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Summary: All around great!
Review: I used to own a sony camera, it was getting pretty old and I was becoming more advanced in my photography. I needed a new one and found this. I am so glad bought this! It has many manual features but a great auto mode. It has a high quality lens that takes spectacular pictures. I really like the HUGE LCD. The one part I did not like was not being able to by adapter lens's. But luckly Kodak is coming out with adaptar so that you can! I have no problems with the camera, oh and the battery lasts a really long time. Just remember if you are going on a vacation, bring the docking station to charge it.
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Summary: Simple the best
Review: I did a extensive research before buying this camera, and I think I did the best buy possible. I have a "PalmOne Zire 71" and I wanted to use the SD card I have (256Mb) on both devices. Works perfectly. I can even see the photos in my palm (if I have enough patience. The "REVIEW" in the camera is much more fast and simple to use).
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Summary: I love this camera
Review: I am extremely pleased with this camera. It takes excellent pictures, is light and well built and has a host of great features. The 10x optical zoom is very handy for shots you would never get otherwise. The ability to output slide shows to a television has proven to be a great way to review your shots while in a hotel room on trips. After hundreds of photos it has had no problems and I'm still exploring all it's capabilities. My wife liked it so much she bought a second one for herself.
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Summary: Love this camera.
Review: This is an excellent camera.It fits well in the hand and is lightweight in my backpack. There are a few things you should know before you start: learn to use the autofocus properly. (look for the green dot) Some folks have posted they can't get it to focus, but I suspect they never bothered to learn HOW to focus. It's not hard, but you gotta look for the green dot. It's a pretty fast camera. I turned off some of the options, like Quickview, which speeds cycling time. I used it intensely for a week on vacation without recharging...did lots of slideshow reviews, too, and never needed the spare battery I picked up. I've had Ofoto print 20"x30" posters and they looks crisp and fabulous.
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Summary: A Perfect Balance Between Technology and Affordability!
Review: Although I would not consider $400+ a small amount of money, I would have to say that this camera offers a lot of bang for the buck. You do not have to be a rocket scientist to operate this camera, and even if you are a rocket scientist, it has a PASM mode just for you!! I believe that Kodak has accomplished a very user-friendly interface for the photographer to work with. The instruction booklet offers very useful tips, and using the EasyShare software is a breeze. I shopped everywhere for a camera, and the two things which I focused on were megapixels and optical zoom. With 10x optical zoom and 4 megapixels, it is exactly what you need to be a serious photographer and also a semi-serious photographer. This camera also has many other great features. It is great for traveling and has many modes which are useful in different situations (i.e. closeup, portrait, landscape, night, etc.). The video mode is particularly useful when wanting to take small clips and such. This camera also has burst mode(several frames per second), timer, and flash settings which give you several easy to use options when determining just how you want to take that perfect picture. The option to use saturated color, black and white, and sepia is also a useful aspect which allows for very classical shots. Another feature that I found to be very convenient was the tagging feature, which allows for tagging a picture to be emailed to a friend or family member when you hook the camera up to your computer. The ability to switch between the view finder and the HUGE, "easily viewed in all lighting situations" LCD screen was also useful. If you are looking for a seriously cool camera to wield while traveling, attending birthday parties, or even just having some fun with your friends, this is a versatile, state of the art option for a middle range price.
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Summary: In a word, its great!
Review: I've had this camera for almost a month now, and I'm lovin' it. The only problems I've had have been with the EasyShare software that comes with it (cryptic error messages; poor integration with oFoto), but I haven't had any problems whatsoever with the camera itself. I'm convinced that there isn't any picture you can't take successfully with this camera. The viewfinder is awesome, the menu driven UI is extremely intuitive (great for techno-phobes), the manual mode gives you complete freedom to be creative (great for techno-savvy), the built in memory means you can use this right out of the box, and the picture quality is fabulous. One knock against the system is that you need to charge the battery while its in the camera which means you can't use one battery while charging another. Kodak does make a seperate device for charging the battery and its not too expensive; it would have been nice if they included that as part of the system. In short, this camera is great and I would recommend it to anyone. Kodak's got a winner with this one.
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Summary: I'd never buy another Kodak camera!
Review: I bought a Kodak digital camera and it has been fine. However, knowing what I know now I would never buy another Kodak camera. Ever. I dropped the camera, and a little plastic piece broke off which keeps the battery pack in the camera. Not a big deal. But NOONE repairs Kodak cameras. Instead you HAVE to send it into their corporate repair center and they instead sell you on trading it in for a refurbished camera. So, I can send this one in and for $250 get a new refurbished camera. Whooppe! But it only sells for $50 more on amazon.com - and thats a new, non-refurbished one! Its a total crock. Just be forwarned. I'd never buy a camera which I cant get repaired locally.
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Summary: Have Had the Camera For 6 Months....
Review: I've had the DX6490 for 6 months now, and have taken a couple thousand shots, with no problems. No picture taking problems, no downloading problems, no printing problems, no CD burning problems, no album or tagging problems. Although Kodak's e-mail system can be slow, so I just use my MSN e-mail instead, which now sends full resolution photos. Consumer Reports rated this the #1 4MP camera of the 13 they tested, in their May 2004 issue. The only shortcoming they found was the battery life. But I think they are badly mistaken in that part of the testing. Especially since they stated the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-P72 took 200 more photos on a charge than this Kodak camera. I have used that Sony camera, with both rechargeable batteries and alkaline ones. At no time, did the batteries ever last for the entire time I wanted to take pictures. At no time with this Kodak camera, and it's Li-Ion battery, has the battery ever run out of a charge. And I've spent far longer times shooting with this camera than the Sony.
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Summary: Great Camera
Review: This is by far one of the best camera's that's out there. ALthough one draw back may be that it's price, you do get your money's worth certainly I feel. WIth a 10x optical zoom it's perfect for things that are so far away. It's big in size which is nice because i've seen cameras that are small and they have a tiny tiny lcd screen which is difficult when your trying to view what you shot. I myself enjoy this camera quite well. It has a movie mode that is relativitly decent to use and the quality is quite impressive considering that this is not a video camera (digital). Plenty of storage for taking pictures with the memory card that you can buy. It's a lso great quality Photos did I mention that?. Do a great favor for yoruself and go pick up this camera you won't be sorry.
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Summary: Best all-around digital camera to date?
Review: PROS:
4 megapixel Camera
Outstanding Image Quality, thanks to the
Schneider-Kreuznach Variogon 10X zoom lens
Electronic Viewfinder shows full frame of actual picture (SLR-Type Viewfinder, or "what you see is what you get")
Viewfinder automatically shifts from color to black & white to enhance ability to see the subject in low light
Secure feel with large grip allowing one handed shots
Surprisingly small, easily fits in one hand
Allows full left hand support under the lens for steady, clear telephoto shots.
User Friendly, Intuitive controls
Excellent Pop-up flash gives outstanding coverage to 16 feet
Extra large 2.2 inch LCD (Giant size)
LCD is easy to see even in bright sunlight (Indoor/Outdoor LCD Display)
Dioptric adjustment for variations in eyesight
Full Automatic Program, or choice of Aperture and/or Shutter priority modes
Fast and precise Auto-focus system
Choice of automatic Portrait, Sports, Night and Video modes
Macro mode to 4.7 inches in wide angle
16 MB Internal memory storage, plus MMC or SD storage card capacities
Simply and easily shares photos by email, printing, or archiving
Battery good for about 430 photos before recharging.
Software compatible with Windows 2000 and later, and Mac CONS
Average shutter delay speed
Proprietary battery
Software not compatible with Windows 98 As for the CONS, the shutter delay is common to all digital cameras and takes some getting use to. With time, you can better anticipate shots, so your active 3-year old is still in the frame when the camera writes the photo to the memory.
As for the battery, I would prefer 4-AA batteries as they are easier to find/replace.
I have Windows 98 and simply hooked up a card reader to my PC and gave up trying to use the software that came with the camera. I understand folks with Macs and Windows XP have no trouble with the software.
CONCLUSION:
This is my 3rd Digital Camera and the closest yet to my SLR cameras. This is certainly the best digital camera I have used, with the best overall performance of any of them. The photo quality makes you look a terrific photographer :)
If you are a "shutterbug" who prefers to take manually controlled photos, then keep looking for a camera. This camera is designed for people who are more interested in taking photos than learning all the technical stuff about their camera. If you shoot a lot in auto mode, this is an excellent camera, that will also allow you to maybe later learn a little about manual adjustment through aperture versus shutter priority settings.
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