Vivitar Vivicam 2755: one old digital camera
By Dave onI had an old Vivitar Vivicam 2755 sitting in a closet and decided to poke around with it. Man, how technology has improved!
The Vivicam 2755 debuted around the turn of the millenium. Its features are 640 x 480 pictures (today's digital cameras do much better) and support for both USB and the ability to plug in to a TV to look at your pictures digitally that way. It also has a 1.8" LCD screen and a self-timer function.
It also uses an older-style memory card that is no longer used today. It takes four AA batteries and seems to eat them up easily.
If you are a deal-hunter, you can do much better. However, if you are looking to give your child a cheap digital camera you found at the thrift shop, this might be the ticket for a budding seven year old photographer. Even then, it is my understanding that there are troubles finding computer drivers for this to work on Windows XP (says the result of a Google search).
The Vivitar Vivicam 2755 was a good camera for its time, no doubt, but new technology has passed this generation of digital cameras into obsolence.
Too funny, we have one very similar to this that my FIL found at a garage sale for $5 and was upset when he got it home and his computer was too new to work with the camera! My daughter has an older computer that runs Windows Me so he gave it to her. She doesn't really use it much, as it is big and bulky and doesn't have much storage capacity. However, it is one that I don't have to worry about her losing or dropping.