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i recently installed windows xp home edition on my computer now my camera will not download. what good is it now!

This camera is listed as XP compatible but is not. It will work with Win 95,98,ME, and 2000 (the software will not install on Win 2000 but the camera driver will). Do not buy this camera if you plan on using XP. Instead go for one of their new cameras such as the PDC 2150 that just came out.

A lot of the reponses here praise the camera, but thats because these owners are new to the digital camera scene and this is their first camera, so they have nothing to compare it to.

The camera is bar far the cheapest avaliable digital camera with a lcd screen, but it lacks a lot of options avaliable in newer cameras. Also the camera can't take that many images without needing you to move them to the computer to take more, it also doesn't include removeable storage so you can take the disk out and put in a new one to let you take more pictures.

It's picture quality is nothing to brag about either, its 0.3 megapixel pictures are blurry if you view them on the screen you can see all the little blocks. Most cameras today offer 1.2 megapixel with the better ones that top out around 4 megapixels and this camera is only 0.3 of 1 megapixel!

Bascially if you really really want a digital camera and don't have the cash to dish out for another one in the 200+ range then get this. But if you want a better quality camera with more options and better picture taking abilities find yourself another camera!

Some tips for cameras:
Megapixels - Higher means more clarity!

Removable storage - Allows you to swap disks that store your image so you can take more.

Battery life - Most AA batteries from K-mart are not going to cut it simply because digital cameras drain power way to much. You can either get NiMH recarables or the engergizer Titanium ones that say their for high drain devices.

Hope this helps.

The good thing about this camera is that with the led screen and the decent software you get a good idea of what owning a digital camera would be like. I love being free of film and developing.

But the pictures are too blury to enjoy. I'm too embarassed to send these pictures to my friends and family which was what I bought it for. I took the camera to a party and everyone was moving around, couldn't stop them, and the pictures while cute were too blury. I then took the camera to Mexico. Scenery was okay but again people blurry.

But this camera has excited me about owning a real digital camera and helped me know what features to look for. So here I am shopping one month later.

This camera is an excellent inexpensive digital camera to start off with. The kit comes with everything you need to make and send beautiful pictures to loved ones on the internet. The only somewhat negative thing I've noticed is that you have to be very careful if mixing inside and outside light sources at the same time. Pictures near a window may not turn out so well, but the LCD allows you to preview and delete pictures as you go along. This is a great camera for anyone wishing to start off and get to know the world of digital pictures.