Polaroid CAA-330UC 3.0 Megapixel Digital Camera with 1.5-inch LCD Display (Plum)

by Polaroid

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 3.5 x 1 x 2.3 inches ; 3.2 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B002JIN1G6
• Item model number: CAA-330UC
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,578 in Camera & Photo (See Top 100 in Camera & Photo)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 28, 2009

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Capture all the colors of the four seasons with the easy-to-use a330 three megapixel digital camera from Polaroid. This compact camera is packed with features including a 1.5-inch LCD display that lets you preview before you shoot. So whether you're at the beach, at a wedding, or sending your little ones off to their first day of school, you'll have the ideal camera to help you capture every memory. It also features 16MB of built-in storage and has SD-card expandability so you can shoot and store hundreds of photos on one card. Accessories include a USB cable for PC or Mac connections and two "AAA" batteries.

Features

Burst Mode
Catch every movement with this quick-snap feature. When in burst mode, depressing the shutter will automatically take 3 pictures in 1 shot, as not to miss any quick movement, perfect to be printed and made into a flip book.

Polaroid PoGo Compatibility
Polaroid digital cameras make printing to the Polaroid PoGo Instant Mobile Printer easy. A customized user interface makes printing as effortless as connect, select, and print.

Still image compression in JPEG
Takes video clips
SD/SDHC compatible for expanded memory
Off/auto/red-eye reduction/fill flash
Auto white balance settings
Electronic self timer
PictBridge compatible – for direct camera-to-printer printing
PC and Mac compatible

Accessories Include

• USB cable
• 2 "AAA" batteries

Specifications

• 3.0 megapixel resolution
• 1.5-inch bright color LCD for previewing images before you shoot
• 8x digital zoom
• 16MB built-in storage

Product Description

3.0 MP Digital Camera with 1.5-Inch LCD Display

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

31 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Inexpensive camera for kids, March 23, 2010

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Sara Smith - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Polaroid CAA-330UC 3.0 Megapixel Digital Camera with 1.5-inch LCD Display (Plum) (Electronics)

We received this 3.0 Megapixel camera as a gift for our 4 year old's birthday. She wanted a camera, but the reviews on the cameras marketed specifically for kids didn't look so great. This way she has her own camera so I don't have to worry about her dropping my $300+ camera when she wants to take pictures. The display screen is adequate. It didn't look like the flash was working at first so I had to take it into a dark closet to try it out, but then worked fine. There are 6 buttons on the back of the camera: MENU, MODE and one to move UP, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT as indicated by arrows which was easy for me and my child to figure out without reading the camera's instruction booklet. This camera uses 2 AAA batteries and it eats batteries. We've had to replace them once a week and my child uses the camera every 2-3 days so we'll look into getting rechargeable batteries. There's a simple switch on the side to move from "Mountain" to "Flower" mode. USB plug in on the side. We used an SD 1GB card we had laying around and it works great. The cover for the SD compartment is rubber and just lifts away while being connected on one side so not too impressed with that. The color of the camera was true to monitor color which was great since my child loves purple. Did not come with a camera strap, but has a place to put one. Has a space on the bottom for tripod (not included).

Overall: Easy to use for both child and adult. I would recommend it for children rather than adults since I think it's rather simple.

29 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Polaroid: Not Like It Used to Be., January 4, 2010

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Sonya "readaholic" (Dallas, TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Polaroid CAA-330UC 3.0 Megapixel Digital Camera with 1.5-inch LCD Display (Plum) (Electronics)

This was a gift for my 9 y/o nephew. We had previously bought the kids some of the one-time use cameras, but often never got around to getting the film developed. I thought it would be great to get my nephew and his sisters digital cameras so they could see pictures instantly and print via the computer. The girls (ages 6 and 7) got the inexpensive Vivitars, but I thought since he was older we would get him a slightly "better" camera. Boy was this a big disappointment.

First off, it has a little hole slot for a strap, but it doesn't come with a strap! I looked everywhere for the Get Started manual, there wasn't one. The screen is very small 1.5", but you could still see the objects okay. The camera has some internal memory, which was about 25 photos. It did not come with an SD card, but we placed a 1GB SD in slot. The camera would turn on and show the "Loading" screen, but never got past that, even after 10 minutes. When you tried to turn off the power, the power button would not work. I had to remove the batteries while the SD card was in to get the camera to turn off. I changed the batteries thinking the supplied ones were old. Still the same problem. Basically, putting in the SD card made the camera inoperable.

Taking out the SD is incredibly difficult. There's not a press and pop-out sort of function, you have to get a finger in and try to pull it out by grabbing the ridge in the SD card. I tried about 5 times and could never get it out. My husband had to remove it...terrible design. The SD card slot has a little rubber cover that looks like it may last a day or so before being pulled off. I was pretty P.O.'d. While the girls were snapping away, taking pictures with their 2GB SD cards installed, I was messing around with the Polaroid trying to get the card out. Unfortunately, since it was Christmas, I could not return it that day.

I decided to get the photos off the internal memory of camera and return it. I plugged the camera with supplied cable into the USB port, the camera would light up, but it never displayed on the computer as an input device. Inserted the CD that came with camera, thinking maybe you have to install the software first. Behold! The manual is on the software. The instructions on the CD said that once the cord and camera are plugged in, the device should show. It doesn't. I have a MAC and a PC, it did not work on either one. There are instructions for copying photos from the internal memory to a card, but because I can't get the camera to work when a card is actually inserted, I guess I am going to be out of luck. The photos he took looked liked some turned out okay, some were kind of grainy.

There is a digital zoom within the camera. My nephew kept looking for the optical zoom. I think the next one I try will be more upgraded because he seemed to really like it.

I would not recommend this camera to anyone, there are better inexpensive cameras out there.

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good for my purpose, May 14, 2010

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Steve-o (San Diego, CA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Polaroid CAA-330UC 3.0 Megapixel Digital Camera with 1.5-inch LCD Display (Plum) (Electronics)

You could get a much better camera for $60-80, but I wanted the cheapest "adult looking" simple-to-use camera for my kid in case he lost or broke it as it's his first digital camera. It takes decent pictures and video, better than his phone. Simple interface he figured out w/o the manual. If you don't have a card reader, then the usb cable option works fine. For XP and above, you don't need any SW driver. If he gets into taking pictures, then I'll buy him another camera with optical zoom and more advanced features.