Aplux Reviews

I came by my camera through an auction so I paid quite a few bucks less than the asking price [....] Also my camera was refurbished through Polaroid. Nonetheless I found this camera a great buy for the money. It carries a lot of features not found in other cameras in it's price range. I use mine mainly for uploading shots for auctions or sending pics to friends. The quality of the shot when using 640 x 480 is pretty good ... anything less and the shots tend to run dark even with flash. I found the LCD screen very useful for viewing pics and deciding which to keep and which to delete. You can also set up your shot through the LCD screen which is nice but is a surefire way to consume your battery life. This camera receives four stars in my book because I had minor difficulties uploadng my pics from the camera to my PC. Polaroid customer service was very nice and knowledgeable. Apparently I had a bad cable. I have since rec'd the new cable and it works fine. The only negative atributes of this camera is the outrageous battery consumption and the fact that it utilizes a serial port.

I've been using this digital camera for several years. I purchased it remanufactured from a closeout store. Even though I've had to exchange it a couple of times, it's been a good camera. It is very easy to use and doesn't suck down batteries like some cameras do. I use it to e-mail family and friend's pictures and for eBay listings. It has served its purpose well.

Just received this camera for Christmas and I love it! I happen to have a alkaline battery charger that I can use for the ones that came with the camera. I may purchase the other type rechargables later though.I personally like having the AC adapter to use for inhome use, as it saves batteries. I like the quality of the pictures. At first some were too dark, no matter what I did with the lighting, till I moved the lens selecting button to the middle or to the far right. Now the pictures are very nice. I don't care for the software program that is supplied. I want to save my pictures onto floppy disks and don't like how I have to do that with the "Photo Max Image Maker", so I use Paint Shop Pro for saving. Also, had a bit of trouble getting the "PC" message in the status panel and the beep when hooking up to transfer the images from camera to the album the first time. But once I got that hurddle crossed, it IS easy. I like that the pictures are already .jpg compressed for easy use in emailing. Although the manual leaves a lot to be desired, I highly recommend this camera kit, as the price is good, the camera is easy to use, and the picture quality is very good.