POLAROID x530 DIGITAL CAMERA
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Polaroid x530 Digital Camera, retail $249.95*
Manufactured by World Wide Licenses Ltd. for Polaroid (www.polaroid.com)
Last updated 06-18-12
(IMPORTANT!!!)
I've had this for quite a few years now (since 2006 anyway), that's why it does not look brand spanken new in the above photograph!!!
This product does not emit light of its own, so the standard review format will not be used and the product will not be assigned a rating. This website is mostly about light-emitting products, but occasionally, you'll see non-light emitting products on it too if it's something I use regularly and/or really like (this camera meets both of those criteria!). It *DOES* have several LEDs in it, so it's at least a bit germane to the theme of this website.
The Polaroid x530 Digital Camera is a fairly nice digital camera -- much better than many actually. It has a resolution of 4.50 megapixels (4,500,000 picture elements).
It comes in a mainly plastic body, and feeds from a special rechargeable Li:ION battery (which is included).
* Product has been discontinued.
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Charge its battery first (see directly below), and THEN you can go shoot those dragonfly nymphs (larvae).
For true "point and shoot" functionalty, just follow these three easy steps:
Turn the larger dial on the top of the camera's body so that the green icon is at the light blue line (so that the icon is located at the 12:00 position).
At the back of the camera, directly above the upper right corner of the display, you'll see an oblong button. Press & hold it for approx. 1 second. The screen should spring to life, the protective "shutter" over the lens should open, and the lens itself should extend from the camera's body at this point.
Frame your subject, and press & release the button on the top of the camera, all the way to the upper right of it.
Turn the camera off when you're finished using it by pressing & releasing the oblong button above the upper right corner of the display; the display should now read "Goodbye" in large lettering, the lens should retract, and the protective iris should close over the glass part of the lens itself.
This camera has a female receptacle on its underside for a ¼" 20 threads-per-inch "standard" tripod mounting screw.
To charge the Li:ION battery in the Polaroid x530 Digital Camera when it starts going down the tube, plug the small plug coming from the power supply "wall wart" into the receptacle for it on the right side of the camera body (it will be the lowermost one of the three receptacles you see hwere under the soft rubber cover).
Plug the "wall wart" itself into any standard (in north America anyway) 110 volts to 130 volts AC 60Hz wall receptacle (or "wall outlet" or even "wall socket" if you prefer).
When the uppermost LED (just to the right of the optical viewfinder's eyepiece) goes out, the charge cycle is complete.
When the charge cycle is complete (the LED on the back will be off), unplug the power supply from the camera and then from the wall receptacle.
The Polaroid x530 Digital Camera is designed to be used as a digital camera (and I should say not exactly an "el-cheapo" model either!), not as flashlight meant to be carried around, thrashed, and abused; so I won't try to drown it in the toliet tank, bash it against a steel rod or against the concrete floor of a front porch, let my mother's big dog's ghost or my sister's kitty cats spring a leak (uranate) all over it, run over it with a 450lb Celebrity motorised wheelchair, stomp on it, use a medium or large ball peen hammer in order to bash it open to check it for candiosity, fire it from the cannoñata, drop it down the top of Mt. Erupto (I guess I've been watching the TV program "Viva Piñata" too much again - candiosity is usually checked with a laser-type device on a platform with a large readout (located at Piñata Central {aka. "Party Central"}), with a handheld wand that Langston Lickatoad uses, or with a pack-of-cards-sized device that Fergy Fudgehog uses; the cannoñata (also located at Piñata Central) is only used to shoot piñatas to piñata parties away from picturesque Piñata Island, and Mt. Erupto is an active volcano on Piñata Island), send it to the Daystrom Institute for additional analysis, or perform other indecencies on it that a flashlight might have to have performed on it. So this section of the web page will be ***SIGNIFICANTLY*** more bare than this section of the web page on a page about a flashlight.
In fact, those photographs (taken by this very unit), and the spectrographic analyses located directly below may very well be it.
However, it is a very good "spare" camera in the event that my Canon Powershot G3 goes down the tube like my Nikon Coolpix 775 did a number of years ago.
Part of my room.
Same as above; this time, photoflash was turned off and this laser was directed at the wall.
Same as above; this time, photoflash was turned on and this laser was directed at the wall (look above the Wooden Wall Clock).
Photograph of my LED ''SIGNS'' Sign with both optical & digital zoom engaged.
I also enabled the time & date stamp that you see near the lower right of this photograph.
Photograph of one of my "Viva Piñata" posters at ~10 feet w/no zoom.
Photograph of one of my "Viva Piñata" posters at ~10 feet w/ 3x optical zoom.
Photograph of one of my "Viva Piñata" posters at ~10 feet w/ 4x digital zoom
(when combined with 3x optical zoom, the effective zoom factor is 12x).
Video clip on YourTube showing a test video produced by this camera.
In it, you should be able to see three different wavelengths of laser spots moving on the wall, and toward the end, a kitty cat chasing the spot from the violet laser.
The video is ~29.055734457762 megabytes (29,255,692 bytes); dial-up users please be aware.
It will take no less than one hundred forty five minutes to load at 48.0Kbps.
A second video clip on YourTube (using a higher ambient light level) showing a test video produced by this camera.
In it, you should be able to see three different wavelengths of laser spots moving on the wall, and toward the end, a kitty cat chasing the spot from the violet laser.
The video is ~28.886834522001 megabytes (29,031,716 bytes); dial-up users please be aware.
It will take no less than one hundred forty four minutes to load at 48.0Kbps.
A third video clip on YourTube from this camera. During the first half, no additional lighting was used. And during the secod half, the iKAN iLED 100 Light Kit (Video Light) was used.
The video is ~6.222456838911 megabytes (6,469,929 bytes); dial-up users please be aware.
It will take no less than thirty one minutes to load at 48.0Kbps.
IT'S TIME FOR YOUR MEDICATION MR. BROWN!!!
This is showcasing videos of the Syma S107G R/C Coaxial Helicopter in flight made by two different cameras (a Polaroid x530 Digital Camera and a Canon Powershot G3 Digital Camera).
The last two segments are from the Polaroid; the first was recorded with an image size of 640x400 (runs for 1:27 until the 32MB memory card is full), and the second was recorded with an image size of 320x240 (runs for 1:44 until the memory card is full).
Guess which setting I'll be using? ;-)
That music you hear is the song "Madhouse" by...any guesses here?
If you guessed "Jennifer Lopez" then ¡¡¡NINGUNA MANERA HOZAY!!!
It's by the metal band Anthrax of course!!! :-)
This heli is not sound-sensitive; the audio may be ignored or even muted if it pisses you off.
The URLs to these products on this website are: http://www.ledmuseum.candlepower.us/28/g3.htm (Canon Powershot G3 Digital Camera), http://www.ledmuseum.candlepower.us/31/x530.htm (Polaroid x530 Digital Camera), and http://www.ledmuseum.candlepower.us/33/symas107.htm (Syma S107G R/C Coaxial Helicopter).
This video is approximately 28.64578234581 megabytes (28,887,245 bytes) in length; dial-up users please be aware.
It will take no less than sixty six minutes to load at 48.0Kbps.
This is to showcase videos of the Syma S107G R/C Coaxial Helicopter in flight made by two different cameras (a Polaroid x530 Digital Camera and a Canon Powershot G3 Digital Camera).
The last two segments are from the Polaroid; the first was recorded with an image size of 640x400 (runs for 1:27 until the 32MB memory card is full), and the second was recorded with an image size of 320x240 (runs for 1:44 until the memory card is full).
Guess which setting I'll be using? ;-)
That music you hear is the song "Panorama" by The Cars
This heli is not sound-sensitive; the audio may be ignored or even muted if it pisses you off.
The video content is rather similar to this video, but a different song was used to help appease those YouTube viewers who aren't metalheads.
The URLs to these products on this website are: http://www.ledmuseum.candlepower.us/28/g3.htm (Canon Powershot G3 Digital Camera), http://www.ledmuseum.candlepower.us/31/x530.htm (Polaroid x530 Digital Camera), and http://www.ledmuseum.candlepower.us/33/symas107.htm (Syma S107G R/C Coaxial Helicopter).
This video is approximately 38.18899056347 megabytes (38,447,809 bytes) in length; dial-up users please be aware.
It will take no less than sixty six minutes to load at 48.0Kbps.
I cannot provide any of these videos in other formats; please do not ask.
TEST NOTES:
Unit was purchased in mid-2006 after my Nikon Coolpix 775 Digital Camera went to pot; this camera never saw a lot of use and was quickly replaced with the Canon Powershot G3 Digital Camera. Now that I have it operational however, it may indeed see more use -- giving my poor overworked Canon a much-deserved vacation every now and again.
UPDATE: 06-18-12
My Canon Powershot G3 Digital Camera has bitten the big one (it went to pot) this past Saturday 06-16-12, so this camera has now taken over all duties on this website!!!
PROS:
CONS:
MANUFACTURER: World Wide Licenses Ltd.
PRODUCT TYPE: Digital camera
LAMP TYPE: LED
No. OF LAMPS: At least 3 LEDs (at least one is bicolor red/yellow-green; one is yellow-green; the AF assist is white)
BEAM TYPE: N/A
SWITCH TYPE: Numerous rotary and pushbutton switches
CASE MATERIAL: Plastic
BEZEL: N/A
BATTERY: 1x Li:ION battery; 3.70 volts 1,020Ah
CURRENT CONSUMPTION: Unknown/unable to measure
WATER- AND URANATION-RESISTANT: Very light splatter-resistant at maximum
SUBMERSIBLE: FOR CHRIST SAKES NOOOOOOO!!!
ACCESSORIES: Carrying pouch, neck strap, A/V cable, software CD-ROM, lithium-ion battery pack, AC adapter/charger, 32mb RAM card, USB card reader
SIZE: 103mm (4.10") W x 72mm (2.80") H x 62mm (2.40") D
WEIGHT: Unknown/not equipped to weigh (advertised as 0.520 pounds)
COUNTRY OF MANUFACTURE: Unknown; possibly Hong Kong
WARRANTY: Unknown/not stated
PRODUCT RATING:
Product is not intended to be used as a light emitter,
so the conventional "star" rating will not be used.
Polaroid x530 Digital Camera *
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And during the secod half, the iKAN iLED 100 Light Kit (Video Light) was used.
