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Summary: Wonderfully easy and durable
Review: My brother purchased this camera for my daughter who was only 7 at the time. My husband and I had purchased a Fuji Finepix for around $350 right around the same time. The Fuji is a good camera but this polaroid is also a good camera and for much less money. What I really like about it is that my children could use it, understand it, drop it. It went through a lot of abuse. My brother told me at the time that it was just a cheapy digital camera, I guess he did not want to let me know that he purchased a REAL digital camera for a child. But, I am glad that he did tell me that. I was under the impression this was a $10 - $20 camera and therefore I was not as concerned about the kids using it. The software that is comes with is a blast and also very easy to use. It is a straight forward decent digital cameral without all of the fancy options and buttons that most of them have now. They are too difficult to even understand and come with a 500 page book of directions. I would highly recommend this camera for children, adults, anyone that just wants a very good, dependable digital camera that is very user friendly. The only exception to the rule for this camera would be if you were using it for advertising purposes for your website or business. For that type of imaging you need to have more pixels for clearer pictures. But this camera will do just fine for sending pictures to and from family members, printing them out and making many creative projects. My daughter loves this camera, from what I understand they are no longer in production and I think that is a shame. I would also highly recommend this for an elderly relative. The words are large, the display is clear and easy to understand. Someone that is not as computer literate as others would not get so easily frustrated with this camera. So, thank you Uncle Gary, Beth and I use this camera more than the Fuji, it just collects dust.
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Summary: Wonderfully easy and durable
Review: My brother purchased this camera for my daughter who was only 7 at the time. My husband and I had purchased a Fuji Finepix for around $350 right around the same time. The Fuji is a good camera but this polaroid is also a good camera and for much less money. What I really like about it is that my children could use it, understand it, drop it. It went through a lot of abuse. My brother told me at the time that it was just a cheapy digital camera, I guess he did not want to let me know that he purchased a REAL digital camera for a child. But, I am glad that he did tell me that. I was under the impression this was a $10 - $20 camera and therefore I was not as concerned about the kids using it. The software that is comes with is a blast and also very easy to use. It is a straight forward decent digital cameral without all of the fancy options and buttons that most of them have now. They are too difficult to even understand and come with a 500 page book of directions. I would highly recommend this camera for children, adults, anyone that just wants a very good, dependable digital camera that is very user friendly. The only exception to the rule for this camera would be if you were using it for advertising purposes for your website or business. For that type of imaging you need to have more pixels for clearer pictures. But this camera will do just fine for sending pictures to and from family members, printing them out and making many creative projects. My daughter loves this camera, from what I understand they are no longer in production and I think that is a shame. I would also highly recommend this for an elderly relative. The words are large, the display is clear and easy to understand. Someone that is not as computer literate as others would not get so easily frustrated with this camera. So, thank you Uncle Gary, Beth and I use this camera more than the Fuji, it just collects dust.
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Summary: user unfriendly
Review: The camera seems to work ok but the software just freezes up most of the time andI have a terrible time getting the pictures. Not to mention the special effects, they just aren't what theyre cracked up to be. Now I cant even get tech support on it. the website ...wont even come up.
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Summary: I'm Upgrading after One Month
Review: The good thing about this camera is that with the led screen and the decent software you get a good idea of what owning a digital camera would be like. I love being free of film and developing.But the pictures are too blury to enjoy. I'm too embarassed to send these pictures to my friends and family which was what I bought it for. I took the camera to a party and everyone was moving around, couldn't stop them, and the pictures while cute were too blury. I then took the camera to Mexico. Scenery was okay but again people blurry. But this camera has excited me about owning a real digital camera and helped me know what features to look for. So here I am shopping one month later.
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Summary: response to customer with windows xp in michigan
Review: there is a way to use your camera with windows xp. you go to the compatability mode and manually change it to windows 95 or 98. buy the windows xp for dummies book. It explains it all. GOOD LUCK. I was upset too, but then i figured it out.
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Summary: Great starter camera
Review: This camera is an excellent inexpensive digital camera to start off with. The kit comes with everything you need to make and send beautiful pictures to loved ones on the internet. The only somewhat negative thing I've noticed is that you have to be very careful if mixing inside and outside light sources at the same time. Pictures near a window may not turn out so well, but the LCD allows you to preview and delete pictures as you go along. This is a great camera for anyone wishing to start off and get to know the world of digital pictures.
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Summary: Fine if you don't plan on upgrading to XP
Review: This camera is listed as XP compatible but is not. It will work with Win 95,98,ME, and 2000 (the software will not install on Win 2000 but the camera driver will). Do not buy this camera if you plan on using XP. Instead go for one of their new cameras such as the PDC 2150 that just came out.
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Summary: Disappointed! :(
Review: This camera was handed down to me, because it didn't work on my brother's computer, which uses windowsXP. Beware... It will not work with windowsXP. Well, I was very excited, because I already owned a PolaroidPDC640, which always gave me great pictures. I was very disappointed when I saw the quality of pictures this camera took. They are all blurry. It's almost looks like their is something smeared on the lens. I cleaned the lens, but still no improvement. If you want clear, crisp pictures... I do not recommend this camera, not even for online viewing. This one is going to my 6yr old.
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Summary: GREAT CAMERA FOR THE VALUE
Review: This is a good camera for 80 bucks at....it even has a lcd display not common on cheaper models!!!
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Summary: A great little digital starter camera
Review: This is a super little "starter digital camera" for about $50, and maybe even for the $119 original list price. It's small, light, convenient and the 640 by 480 pixel resolution is very reasonable for that price. I didn't expect Leica or Nikon quality, and Polaroid didn't pretend to offer it. It's like the disposable cameras you buy at a supermarket, a quick, easy, convenient way of getting basic snapshots with minimum fuss. If you want professional quality, consider a Kyocera Contax N Digital which is scheduled for release in February and has all the features found on the Contax N series of 35 mm cameras. The Contax will have a resolution of 6.29 megapixels, about 6 megapixels more than this Polaroid (if I did the calculations right), and will include interchangeable lenses. It will also carry a hefty price tag of about $6,450 -- without the lens. Professional news photographers I deal with say their basic equipment now runs between $6,000 and $10,000, which doesn't include a satellite transmission system. My basic cameras are the Leica M-3 and Leicaflex; when you look at inflation, today's digital costs are probably equivalent of a full Leica or Nikon camera bag of 30 years ago. Thirty years ago, the Brownie was a starter camera. Recently, I got this Polaroid to learn how to use the digital format and how to handle the images on my computer. It's been a fun camera for that; like the old Brownie (which I never owned), I don't expect 16 x 20-inch grainless enlargement quality. It has provided good pictures at the indoor ballpark, of the nearby mountains, of local Christmas lights, of people indoors at a party and in reproducing several paintings. Downloading pictures to my computer is a bit complicated, but once learned it works well. Polaroid's goal was to make digital imaging easy and fun -- and they succeeded in my case, right from the moment I opened the box. My next digital camera will be in the 2 to 3 megapixel range, which should handle most of my electronic needs for some time. But, I won't toss this camera aside; I'll keep using it for snapshots because of its convenient. If you're tempted to buy this camera, read the other reviews. The reviewers have some of the same concerns as I do; but I think they miss the point that at $50 or so this is a starter camera and not one you want for every digital use. Unless, of course, you are a disposable camera fan -- then you may find this camera fills all your needs. Take a serious look at it. It may surprise you. In my case, I was delighted; it's done everything I expected of a 640 by 480 pixel camera. It's the best $49 I've spent on a camera in a long time.
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