Sony MVCCD350 CD Mavica 3.2MP Digital Camera w/ 3x Optical Zoom

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Summary: awesome Camera no need for Memory sticks and chips
Review: I mastered this camera in ten minutues after I opened the box. The best part it uses the 3 inch CD-R and CD-RW's from Sony and so you don't need or worry about memory sticks etc. The CD-RW lets you take 80 images on 640 * 480 size which can be transfered either by playing the CD-R or CR-RW on a PC or transfering the images via USB datalink cable (I took me 2 minutes to transfer all images to the PC via datalink cable). I would recommend this camera to any one shopping for a 3 MP Digital Camera to seriously look into it.

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Summary: not a bad camera
Review: I've had this camera for about a yr now. And like any digital camera it has it's pro's and cons. First off at 3.2 megapixals it's at where any digital camera sould start at for megapixals. The more the more you can crop your photo's with out loosing picture quaility. But that comes with a price tag. More megapixals means more memory consumption. 3x optical zoom is great but could be better. But that's where most digital cameras are at. The veiw finder is only a lcd screen.. it's great untill u have to take pictures in sunny areas. Very easy to use. This camera uses cd's to store images which means 210mb. at somewhere 50 cents a disk. But the downside to that is it takes abit longer to store an image then it would a memory card. Lot's of extra features like movie mode and burst. The battery last along time and is a snap to charge. Battery is also compataply with most sony movie cameras. A plus for some. final verdict. Want a digtal camera to take great pictures with out croping to much, and worried about the high price of memory cards.. this camera is for you.

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Summary: not a bad camera
Review: I've had this camera for about a yr now. And like any digital camera it has it's pro's and cons. First off at 3.2 megapixals it's at where any digital camera sould start at for megapixals. The more the more you can crop your photo's with out loosing picture quaility. But that comes with a price tag. More megapixals means more memory consumption. 3x optical zoom is great but could be better. But that's where most digital cameras are at. The veiw finder is only a lcd screen.. it's great untill u have to take pictures in sunny areas. Very easy to use. This camera uses cd's to store images which means 210mb. at somewhere 50 cents a disk. But the downside to that is it takes abit longer to store an image then it would a memory card. Lot's of extra features like movie mode and burst. The battery last along time and is a snap to charge. Battery is also compataply with most sony movie cameras. A plus for some. final verdict. Want a digtal camera to take great pictures with out croping to much, and worried about the high price of memory cards.. this camera is for you.

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Summary: Great Camera
Review: The Sony CD Mavica is a great camera. It takes great pictures and is real easy to use. I would reccomend it to anyone that isn't sure what to buy.

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Summary: This is a great camera
Review: This a great camera! We purchased it three months ago and have not had one problem. It is easy to use, the cd's are wonderful, and the screen lets you your pictures clearly. The only draw back is we had to buy a new case, as this camera is too big to fit into our fanny pack.

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Summary: Terrible Customer Service
Review: This camera worked well for a few months and then the LCD screen broke. It was not dropped or handled roughly. When we took it to the Sony authorized dealer he wanted [money] to fix it. When I called the Sony Customer Service they said that was the correct price and there was nothing else I could do. Do not buy Sony products. They are built to be cheap throw-away cameras!

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Summary: WOW!!!!!WE LOVE THIS CAMERA!!!!!
Review: We bought this camera in Mid-January. And Both my husband and I love it. This camera has EVERYTHING we could want. And is SO much better than my cheap Kodak DC3200. We are expecting our 4th and final baby in June. And this is another reason why we purchased it. Although we didn't pay 399. for it. We paid 379.00. The clarity of these pictures are just AWESOME! We have even printed them out and they are SO clear! I would purchase this camera again in a heartbeat!

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Summary: WOW!!!!!WE LOVE THIS CAMERA!!!!!
Review: We bought this camera in Mid-January. And Both my husband and I love it. This camera has EVERYTHING we could want. And is SO much better than my cheap Kodak DC3200. We are expecting our 4th and final baby in June. And this is another reason why we purchased it. Although we didn't pay 399. for it. We paid 379.00. The clarity of these pictures are just AWESOME! We have even printed them out and they are SO clear! I would purchase this camera again in a heartbeat!

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Summary: Great for taking, but not making, pictures
Review: When this camera works, it takes sweet pictures. It probably takes sweet pictures when it ISN'T working, but I'll never know. It has a habit -- I say "habit" because this has happened to more than 80% of the photos (around 500) that I have shot in the first two weeks I've had the thing -- of something happening so that the photos are unrecoverable from a disc. This level of unreliability is something I simply cannot fathom.

In looking around help forums and other user reviews on the Web, I find that the problem is far from unusual. The problem seems worse when one uses generic (i.e., non-Sony) mini-discs. And just try finding Sony mini-discs at any of your local big-boxes. It seems to me (we are in the Denver area, not exactly miles from nowhere) that the only place these things can be purchased is on the Web.

This camera was to be a replacement for my Mavica 88, a great little camera that never burped or blurbled on floppies in four years of pretty heavy use. That camera took about any floppy tossed into it, which made things very simple. By contrast, the MVC-350 is beyond persnickety about its discs and its discs are apparently impossible to procure, except on the Web.

I tried to work with Sony's service department, which seems to be offshore. It was clear that the person with whom I was speaking understood only about half of what I was saying: maybe less. There seemed to be a number of scripts available, none of which fit the problem I described. At this point, because I bought this as a new camera through an eBay vendor, I am becoming resigned to the idea of having lost over $300. If you have to try this camera, the odds appear to be relatively good because this problem appears to affect only 15% of users. So go ahead; if it works for you, you'll be very pleased. But for heaven's sake, buy from Amazon, where you will be able to return it if it does not work for you.

In five years or so of writing Amazon reviews, I have given one star on exactly one other occasion, for a very silly book. Even with kitchen equipment I have not liked, there has usually been at least one redeeming feature. In this case, the camera's unreliability is so antithetical to the very purpose of a camera that there is simply nothing good for me to say. This camera has, in effect, stolen my work and I am not very happy about that.

A camera's job is not only to take, but most importantly to facilitate making pictures. When it is impossible to process the picture taken, it is impossible to make the picture. For this reason, I can only recommend looking at this camera with great caution and, if possible, finding an acceptable alternative.

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Summary: Only digital cam you'll ever need
Review: WOW!!! This camera not only made me happy, but it was much more than what I thought it would be. Features galore, so be sure to read the manual. I'm currently taking highest quality pics and it will be sometime before I take my CD to Costco for development. Another really interesting feature is the video mode. My family and friends all have digital cameras that are strictly cameras. This one is a videorecorder too. At $375, this camera is a steal!!! I'm not into writing reviews for products, so if I take the time to do so...I'm really behind the product. Hope I can spread the joy to other lucky shoppers.