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Vivitar ViviCam 5188 5MP CMOS, 8x Digital Zoom, 1.5

Vivitar ViviCam 5188 5MP CMOS, 8x Digital Zoom, 1.5" LCD Digital Camera (Black)
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Digital Camera : Vivitar ViviCam 5188 5MP CMOS, 8x Digital Zoom, 1.5" LCD Digital Camera (Black) and Customer Reviews
Cheap Vivitar ViviCam 5188 5MP CMOS, 8x Digital Zoom, 1.5
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  • Waterproof Case
  • 5MegaPixels
  • 8x Digital Zoom
  • 2.0" LCD Monitor
  • SD Card Support (up to 2GB, not included)
List Price: $64.99
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Digital Camera Reviews Writed by Customer [ Total Reviews: 3 Average Rating: ]
Nice little camera for a nice price 2008-10-28
While the quality of the camera is not state of the art, it is pretty decent for the price. My 12 year old daughter is thrilled with it.
Poor image quaility - trade-off for water protection for rafting 2008-06-15
Even at the top level of fidelity, called FINE, the pictures have a lot of blurry areas because of image compression. End result is that the pictures with this 5M camera look worse that a similar picture with my 2M Canon. If they really have the 5M pixels on the sensor, they should improve the software to take use of this.

The only saving grace on the camera is the waterproof case. It is nice to take it rafting without having to worry about getting it wet. As soon as you hit dry land, however, dump this thing for a real camera!
Perfect thing for a kid. Not so good for adults. 2008-05-29
I bought this to test for an upcoming trip to Hawai'i (want an underwater digicam for snorkeling). I was initially impressed by the housing but the camera was awfully light. A quick inspection showed why. The SD port cover is a rubber "plug" (similar to the covers for USB ports, etc on most digital cameras). No big deal, but I could see it coming off with rough use. The menu was extremely basic and didn't even have an option to turn off the barely audible "beep" that followed each button press. You also couldn't change the length of playback which was barely a second. Switching "modes" resulted in the display disappearing while the change was made then reappearing (the first time I set flash to 'always on" the display didn't come back up for 5-6 seconds). "No big deal," I thought, since it was a $60 u/w digicam (I own a Nikon D200 so certainly wasn't expecting to use this on land). I took a few shots then pulled them up on the computer. Aye, there's the rub...

The shots are really quite poor. The lens may be fixed focus, but it's a relatively narrow cone in front of the camera. Approximately 60% of the image was out of focus. There's a noticeable circle in the middle that was reasonably focused with increasing fall-off towards the edges. Furthermore, the shutter speed was iffy at best. A shot of my refrigerator with flash "on" resulted in a very blurry picture. These shortcomings might be mitigated underwater, but I doubt it. Judging by my brief experience, I would strongly suggest avoiding this for any "meaningful" photography (above or below the water).

I give it 2 stars because it's probably ideal for a child as a first camera. The waterproof case was pretty tough and seemed to be up to the task of protecting the camera from rough handling. The poor picture quality would not be a huge issue for a child. The latch to open the case required enough dexterity that a curious child would not be able to open it on accident.

All-in-all, I could see a 4-6 year-old having hours and hours of fun with this at the beach or pool. Mom and Dad, on the other hand, are likely to be sorely disappointed.
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