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shutterbug
a IntermediateDate Reviewed: April 24, 2012
Strengths: It was cheap enough for someone to buy it as a giftWeaknesses: Photos: Blurry
Videos: Blurry
What else is there to sayBottom Line: 13 yr old daughter got this "paperweight" as a Christmas gift from her aunt. It never took good pics. Always blurry, video blurry. I had done photograph for college publications and tried my hand at it and I got the same useless pics. Absolutely disappointment for my daughter. Finally bought her a Nikon Coolpix S4300 for her birthday this month. Based on the price mentioned above (about $70) it was well worth spending about $35 more for a quality camera. Now she is ecstatic with her new Coolpix and those photos are focused, if not amazing. Yes it's 14 MP but my 5 MP camera took better pics than the Vivitar 10 MP.
Don't disappoint a loved one by purchasing this camera. But if you want a good "paperweight" for yourself, as one photo repair shop mentioned, then this Vivitar is for you. Sad to see them put out such a poor quality product.
Purchased At: "Gift"?
Type of photography: Sports
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Mama C
a IntermediateDate Reviewed: March 10, 2011
Strengths: lightweight, nice model color (her favorite--teal)Weaknesses: poor quality, sucks battery life very quickly, picture quality was lousyBottom Line: I bought this camera for my daughter's 11th birthday. She used it for 6 weeks and then it stopped functioning. The display panel got garbled and made the camera useless! Before that, the picture quality, while appearing good on the display, was inferior upon upload. The pictures are terrible, blurry, washed out with flash, off color and just lousy! I was expecting a lot more for 10.1 MP and a regular retail price of $69.99. Don't even think about buying this camera!
Duration Product Used: 21+ years
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$40.00
Purchased At: Toys r us
Similar Products Used: Canon digital camera, Kodak digital camera
Type of photography: People
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Yukinoritter
a CasualDate Reviewed: January 14, 2011
Strengths: Leight weight. Nice color.Weaknesses: Picture quality (worst ive seen)
No sound in videos (veyr little use for that feature w/o the sound)
Very hard to navigate.Bottom Line: I recieved this camera as a gift for a christmas. Im still in school, so the point of this camera was to take pictures of my friends and me during our final year together. Unfortunately, I cant do that with this camera. The picture quality is horrible. Its no longer fun to take a picture a 10th time because the first 9 times didnt come out well, even when the camera was sitting flat. Also, it was very hard to navigate, the controls were very messy/confusing.
I also planned to use this camera for taking videos, but without the ability to record sound, theres really no point. A useless feature...
Do not buy this camera and do not be tempted to purchase it for its low price. It was originally 130.00 dollars, but I got it for 40.00....hmmm, I wonder why?....Biggest waste of 40.00 dollars
Duration Product Used: 2-5 years
Price Paid:
$40.00
Purchased At: Kohl's
Similar Products Used: None
Type of photography: People
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J. Roberts
a ExpertDate Reviewed: December 25, 2010
Strengths: NONEWeaknesses: EverythingBottom Line: This is absolutely the WORSE excuse for a digital camera I have ever witnessed. AWFUL is the only word I can use to describe thid camera. Don"t buy!!!!!!
Duration Product Used: 21+ years
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$40.00
Purchased At: Office Depot
Similar Products Used: Sony Digital Cameras
Type of photography: People
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anonymous
a IntermediateDate Reviewed: December 25, 2010
Strengths: noneWeaknesses: everythingBottom Line: Purchased this for my12 year old son for Christmas as a general use camera. I didn't expect anything fancy...just something basic to allow him to take fun photos. This camera is worse than worse...every shot is reddish and blurry. What a disappointing gift this was to give. This was far worse than the initial 2 Megapixel camera we initially purchased back when digital cameras were first on the market. Don't buy. If I could rate it less than a 1, I would.
Duration Product Used: 11-20 years
Price Paid:
$40.00
Purchased At: Office Depot
Similar Products Used: Previous owner of numerous and various brands of digital cameras...anywhere from basic to professional grade.
Type of photography: Other
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