Polaroid i735 Digital Camera
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- Digital Zoom: 4x
- Camera Type: Compact
- Weight: 0.26 lb.
- LCD Screen Size: 2.5 in.
- Resolution: 7 Megapixel
- Optical Zoom: 3x
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Nice pictures, but mostly disappointment
Pros
cute color<br> nice pictures
Cons
hard to use<br>useless complicated features<br>not user-friendly
Recommended it?
No
The Bottom Line:
I would not recommend this camera for beginners, people new to digital photography/cameras, or anyone who wants a user friendly product. I'm not thrilled with it.
I got this camera as an anniversary present. My husband bought it because it is pink. First mistake. It is really complicated, not user friendly, and hard to use and work.
It has a lot of features...too many. It seems to switch from video to camera and back all on its own.
The bottom line is, I would have picked a different camera if I had been given the freedom to buy my own. But as I received it as a gift, I'll use it until it becomes obsolete. It does take nice pictures and is relatively quick when just using the normal mode (I think that is called Q mode, though not sure why). It has a decent sized LCD screen, and it has different modes that let you choose the type of picture you are taking and which mode would be best for which type. For example if you are taking pictures of kids who are moving around a lot it has a "children" mode. If you are taking pictures of landscape or buildings it has a city mode and a mode for landscape. It has a mode for "portraits" called "portrait" mode, and it is fairly easy to switch between modes. The down side is it takes a good week or so to learn how to use and switch between them. This is a camera where you really do have to read the instruction manual before using it effectively. For someone like me, that is not so good. I'm impatient. I want to take a product out of the box and use it. This is not the camera for a beginner, someone new to using digital cameras, or someone who is impatient or technology phobic.
It also does not come with any software. Polaroid includes ArcSoft in the box, which anyone can download from the web. I used to have a Kodak EasyShare and it came with really nice photo edit software. This one doesn't.
It has a lot of features...too many. It seems to switch from video to camera and back all on its own.
The bottom line is, I would have picked a different camera if I had been given the freedom to buy my own. But as I received it as a gift, I'll use it until it becomes obsolete. It does take nice pictures and is relatively quick when just using the normal mode (I think that is called Q mode, though not sure why). It has a decent sized LCD screen, and it has different modes that let you choose the type of picture you are taking and which mode would be best for which type. For example if you are taking pictures of kids who are moving around a lot it has a "children" mode. If you are taking pictures of landscape or buildings it has a city mode and a mode for landscape. It has a mode for "portraits" called "portrait" mode, and it is fairly easy to switch between modes. The down side is it takes a good week or so to learn how to use and switch between them. This is a camera where you really do have to read the instruction manual before using it effectively. For someone like me, that is not so good. I'm impatient. I want to take a product out of the box and use it. This is not the camera for a beginner, someone new to using digital cameras, or someone who is impatient or technology phobic.
It also does not come with any software. Polaroid includes ArcSoft in the box, which anyone can download from the web. I used to have a Kodak EasyShare and it came with really nice photo edit software. This one doesn't.
