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Mar 19, 2018
not what i was expecting
1 of 2 found this helpful Ive started trying to set some videogame world records, so i needed a camera to video my performances. Since the camera was just going to be parked on a tripod in front of my tv, I didn't need anything fancy i thought, so i chose a vivitar. My seller was great. The package arrived exactly when they said it would, it just wasn't exactly what i was expecting. It was smaller than i thought it would be, which carried over into every aspect of its functionality. The display was so small, that you couldn't really tell if the image would be exactly what you needed or not. The batteries are triple a, so youre probably not going to get a complete hour of continuous use. Theres no reason, they couldn't have used a cel phone battery instead, and given you a little more run time. The menus are clunky, the directions are hit and miss...its just an all around bad camera. As i stated in the beginning of this review, i only planned on putting it in front of my tv to record video game performances, I wasn't looking to shoot a cinematic masterpiece, so when a camera falls below even my low expectations, that should give you an idea just how truly terrible it is. The tripod and all of the other accessories are great. Ive been able to get way more use out of them. Camera gets two stars instead of one, cause it does actually function. it might be good for a very young kid, if you wanted to get them interested in video, to shoot something very short, but for anything that an adult might want a camera for, youd be better off getting something else.