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Summary: Old Technology
Review: I bought this camera from Wal-Mart [and] was pretty impressed for the price to pixel at that point in time. However it's over a year later and the price has hardly dropped! The digital camera world is moving at a very fast pace, I'm sure there's something more up to date in this price range. Also the reason I was visiting this board in the first place is that I damaged the software CD and cannot install the software for the camera in my new computer. Polaroid does NOT offer the software drivers for download! Unacceptable for a product of this type. They want 39.99 for their software package, all of which is useless(I use PS or Thumbs + for image manipulation) except for the twain driver. Any other digital cam offers the drivers for download on their site. A few more notes. 1. Another use you may have overlooked for the camera is as a webcam. Using a video capture card and the "TV" cable for the camera and video mode on the camera you can use this camera (or any camera with a video out) as a webcam. The image more than suitable for internet broadcasting. It will get hot, but I have run my camera for weeks on end as an "always on" cam and have suffered no related problems. 2. On my camera, In addition to the green light in the viewfinder, the image guide in the viewfinder is misalligned so you must use the display screen. If I wasn't so lazy I probably should have traded this camera in for a properly alligned one.
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Summary: Not too shabby
Review: This is a great product for the price. Yes, the batteries drain a little fast if you use the LCD screen too much. The resolution isn't professional quality, but it works for the average user. If you get an 8 MB SmartMedia card, you can take tons of pictures. Good lighting is a must - a lot of my indoor pictures haven't turned out too good because of dim lighting. I guess the flash is a little weak. Also, we've had a problem with the LCD screen - it stopped working after only a couple months. We had fresh batteries and all, the screen just quit on us. My mother in law had the same problem, but Polaroid replaced the camera for her (she just had to pay for shipping it). We're working on that right now. Recommend a Flash Path 3.5 floppy adapter - it works great for transfering files without messing with cables or anything.
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Summary: Just what I was looking for!
Review: This is great value for the price. I was looking for a digital [camera] that could take decent closeups for Web sites and this fills the bill. I was pleasantly surprised at just how good the images at 6"-12" are and general photography is fine, too. My only problem was hooking it up to my wife's PC. Still haven't figured that out, but I'm a Mac user. (It may be a hardware problem unrelated to the camera.) A FlashPath floppy disk adapter makes it easy for me to move the images to my Mac where I can do as I please with them. If you're looking for a Web friendly camera, this is one to check out! It rates 5 stars for being good at what it's designed to do.
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