Panasonic PV-DC3000 3MP Digital Camera w/ 2x Optical Zoom
Saturday, March 13th, 2010 at
2:20 pm
Product Description
Hi Resolution 1280×960; Basic resolution 640×480; 2x Digital zoom; Store 15 to 100 photos; Auto focus; Four flash modes; Optical and 1.8IN. LCD viewfinder; Full feature indicator panel; B/W image recording; Send pictures from camera to computer/fax with supplied compact modem card…. More >>
Panasonic PV-DC3000 3MP Digital Camera w/ 2x Optical Zoom
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This camera is pretty good but you’ll need to read the manual to really get what you want from it. The on screen menus can be a little confusing. Also, be prepared to buy stock in Energizer because it goes through batteries really quickly. The software bundle that came with it was pretty nice. There is a panorama making program and photo impression 2000 editing software. Downloading pictures into my computer is way too easy. I haven’t printed any yet, but they look really good as wallpaper or e-mail attatchments. I wish it were a little smaller, although I wouldn’t expect to get anything better for the money I spent. It looks modern, it’s not to big or heavy to carry around and once you know what the buttons do it’s pretty easy to use. If it didn’t go through so many batteries it would have been a five star review.
Rating: 4 / 5
The camera shuts off before you can even take a picture. We have changed batteries twice and the same thing happens. In the process of getting support through the 800 number but have had no luck. Think this camera is going back to the store.
Rating: 1 / 5
I went with this camera because it seemed like a good value… 4 months later, after using the camera only a handful of times, the LCD would not light up for no reason at all. I immediately brought it back to the store that I had purchased it from since it was still under warranty. The store (Office Max) informed me that I had to deal with panasonic directly. I had to pay to ship/insure it by mail to Panasonic’s service centre… soon after I received a phone call that they needed a credit card number to do the repairs. They stated that the warranty covered parts only and that the labor would be additional. Basically they told me that there was a standard charge of $228 U.S. to fix it… they were not however able to tell me what the problem was. I figured that since I was meticulous about taking proper care of the camera that the problem would have had to be very minor AND it was only 4 months old… I sent a letter complaining about my service and the quality of the camera to the manager at their facitlity. Soon after I received the camera back– still broken. They didn’t bother fixing it nor did they respond to my letter.
To sum it all up— lemon of a camera, terrible warranty and customer service at the company itself… consider a company that will stand by their product.
Rating: 1 / 5
Nice looking unit. The camera has some great features, but two, HUGE flaws:
1. It eats batteries, even the super-duper alkaline ones, in a matter of 15-20 shots or so. Unless tethered to the AC unit, don’t plan on taking it on vacations unless you have a large supply of batteries.
2. The main problem with this unit is the 1-2 second delay in the picture actually being shot after the shutter is pressed. Makes action shots almost impossible.
Its a bummer. I don’t think it was fully tested before it was released on the market.
Rating: 1 / 5
Highly recommended camera. Compact and easy to use.
Handbook instructions were clear and precise.
Took many pictures (aslo close up) and had no problems.
Rating: 5 / 5