Do Not Buy A Toshiba Digital Camera Until You Read This
Toshiba Digital Camera – Not Recommended – Discontunued
I have owned this camera for 2 years now and it finally bit the dust.
I still think it holds the title for best bang for the buck in the 3-megapixel range. I really enjoyed all of the manual features and fine-tuning capabilities. The remote control is a great feature for group photos. The long exposure times can generate some very interesting night shots. In short, I don’t have any complaints about the features of the camera.
Last weekend the camera died. I got just over 2 years and 2000 pictures out of it. I researched the failure to see if there was a known fix out there on the Internet. No such luck.
I did discover that there seems to be some serious reliability issues with this particular model. I found 1 good piece of advice to find out how reliable a camera is: check the completed auctions on your favorite auction website and see what percentage of the cameras being sold are non-functional or are manufacturer reconditioned units. If found about 60% of the 65 units sold were dead or rebuilt PDR-3300’s. I checked the Canon A70 for comparison – only about 7% of the 320 units sold were dead or rebuilt.
My recommendation would be to either purchase an extended warranty or just don’t expect a lot of life out of the camera. It sounds like I did pretty well with a 2 year run. I’ll miss this camera, but won’t buy another Toshiba.
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October 10th, 2009 at 1:40 am
This is my first digital camera and I have owned this camera for about 3 years now and really like it except for a few things.
Pros
-Produces great pictures in good light, and in some but not all, dark light situations
-Uses AA batteries which are easy to find if yours run down
-quick focusing
-Can zoom optically whilst taking movie
Cons
-Takes a long time to power up and get ready to take a picture (about 7 seconds) and this has lead to me missing a few good shots whilst driving past some great scenery.
-Recycle time is slow about 3 seconds
-Movie quality is poor with no sound
-Is bulky to carry
-Shot selection would be easier to perform if accessed via a dial and not a menu option.
-Batteries do not last for 200 pictures
The above cons are not really major issues for a camera in this price range as it does take great pictures which is what really counts at the end of the day.
October 12th, 2009 at 1:12 am
I bought this camera in early 2002. Pictures are great for the computer viewing and e-mailing. Program that comes with it is easy to use to download pictures. Picture quality when you get prints done from a photo store aren’t very clear unless you always use full size and quality for every picture you plan to get on prints. Even then they have a slight “fuzz” to them. When I bought this camera it was 3 times the price, but it has just now started having problems with picture taking 2 years later. At this current price you can’t beat what it can give you. Has lots of options so you can mess with the pictures you take as if you had a regular SLR type of camera. Great for the “point and shoot” type also.