I just got off the phone with Poloroid Technical support......(This is my second PDC 700 that I have owned since Christmas)....the first one seemed to work OK most of the time.....ocassionally it would "Mysteriously" run a streak across the photo about the size of a pencil mark, and the images on the screen was nearly impossible to see when you were outdoors. Seems the CD Rom that was included with the second camera was mislabeled and did not contain the "Drivers to make the camera download the film...." I am going to try an upgrade to the 1100,, my question is ....has anyone else had this kind of trouble with the Poloroid Digital Cameras ? and what did you do to resolve this problem? Should I forget POloroid and go to a different brand? any suggestion....in the $300 range?.....Shep' http://artbyshep.homestead.com/index.html
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Posted by Jim Upchurch (Member # 209) on :
I am new to it myself and just bought a HP 315 two weeks ago for 300 bucks. The software works very well and the images are pretty good for the price range with three resolution options. It works well with rechargable NiMHs too.
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Posted by Stephen Deveau (Member # 1305) on :
I bought a Kodak Millennium camera last year around this time! Fantastic little piece of gear for under $500. Canadian. At least a thousand pictures taken and not a problem so far!
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Posted by Shane French (Member # 2098) on :
Well, I have an Olympus D-360R. The newer version: D-360L is a great bargain, and takes great pics. It is also a top rated camera (has been for about 2 years). Super long battery life, and great pics.
Sony Mavica here, like it cause, I pop in a floopy, take 20 pics, then pop it in the putor and go into adobe to fix or whatever.
Oh yeah, its got a lens stabelizer, 17x zoom telephoto, and takes short video clips !! What more can one ask for from 1 camera ?
Roger
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Posted by Mike Clayton (Member # 723) on :
I bought an Olympus D360L, 1.3 megapixel, 8mb card, about 2 months ago for $340.00 US. I just saw it 2 weeks ago at Staples for $249 US. I'm very happy with it so far, if that helps and is in your price range.
MC
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Posted by Brian Keence (Member # 1867) on :
We have 2 Olympus cameras. One is a 1.3 megapixal I keep in my truck and the other a 3.4 megapixel. These use the small flashcard. We also bought the 3 1/2" flashpath reader card that allows you to put it right in your "A" drive. The 3.4 megapixel is awesome if you want to print 5x7 photo's or even some excellent 8x10's. The 1.3 is great for web imaging or importing into corel. We bought our first Olympus a couple years ago and have never had a problem with either one.
Good luck!
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Posted by Larry Elliott (Member # 263) on :
Arvil, Sometimes if the camera is saving a pic to the (film) card and you try to make a change to any of the settings you can get a corupted photo, also if there is a low battery this can happen. There could also be an erratic short in the battery holder or the film access door. Always be sure the camera is turned off before you open the film access door. Try this, turn the camera on, take a shot and wait for the flashing LED to stop. This means the image has been saved to the film card. Shake the camera and if the LED starts flashing again you have a short, don't open the film access door but push on it or tap on it there's a small switch in there that may be out of adjustment and causing the problem. (don't try to adjust it yourself, send it to the mfg.) Usually there was a loss of power or low power that creates these strips of missing pixels.
------------------ Larry
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