Customer Reviews

RCA CDS4100 1.5MP Digital Camera

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At first impression I was pleased with the quality and features of RCA's CDS4100. Images were crisp and camera was relatively easy to use. When using the LED viewer, battery consumption was poor, as to be expected. What I did not expect was that the clasp that is used to lock the battery storage area is made of plastic. Having used the camera for no more than 10 battery changes, the plastic tab broke, rendering the camera unusable as the door must be locked for camera to have power. Since there is a one year warranty on the camera, I called to make an exchange at no charge. I was rudely informed that the camera was mishandled and the warranty was void...send $150 and the swap would be made! $150 to replace a plastic tab! I asked when would a camera be broken not as a result of mishandling...they told me "if it were to fall apart". Boy, that sure sounds like abuse to me! I sent a registered letter to RCA consumer affairs department compaining about my experience and was never given the courtesy of a letter or phone call in return. The camera is gathering dust at this time...and I will never buy RCA again!

I have had great pictures with the RCA cds4100 digital camera.The pictures are clear and you can opt for a preflash or not,I chose not to. The functions are easy to understand and use.The only problem I have with this item is that when I went to install it on my pc it ask for a twain driver and this was not part of the package.Now before I can download my pictures I have to find a twain driver,what it is ,where to buy it and how much additional it will cost.

Hey Mommies and Daddies

This is a great camera for the kiddies or non techis who are buying a first camera. Make sure to buy digital camera or E-batteries- nonalkaline. The LCD eats batteries like it is going out of style. I purchased some Energizer/Photo batteries that lasted forever. I have a girlfriend who has to see every picture that we take and these batteries came in handy. ALSO be sure to keep the camera in the case. Spring Break sand easily scratches the LCD. Also, the lens is kindof in a poor spot. You have to be careful where your hand is all the time or everypicture will have you mitt in it. The camera works best on 95 and 98 and is useless on NT unless you have the CompactFlash Pigtail. I used to work at RCA.com and was given one, but this is a necessity for this lump of digital fun.. I have used this camera for 2 years and have carried it to 6 countries and all over the states and as long as you have a good computer to download to...no problems. Good luck.

Love the camera, but RCA/Thompson have not updated the driver for WindowsXP. (Or whatever they need to update).

I purchased this camera on sale at Radio Shack. It was a good price compared to other digital camera I looked at. It has turned out to be a great camera. I used it to take pictures at my daughters wedding. Yes, I got the super charged batteries and left the LED off and I took well over 300 pictures! The best thing was the software that was included allowed me to make corrections to the photos. I got great pictures and love my RCA digital camera!

I have one of these camera's also RCA cds4100..and can't get it to work on WinXP..

where do I get one of these external flash card readers????

Don

TODAY 9 OF 02/03 I CANNOT UNDERSTAND PEOPLE PROMOTING THIS PRODUCT IF IT'S NO RUNNING WITH WINDOWS XP ! ! ! !

I purchased this camera in March of 2000.

It's now September 2008, and I'm still using it.

I've taken thousands of pictures, for personal use, for auction sites, and it's handled itself great.

Never ran into the Twain or XP driver situation, since I realized many years ago, it's far easier and faster to get an external USB card reader, pop the card in it, and it funtions as a seperate hard drive. Rename, copy, delete, view, edit any pictures the same way you would any other picture on your computer.

Only lately have I been having a problem with the lock that holds the battery compartment closed. I'm still resistant (too cheap) to buying a new one. When I do, I know even the cheapest one I buy will be 100 times better than my old one, but it's still ticking, so I don't mind...

I was reading the reviews for the CDS4100 and someone wanted to know where toget the external. I got one at Target with multiple card ports. My problem is that I formatted the card in XP and now my camera doesnt read the card. How do i fix that?

ITS not just XP guys... its windows 2000 too! Sure you can buy MORE products just to use it, but why? RCA its going to lose A LOT of business on this on!