In this article I am going to review the PSP camera and the software that came with it in the 3.00 update (I am not reviewing the UMD software, it is the software that came with 3.00)

Specifications

Name - Chotto shot
Weight - 15g
Price - £30, $43, 5,000 yen
Resolution - 1.3 megapixel

Software

The software that came with the 3.00 Update is located under the Photo menu of the XMB, you must first plug the camera in to the USB socket before you can run the software.

Photo mode

When you start the software from the XMB the camera starts up in photo mode, the basic controls are..


When you are looking at the screen to take the photo at the bottom there are details displayed about your current settings


The camera in photo mode has a X2.8 digital zoom and the pictures are saved in .jpeg format

If you press triangle a menu of options appear on the screen like in the music player, video player and picture viewer and these options for the photo mode are...


That is all the details of the software in camera mode, on to movie mode.

Video mode

When you press select or go to movie mode from photo mode the basic controls are..


When you are in movie mode and looking at the screen just like in photo mode it displays your settings at the bottom of the screen, it displays..


The camera in Movie mode has a X1.4 digital zoom and the videos are saved as motion jpeg format video and also this piece of built in software lets you record an unlimited amount of video provided that you have space on your memory stick.

Just like in photo mode if you press triangle a menu comes up like in the music player, movie player and the photo viewer, the options on this menu are...


And that about covers it for the camera and software that came with 3.00.

The only other thing i could mention is that this is something that could be added to in future firmware updates, Sony could add more camera effects, more white balance options, more shutter sounds etc, something that can always be added to.

Crazy Coder @ PSP Fanatic