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Summary: A Newbie to Digital Photography is Quite Impressed!
Review: I am usually the one out of family and friends who has the absolute WORST pictures! The last straw was when I went to Chicago and forgot to turn my flash on for all the indoor shots. In fact, I forgot to turn it on for ALL of the pictures. Needless to say, I got about 5 good shots of the Chicago skyline and a whole lotta GRAY pictures. So, it was time to look into digital technology. I wanted a digital camera for the instant preview and ability to delete a bad one in mere seconds. I am a photography novice, and I needed something for point-and-shoot situations. The Kodak EasyShare DX4900 hit the jackpot. Easy to use, lightweight and not bulky (but not so little that I would get a hand cramp from trying to hold onto it!), automatic EVERYTHING, and a super little LCD screen to view my pictures. The big test was on a trip to California. I have pictures that are, in my opinion, museum quality. Or at least postcard quality. I have never been more pleased with a piece of equipment!
A few drawbacks - the EasyShare dock is NOT included, and it is necessary! (...additional $..., so figure adding that into your spending budget as I did), and the little LCD screen get a little smudgy at times (nothing a quick swipe with an eyeglasses-cleaning cloth couldn't handle), and the rechargable battery didn't last very long. When you see the CRV 3V Lithium Batteries on sale, STOCK UP. ...a frequent photographer could go broke! The zoom lens is a little sub-par, but I didn't really notice since I have never had a camera with a zoom lens, anyway. Also, if you are considering purchasing a digital camera and want to rely on the LCD screen as your viewfinder, you might be disappointed with the Kodak EasyShare DX4900. Using it that way will eat your batteries, and the image is a little shaky and grainy. I got used to the regular viewfinder real quick!
To conclude, I highly recommend this camera to those just starting out in digital technology. You won't be disappointed!
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Summary: Very good overall, but a couple of wrinkles
Review: The camera performs excellently, and is quite full-featured. Picture quality is exceptional, and the camera overall is extremely easy to use. I do wish that it had just a little better optical zoom - even 3:1 or 4:1, but it still is very good. This would have been a perfect experience but for two things, both related to the camera dock II.First, the rechargeable battery, although brand new and charged properly, only seems to last about 15 minutes before it is dead. Second, installation of the USB connected-docking station could be a bit more verbose, and there could be some diagnostic tools for debugging communication problems. As it stands, Kodak doesn't seem to have very good tools or help for determining why the docking station may not work. I did get mine to work, but it took nearly a day of fussing with it before it would (and a non computer savvy person might have given up). Now mind you, the reason for it not working was not the camera's or the docking station's *fault*, per se, but it was its *problem*, if you know what I mean...and Kodak could have provided some better help and diagnostics. Admittedly, once it worked, it worked fast and flawlessly, transferring about 2 4Mpixel shots per second. So almost a perfect experience.
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Summary: Definately the cheapest camera in the range
Review: I bought this camera for work. We have an older Kodak DC240 camera that was very heavy and solid. This may be a detriment to some but for us it was nice to know that it could be lightly dropped without shattering. The new DX4900 I bought to replace the old one is very light and feels much cheaper. The old camera held 4 batteries which added to the weight, the new one holds just 2 which means less shooting time. Here are my major complaints: I use a compactflash reader that requires me to take out the flashcard repeatedly. The cover on the camera that goes over the card is very cheap and will most undoubtedly break with repeated opening. Battery life is not very good. I bought rechargeable Kodak batteries and after charging them up to full, It only reads as half full on the camera and gives me very little life. I have better success with store bought alkaline batteries which are costly! Another problem that I am still investigating is the pictures are coming out skewed. Hard to explain but if you take a picture of the door, the top lines up and the bottom does not. It is very subtle but still disturbing. This may be a problem with my camera only. Perhaps it is defective. My complements are: The camera has an extremely high pixel rate and the photos come out very detailed. The camera was very affordable. For our use the cons outweigh the pros. I suppose it all depends on what you value in a camera; cost vs. quality. If money isn't an issue, I would look further. If it is cost you value, this is definately your camera.
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Summary: Easy to use, outstanding picture quality
Review: I bought this camera because my uncle had one, and I saw the quality of the pictures it took. After I got it for myself, I found out the picture quality wasn't the only great thing about it. The LCD display on the camera is crystal clear, and the menus are colorful and easy to navigate. Software installation was a little tricky, but I'm one of those people who doesn't like to read manuals. But the coolest thing about this camera that many people don't mention is the video out jack. It comes with a cable that plugs into the camera, and the other end plugs into a TV or VCR. Then, you just turn the camera on, and the output from the LCD shows up on the TV - the camera will even do a slide show for you! Forget printing pictures, when I want to show people the shots I took, I just plug the camera into their TV, and everyone in the room can see!...
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Summary: Best deal!!
Review: This camera is the easiest camera to use and the best price for 4MP. It's a point and click that's easy enough for any person to use and has other features that make this camera fun from amateurs to novice. They look excellent on prints. I developed some to have them framed and the rest is sitting in my computer and my ofoto (Kodak film processing) account. With this kind of resolution, this price cannot be beat!!
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Summary: a electrical engineer
Review: it doesn't work with my win2k. i wasted a lot time trying to make it work under win2k. then i found win2k said it doesn't suport KODAK DX4900. now, i have to upgrade my computer to XP. this camera works fine under winXP. the image is good. but i really think the driver issue bother me too much. forgot to mention that works fine on my boyfriend's winME.
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Summary: Kodak DX4900 Big Disappointment
Review: I bought the Kodak DX4900 because the Kodak camera family is user friendly and takes excellent photos. However, this purchase proved me very wrong. -In 80% of my photos, the highlights burn out, no matter which exposure, white balance, or quality setting I use. All of my photos seem very contrasted and there is no way to adjust this.
-The Digital Zoom is worthless - it just blows up the image by pixelating it, so you never get a sharp image.
-The veiwfinder does not match what the lense sees, so you have to remember to center the camera an inch or two above where you really want it.
-There is no way to manually focus the camera. It focuses on the closest thing to it. It would be nice to have a manual aperture setting, like the white balance and exposure settings. The good things this camera has going for it are the EasyShare Photo Dock and the EasyShare Travel Kit (both purchased separately). It was very easy and fast to load the photos from the camera to my computer. The Travel Kit has a variety of interchangable power plugs and quickly charges the batteries. I would not recommend this camera to anyone who is looking for manual/artistic control in a digital camera.
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Summary: Tried to like it
Review: Had it for 33 days. Wife wanted Nikon. Talked her into Kodak DX4900. It was simple, especially with the docking station. It was easy to transport - small and light. Problems:
1) 2X zoom is not sufficient
2) 3X digital zoom is unusable unless you mount on tripod or stationaly object. What's the use of having a camera if you cannot use the zoom.
3) Rechargable batter would lose 1/2 it's life after several days of non-use.
4) Cannot tell you how many times I tried to turn camera one and could not figure out why it was not operational.
5) Last straw was when I lost 70 pictures with 256MB Flash card at 2MP level. Things were great until I turned camera off. When I turned it back on, it said "need to format". I had used the flash card for hundreds of pictures.
I ended up taking camera back.
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Summary: Simple design
Review: I purchased the Kodak DX 4900 EasyShare camera in hopes that it would be an easy camera for my wife to use to take pictures of our kids. The camera meets our needs and takes great pictures of people. I was not certain about the docking solution but it has been a great purchase. The camera is always charged and ready for more pictures. With one touch of a button on the dock, all the files are sent over our computer network to a server, renamed with the date appended, and deleted from the camera. I have not otherwise tested the software.
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Summary: Don't throw away the 35mm yet
Review: If it moves, it blurs. That is the draw back of this camera. Color is good, details is okay. Nikon Coolpix does a better job capturing something in motion. I tired to photogrpah objects moving less then 5 mph in outdoor light and it blurred the shots. Low light is another issue for this camera. Battery life is good as long as yo9u don't use the tiny screen on the back. Never use the digital zoom. That goes for any digital camera. This camera is fine for Ebay, but it will not replace the 35mm camera.
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