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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The Camera: Different kinds of digital cameras - Photography Course - Lesson 1
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Thanks to the revolution that digital brought in photography, now this hobby is acessible to everyone, because the costs have been considerably lowered compared to the times when film was used.

The first thought of any wannabe photographer is the choice of his phoographic equipment, because the question "which camera should i buy?" it's one of the Existential doubts that never leave you.

The coming of digital brought with it a great confusion, mostly cause of the deceiving marketing.

I'll start making clear the vital features ofthe different kinds of cameras and i'll try to debunk the commonplaces.

We have to keep in mind what we need from oru camera, what is pushing us to buy it? We need it to take souvenir photo with friends or we have a true passion for photography and we want to make an attempt in this field? Wich photographic genre are we going to practice?

There are different "categories" of cameras, the one we are interested in are:...

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