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"What do you expect??" on by luisp33015
Pros: Cheap,easy to use,good pics,perfect starter for kids
Cons: Doesn't make breakfast
Summary: Hey,lighten up,what do you expect for $80.00?? actually its a pretty good camera for the price.My kid is 12 years old and would lose her head if not attached properly,but at the same time I wanted her to have a good starter camera,and this did the trick,takes good pictures and easy for her to figure out the settings.Get Nimh batteries though or invest in Duracell stock.
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"nice camera, great price" on by blondegirl17
Pros: great, pictures, awesome camera
Cons: wish it had black&white, sepia, or others
Summary: Great camera for teenagers, inexpensive, love the look. Flash is a little funky when you're taking closeups and far away pictures. Don't buy this camera if you want something really professional. And I mean, c'mon why would a pro pay only $100 for a digital camera? They should buy something nice. Very fun, love this camera!
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"This camera broke for no reason about 6 months after buying it!" on by tiffanymuslim
Pros: I like the slide show and music.
Cons: The battery always would die, It broke in less than a yr.
Summary: My opinion of this camera is that it looks good on the outside and is a waiste of money on the inside were it counts!We also had some Polaroid t.v.s that just blew one day!
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"Biggest piece of sh*! on the planet!" on by gadgitgurl
Pros: pretty color
Cons: over exposed & fuzzy pix, crappy zoom, floppy buttons
Summary: This is the WORST camera I've ever wasted money on! I bought one in May & it crapped out after a month...just white or black screen, no icons..just dead! sent it in & polaroid had it a month and sent me back a new one. This second one was even worse. Totally overexposed pix even without the flash. Shutter & on/off button felt wobbly, like they were gonna fall off and the pix were fuzzy as hell. Well i suffered through that one for a month, then it decided to crap out too. Shutter stuck in the closed position. Just lovely!! So i sent it back in AGAIN with a note asking for a different model. Well, after another month, I got my camera back. They sent a HUGE box with my tiny camera in it. The notes said, "Tested camera, fixed shutter. Camera tested, works as should". Well, wouldn't you know, I put new batteries in it...and WAA LAA!! THE STUPID SHUTTER IS STILL STUCK!! So not only did i waste my money on a cheap, garbage camera...but i have to keep paying to send it back. I will be calling them tomorrow to get another RMA#...i'm getting to know these people well, unfortunately. So we'll see what happens with attempt #4. UGH!! DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME OR MONEY ON THE DIGITAL POLAROID CAMERAS!! Spend a little more money and get something you can rely on! The sad thing is, this is a breast cancer awareness camera. You think they could at least put out a satisfactory product for a great cause!!
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"Problems overwhelm the Positives" on by ctoys
Pros: It's pink; large LCD; less than $90 with coupon
Cons: Over/under exposures on most pics, backgrounds out of focus
Summary: Where do I start on the reasons I didn't like the camera:
- Pictures were underexposed without flash
- Pictures were overexposed with flash, some were really overexposed as in washed out completely white faces
- Yes, you can change the ISO settings manually, but it takes time and shouldn't this be automatic
- Even in a moderately lit room, it is difficult to frame the picture in the LCD because it shows up so dark
- No viewfinder means this is not an alternative, even though you know the flash will brighten up the picture you can't frame in the LCD
- Any background object will be out of focus unless it is directly behind the subject
- Subject is sometimes out of focus when the camera is still, always fuzzy when there is any significant movement
- The LCD panel
- Out of 100 pictures, nearly all had some flaws due to the above problems and most were not worth printing
- slow recovery from flash and shutter speeds add up to missed pics
Bottom line is that the place I bought this camera from is no longer selling them, so I traded up to a much better camera and not that much more money.
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