It doesn't qualify as a McDonalds happy meal toy (Vivitar 5190)

Member Name: ryang91

Product:	Vivitar 5190
Date:	23/08/09 (18 review reads)
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Advantages: Easy to use

Disadvantages: Poor quality photos, uses too many batteries

I'll start by saying this: if this camera was a person I'd probably have to murder it. I did not have the problem with the flash like some other reviewers have, but the camera takes about five seconds before it even realises you have pressed the shutter button and then another five to take the picture to save it. By this time the batteries have almost run out and if you want to go for a day out to take pictures, like the zoo; you will have to take about four or five sets of batteries with you which doesn't work out cheaply as it takes three AAA batteries. Also, although it wasn't expensive, it is a 5 megapixel camera which was not worth its money, any detail you wanted specifically to see is not clearly enough defined for you to make it out. I may as well have gone to Mcdonalds and bought a happy meal toy for £60 less, it would probably have been able to take better photos!

In addition, I found that the viewing screen on the back is very thin as within weeks of me buying the first one the screen mysteriously cracked and I was unable to see anything on it as it turned black and white where the bracks were when i turned it on. I thought this was a little unfortunate and took it back to the shop to get another one, only to find it did the same thing about 3 months later.

However after all this, it was very easy to use, had a reasonable amount of settings and could take different types of pictures- even if you can't see anything in them- and a range of frequencies etc and allow you to view and delete pictures easily [even if the batteries are almost flat after you have deleted one picture]

To avoid any accusations of plagiarism, I would like to say I wrote the same review on ciao.co.uk under the username giggsy91.

Summary: The product is very weak in it's design and manufacturing, I would not recommend this product

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