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Summary: Super easy to use!
Review: I've had this camera for over a year now and it just works great. It's simple and easy to use. I use it mostly to capture my young son's growth progress to share with family and friends. We just got back from Hawaii last week and used the digital camera more than my regular camera. You can see the results right away and delete the ones that did not turn out. It's also easy to use for downloading pictures on to the web. The only downfall is that it doesn't have a zoom capability; but, I'm perfectly content. Have recommended to family and friends who are not web savvy. Thanks.
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Summary: Don't waste your time on this camera!
Review: I reviewed this camera previously when I first purchased it. I had to send the first camera back as it had a bad adapter. I was also disqusted to realize that it is not compatible with windows ME. So, after getting a second camera sent to me with a new adapter, and after getting software to support windows me, now my computer will not recognize my connection to the camera...bad connection cords?! I am tired of wasting my time and energy trying to get this camera to work for me. It is not worth the money (even on sale). Buy a better camera...and don't buy a Polaroid as their customer service is non-existent!
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Summary: picture quality is not adequate
Review: Possessing the camera for more than half a year now, I could express more objective opinion than the first delights of a newborn digital camera owner. I still consider the camera as a good buy for the money. The resolution is quite enough for me. (Actually, I can't understand the present race for megapixels. In my opinion, unless you are a professional photographer, you never need more than 1600x1200.) However, the picture quality is not adequate. It would be enough for 640x480, but for higher resolution you see a lack of contrast, sharpness and saturation even for good light conditions. I guess that the optic is just poor. Anyway, if you need a camera not only for publishing pictures online or emailing them to friends and relatives, you'd better spend more money and buy something better.Also the battery life is too short. You should always switch off the batteries if not using the camera a day or more (instead of removing them I insert an old Post-It plastic flag under the lid to open the circuit.) The provided software is really ridiculous. Fortunately, all you actually need is just a TWAIN driver to transfer images from the camera to your favourite software. You can specify this during installation.
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Summary: IF YOU LIKE BEING A SUCKER, GET THE PDC 1100
Review: I am now about to send in my second pdc1100 to the manufacturer for repair- for the SAME PROBLEM MY FIRST ONE HAD. Poor image quality. After I take a photo, it instantly becomes digitally flawed, or wiped out completely. Polaroid had to replace my first camera compeletly, and I can assume they will have to replace this one as well. IN ADDITION, Polaroid's customer service- WHAT CUSTOMER SERVICE?! When I called to ask for a corporate address to send a letter of complaint to, I was told there was no "complaint department" to send my letter to- and thus was denied any address. Precious moments that I trusted Polaroid to help me capture and save are gone forever because of the PDC1100-and now I can't even send a letter of complaint. Nice. Avoid Polaroid like the black plague. You will only regret it.
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Summary: Problem with the port USB, and the Win ME and second 98 edit
Review: Hola es la segunda vez que opino de este producto y esta vez, es para aclarar algo, en primer lugar no es que todas la imágenes salgan movidas sino que hay que leer el manual y manejar las velocidades, si ello se hace correctamente la cámara saca buenos cuadros, en movimiento, además, de noche en lugares de gran extensión, por ejemplo en la ciudad donde yo vivo ahora, se llama Buenos Aires, Argentina, en un parque enorme, saque fotos a mi perra en la noche y con la luz del flash la imagen de ella salió perfecta, y con la luz de los edificios que bordean este parque logre que salga el parque en si mismo, eso es muy bueno, o no? Además la empresa fabricante de este producto, soluciono mi problema, ya que no podía bajar las fotos a mi computador, mediante el puerto USB, ya que tengo el sistema operativo ME, lo mismo sucede con el Windows 98 segunda edición. Pero ellos ante mi requerimiento mediante E-mail no dudaron ni un instante en dos días respondieron mi mail y en otros dos días llego a mi domicilio de Buenos Aires el nuevo software que me permite bajar los cuadros mediante el puerto USB, sin ningún costo mas que los derechos de aduana que deben pagarse en Argentina, y yo creo, la actitud de la empresa ha sido seria, y ellos solucionaron mi inconveniente, por ello reafirmo lo antes dicho es una buena cámara y tiene un muy buen servicio al usuario, gracias Polaroid.-
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Summary: 2nd Review - Still loving it after 6 months
Review: After six months I am still very pleased with this (my first) digital camera. It's fun and very easy to use. I've dropped my rating by one star, though, due to battery consumption. 4 standard AA alkaline batteries will only give you enough power for 10 pics, sometimes less than 5 with the LCD display on. If you don't want to invest in rechargables (I'm the type who forgets to recharge them), I've found that Energizer Photo Lithium AA or comparable batteries give a very, very long life and are well worth the $ for a four-pack. Always remove batteries when not using the camera for more than a day, because it will drain them over long idle periods. I also strongly suggest a 16MB flash card for the average user. (See my previous review from 11/30/00 under jeffandcoy for more info.)
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Summary: Poloroid 1100
Review: Bought this camera last summer and unfortunately a few weeks later I purchased new computer with Windows ME. It took six months to finally receive the software to download so I could begin using the camera again. At first, Poloroid told me they would charge me $120 for software, but then relented and mailed it to me at no cost. I find this camera very awkward to use with the adapter, in fact I had to return camera within a month of purchase only to find out that the adapter was defective. When downloading pictures, they tend to all come out too light and must be enhanced before printing or saving to file. This would not be my first choice in cameras.
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Summary: This Camera doesn't work with Windows 2000!!!
Review: I bought this camera last fall and was satisfied with its average performance (after I had to send the first one back as it was defective). However, approximately 3 months after I bought the camera, I purchased a new computer with Windows 2000. This camera does not work with Windows 2000! It states what the MINIMUM requirements are for the camera but doesn't tell you it WILL NOT WORK WITH WINDOWS 2000. How disappointing! Now I have a camera that is worth absolutely nothing to me...and to top it off, when I called Polaroid, they just tried to sell me a card reader for it for $125. What a rip off!
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Summary: Great camera.. no drivers..
Review: Well, I love this camera.. it's great.. it's affordable.. takes great pictures.. but.. there's no drivers that support Windows ME or 2000!!! what the heck? You'd think Polaroid would have addressed this by now, but nope, not a driver in sight yet. ...So if your okay with using serial or a card reader for now, i suggest this camera.. but if you need USB *right now*, pass it up, since it will not work for newer windows versions. *If anyone would like to hack up the twain drivers for the 1100, please do so.. i've already seen versions of the 640 and 320 funcams available for ME/2000..
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Summary: Not worth the money
Review: I am searching for something positive to say about this camera, but I am at a loss for words. Negative things, however, are no problem. In short, the shutter lag is ridiculously long, the picture quality is only fair, the 4mb card only holds 6 pictures at the highest quality, the memory card is almost impossible to remove without strong fingernails or plyers, and the software is inferior to adobe. A friend has a kodak DC215 and it is a much better camera than this one. I returned mine and am going to buy the fuji finepix1400 or the kodak. Consumer reports didn't have much good to say about the poloroid, but liked the fuji and kodak. I must say I totally agree with them.
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