Toshiba digital camera PDR-M4 $269.99 at TARGET B& M

[DigiBug]

Is this camera good at $269 ? Minimum price in PRICEWATCH.COM is at $300+

Is it hot ? or cold ?

 

[jmandel]

This is a good camera for the price, but I'm probably a tad biased, considering I bought mine 1.5 years ago for $550. It comes with a good rechargable li-on battery, and it uses USB (which wasn't terribly common when the camera was introduced, although it's to be expected expected these days). It's also _fast_, with 16 megs of internal buffer memory.
But it doesn't stand up too well to a beating; I dropped mine onto my (metal) speaker stand's base last week, and the shutter/controll wheel fell off. It's unuseable. Also, Toshiba isn't great to deal with on the phone for customer service.
But that's a good camera at a good price.

 

[Clammy3]

I got this camera back when it was a bluelight special (the deal was $300 - $50 - $50 coupon) and I am generally happy with it. FWIW, it is my first digital camera, so my opinion isn't worth much, but this camera got decent reviews to back me up. You can probably find the old threads on this camera by searching here and on fatwallet.

Two obvious drawbacks - no optical zoom and a non-standard rechargable battery.

Here are some links:

Review:
http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/PDRM4/M4A.HTM

Sample images:
http://pcphotoreview.com/gallery/cameras/searchbydigicam.cfm?ProductID=144

This is a good reference page with links to several reviews, driver for this camera, etc:
http://www.whizzler.com/toshiba/index.htm

DNS doesn't seem to want to resolve the last link today, so it might be down.

 

[Bad Dude]

Hey Clammy,
Do you have to mod your pictures? They look good there.

 

[santokki]

<< Two obvious drawbacks - no optical zoom and a non-standard rechargable battery. >>



Good points. These are major drawbacks. For an entry level digital camera, this should be okay, but you'll be wanting to upgrade shortly to something with a 3x optical zoom and capability to use AA batteries.

If you can wait a bit, wait for the Olympus D-510. It's going to retail for $399 and it features: 2.1 megapixel, USB connection, QuickTime movie, 4 AA batteries (or 1 lithium), etc. Read about it here:

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