam Groove can capture up to 55 seconds of digital video with audio. With the included video software, making a home movie and sharing it with friends and family is easy. The StyleCam Groove has 16 MB built-in memory that stores up to 155 photos.

Using the StyleCam Groove and the included tilt-and-swivel base, you can have a live video conversation with friends over the Internet. The StyleCam Groove is compatible with popular instant messaging applications such as Yahoo! Messenger, Microsoft NetMeeting and Messenger.

The StyleCam Groove includes award-winning software package that makes photo- editing, enhancing and sharing fun. Take the images into ArcSoft PhotoImpression to retouch, add special effects, and create calendars and greeting cards and more. It's easy to produce and edit video clips with ArcSoft VideoImpression, which includes useful tools such as adding cool transitions and adding text to your video.

The camera measures 3.5 x 2.4 x 0.9 inches and weighs 2 ounces. It's powered by 2 AA batteries (alkalines included). This package includes the Stylecam Groove, tilt-and-swivel base, wrist strap, USB cable, and CD-ROM with imaging and video software and drivers for Windows-based PCs.

There are some problems with it first off is the flash is very bright and not good for close shots and without the flash (in my kinda dark house) you loose alot of detail but for the most part pictures are fine and with the software you can sharpen them and get better quality. Another problem is the lack of a zoom because zoom is always nice

The goods are many too such as the price (I got mine for 40 after shipping), the fact you can record video and audio, you get 16mb instead of 8mb like on most cams in this price range it is very easy to use and you can use it as a web cam too.

For the most part I think you get more than what you pay for when it comes to feature but when it comes to constant quality of your pitures it all depends on the lighting.


SiPix Style Cam Deluxe...Garbage   February 12, 2004
Chas Cartwright (Ontario,Canada)
Pure garbage, pictures would not come out if you used the fash,
only day light pics worked good, one day the camera just died,
put in new batteries...nothing, to late to return they only gave me 60 days, thanks for nothing.


Sipix Style Cam Rubbish!!!   January 19, 2004
Mark (Guildford, Surrey, UK)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I took this out New Years Eve and every single picture was ruined! Everyone had no face as the flash was too bright. You can't even adjust the picture in a package as there is no detail in the faces. So take the pictures with the person standing 5 metres away! A bit of masking tape over the flash solves that but when I took some pictures of my baby neice who I see once a year I went to download them and the camera locked up. I lost all the pictures. Few weeks later I went out for someones birthday and took loads of pics. Next day the software crashes after downloading the 3rd picture (which takes between 5 - 15 mins) so I lost all those priceless pics too!! This camera is a joke! Other than those problems it could of been a decent camera, as the one or two pictures I actually managed to download didn't look too bad (outside shots only). If you risk losing the pictures you take whats the point in having a camera! I,m in the process of getting my money back. I,m going to put a bit more dosh in and get something that actually takes pictures.


Very erratic performance   September 8, 2003
6 out of 6 found this review helpful

I picked up the SiPix on impulse due to its low price, figuring it would be a fun intro to digital photography and a great way of recording nights out / events at school. The camera is small and lightweight and therefore very good for that. However, it has several severe drawbacks:

- By default, the flash is turned off; therefore, photographs are often taken without flash and are unusable
- The camera's connection to the computer is erratic - for example, the camera has refused to connect for the past day and required a hard reset (losing all photos!) before it would connect again
- Picture quality is often poor, due to lack of focusing mechanism