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Summary: Do NOT buy Kodak
Review: I bought the DX 6230 as a gift. Unlike other cameras, Kodak cameras are not recognised as a drive unless you install the driver. So you need to install the software on every PC that you connect the camera to. Imagine the inconvenience if you are on a trip and not carrying your laptop.As if this was not enough, the software shipped with the camera, Kodak Easyshare 3.1 would not install with Windows 2000 SP4. Now SP4 was released in June'2003 and I bought the camera in December'2003. Why is Kodak shipping older software? Kodak tech support gave me two options. Either roll-back to SP3 (yeah, as if it is a real option) or install the latest version of the Easyshare software over the web (18 MB). Note that the installer is not downloadable. It is a web-install. So any PC you need this software on, connect it to the internet and endure the pain. I wrote to Kodak asking what if my PC isn't connected to the internet (aka it has a 56Kbps modem). Kodak's solutions is that you must buy a $7.95 CD from them for the upgrade. If you are in a far-off place like me (Muscat, Oman) then add the cost of international shipping. And you think you paid for a working camera. The only viable option is to buy a SD/xD card reader. Still you will have to swap the SD/xD card between the camera and the reader and potentially damaging the card and card slot in the camera with frequent swapping. Why take all this trouble? Buy Canon, Olympus, Sony or any other good brand out there. I have a small BenQ 2.1MP camera and a Olympus C-750. And I am very happy with both.
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Summary: Very Simple to get good pictures
Review: I bought the package with the $200 printer. The pictures are amazing and everyone I have shown the pictures cant believe I printed them myself at home. The photo paper that comes with this bundle is very good and works well on my HP printer, but cant come close to the great waterproof pictures that the 6000 printer dock does. You cant go wrong with this combo and the simple software which I must disagree with the prior reviewer.
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Summary: Love it!
Review: I bought this camera after returning an hp 3.2. This camera is so much more than I imagined. I am so happy with this camera. It takes better pics at 2.0 than the hp took at 3.2. The camera dock is wonderful and so easy to use. I love knowing that it is charging all the time and I dont have to wait til the rechargeables wear out before recharging them again. For the price, this is an awesome camera!!
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Summary: Not for Grandma
Review: I bought this camera for my 62 year old mother and I expected more from Kodak. The easyshare software is anything but, and the menu buttons and features are just not thought through. Usablity is such a problem these days. PROS:
1. The dock is such a huge benefit, no cables to connect, camera sits on top of dock perfectly and after the press of the only button on the dock it transfers the files over to the computer, EASY.
2. It recharges the battery while on the dock (*see below) so you don't have to spend money on batteries and don't have to fuss with a seperate battery charger.
3. Picture quality is pretty good for 2meg, slow shutter but great color tone in daylight.
4. zoom is nice and zoom displays in viewfinder as well as lcd. CONS:
1. Easyshare software is just awful. Ofoto's own software or Shutterfly's is signifigantly easier to use. Kodak's software try's to run ofoto's website within the program for an awkward experience. There's no button to delete a photo, you have to right click which isn't easy for the above 50 crowd. When you click the button to email photos the layout makes it look like a vote card in florida. Organizing photos was a nightmare and my mom continually got confused on where all her photos went. blah. Just use ofoto's own software or shutterfly, they're free and incredibly improved buttons and layout.
2. The camera's navigation controls are very bad. The 'thumb stick' control makes it very easy to accidentaly choose a wrong option as the arrow keys are easy to press when you hit ok and vica versa. My mom while trying to delete a photo hit the right button which loaded a different photo then pressed delete and deleted the wrong photo. When you press delete kodak, it shouldn't be easy to accidentatly move to other photos, this is horrible. how about just press the delete button twice to delete a photo. It's nice to have the delete button there. Make it work!
3. The rechargable battery pack THAT SHIPPED with the dock doesn't seem to charge fully with my camera. The camera manual says the batteries should be used with the dock, and the dock says the batteries are not okay for the camera. What's up with that?
4. Share button on camera is useless. So many menus after you press share, tiny lcd screen and bad thumb navigation just makes it a pain. It's a button she will never use. conclusion:
Better software, better buttons, and better navigation would have really helped. If I did it all over again I'd buy a cheaper 2meg camera and a usb memory reader.
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Summary: It's easy and inexpensive
Review: I bought this camera for myself for Christmas. I started working with it a couple of days before Christmas. It's easy, its fun, and it is not expensive (especially with the dock). The only thing I did not realize was it came with rechargeable batteries (in the dock), and I ordered the travel kit for the rechargeable batteries. My pictures are great using only the better setting. This is not a camera for professionals (I am clueless in that category) but it is really nice if you want to e-mail photos or occassionally print some. The photo paper that was included was impressive. I just really enjoy it. I would not use it as an everyday camera like the old film cameras. I have worked with photos from the expensive digital cameras my bosses use and I am just as pleased with this. I recommend to give it a try. For the price, I have not found a better deal on a digital camera and dock anywhere!
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Summary: It's easy and inexpensive
Review: I had high hopes for this little camera but it just ate up the batteries. On a test to see how many photos I could take to use up the memory stick, I ran out of juice before I could find out. Not only did it eat up the regular batteries, it only lasted for 15 shots with the rechargables. I kept the "live" feature off but kept the reviewing feature on. It still ate up the batteries. I'm sending it back. bummer....
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Summary: disappointing
Review: I had high hopes for this little camera but it just ate up the batteries. On a test to see how many photos I could take to use up the memory stick, I ran out of juice before I could find out. Not only did it eat up the regular batteries, it only lasted for 15 shots with the rechargables. I kept the "live" feature off but kept the reviewing feature on. It still ate up the batteries. I'm sending it back. bummer....
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Summary: Great Pictures!!!!
Review: I just got this camera as a Gift and I didn't expect with 2 mega-pixels the Pictures to be good. Boy was I wrong the pictures are awsome! It also takes videos like web cam quality(which is fine considering your not going to take a full length feature on it). Overall a very good deal and the SOFTWARE is EASY and SIMPLE to USE. (I have XP Home).
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Summary: New to Digital ~ This is a Great Camera Package
Review: I ordered this camera after much research and reading all the reviews. I am so happy that I did. It comes with everything you need to get started (except a memory card, which I recommend you purchase with it). I was able to plug in the dock, (the dock comes with a rechargable battery for the camera) put the camera on it and the battery was fully charged in just a couple of hours ~ I was ready to go. The software is very easy and explains everything you need to know ~ step by step. The very first day I had taken, shared & printed some really great pictures. The pictures that I printed are great quality ~ it's hard to tell them from pictures that I've taken with my regular film camera. Don't let the price fool you ~ this really is a great camera package ~ and it comes with a carrying case and Kodak 4 x 6 paper to start you off. This is my 2nd digital camera ~ I've never written a review before but I had to for this ~ I've only had it for a week now and so far I am very happy with this bundle.
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Summary: Piece of Junk
Review: I purchased this camera a few days ago. The picture quality is very poor and the camera stoped working after 3 days. I figured out the camera is actually a Chinese brand relabeled with a Kodak name. Be careful. Stick with a Sony or OLympus.
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