Kodak Plus Digital One-Time-Use Camera

Buyer beware!

Yes, I believe the product name is very misleading. They are using a play on words to make people think it is a digital camera. It is NOT! It uses regular film.

The "Plus Digital" is the part that they get away with... It's regular film, plus digital scanning to get a CD of your photos.

So, technically, they are accurate.

But morally, the name is MISLEADING. They are taking advantage of people. I will NEVER buy from them again.

There are true digital "one-use" cameras out there. You must look hard to find them, but they are out there!

If I went in to a Camera store and asked for a DIGITAL camera, the clerk would show me a camera that would port pictures directly to my PC. It would also give me the ability to edit out pictures I did not want.

So in buying the Kodak Single Use Digital Camera I thought I would get the same. Not so, the Kodak product is nothing more than a regular single use camera. You can't edit out pictures you do not want and most agregiously you MUST take the camera and pay for hard prints at your local film developer.

Shame on me for not asking more questions. But, shame on KODAK for purposeful misrepresentation.

Kodak makes a fairly good disposable camera with their "Kodak Plus Digital One-Time-Use Camera." If only the camera itself was digital!!! What Kodak doesn't clarify is that the only thing "digital" about this is that you get a free CD of your pictures developed when you pay for the camera. OUCH--false advertising as many others have noted. Yes, the camera takes some pretty good photos considering it's a single use camera. Indeed, many of the pictures I've taken using this camera come out almost as well as they would have if I had used a more expensive, conventional 35mm camera instead. However, the camera itself is still NOT digital!

Don't open the box and unwrap the camera from its foil paper wrapping until you're ready to use it; and make sure you use this camera before the expiration date printed on the cardboard box. The 800 film helps make this camera very useful for both outdoor and indoor photos; and it's easy to carry this camera because it's so light and compact. It can fit into a woman's pocketbook, a man's briefcase, backpack or just about any overnight travel bag. You also get 27 exposures per camera; this makes the camera useful for vacations or extensive photo taking days like weddings and other ceremonies.

Unfortunately, the pictures I got back are not as clear and crisp as they would be from a real digital camera or a conventional 35mm camera using the individual rolls of film you put in and then take out when you're ready to have the film developed. I hope that Kodak remedies this problem quickly.

Overall, this single use camera is convenient and budget priced. However, the camera itself is NOT digital, which is a awful trick Kodak uses to fool consumers into thinking they're buying a digital single use camera. The word "digital" refers to the fact that the cost of the camera includes a "free" Kodak CD of your pictures. It just doesn't have the technology to take the very best quality pictures so I hope Kodak works on this in the near future. A single use camera is your best choice if you're on a budget and want a Kodak quality single use camera; but let the buyer--and Kodak--beware about putting any trust in this particular camera!

Two stars, mostly because of the terrible way this is marketed. Let's stop misleading consumers with this one, Kodak!

I work at a professional photo lab, and I can attest to the quality of the film inside this camera. It produces results comparable to the Kodak PowerFlash -- that is, it performs superbly for outdoor and bright indoor shots, but it will tend to give grainy images in low-light situations.

The "Free CD" that you get with processing varies depending on who processes your film. As an example, at my lab, the customer only receives the free CD if he opts to have his order sent to Kodak for processing. Ask about your local photofinisher's policy on the free Kodak CD *before* you drop off your memories!

The Kodak PlusDigital camera comes loaded with Kodak 800-speed film.

If you need a camera that performs well in low-light situations, I recommend the Kodak HQ Max Versatility camera.

Despite the name, and the assertions of some sales people, this is not a digital camera. It is a one-time-use film camera with an inflated price that gives you a "free" Kodak Picture CD when you have the film processed. The problem with this plan is that many film processors either don't know, or conveniently seem to forget, about the free Picture CD and they charge you their normal price for it. You already paid for it in the price of the camera. It only costs $2 to $3 to get a Picture CD when your film is processed, so get an inexpensive disposable camera and avoid the hassle of convincing the film processor that they owe you a free CD. The "Maximum Versatility" film used in this camera does not produce particularly good pictures (then again, I guess no disposable camera produces outstanding pictures), it just gives tolerable pictures under a wide range of conditions.

Since this is NOT a digital camera, Kodak should be ashamed of themselves for putting the word "digital" anywhere on the thing. I can see no purpose for it other than to deceive unwary buyers.