A great little snapper. (Vivitar Vivicam 5385)

Member Name: lyndsay3201

Product:	Vivitar Vivicam 5385
Date:	23/02/09 (139 review reads)
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Advantages: Quality pictures, price.

Disadvantages: None.

This was my first ever digital camera, which I bought almost three years ago, and I'm still using it now.

At the time, I paid around £80 for the camera and memory card but I believe that they have gone down in price and you can pick one up for around £40 these days.

For a camera which has 5.0 mega pixels, it takes an excellent photograph. I can't see any difference in quality between a photograph taken with this camera and with my boyfriend's 8 mega pixel camera.

The camera itself is small but rather thick compared to some of the newer models around, but it looks good to me in stylish silver. It has a good sized LCD monitor on the back to view the pictures, and is very easy to use.

When taking a photograph, there are a number of settings to chose from and select, with the turn of a button. The settings are : automatic, panoramic, night time, portrait, landscape or moving. After taking the picture it can be viewed on the LCD display and wil automatically be saved if it's not deleted.

You can also alter the quality, sharpness, colour, focus, exposure etc, however once I got it set up to my preference I haven't needed to bother readjusting it.

Aswell as the camera, you will also find in the pack:

*A black leather case.
*An easy to understand instruction manual.
*A warranty card.
*A USB cable.
*An AV lead to connect it to a T.V.
*A software disc.

I had to buy the memory card seperatley.

*MY VERDICT*
This has been a really good purchase for me, and I have used it frequently for two years with no problems. It looks good, takes excellent quality pictures and is so simple to use - its perfect for someone who doesnt need a really complicated , fancy camera. I would prefer it to be a bit more slimline, however for the money I can't complain. One last thing worth mentioning is that it only works with duracell batteries and goes through batteries very fast.

Summary: A great camera.

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