marinabsmom's Full Review: Nikon One Touch Zoom 90 QD 35mm Film Camera
I wanted a decent camera to bring to the hospital for the birth of my first child, so I waddled on down to Wal-mart (I was very pregnant at the time!) and checked out what they had. Of the selection in the price range I wanted, the Nikon One Touch Zoom 90 QD seemed like the best deal.
The features that sold me the most were the automatic rewind, the automatic flash, and the zoom capability. I had a real cheap 35mm before this that had a manual rewind, a flash you had to turn on with a button, and no zoom whatsoever. The One Touch catered to my needs.
Loading is a snap--you just pull out the film leader on the roll of film, drop the roll in the back of the camera, and close the door. Operation of the camera is just as easy. The only tricky part is focusing on something that is not in the center of your scene (there's a little circle in the viewfinder that goes right over the center of the picture). You first have to hold down the shutter release to focus, reframe your scene, and then depress the shutter all the way. You use the same procedure for the Macro mode, which allows you to photograph objects from as little as 11 inches away. Very few moderately priced cameras have that feature!
I own four cameras, and this is the only one I have for which the red-eye feature does work. The flash is a little weak in poor lighting conditions, so you might want to bring along a flashlight to backlight your scene. You can cancel the flash if you want an intentionally dark picture.
I really love the zoom on this camera--it zooms from 38 to 90 mm. The problem is that the telephoto and wide buttons are TINY!! Also, they are placed right in front of the shutter release, so if you have large hands like my husband does, your fingers tend to slip and you press the wrong button.
The LCD screen on top of the camera is a handy little feature. It displays the flash mode, red-eye mode, macro mode, infinity focus mode, battery power, self timer, and the number of pictures remaining on the roll. Most cameras tell you how many pictures have taken, so I thought this was a nifty feature. Another feature I really like is that there is a mid-roll rewind button, so you don't have to polish off the whole roll to get the pictures developed. If you need pictures in a hurry, this works out great.
The One Touch takes a CR2 Lithium battery, which at $6.00 a piece is not cheap. They do last a long time, though. I've had the same battery in this camera since November.
The quartz date function is wonderful. It allows you to print the date by either year-month-day, day-month-year, or month-day-year. You can also choose day-hour-minute instead. This feature is really handy for me, a new mom, who can't remember what day today is, let alone when those picture were taken! The only problem with this feature is that it takes a CR2025 Lithium battery--another four bucks for batteries.
The One Touch determines what speed of film you're using (ASA 400, 200, etc,), so you don't have to fiddle with it manually. You do have to use DX coded film or the camera will automatically set the film speed as ASA 100.
The only thing I really hate about this camera is that it is so bulky. The zoom lens juts out a mile and the camera is really thick. There are many smaller cameras out there.
This is a good camera for what I paid. I use it for casual snapshots and it does the job admirably. If you want really nice pictures, though, you'll have to spend a little more.
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