The reason for getting excited is that you can get these for $10 each. Walgreens expects that you'll return them to get your pictures "processed", and then they'll turn around and sell the cameras again to somebody else.
$10 for a camera that shoots 1280x1024 plus has a flash certainly isn't bad - but then you're going to rack up the expense of a SmartMedia socket, soldering, the memory card, and optionally, your own soldered USB connection. Even if you figure $40-$50 worth of materials, it's not a bad deal, if you can settle for its washed-out colors.
Yeah, I bought one [theverb.com] for my five-year-old, and guess what? It won't work without the chicken-shit software, which is too difficult for a five-year-old (and it doesn't really work right even for an adult). What I want is a sub-$100 camera that acts like a usb drive when my boy connects it to his PC (like my $250 camera does). Then he can drag-and-drop the pictures himself. He doesn't need a fancy LCD, just point-and-shoot plus flash. And no chicken-shit software needed.
I've seen at Best Buy (and I just recently read a review about it, but I don't remember the site) a 64MB MP3 player/1.3 MP digital camera that plugs right into a USB port that sells for $99. It's white and orange.
I've been looking for a cheap digital camera for my 4 year old (who likes to use my $400 one, which makes me nervous). I don't care if the picture is really low resolution, but it needs to work and be less than $100. I haven't gotten one because I've been unable to convince myself that the cameras I've found online would work at all.
Ugh... If that was your point, just FSCKING LINK DIRECTLY TO IT! It would have been funny if you linked to http://goatse.cx/. However, since you linked to http://tinyurl.com/4ui, YOU FAIL IT!
Moderators, do something about this poor excuse for an AC.
Anyway, I thought that you'd get a photo CD and a pack of prints, a la 35mm. Can anyone confirm this?
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$10 for 1280x1024 pictures (Score:5, Insightful)
$10 for a camera that shoots 1280x1024 plus has a flash certainly isn't bad - but then you're going to rack up the expense of a SmartMedia socket, soldering, the memory card, and optionally, your own soldered USB connection. Even if you figure $40-$50 worth of materials, it's not a bad deal, if you can settle for its washed-out colors.
Re:$10 for 1280x1024 pictures (Score:4, Interesting)
They even came with some chicken shit software.
Ooooh Chicken Shit software! (Score:5, Funny)
I can hardly contain my excrement...
Re:Ooooh Chicken Shit software! (Score:5, Informative)
Any cameras that meet these requirements?
Sub $100 digital camera/USB drive (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Ooooh Chicken Shit software! (Score:1)
I've been looking to (Score:1)
Re:Unfortunately.... (Score:1, Troll)
Moderators, do something about this poor excuse for an AC.
Anyway, I thought that you'd get a photo CD and a pack of prints, a la 35mm. Can anyone confirm this?