Polaroid PDC-5080 5.1 MegaPixel 4x Digital Zoom Digital Camera

by Polaroid

Product Details

• Item Weight: 8 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• ASIN: B000EJ1VC8
• Item model number: PDC5080
• Average Customer Review: 2.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #101,780 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 7, 2006

Product Description

Still Resolution: 2592x1944 Lens Type: Glass Focal Length: 9.22 mm Aperture: 2.8/8.0 Focus: Fixed Exposure: Auto / Manual Optical Zoom: n/a Digital Zoom: 4x Flash Modes: Off, Auto, On, Red eye reduction LCD Display: 1.5 Memory Internal: 16MB Removable Memory Format: SD Max. Memory Supported: 512MB Battery Type: AAA x 4 Video Out / Docking Station: n/a Video Resolution: 640 x 480, 320 x 240 Video Format: AVI System Requirements: Win98SE, ME, 2000, XP. Mac OS 9.2 - OS X

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Easy to use, but awful picture quality and color, June 11, 2006

By 

Jay Gill (VA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Polaroid PDC-5080 5.1 MegaPixel 4x Digital Zoom Digital Camera (Electronics)

I've had a few digital cameras and was getting a camera for my daughter.
I picked up the PDC 5080 for the price ($119) which I thought was affordable enough for my budget, but not so cheap as to be in the poor-quality range.
I was sadly mistaken.
I'm not a professional photographer, just a regular end-user taking pictures for personal use and am not a finicky consumer.
I'll give a product a chance and not nit-pick about minor things.
But when it comes to a camera, the color and quality of the pictures are kind of what it's all about.
On the "pro" side of the camera, it is very easy to use, takes lots of pictures and video without draining the 2 AA batteries too fast, the video capture had good sound quality and (like most cameras these days) you can just drag and drop the files to your computer and don't need any special software.
However...
The delay when taking a picture was so incredibly long - 4-5 seconds, at minimum. I haven't ever used a digital camera that took so long to save a file. 4-5 seconds may not sound like a long time, but when you're taking pictures it seems like forever. Especially if you need to take several pictures quickly.
But, the biggest issue with the PDC 5080 was the picture quality. It was just awful - blurry and horrible color. I did find that if I didn't use the zoom or didn't shoot up close I could get some pics that were not blurry. But I felt that being able to shoot up close and being able to zoom were both rather important.
I tried indoor & outdoor, with & without flash, but none came out with true colors. I took a pic of our building with trees in front and blue sky & clouds in the background and it came out with the colors of the building & trees faded and the sky was all white, as if it were completely overcast - not a hint of blue showed up in the pic whatsoever and you couldn't see any clouds.
I tried adjusting the exposure, ISO, etc. but nothing could get a true-life color to come out.
So - off to the store to return the Polaroid and pick up an Olympus.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars affordable nice camera, May 3, 2006

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Paul Ferguson - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Polaroid PDC-5080 5.1 MegaPixel 4x Digital Zoom Digital Camera (Electronics)

I bought this camera despite the review that the other customer wrote saying hers was defective. The one I received from Ceylan Electronics works just fine and the pictures look just as good as ones on my brothers more expensive camera. I am very pleased with my purchase at this great price. Paul

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Great price, not such a good deal though., April 11, 2006

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Marc E. B. (Harrisburg, Pa USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Polaroid PDC-5080 5.1 MegaPixel 4x Digital Zoom Digital Camera (Electronics)

I purchased the PDC 5080 because I was looking for an affordable 5 megapixel camera. When I received the camera within 2 hours I discovered the microphone for the video feature did not work, the flash whited out everything unless I took a picture in pitch black conditions and the camera completely froze (i.e. could not take/view pictures, turn on or off, nor see anything in the lcd screen) twice. I contacted Polaroid and Computer Geeks (the company from which the camera came) by e-mail 4 days ago and neither contacted me. I had to call Computer Geeks and set up a return which went smoothly. So all in all, great price but far from a good deal.