More Camera Troubles

Well...there was a couple problems with my Christmas camera, so we had to return it (poor Jonny!).

First of all, we couldn't get the CD-Rom that came with it to work on our computer. It kept trying to open itself with deleted files that used to have malware on them, so we gave up.

Second of all, it decided that it was only going to upload photos 1/15 times that we plugged it in. And it wasn't because it needed the CD-Rom....because on occasion it DID work! So, it was just wonky.

Thirdly, it was supposed to be HD, but the quality of pictures were almost always worse than my old camera (not HD). So, poo on that.

Fourthly, whenever you turned on the camera, it wouldn't be on the setting "auto" for flash or anything else. The flash was on "off", and it was on some weird "outdoor" setting. So, indoor pictures were horrid! No matter what setting we tried, it didn't work. As soon as you took a picture and viewed it, it would reset itself back too. Frustrating! Not the kinda of thing you want to hassle with when you are ALREADY worried about the timing you have to get that super cute picture of your child doing something rare or adorable. I want to just hit the power button, point, and shoot...not fiddle with settings every picture.

Fifthly (and the straw that broke the camel's back...), it bragged about having "video" capabilities. Oh, it took video alright! Without sound. We contacted their techs online TWICE and received the same answer "You purchase a digital camera, not a video camera. We are sorry that you might be disappointed, but our product contains no microphone, so sound recording is unavailable...just video". WHAT!??? So...it takes video, but not sound? What was so funny, is that the camera DID have those little microphone holes...that's why we contacted them twice, wondering if there was some mistake. NOPE! That model doesn't record sound.

BACK TO THE STORE with you, then.

I felt SO bad for Jonathan! He was so excited to get me a camera, and I know it frustrated him to feel like he didn't do a good job :) Sweet Jonny-Jon.

Now we are doing a bit more research on what the best camera is to get for our money, and for our needs (and video audio is one of them...). So, sorry everyone about no pictures lately. I will give a little update on the kids in my next post, but we won't have pictures for awhile yet I'm afraid :(