Vivitar Vivicam 3930 5MP Digital Camera w/ 3x Optical Zoom

by Vivitar

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 2.3 x 3.7 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00008VSEJ
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #63,097 in Camera & Photo (See Top 100 in Camera & Photo)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: March 14, 2003

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

If you're looking for a digital camera to fulfill all your digital needs, the Vivitar Vivicam 3930 is the perfect choice. The simplicity of operation coupled with well equipped with features, guarantees a perfect shot every time.

No more manual focusing or choppy digital zoom because the autofocus lens is completemented with continuous ADZ technolgy. Advanced step-less Digital Zoom allows the photographer to select any digital zoom level from 1x to 2x in a smooth and continuous fashion, emulating optical zoom.

The 3930 is equipped with a 5.25 megapixel CCD imgae sensor. Images may be reviewed on the 1.6 inch color LCD and the four different resolution modes allow you to send images through email, print them, or apply them to the web at your desire.

In addition to all of these features, there is an unlimited capacity for your photos or videos with the expandable Smart Media slots (16 MB Card included). The built in flash has red-eye reduction to eliminate those unwanted photo blemishes. The camera comes with editing software (MGI Photo Suite SE and Photo Vista) for your PC and is powered by 2 AA batteries.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Digital Camera, February 22, 2004

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"lwross" (Melbourne, VIC Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Vivitar Vivicam 3930 5MP Digital Camera w/ 3x Optical Zoom (Electronics)

I bought this camera online so I didn't get to play with it first. When I got the camera I was plesently supprised. The picture quality is fantastic and the macro feature is a great bonus. The optical zoom is 3X which is quite good. Ignore the 4X digital zoom because it is useless. It takes good night flash photos as well as small movies with sound. It has the ability to record a small voice tag after taking each photo which I think is quite nifty. It connected to my PC with ease and the batery life of the camera is quite good as you can turn off the lcd screen and just use the veiwfinder to save power. It has many more features than I have listed here.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Vivitar ViviCam 3930 - mystery of the battery solved, June 28, 2005

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Rick Schuren (Orlando, FL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Vivitar Vivicam 3930 5MP Digital Camera w/ 3x Optical Zoom (Electronics)

The Vivitar ViviCam 3930 is a decent quality compact size 5.25 megapixel digital camera with a 3x optical zoom and 4x digital zoom. As in all other digital cameras I've tried, the digital zoom produces a very blurry, grainy, mostly useless blob of a picture - fortunately, the 3x zoom proved sufficient for most of my work. For better long-reach photography, choose a digital SLR with an accessory zoom lens or a larger camera with a larger optical zoom.

This camera suffers from rather short battery life due to the rechargeable Li-Ion battery's compact size, not quite allowing one to completely fill a 256MB SD card (about 80 pictures) at best resolution before recharging or swapping. Part of the power problem is the default ON setting of the LCD preview screen, which can't be defaulted to OFF, although it can be switched off manually each time the camera is powered-up.

With much research, the elusive battery type used by this camera was found to be the Fuji NP-60 type, a very compact Li-Ion rechargeable shared by the newer ViviCam 4000 and dozens of other compact digital cameras. This information is not provided in either the Vivitar-provided owner's manual, at the Vivitar website, nor at dozens of online battery e-tailers' websites. Vivitar's tech support, if you can get hold of them, will tell you that it is a proprietary battery you can only buy from Vivitar tech support at a cost of $25 each. But if you ask for the 3930's battery part number, and the part number for the 4000's battery, it is the same part number - and the 4000 webpage conveniently lists the battery type as the NP-60. I was able to find generic NP-60 batteries for $12 each on the Web, and they worked and fit exactly like the original. Buy several spare batteries as you will definitely need them!

Overall, the ViviCam 3930 is a good general purpose camera once you get past its few failings.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Battery issues, February 7, 2005

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Adam Schneider (Portland, OR, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Vivitar Vivicam 3930 5MP Digital Camera w/ 3x Optical Zoom (Electronics)

The product information is WRONG. The Vivicam 3935 takes 2 AA-size alkaline or NiMH batteries, but this model, the 3930, takes an odd Li-ion battery that Vivitar themselves do not sell! The only option for battery replacement is an expensive Duracell non-rechargeable model.