Vivitar V8018 ViviCam 8.1 MP Digital Camera

by Vivitar

Product Details

• Item Weight: 3.5 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B001VIG9QY
• Item model number: Vivicam 8018
• Average Customer Review: 1.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,925 in Camera & Photo (See Top 100 in Camera & Photo)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: March 2, 2009

Product Description

The Vivitar ViviCam 8018 8.1 Megapixel Digital Camera is a stylish and compact digital camera with great choice of features and high resolution of 8 Megapixels allowing to capture every detail and produce large prints. It features flash with red eye reduction and Face/Smile detection function.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

24 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Very poor choice, August 30, 2009

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Sean R. Mclean (Las Vegas, NV United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Vivitar V8018 ViviCam 8.1 MP Digital Camera (Electronics)

I don't like writing poor reviews, but I am disappointed with this camera. The pictures are almost always blurry. The time from button down to photo taken is always slow enough to miss the moment. The video capture has no audio, although for some reason the actual picture quality is pretty good. The industrial design hints that the lens might telescope some, but this is purely for looks. The only way to get good pictures out of this camera is to take lots of pictures of the same scene and hope that one of them turns out alright. Battery life is surprisingly good, although I think after you give up taking pictures the battery usage becomes irrelevant. The camera is not hard to use, however if there is some trick to actually taking decent pictures with it in the user guide I have missed it. The tag "3x optical zoom" is marketing at its best. The zoom is digital.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars WORST CAMERA EVER, November 28, 2009

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John Keck - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Vivitar V8018 ViviCam 8.1 MP Digital Camera (Electronics)

I bought the 10 MP version of this and it was the worst camera I have ever used. All the pictures came out blurry even with the 'anti shake' feature on. The lag time to take the picture was so slow that you miss the picture. The other thing that bugged me was that you never know if you have taken a picture because it doesn't show you the picture you just took like every other camera on the planet...so you have to change the mode to review the pictures..It also defaults the flash to OFF so you have to always push the auto button or your pictures will be even more crappy. I have uploaded my pictures so you can see just how terrible this camera is and save yourself the money.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Too much hassle. I was supposed to be on vacation!, December 28, 2009

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Donna (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Vivitar V8018 ViviCam 8.1 MP Digital Camera (Electronics)

First of all I borrowed this (thank goodness I didn't buy this one) from a friend for this trip to France and Italy with a group since I didn't want to bring my SLR (but boy was I screaming for it later). Each day we had an exciting full itinerary so we wouldn't get back to the hotel until early evening (to charge the battery). Hour and a half tops and it'd die. I don't leave it on during shots either but that didn't prolong it. I'd get some pictures in the morning and then I'd have to miss the rest of the day! I had to buy some disposable cameras for back up just so I didn't miss out. If I'd known that it had such a crappy battery life then I would have bought another one (or three). And you see, I'd consider myself an amateur photographer. I'm pretty good at getting some nice shots. Even with any point and shoot I've had, I never had to work so hard to get a decent shot. I'm glad to have gotten the photos I did but a lot of them came out horribly. I had to trash a lot. Well, just wanted to share my experience. I think point and shoots shouldn't be this much a hassle. If you want to keep some memories, I wouldn't buy this one.