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3.83
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Toshiba PDR-M252.2 megapixels | 1.5" screen | 38 – 114 mm (3×)
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Average rating:
3.83
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Opinion: This is a great first digital camera. The pictures come out great. All you have to do is READ the instructions. The camera is built vrey good. I bought this camera back in Nov. 2001 and it's still taking great photos. The photo's come out great on photp paper and look good online too.
Problems: The lense cap falls off.
Opinion: This was my first digital camera that I ever bought. What junk!!!! The camera works pretty good for a hood ornament.
Problems: Just simply do not even think about getting this camera. Not even at a garage sale!!!!
Opinion: Easy to use; produces good images under good conditions. Was a good value at the time I bought it 2.5 years ago.
HOWEVER, the camera just died last week--despite fresh batteries, card, etc, repeated attempts to revive it have failed. It simply won't boot up.
So I'd say reliability is a BIG issue, and my next camera won't be a Toshiba.
Problems: weak flash, poor focusing in low light, sluggish response, and the camera died after 2.5 years of normal use (see above).
Opinion: 5000 images, 21 months; crunched opening the lens twice, and was deceased. Probably fair, for $199 Costco investement. But nobody ever told it is was only a 2.2, and the 11X14's ($2.99 each 1 hour - photo paper - Costco) never mention it; 2 buddies at work think I have an EOS Rebel like theirs. Worst part is agonizing over it's successor; been reading a lot of black pages lately... I miss the almost compact bulge in my pocket; always carried it.
Opinion: A very good affordable camera with great picture. May be the best value in digital camera market
Problems: None except the lens cap.
Opinion: Basically 3 out of every 4 pictures I took were under-exposed...very disappointing. I received this camera for a wedding gift and on my honeymoon I took over 400 pictures. I configured the camera in just about every possible configuration and it rarely took good pictures.
I'm a novice photographer but I'm an experienced electronics user...meaning that I followed the directions as they were printed and I was still unable to get great images. This is not a function of user error I just got a crappy camera and would not recommend it to anyone.
Perhaps I used a lemon? I guess I'll never know.
Problems: - under-exposed photos
- horrible battery indicator (90% three bars, 5% two bars, 1% 1 bar, 0 bars dead camera)
- disliked the menu selector button on the back of the camera, it was difficult to select a direction without messing up (press left, you could select up) that kind of thing.
Opinion: This is a great camera. The picture quality is rubbish with in badly lit areas. The colours are always off and the picture is grainy. When using the bulb setting for 1-2 second exposions I always get a bunch of multi coloured speckles all over the darker area of the picture. For outside and well lit indoor environments the pictures are great quality. The macro is top notch! I took some pictures of my foot in macro and the detail is amazing. I saw a whole load of ugly things I didn't know was on my foot!
Problems: When the battery runs out the lense doesn't go back into its hole so you cant put the camera away nicely.
The peep hole doesn't seem to line up with the actual picture very well.
The rubber cover for the side ports can be very hard to get open with your fingers at times.
Very bad picture quality in low light.
Opinion: Got my PDR-M25 for $101 from eBay. This makes it a very good deal. I wondered about the low light use as this seems to be a problem from what I have read. My experience is very good. I am pleased with the low light performance. Just keep in mind the eight foot flash limit. Also, room size and color makes a difference.
The camera is so easy to use, and all my photos have been technically good.
I use the camera as a "snapshot" camera and to put photos on the web, and it works really well for me.
Problems: Must use the NiMH battery, as alkalines only last a little while.
Lens cap is not the best.
Wish they would have threaded the lens or surround so filters or sunshade could be more easily used. Tiffin holder is awkward.
Opinion: Got the camera at Costco for $199 which is an excellant value. Have used an Olympus D-620L for the past 3 years and got the PDR-M25 for its compactness and is used for taking pictures while hiking. Its last use was while climbing Mt. Whitney. Now to some observations:
(1) I use NiMH batteries. They lasted thru 160 pictures and were still charged. The normal alcaline batteries that came with the camera lasted less than 1 hr. Throw them away.
(2) We strated hiking at night so pictures of the campsite and people came out OK. No real complaint about its night capability, focus or picture clarity.
(3) Image quality was not quite as good as the Olympus but not bad. I admit that the color depth could be better.
(4) Out of the 160 pictures, all were better than the normal film camera (maybe not a high end film camera) with non that were so poor that they needed to be deleted.
(5) The capability to control the flash was very handy. I agree with a previous reviewed that you needed to let the camera focus and listen for the two beeps.
(6) The design flaw of the barrel being in the view finder was annoying but considering the cost and features of this camera was tolerable.
In summary, my main purpose for this camera was to have a compact and light digital camera to take on hikes or to quickly put in my pocket on a family outing. It worked well for both uses.
Problems: There are several issues with the camera that can be annoying:
1. The camera barrel in the view finder
2. The ease at which the function knob can be rotated (especially when putting the camera into the supplied case). You need to develop a habit to check this or you may miss an important shot because the knob has rotated into another camera mode.
3. The belt loop on the supplied case broke fairly early in use. They need to make it stronger
4. A sliding lense cover would have been better but using the supplied teather works.
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