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(More customer reviews)I've had a few digital cameras and was getting a camera for my daughter.
I picked up the PDC 5080 for the price ($119) which I thought was affordable enough for my budget, but not so cheap as to be in the poor-quality range.
I was sadly mistaken.
I'm not a professional photographer, just a regular end-user taking pictures for personal use and am not a finicky consumer.
I'll give a product a chance and not nit-pick about minor things.
But when it comes to a camera, the color and quality of the pictures are kind of what it's all about.
On the "pro" side of the camera, it is very easy to use, takes lots of pictures and video without draining the 2 AA batteries too fast, the video capture had good sound quality and (like most cameras these days) you can just drag and drop the files to your computer and don't need any special software.
However...
The delay when taking a picture was so incredibly long - 4-5 seconds, at minimum.I haven't ever used a digital camera that took so long to save a file.4-5 seconds may not sound like a long time, but when you're taking pictures it seems like forever.Especially if you need to take several pictures quickly.
But, the biggest issue with the PDC 5080 was the picture quality.It was just awful - blurry and horrible color.I did find that if I didn't use the zoom or didn't shoot up close I could get some pics that were not blurry.But I felt that being able to shoot up close and being able to zoom were both rather important.
I tried indoor & outdoor, with & without flash, but none came out with true colors.I took a pic of our building with trees in front and blue sky & clouds in the background and it came out with the colors of the building & trees faded and the sky was all white, as if it were completely overcast - not a hint of blue showed up in the pic whatsoever and you couldn't see any clouds.
I tried adjusting the exposure, ISO, etc. but nothing could get a true-life color to come out.
So - off to the store to return the Polaroid and pick up an Olympus.
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Product Description:
Still Resolution: 2592x1944 Lens Type: Glass Focal Length: 9.22 mm Aperture: 2.8/8.0 Focus: Fixed Exposure: Auto / Manual Optical Zoom: n/a Digital Zoom: 4x Flash Modes: Off, Auto, On, Red eye reduction LCD Display: 1.5 Memory Internal: 16MB Removable Memory Format: SD Max. Memory Supported: 512MB Battery Type: AAA x 4 Video Out / Docking Station: n/a Video Resolution: 640 x 480, 320 x 240 Video Format: AVI System Requirements: Win98SE, ME, 2000, XP. Mac OS 9.2 - OS X
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