Customer Reviews

Vivitar ViviCam V3746 3.3MP Digital Camera with 3X Optical Zoom

5 star:		(2)
4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

I've had this camera for a little over a year, and I love it.

Pros:
-Beautiful pictures, indoors or out
-Great pictures even in low-light conditions
-Outstanding flash
-Easy to use. My 4 year old niece can take great pictures on this camera.
-Movie mode is only limited by how much memory you have.

Cons:
-Zoom is fair, could be better.
-Start up time, depending on battery, can be quite slow.
-Batteries go quite quickly. Get rechargeables.


The battery latch on my camera broke about 5 months ago. I've still used it, it hasn't affected the camera. I just tape up the battery latch.

All in all, I recommend this camera. The pictures are equal to those of a 5MP camera. It is also very easy to use, like I mentioned before, so it is a great first time camera.

I bought this for my Dad for Xmas last year. He was very anti-digital camera, even for point and shoot use (as was I) but I thought it would at least be a toy for him. He LOVES it! My parents run a day care center, and they use it all the time. They do not edit pictures, but they do take a lot of photos and print them off of the kids daily. They make a little photo album of each child every few weeks for the child's parents. They have found it easy to use, good pic quality up to a 5X7, okay quality up to 8X10. They haven't had probelms with batteries, although it is true that the batteries don't last very long. You could take this on a day trip and it would last without a doubt though. Also you can just buy batteries at the dollar store and keep an extra set with you, and that way it doesn't get expensive. Overall it's a great little camera for the price, I am also planning on buying one for myself the next time they go on sale :)

I love my Vivitare Vivicam. I have know downloaded over 130 pictures to my computer. The pictures are very clear. The first day I used my camera I used up four AA batteries, but then I bought two rechargeable AA batts. and a charger and I have been using that camera every day and the two AA's have lasted over five days now. My mom also really loves this camera, she wants to get one herself. But I recommend this digital camera for people who have never had a digital camera before.

I received this camera for Christmas. As the other reviewers have said, I was very excited. I am not a photo enthusiast. I only use my camera to keep in touch with friends around the country via email. I do not print pictures nor do I do anything fancy. Other than the battery life issue, the camera and I were getting along reasonably well. The only exception was that it was hard to take pictures in crowds. The angle of the lens was too wide and I would have to crop the picture down to be able to focus on my friends. Last week, it stopped accepting batteries for no reason. The batteries died and it would not charge up when I added new ones. I tried several different brands, to no avail. I've ordered a Kodak 4MP camera on a competing website that I get a student discount on. I hope that camera works out better for me. As for this camera, I would not recommend it.

I bought this camera for each of my three daughters. They love it and find it very easy to use. I would love to give this camera 5 stars but I can't get past the fact that it goes through batteries like crazy! If you can afford to get rechargable batteries, I would recommend that. Having said that... Overall, this is a great camera! I wanted to buy a camera for my daughters that they would enjoy using. There aren't many cameras in this price range that have the window on the back of the camera so the kids can view the pictures they just took. That was the whole reason I bought this camera. That and the fact that is also has a flash (which most others in this price range don't have either). I had previously bought 2 other cameras through Amazon. One arrived already broken or we just couldn't figure it out because it was too difficult to understand and the other was in the same price range as this camera but it did not have a flash. It took o.k. pictures but not like the quality of this camera. I would definitely buy this camera!! Just be ready to buy lots of batteries too!!!

I bought two of these cameras, one for each of my children. After shopping around at Staples, and several other stores, I was pleasantly surprised to find such a value with both the digital and optical zoom (a key selling point). The cameras were immediately put to task, and with the aid of a memory card, both my kids are using the camera and video features with ease! What a deal!!!

My brother bought this camera for me for Christmas because I wanted at least a 3 mega pixel camera. It's an okay camera for normal use. The zoom is good and the functions are easy to use. I liked the fact that it took AA's. One big problem is that the battery power does not last long and the camera doesn't warn you of low power. You could be snapping away and all of a sudden it doesn't stay on. The battery meter is useless. As far as the pictures, the quality is fine. One other strange bug is when I took one picture, it disappeared even though it took, it must have been some weird bug. Under low flash or no flash, or higher zoom, when the pictures are printed, the quality is blurred. Overall, it's a good camera if you are not trying to be professional. I just recently lost my camera and I will probably buy a better one that doesn't eat up batteries so fast.

I received this camera as a gift and thought I would love it as it seemed fairly basic. It broke the second time we used it. The door to hold in our SD memory card would not stay shut. The internal memory would not store our pictures, it kept erasing them right as we took the pictures. Very frustrating!! I would not recommend this camera, there are more reliable ones for the same cost.

I want to start off by saying that I am an advanced photographer. My mom bought me this camera for Christmas (my first digital) and I was very excited at first. I, very excited, plopped in the AA batteries that this camera requires, and starting taking some pictures. After about ten (with flash) the batteries go dead. In all, I had to change the batteries three times on Christmas day. The quality of the pictures are okay, but not the best. I began despising the camera and eventually (within a month) bought the new Canon Digital Rebel, which is obviously a camera in a completely different league. If you or the person that you are buying the camera for are photography enthusiasts, rethink the purchase. I gave this camera back to my mom (she didn't have a camera at all) and she is excited about it, but she has no clue regarding photography. All she knows is that she loves the pictures that I take, even though good pictures were NEVER taken with this camera.

This is an excellent camera for the price.
Perfect for everyday use, with one draw-back . . . if using standard alkaline, carry lots of batteries. They are used up quickly.