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Polaroid t1031 10.0 MP Digital Still Camera with 3.0 LCD Display (Orange)
Orange Polaroid For the price, a pretty great camera. There is NO way to use it withough a memory card (I think it took two pictures then was full) but it has a grea ...

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1. 10.0 megapixels for pictures with sharp detail
2. 3.0 color LCD screen for previewing images before you shoot
3. 3x optical zoom, 4x digital zoom lets you zoom in on your image
4. 16MB built-in storage
5. SD compatible for expanded memory

Editorial Review :

Enjoy the Polaroid 10.0 MP Digital Camera whether you are at home, at an event, or outside. It features a 3.0 color LCD screen, 3x optical zoom, 4x digital zoom, anti-shake image stabilization, face tracking, in-camera red-eye removal, and so many other features. Transfer images to your computer using the PictBridge along with the ability to take video clips with audio. A great digital camera to capture lasting memories!

Customer Review :

trying to help

Unfortunately there were not many reviews on this camera when I purchased it a year ago, but I am hoping my review will help others make a more informed decision regarding their camera purchase.

I have owned plenty of personal-use cameras over the years, but never one that has frustrated me more than this polaroid. The main faults are:

-As others have already mentioned, it takes the camera on average 25 seconds to take the initial picture and about 10 more seconds to "recharge" between shots. THIS IS RIDICULOUS! The only way to speed up this process is to turn off the flash - not an option when trying to photograph anything that is indoors and alive.

-Every other time I turn on the camera (and even sometimes between shots), I receive an error message about the camera being "card protected". I then have to turn off the camera, take out the SD card and put it back in before I can take a picture.

-The picture quality was much better on my older cameras (and although I don't recall what mp they were, they weren't a 10).

-There are many features and settings to this camera, but they are not easy to set-up or use, and the camera resets itself every time it's powered off.

-And to top it all off, the camera is now undetectable when trying to transfer pictures to the computer.

Hope this helps!

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Regrets

Popped in a couple of brand new batteries and decided to take a video. It chewed through the batteries in exactly 7 minutes and 30 seconds. Put some fresh ones in so I could put the video on my PC and watched it. There was lots of crackling, hissing, and popping in the audio and the picture kept going light and dark as it tried to adapt to varying levels of light. I then took a few pictures and found that unless you are in sunlight or other very bright light the picture quality is absolutely abysmal. Lots of mega-pixels does not equal good picture quality. I compared the pictures to ones that my friends old 7mp cyber-shot and the images on the Sony were *much* clearer.
I know this is a cheap camera but do yourself a favor and buy something else or save up for something better.

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very happy

at first I taught this sort of joky camera but after using it it really is fantastic--i dropped it a total of at least 3 feet onto concrete floors --still works--got it rained soaked 4 times works great--only problem after all this abuse is that the warning hand for shakyness gomes up--nothing has effected the phtos which i have no complaints--i use lithium AA batteries and so far have not had to replace them and i take a lot of videos and photos--screen is easily scratched so watch out--would I buy this again?--absolutely--i really like using AA batteries--video sound is pretty good.

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Excellent Camera

It's a great Camera and the price is awesome, Thanks to the seller for everything

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So sloooow

I really dislike this camera. It takes forever to 'warm up.' The delay between pictures is slow. I've handed it to family members to snap pictures and they all shake their heads and give up because it takes so long to focus. When reviewing pictures, it always takes you back to the first picture. For example, if you want to delete a pic while reviewing, the camera takes you back to the first picture after your selection is deleted...then you have to scroll through all the pictures again. The pictures come out grainy, too bright, or too dark. I've played with every setting and still can't seem to get a decent picture.

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1. 10.0 megapixel digital camera with 4x digital zoom and 3x optical zoom
2. Still image compression in JPEG (EXIF 2.2), DCF, AVI, TIFF
3. 2.7" bright color TFT LCD for previewing images before you shoot
4. 16MB built-in storage
5. Includes USB cable, two AAA batteries and photo editing software on CD-ROM

Editorial Review :

Get all the bells and whistles you’d expect in a professional camera, in this easy-to-use point-and-shoot i1037 10 Megapixel Digital Camera from Polaroid. With a 3x optical and 4x digital zoom, you'll get closer to the action than ever before. And you can use the huge 2.7" color LCD screen to preview images before you shoot, letting you frame your subject for perfect photos every time. The audio tag lets you put names with faces when you're capturing memories at a family reunion or wedding. Also lets you take video clips with audio, and the 16MB built-in storage is expandable with SD cards for complete photo storage. Shoot manually or choose from 15 scene modes for customized images. Get yours today and take your photography to the next level!

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1. Megapixels: 10.0 Megapixels
2. Features: Self Timer, Color TFT LCD Screen
3. Display Size: 3.0 "
4. Zoom: 3.0 X Optical , 4.0 X Digital
5. Built-In Memory Capacity: 32MB
6. Operational Modes: Voice Recording Mode, Movie Mode
7. Playback Modes: Single Image Playback, Multi-Frame Playback
8. Still Shot Modes: Portrait, Sunset, Snow/Sand, Pet, Panorama, Fireworks, Auto, Flower, Food, Night Portrait, Party/Indoor, Text, Sports Photography, Manual, Child
9. Battery Life-Shots Per Charge: 100
10. Screen Modes: 4
11. Image Resolution: Up to 3696 x 2776
12. Display Indicators: Flash Mode, Focus Area, Battery Level
13. Playback File Formats: AVI, JPEG
14. Image Editing Features: Image Compression
15. Image Sensor: 1/2.33" CCD Sensor
16. ISO Equivalent: 1600
17. White Balance Modes: Fluorescent, Cloudy, Auto, Sun / Daylight
18. Photo Effects: Auto
19. View Finder Type: LCD Only
20. Camera Lens Features: Face Detection, Auto Focus
21. Camera Flash Features: Auto On/Off, Fill-In Flash, Red-Eye Reduction
22. Outputs: A/V, USB, Wired Standard: PictBridge
23. Compatibility: Memory Stick Duo, All 4:3 Mount Lenses, Mac, PC
24. Includes: Batteries, USB Cable, ArcSoft Software on CD-ROM
25. Power Source: Battery-Powered
26. Dimensions: Length: 98.0 mm.; Width: 65.0 mm.; Depth: 29.0 mm.
27. Product Weight: 185.0 g.
28. Warranty Description: 1 Year Limited Manufacturer Warranty on Parts and Labor

Customer Review :

Good While It Lasted

This camera totally quit working after less than 6 months of use. I was in the middle of taking pictures and it turned itself off. Okay, I put in new batteries. Turn it back on, it comes on, the screen says "Polaroid"...and it turns itself back off. I remove the memory card. I remove the batteries. I try all types of combinations. I try different brands of batteries. Power it on, it turns itself back off. It will not work. I emailed Polaroid. They ignored me.

Do not buy.

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Decently priced, feature rich, but not without a few detractions

I recently purchased one of these cameras (Polaroid CIA-01035S, otherwise known as a Polaroid i1035 10.0 Megapixels digital camera) at Amazon partner Target. In my case, it was a purchase at a brick and mortar store in my area. I'd been wanting to upgrade from a digital camera I had purchased several years ago, one that topped out at approximately 2 Megapixels. Not that there was anything wrong with that old camera, but I had purchased it back when digital cameras were far more expensive, and finding a camera with anything more than 2 Megapixels back then would have cost me an arm and a leg, rather than a single appendage. ;-)

I made my purchase of this new camera shortly after Black Friday, and had just missed sales on digital cameras at a couple of retailers, Target and Amazon included. As it turned out though, what I missed on one hand seemed to be made up for with savings on this model.

Polaroid is a brand I've known most of my life. When I was far younger, the art of taking pictures was a choice between Polaroid's instant technology or Kodak's more traditional film technology. With Kodak's films you had to wait to get your film developed before you'd be able to tell whether or not you'd gotten a good picture. Even with Polaroid's quick developing film technology you were left waiting a few minutes to see the completely developed photograph and unless you had very cooperative subjects you could wind up flubbing a picture because someone moved, was frowning, wasn't smiling, or was joking around in some way that made the picture less than perfect.

Obviously digital camera technology has now long since eliminated much of the hassle of getting good pictures. With most modern digital cameras there's a nice LCD window to see the results of the picture you've just snapped, and on many digital cameras -- such as the Polaroid i1035 -- there's no longer a typical viewfinder to be used to line up and frame the picture. Instead you simply see the image on the LCD display and what you see there is what you'll wind up when the shutter is opened and closed. A minor drawback to this approach is that by using the LCD display in this manner you use up battery life somewhat quicker, so you are well advised to use higher quality batteries and keep spares handy.
The Polaroid i1035 features a 'large 3.0 inch' LCD display (Polaroids words for the display quoted). It is a very reasonable size, and offers a very nice display for showing off and previewing the pictures you take with the camera.

The Polaroid i1035 includes support for use of an SD memory card. By using a memory card of up to 4GB (4 Gigabytes) the number of pictures that can be taken will likely far exceed the life of the batteries, though, of course, the batteries can be replaced repeatedly while new pictures are taken and added to any memory card that might be installed in the camera. Note that the internal camera memory is fairly small at 32MB (32 Megabytes). If a memory card is not installed and/or the photo resolution and quality settings are not changed from the defaults and 'dialed down' the number of pictures that could be taken before the camera would be considered full will be fairly low.

Worse on battery life and memory life, but a problem for virtually any digital camera that supports the feature, is that the Polaroid i1035 also supports taking live action video. Again, without using an installed memory card, the amount of video that can be taken is severely restricted. On the other hand, 2GB SD memory cards can be purchased at fairly low prices, so it really isn't expensive to give this camera a fairly roomy storage area to work with.

I mention a few detractions in the title of the review. Hopefully readers of this review can tolerate a little of my nit-picking and perfectionism.

One of the first complaints I have is in regards to the Quick Start Guide. Understand that I'm a guy. As with most guys that means that I'm not very likely to read through a complete manual. A quick start guide is just what I'm looking for, and really, I'm hopeful and optimistic that I don't even need that. I expect and hope that I could simply pick up the electronic device and start making use of it without reading anything at all, and in most cases, at least for well developed products, that seems to work pretty well. In the case of this camera, not quite as nice as that. No, this camera isn't that difficult to use, but it works a little differently than the camera I used to use, and taking the time to read through the Quick Start Guide is advisable. Unfortunatley the Quick Start Guide isn't as convenient as it should be. In order to have the guide fit nicely in the box that the camera, cable, batteries, software disc and manual all come in the guide is folded up from a larger size down to approximately 5" by 5". I wouldn't mind that at all if the guide folded out in a simple booklet fashion, but instead the guide folds out, then out again to a length (or would it be height) of approximately 20". Once it's folded out to that height it is opened (unfolded) down the length (or height) and then unfolded down the height again. When all is said and done you have a piece of paper that is nearly poster size, with print that isn't all that big, and multiple diagrams shown on both sides of the paper (or poster). Not exactly what I would call convenient or user friendly.

Note also that this camera is a bit of heavy weight. No, it's not that heavy, but it's also not all that light. Compared to the camera I used to use, well, it's probably very similar. Compared to a device like my Cell Phone (Samsung BlackJack II) it's more like a brick. Compared to an iPod Touch, well, it seems to be the heavier of the two. That could be just my imagination, but certainly there are other digital cameras on the market that are smaller and lighter. No, this camera isn't that big, but it's not that small either. At roughly 1" thick, and approximately 4" wide, and nearly 2.5" tall, it's a little smaller (width wise) than an iPod Touch, but not by much.

Perhaps the final irritant for me is that a lot of the metal on the housing for this camera seems to have been chosen simply because it attracts finger prints. No, I'm not that picky, but parts of the case are covered with material that doesn't show finger prints that well, while other parts -- most importantly parts that are regularly touched -- show prints very easily.

Those complaints aside, this is a full featured digital camera. It includes 3X optical zoom, and 4X digital zoom. It also offers Anti-shake image stabilization, face tracking 'for perfect faces in your pictures', 'smile & blink detection' and 'red-eye removal'. (Basically the camera uses artificial intelligence and image recognition to help improve your photo taking skills). It also supports Panoramic stitching which lets you 'stitch' together a series of photos into a larger panoramic photo. For the cost, it's about as good as anyone could ask for, my minor nits aside.

If you're shopping for a digital camera and see this model available at a fair price, I would say you've found a good deal. Definitely give it a good look.

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Good enough for the price

There is a black version of this camera (CIA-01035F) that is $10 more. Don't know why. I bought 2 of them last week (for myself + gift) and I tested both. I bought them on tigerDirect for $70. I also posted my review there.

For the PROS: it uses SD but you have to buy one (max 4GB) and uses AA. The LCD is very large 3" but that's not all good since it eats the batteries quick (I suggest rechargeables). There are also a lot of features that I don't use. Don't know if this is a pro or con!

The main CONS are in video. I thought I could use it as a digital camcorder (35 min of 640x480 video on a 2GB card), but two things were not working on both the cameras that I bought: zooming does NOT work while capturing video. You have to set it up before capturing as you do with single shots! There is also a terrible background noise with the recorded sound, something like tac-tac-tac. After all, it's a camera not a camcorder!

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