Polaroid PhotoMAX FUN! Flash 640 SE - Digital camera - compact - 0.35 Mpix - silver

by Polaroid

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• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• ASIN: B000051635
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #30,279 in Camera & Photo (See Top 100 in Camera & Photo)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 4, 1999

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

An easy-to-use camera that is both USB and serial compatible and takes photos up to 640 x 480 pixel resolution. It has 2 MB of internal memory, three flash modes, self-timer, and is both USB and serial compatible. Includes easy-to-use image editing software for manipulation, resizing and retouching of images.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

87 of 87 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Okay for entry-level, January 2, 2001

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J. Mayernik "jmay" (Pittsburgh, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Polaroid PhotoMAX FUN! Flash 640 SE - Digital camera - compact - 0.35 Mpix - silver (Electronics)

I got this as a Christmas present and think it is an "okay" way to enter the world of digital photography. You won't spend a great deal of money, and the quality of the pictures is good for web pages or e-mailing.

Some drawbacks: The camera looks metallic but the actual outside of the camera is made of plastic. It can feel like a toy camera, despite it being a digital camera. Secondly, the memory is not removable. You have to download your pictures to your computer and then erase the pictures on the camera. The picture quality is just "okay" when you print out the pictures. The flash is pretty weak, but at least there is a flash. Not a lot of resolution on the images. They are kind of fuzzy if you scrutinize them.

The good points: You can get digital photos for websites and e-mailing for under $100, and they do look decent. No more buying film and paying for processing, and no more scanning photos. The downloading of the pictures to your computer doesn't really take that long at all. The time is manageable and fine. It has a serial and a USB connection cable included for this. It is an inexpensive way to get your feet wet in the digital photography world, and to learn about what you really want in a higher-end digital camera. The camera can hold about 30 pictures in memory. So far, my batteries are doing well in the camera and don't seem to be draining rapidly like you hear from other cameras.

This camera is made by Polaroid, and it is very much like a traditional Polaroid camera. You get a picture, the quality is decent, and you don't have to get the film processed. So if you use it as you would a Polaroid instant camera you won't be disappointed.

53 of 54 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good camera for the price, July 14, 2001

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Mary "Mom of 2" (Brooklyn, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Polaroid PhotoMAX FUN! Flash 640 SE - Digital camera - compact - 0.35 Mpix - silver (Electronics)

I bought this camera because it was an inexpensive way to try out digital photography. I prefer regular cameras because I don't have a great printer yet, but I just wanted to have this type of camera around in case I wanted to take pictures I want to see right away. It takes very nice pictures that print out great on my old printer. It was extremely easy to use and the pictures download very fast. The software was fun to use.

Since I had my fun with it, and it's so easy to use,I am going to give it to my 5 year old son to introduce him to photography. He already took some great pictures and enjoys seeing the pictures pop up on the computer. He can take as many as he wants becuase I don't have to pay for film and processing.

27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars great price-good camera, December 8, 2001

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Ed Rupp (maryville, tn. United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Polaroid PhotoMAX FUN! Flash 640 SE - Digital camera - compact - 0.35 Mpix - silver (Electronics)

I'll echo the refrain of others who have commented on these cheap type of cmaeras-"you get what you pay for". I have an Agfa esmile camera that I bought on clearance for about..., just to see what digital cameras were about and it works fine. So I got one of these on sale to check it out. However, it hooks up to your computer with a USB port and I only have Webtv so I gave it to my daughter who has a regular computer. She hooked it up, took some pictures and emailed them to us. They looked fine! She likes it and said it was easy to use and fun. If you just want to take some pictures and send them around to people on the net-it's great. It's not Ensel Adams, but look at it this way-the first time you use it over your film camera, it will pay for itself! Two tips for cheapskates like me-1. NEVER buy one of these camera without a flash.2. Try to find one with a video port as well as USB. That way you can take your pictures and see them immeadiatly but hooking up to the video input on your tv. You won't even need a computer.