RCA CDS6300 Digital Camera

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Summary: JUNK
Review: Biggest piece of junk of a camera ever made. Sold new for 199.00. Breaks, and Thompson doesn't back them up...sorry....stay away

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Summary: Great camera
Review: Bought this camera December 2001. Have enjoyed its ease of use and great pictures. Have made prints often in Wal-Mart's photo machine and they are excellent. The battery door cracked on the edge somehow and the door won't lock shut. Taping it is difficult. Would appreciate suggestions as to how to get the door replaced or where I can get a replacement door.

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Summary: Great camera
Review: Bought this camera December 2001. Have enjoyed its ease of use and great pictures. Have made prints often in Wal-Mart's photo machine and they are excellent. The battery door cracked on the edge somehow and the door won't lock shut. Taping it is difficult. Would appreciate suggestions as to how to get the door replaced or where I can get a replacement door.

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Summary: Class Action Lawsuit?
Review: Can we say Class Action Lawsuit here? This camera is a piece of junk and Thompson Consumer Electronics knows it. They just "know" that we won't band together as a group and force them to stand behind their product. We all know about the horrible battery life and that is to be somewhat expected. The major issue is the battery door which fails on each and every camera after a time. It would be simple for them to engineer a new one but costly so they ignore it and tell you that the only thing you can do is to purchase a replacement camera. The problem is, that with the new camera ($150) the battery door lasted about 2 weeks and started to crumble just as the original camera battery door. Contacting customer service is a joke either through email or through their 800 number. We need to get together as a group and sue them to make them stand behind their product. For what I have spent on this thing, I could have purchased a decent Sony.

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Summary: Class Action Lawsuit?
Review: Can we say Class Action Lawsuit here? This camera is a piece of junk and Thompson Consumer Electronics knows it. They just "know" that we won't band together as a group and force them to stand behind their product. We all know about the horrible battery life and that is to be somewhat expected. The major issue is the battery door which fails on each and every camera after a time. It would be simple for them to engineer a new one but costly so they ignore it and tell you that the only thing you can do is to purchase a replacement camera. The problem is, that with the new camera ($150) the battery door lasted about 2 weeks and started to crumble just as the original camera battery door. Contacting customer service is a joke either through email or through their 800 number. We need to get together as a group and sue them to make them stand behind their product. For what I have spent on this thing, I could have purchased a decent Sony.

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Summary: RCA- Reject Camera Alert
Review: GOOD CAMERA OVERALL. 2 STARS BECAUSE THE CAMERA, WHILE TOUTED AS STATE OF THE ART BY RCA,IT IS NOT COMPATABLE WITH MICROSOFT XP. RCA (THOMPSONS) SAY THEY ARE WORKING ON IT, ALL FIVE TIMES I HAVE CONTACTED CUSTOMER SERVICE (PC VOICE RESPONCE) OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS. IF YOU NEVER FEEL LIKE UP GRADING YOUR SYSTEM THIS IS A GOOD CAMERA. IF YOUR LOOKING FOR CUTTING EDGE TECH AND SUPPORT DON.T BUY RCA. I AM BETTING THE CAMMERA WILL BE OUT OF PRODUCTION BEFORE STANDARD OS DRIVERS ARE AVAILABLE!!!!!!!

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Summary: rca 6300 where are the drivers
Review: GOOD CAMERA OVERALL. 2 STARS BECAUSE THE CAMERA, WHILE TOUTED AS STATE OF THE ART BY RCA,IT IS NOT COMPATABLE WITH MICROSOFT XP. RCA (THOMPSONS) SAY THEY ARE WORKING ON IT, ALL FIVE TIMES I HAVE CONTACTED CUSTOMER SERVICE (PC VOICE RESPONCE) OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS. IF YOU NEVER FEEL LIKE UP GRADING YOUR SYSTEM THIS IS A GOOD CAMERA. IF YOUR LOOKING FOR CUTTING EDGE TECH AND SUPPORT DON.T BUY RCA. I AM BETTING THE CAMMERA WILL BE OUT OF PRODUCTION BEFORE STANDARD OS DRIVERS ARE AVAILABLE!!!!!!!

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Summary: RCA CDS6300
Review: Good camera, great photos, very easy to use. You must add a 128mb card. This card gives about 120 high quality photos, 350 medium and nearly 1000 low quality photos. I don't understand the complaints about battery life, I have taken over 100 shots on the batteries that came with the camera and I still show a maximum charge in the status window. I have viewed the photos on the LCD window and have run slideshows on the television (great option) transferred the shots to a VCR tape and downloaded twice to my computer all on this one set of batteries. I have a set of rechargeable nickel metal hydrides waiting to install. The only reason I did not give five stars is because the camera has locked up on me twice and I had to pull the battery lid to shut it down and "reboot". I will probably have to send it back to the factory to correct this problem.

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Summary: Great for the price
Review: Great start-up digital camera. Performant for the price. The camera itself and the software are REALLY easy to use. Both the physical and digital zoom are very performant. The battery consumption is actually not that bad. I usually use rechargeable batteries that last longer. I bought kodak digital camera batteries on a trip 2 months ago, took over 50 pictures and viewed them and still haven't had to change them.

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Summary: This camera is JUNK
Review: I am on my third RCA 6300 camera because I can't get a refund only an exchange. The camera worked fine for a few weeks and then started having lock-up problems. The quality of the pictures was great when it was working. After sending back my first camera the second arived with the battery cover already cracked, a problem with the first camera also. When the third camera arrived, brand new batteries were installed but the camera would lock within a few minutes. RCA customer service admits that there has been a high number of returns with these cameras but will only exchange the camera you have for another defective one. I would like to hear from some of the other reviewers on their long term experiences.