Panasonic PV-SD4090 1.3MP Digital Camera w/ 3x Optical Zoom
by Panasonic

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Digital Photo Product Details

• Stores images on floppy disk or SuperDisk; included 120 MB SuperDisk holds 450 images at maximum resolution
• 1.3 megapixel sensor captures enough detail for photo-quality 5 x 7 prints
• 3x optical zoom plus 2x digital zoom lens with autofocus
• Connects to Macs and PCs via USB port
• Rechargeable Lithium-Ion battery and AC adapter included; can also be used as a USB SuperDisk drive

• Adobe Photoshop CS5 Upgrade [Old Version]
• Serif PhotoPlus X3
• Adobe Photoshop CS4 Upgrade [OLD VERSION]
• Aperture 3
• Pixelmator [Old Version]

Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Panasonic PV-SD4090 1.3MP Digital Camera w/ 3x Optical Zoom

Customer Review: Great General Use Camera- Easy to Use
Summary: 5 Stars

Not great for sports or high speed shots. Great with posed pictures, pictures around the house, we use it at the botanical gardens a lot. It usually comes with Super Disks- these are expensive and rather hard to find. Then you have to use a converter to get them onto your computer (they don't work in a floppy drive). Use a floppy instead, it's much easier to click and then put the floppy in the floppy drive, attach, and send.

Even though the resolution is only 1.3, it has been useful when our big, fancy 35mm camera failed at the Grand Canyon. You know instantly if the picture turned out or if grandma blinked. The colors did not turn out as strong as a higher resolution camera...but then again, we didn't have to spend 10 minutes setting up for the shot. The slide-button zoom is extremely easy to use. We got several beautiful pictures of the largest crows we had ever seen -the size of cats- right down to the gleam on their feathers.

I take a lot of pictures of our garden, the house, the dogs, the cats, my husband being goofy on the lawn mower, and I am always able to go right in and attach it to an email and send them to my mom within minutes. A cheap old floppy is waaaay more accessable for us than the SuperDisks, and in normal mode, holds about 10 pictures. I always walk around with a few floppies- at a buck each, I can afford to! Super Fine mode holds about 5 pictures on a regular floppy.

It is easy to hold and easy to use. For what we spent on a used one, <$200.00, we couldn't be happier. We bought ours from someone who wanted at least 3 megapixels and decided to get rid of it. We will definitely be trying the PV-SD5000 (3.3 megapixel model) as soon as the prices come down and we can get one that has been gently used, probably from someone who "needed" 6 megapixels (why?!?!?!) and wants to get rid of their camera. Then we will probably dispense with a 35mm permanently.

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