Rating: Summary: Don't bother, even for the low price Review: I have had the Polaroid PhotoMax PDC 1100 digital camera for over two years now. I really like it, it has performed well. However, I must mention two items I needed to purchase in order to make this a great camera: 1. AA battery charger, saves a lot of money on batteries. 2. Extra flash memory. I bought 64 MB of flash memory which is actually over kill. I can now get approx. 108 photos on super quality (the top choice). Keep in mind that the above purchases can be used in many other electronic hardware, so the purchase was not only isolated for the use with the digital camera. Randy
Rating: Summary: Good camera Review: I received PDC-1100 three days ago. ... PDC-1100 works as I expected. Good pictures. Works well in low light without a flash - much better than my Cannon Elph APS camera. I used the AC adapter only to learn the features. After that, I put in rechargeable NiMH 1600mAh batteries. I took about 20 pictures so far (all using LCD) and used the batteries while trasfering pictures to the PC, and so far the battery indicator shows half strength. I have Win 98 and USB. Instead of software that comes with the camera, I am using Windows Imaging and Adobe PhotoDeluxe with updated drivers for PDC-1300 from ..., which claims to work with Win 98, 2000 and XP Home Edititon. So, those having problems with 2000 and XP should check it out. The drivers are very good, and transfer goes very fast. I really liked the video-out feature. This alows you to view your pictures on TV using TV's video-in jack. If you put the camera in the recording mode while connected to the TV, it works like a video monitor. Hypothetically, one could get a very long cable (or wireless signal transmitter/receiver) and use the camera as a video monitor, say, in baby room. Finally, unlike many other cameras with video-out feature, PDC-1100 can be switched from NTSC video signal (used in U.S. TV sets) to PAL video signal (used, for example, in many European TV sets). You can view your pictures on your hotel TV during your next "European Vacation."
Rating: Summary: New Drivers for pdc-1100 and 1300 Review: To the previous reviewer, did you see new drivers to make PDC-1100 work with Windows Me, 2000, and XP Home Edition? It is under customer service - downloads.
Rating: Summary: Other poloraid models Review: I got this camera from my wife for a Christmas gift and we were both upset with it . The software wasent right and the cabels did not work at all the LCD screen did not work on the camera when hooked up to my PC . So my wife agreed with me to take it back and i bought a Sony FD Mavica fd75. i spent a little more money but it was worth it to both of us.
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