The Polaroid PDC3030 is a good camera, but not preforming at all they way it should be. I cant transfer my images onto my pictures on the pc, instead the pics are going into my documents and I cant transfer them into my documents.

The people that rate the Polaroid PDC3030 poor because of bad close ups, over exposed closes ups with the flash and blurry photos at times need to remember that IT IS JUST A POINT AND SHOOT NOT AN SLR camera. Any point and shoot camera will have these problems. Having done photography for years I can tell you that the only way to avoid all of that is to carry around a SLR camera with several lenses and a off set flash. And who can carry all that around with you all the time?

And if you don't know what a SLR camera is, that's one more reason to stop complaining, you don't even really know how cameras work.

I bet those people who don't like this Polaroid PDC3030 camera are used to using much more advanced, expensive cameras. I also got mine from Argos, with 64Mb smartmedia memory (16Mb built-in)and a leather case for £99.99. Excellent Value!
For the cost of this camera, it's features are very good. TRUE 3.2Megapixels, 3x digital Zoom (no optical zoom though), Web cam mode, video capture mode (with sound)and sound capture mode.
The tiny 1.4 inch screen isn't brilliant, but for checking composition etc,it does it's job. When you hook it up to the PC (simple USB connection), the pictures look far better than you'd expect from such a tiny lens. It's a fixed focus camera, so you'd probably want a more advanced main camera - but this one is ideal for that stag party where you're not going to worry about damaging an expensive camera.
The in-built flash does tend to overexpose dimly lit shots, but in good light the picture quality is very good at full resolution (2048x1536). You can do a manual/auto white-balance, auto/manual exposure, pretty standard stuff, but no effects. The Driver CD includes net-meeting for video messaging, and Arcsoft's Photo-Impression v4.0 for image manipulation.
The battery life is quite good too from the 4xAAA's.
But my main gripe about this camera is the time it takes to grab the picture. There is a 3 second delay before you see your picture. This in my opinion is unnecessarily long.
Video clip quality although not brilliant is usable for mucking about with your friends etc, maybe e-mailing short clips. The in-built microphone works quite well indoors, but if you use it outdoors, then stay out of the wind.
Overall although this no-frills camera is very limited for advanced users, it is ideal for the beginner and those who aren't too serious a photographer or those who don't have a web-cam.

I love this camera. I was not after anything to replace my SLR, but I wanted a convenient on the spot cheap digital camera, the kind they give away when you buy a printer. At Au$69.00 it was not pretending to be anything else. It's performance in good light is great and you are definitely getting 3.2MP. Low light is a difficulty for it, but it works within limits. The web cam functionality was a bonus that had nearly acceptable results as was the ability to generate happy snap AVI films for emailing. The microphone also works well. What you pay for is what you get. Working as Systems Admin for an international graphics company, you get to see a few digital cameras. It can't be used as your main camera, but it is great bang for buck. Well done Polaroid for the low end niche.

The pictures of the Polaroid PDC3030 can be sharpened with programs like XNVIEW or IRFANVIEW by using the 'focus enhance' or 'focus extreme' functions;
The inbuild lightning can be used with a POL-Filter in front of the camera's lenses to produce accurate pictures.
All in all a camera which needs tricks and tools but then it's useful.

The Polaroid PDC3030 is a cheap and nasty camera.
There's no point in having 3.2mp if the lens is not of a suitable standard. I'll bet the lenses in those £2.99 single use film cameras are better than this. I wouldn't wish this camera on my enemies!.

Does the person who wrote the original review of the PDC3030 work for Polaroid? I bought this Camera for use with Children because, more expensive '3.2 MegaPixel' Canon A70's were being damaged. But this isn't even good enough for them. Picture quality is rubbish!!! Pictures are grainy and look like they have been taken through a glass of muddy water!! 3.2 Meg CCD I THINK NOT!!!!

This Polaroid PDC3030 digital camera although very cheap is very nasty. How it can have 3 million pixels beats me as the pictures are terrible. The lens is the size of a mouse's eye so cannot capture images clearly. The camera takes a long time from switch-on to be ready to take pictures. It also takes about 4 or 5 seconds to take a picture, as you need to wait until the beeping stops while keeping the camera steady. Certainly not a camera for action shots. I bought one to take on holiday and lost it after 4 days. I was quite pleased I lost it as I then bought the fantastic Casio Exilim EX-Z40.

I fancied buying a digital camera, not so much to replace my film based one, but merely to have the option of using a digital camera. Being on a budget, I wanted to get the most for my money without opting for something from a company I'd never heard of. And then I found this Polaroid PDC3030. I paid £100 for the PDC3030 from Argos, and for that price I also got a large leather case and a 64mb memory card.
Bad points first: it feels cheap, with plasticky buttons; the screen quality is pretty poor meaning your photos look a lot worse than they are; you can't use any funky rechargeable chewing gum batteries or anything like that and in terms of features, it has a flash and a zoom, and, um, that's about it.
As for the good points, well, where do I start? For £80 you get a 3.2 megapixel camera from a well know, well respected company. To get anything remotely similar from someone else, you'll have to spend double what you pay for this; the Polaroid one step down from this costs just £5 less, but is only 2 megapixels! The camera has 16mb of built in memory, which isn't much, but some £300 cameras have no memory whatsoever, and *need* a memory card! With the 64mb card you get from Argos, you've got enough room for around 36 full size pictures, though you can get more if you lower their resolution. You can use it as a webcam, use it as an audio recorder, record video with sound; you get a 3x digital zoom as well. And the battery life! I've used this camera over a 1 month period with intermittent heavy usage, and the battery is still full. The camera is also so simple to use: turn it on and go. The picture quality is also excellent, particularly in good natural light and with a steady hand: my friend has a 5 megapixel camera and even he was impressed by the little Polaroid.
Polaroid haven't spent much on how the camera looks, but seem to have poured all the money right inside the case. It might not be good enough to replace your traditional camera, but right now, this is *the* best value digital camera on the market. If you're on a budget, you will not get one with this quality of pictures for anywhere near this little money. It may not have all the features of it's expensive brothers, but if you've got £100 to spend, I defy you to find a better camera than this. An astonishing piece of kit, especially at this price.