Polaroid 8.0MP Digital Camera - Purple (CIA-0834S) | 
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| Brand: Polaroid
Category: Photography
List Price: $149.99
Buy New: $69.99
You Save: $80.00 (53%)
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Rating:  7 reviews
Media: Electronics
Batteries Included: Yes
Floppy Disk Drive: None
Optical Zoom: 3
Display Size: 3
Battery: 2 AA
Maximum Focal Length: 18.6
Minimum Focal Length: 6.2
Has Red Eye Reduction: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0 x 0.1
MPN: CIA-0834S
Model: I834
UPC: 826219009890
EAN: 0826219009890
ASIN: B000SAXFOK
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Polaroid i834 8 MP 3x Optical/4x Digital Zoom Camera General Features: Purple Casing | | • | 8.0 Megapixel resolution Video Resolution: 640x480 Large 3-inch color TFT LCD Display | | • | Still Image Format: JPEG, EXIF 2.2, DCF, DPOF, AVI, TIFF 3x Optical Zoom 4x Digital Zoom | | • | 16 MB built in storage SD Memory-card compatible (card not included) | | • | Automatic and manual exposure lets you get creative with every picture |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 2 more reviews...
 Wonderful at first September 27, 2008
M. H. (Front Royal, VA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
The camera was wonderful at first. I loved the large screen, the ease of use and the pictures were pretty good. But then I realized how quickly it ate batteries and 8 short months after buying it, it died. I have sent it back and not heard anything. I will be camera shopping and will be looking for a new brand.
 Poor Customer Service, Camera Disfunctional July 23, 2008
Sad in Texas
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I purchased this camera from Target in March 2008. I have only taken about 50 pictures. It goes through batteries like crazy. I turned the camera on last week, it beeped, extended the lens, then froze up. Customer service will not return my emails, phone calls or letters and will not give me a refund or repair my camera (because they can't?) since I no longer have a receipt. The pictures are not all that great; but not bad for the price. But since I can't take any more picture with it ... I have since read reviews where over 60% of the commentors have a broken camera with a stuck extended lens and no recourse. :(
 Grape and Grin July 21, 2008
John Buckingham (Worcester, MA USA)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
I work in a college A-V department, for which I've been able to advise on the purchase of high-end digital cameras - Canon pro dSLRs and the like. I bought this little Polaroid primarily as a joke: its bright plastic casing is almost the exact shade of purple as our official school color. The joke has turned out to be a rather pleasant surprise. The 8.0MP i834's image quality is perfectly acceptable for most situations, particularly small print and Web use. Bear in mind that using the camera's settings - such as keeping ISO to 50 or 100 max - and shooting in bright sunlight produce the best quality photos; that's nothing unusual in the point & shoot digicam market. As a professional photographer, I especially appreciate the Polaroid's manual overrides and mostly stick with the shutter-priority mode; aperture priority isn't as useful, since the camera seems to pick only about two or three aperture settings and not always the optimal ones for my situation.
The i843's photos tend to be slightly grainy in shadow areas (the noise looks a lot like film grain, so I don't mind) but certainly capture plenty of detail. Colors generally are bright, vivid and nicely saturated, almost like Fujichrome slide film. Expect well over 700 images (at 8PM, Super Fine settings) per 2GB SD card. Marco mode works well for flower close-ups; framing via the bright 3" LCD is relatively easy but - as is the case with most LCDs - more of a challenge in strong sunlight, where the screen image washes out. The 3x optical zoom lens is fairly standard but offers a good amount of sharpness for this price range.
Operation is quick, although focusing can take longer than anticipated for far-off subject or ones lacking contrast. (Helpful red and green markers appear on the LCD to indicate when focus and exposure are ready for the the photo to be taken.) The flash cycles in a respectable amount of time and is of average brightness. Using rechargeable AAs is the way to go, but since the large LCD eats a lot of power, having several spare Ni-MH AAs on hand will save headaches when out for a day of photo fun. The easy to navigate menus - one of the strong suits of Polaroid's digital cameras - offer tons of features and shooting modes, plus the nice option of color effects after an image has been taken - the camera will make a B&W or Sepia file of a color image, for example. Auto white balance performance works very well in daylight and seems about average in other circumstances. Playback is quick, too, as is deleting unwanted photos. Good control layout on the back puts everything within easy reach.
So, while not top of the line, the Polaroid i834 offers a lot of enjoyment for the price. Judging from other reviews, reliability appears to be dodgy, to say the least, but as of this writing, I can report that after two month of moderate use, the i834 continues to work like a trooper. It's a good fit in the hand, responsive and just all around a blast to take with me. Besides, where else can I find a decent digicam in this shade of grape purple? If the friendly little Polaroid i834 makes folks smile even before I take a shot, I'm ahead of the game already.
 Awesome Camera May 30, 2008
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I got this camera on my 13th birthday and it works really great. I haven't had any problems with it and there are so many options on the camera to choose from. There is an effects part where you can change the picture to black and white and other colors. A great plus is that there is a setting where the date will show up on the picture. It has a great zoom and the pictures come out in really fine quality. There is a setting on the camera that makes it real easy for beginners to use. I would definetly recommend this camera to anyone who would like a nice and easy camera to take pictures with.
Customer Service and Camera are trash May 17, 2008
Alicia M. Caruthers
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This camera is garbage. I purchased it 6 months ago as a gift for my niece for Christmas. Now the screen blacks out and the pictures are blurry. Furthermore, neither Target nor Polaroid will stand behind it because she does not have a receipt for her gift. Beleive you are better off with a Kodak or some other brand. This camera is trash.
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