No Vivitar voom! (Vivitar Vivicam 5385)

Member Name: rosieym

Product:	Vivitar Vivicam 5385
Date:	01/11/09 (17 review reads)
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Advantages: Easy to use.

Disadvantages: Poor battery life

I was so excited to get my first digital camera 3 years ago especially with my first baby due. No more films, no more bad photos, no more spending a fortune on developing a film of 36 pictures only to get 5 decent ones. I was finally joining the real world!

It is a great camera, 5.0 Megapixels and 3xOptical Zoom and a decent sized screen for veiwing. I am not very technical if i am totally honest but even i can work it. The menu function is easy to work and the settings also.
The camcorder facility is good and the picture quality is very good.

I find the flash a little lacking and slow to warm up and gives it a feel of non-digital camera which for me is a real let down. This could be a reflection on the poor battery life that has plaqued this camera from the start.
I have tried well know brands of battery, cheap brands, in bewteen brands, 3 different lots of rechargable batteries all to the same result. I am lucky if i can take 10 to 20 pictures before the batteries go completly.
I returned the camera once and got a replacement but found exactly the same thing, and as a keen photographer(but with limited spends) i find this very dissapointing.
Fingers crossed Santa pulls one out of the sack for me this year :)

Summary: A great camera for someone who does not use one often.

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