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Summary: Nice camera but software is not easy to use
Review: Nice camera. Takes great pictures that we can develop at Coscos or other outlets. Its just a shame that the software is so difficult to use
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Summary: One of the best for the money
Review: First let me say that a leading consumer magazine rated this #1 of the 2 mega-pixel cameras. I would agree with their assesmentFirst the good features: The first thing that sets this camera apart is the optical zoom. The ability to zoom in or out just that little bit makes getting the right photo that much easier. Digital zoom is a worthless gimmick that will degrade your picture quality a great deal, if you plan on using zoom go for the optical. This camera also has a macro setting, which allows very close pictures of plants and insects to turn out suprisingly well. The movie setting is another bonus, that allows you to take small movies complete with sound. The movie quality is not great and it only works when well lit, but I have had a lot of fun with it. It is just about perfect for posting short clips on the web. The ease of use is fairly good. The picture quality is very good. The bad points: The display screen washes out in strong sunlight. To be fair this is comon to most cameras. It is a little bulky by modern standards. I think most point and shoot film cameras were about this size. If you plan to stick it in your pocket make sure you have big pockets. Battery life is subpar and drain is very high. You will not be able to use alkaline batteries, only Ni-Mh or Lithium. With a few extra sets of batteries long trips should be fine, but don't forget the batteries. The optical viewfinder is cheaply made, hard to use, and somewhat innacurate. It is still usable, but I expected better from Kodak. Use the display screen when possible.
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Summary: Another winner from Kodak!
Review: I bought this Kodak DX3600 camera as a DEMO model from a chain store and it works perfectly! It was missing a cable and I called Kodak customer service and they immediately sent me a free replacement--and this is for an open-box purchase. I also have a DX3500 with which I took 6,000 pix in about a year, and it is still going strong. I bought this one for the fun video clip feature and the optical zoom. I was pleasantly surprised to find the closeup feature on the 3600 model takes superb photos in amazing detail of the flowers in the arboretums I visit, and closups of the kids. I use Kodak rechargeable batteries--no docking station, and also the Energizer blue and silver photo AA batteries with up to a 256MB compact flashcard. The camera is great and so is the Kodak customer service!
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Summary: Best Buy Camera
Review: I purchased this camera a year ago--after being convinced that digital was as good, if not better than film. I'm not going to debate the pros and cons between the two here. What I will tell anyone that's interested is that I picked this camera after doing some research as to what you want in a digital camera. Consumer Reports ranked this camera as a Best Buy in it's class. The DX3600 is a 2.2 megapixel camera. On high resolution, it takes a 1200x1600 picture. The color and clarity are phenominal to work with. With resolution so great, it's a nice way to take pictures and easily enlarge them to 8x10s without losing the clarity. The buttons are minimal, and the full color menu is easy to navigate and understand. I did not feel the need to read an owner's manual when I received my camera. It was truely a point and shoot. I purchased a 128mb card to use with my camera. I have been able to go on trips for 7-8 days, take 25-20 high resolution pictures each day, and I still have room to add more pictures to the card. How nice to not have to worry about carrying around film anymore. The camera is light-weight, easy to handle, and easy to carry. It's the perfect point-and-shoot camera to take on a walk, to a party, or on a trip. Add all of this to the fact that the DX3600 is affordable, and you can't beat it! If you're given the chance, give this camera a chance--you'll be delighted you did!
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Summary: Solid, Easy to Use, Reliable
Review: I bought this camera about 1.5 yrs ago, and it's still in great condition and gives real value for somebody who wants a beginner digital camera. Let's also not forget that it also allows to you to shoot some video, and that it is very easy to hook up to a TV (using a supplied composite cable)...U can of course just plug it into your computer using USB. If you are using Windows XP, you don't even need to install the supplied software, XP, just recognises the camera easily and gives you wizards to help u out, but for pre-XP operating systems, you will have to install the supplied software. The menus and interface are very basic and easy to use. I don't recommend this camera for pros, it is definitely not meant for them. The zooming is very basic, and the digital zoom is practically useless(never got a clear picture with it). The flash is useless at night without some serious extra light sources. DEFINITELY buy the optional Camera Dock and here's why: The lithium batteries recommended for this camera are only available on this continent currently, and are VERY HARD TO FIND outside it (and also very expensive - if you are going in for the CRV3). I have been in India for the past yr, and wasted many of the regular alkaline batteries, until they finally started carrying CRV3s over here recently. Boy do I regret not buying the dock and rechargables!!! Overall, though, this camera is a great buy for somebody who is new to Digital Cameras
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Summary: a great value that's easy to use
Review: What a great camera. My wife and I purchased this camera about a year ago and have put over 1,000 pictures through it. It still works great and I've never had an issue with it. There are your basic issues that you have with all digital camera (digital zoom is not something you will use a lot, poor light will give you dim pictures) but, again, this is something you will find in one way or another in all cameras. We purchased the camera alone and were always thinking about the dock (in Win. XP..when you hook the camera up to your computer via USB cable, the software kicks in and you are immediately at the wizard to download pictures...so the dock is by no means necessary). We received the dock, batteries, case, tripod, paper combo for christmas and have been happy with that as well. The rechargable batteries are not performing for us at all. They will hold their charge for a few pictures but if you are using the screen to preview them, the batteries will soon die. I like to use cheap old AA's and they work for months at a time. The features of the camera make it great to work with and the pictures are of a great quality even hastily printed out. The software was quickly installed by my wife (the person who swears she's not computer friendly) in a few minutes and we have never had an issue with it. We have now added a 32 meg memory card and have 98 pictures on the highest quality setting! Basically, if you're looking for a point and shoot...pick the camera up, you won't be dissappointed. Definitely get a memory card of at least 32 megs but give the dock and all that a second thought. It's a great upsell but isn't necessary, and if you aren't a fan of the rechargeable batteries...is almost completely unnecessary.
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Summary: 1 full year of use and 900 pics/vids later, still great
Review: Ive owned this for a little over a year now and it has never let me down. Ive taken about 900 pictures/videos with it and its still running great. I did a LOT of comparing when I decided to buy this camera. I wanted a camera around 2 mega-pixels, decent zoom, decent battery life, and most importantly, unlimited video capabilities that included sound. This camera was pretty much the only one at the time that met all those guidelines. Other cameras matched pretty evenly as far as megapixels, zoom, and battery life went, but what sold me on the Kodak was the fact that it was practically the only camera that ALSO had video that was only limited by the size of the memory card you had in it AND the fact that it had sound on top of that. The only thing about the video is that if you want to take video in doors you really need a lot of light. It will come out kinda dark otherwise. But for the money it is rather excellent. I compared this to my friends Nikon of about the same caliber. While his pictures turned out a little bit better it was close enough for me to still prefer my Kodak. The configuration menu has just about everything I would ever want to modify in it. Date stamping, quality adjustments, and a "close" mode for taking pictures of something within a few feet of the lens. The battery life is pretty much what you would expect from a digital camera. If you use the display too much it will run out pretty quickly, but thats never been a problem for me. Im still using the same battery pack(ive recharged it a bunch of times in the last year, of course). I bought the docking station with it. Heres a tidbit that Im not sure others are fully aware of yet: You can use the camera while its on the docking station. So if youre just taking a pictures of things in one room(like i often do for ebay auctions), you wont ever have to worry about battery life. It can run from the power of the docking station. This camera has been great and Ive never regretted buying it.
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Summary: good for entry level
Review: Generally speaking, I am satisfied with kodak 3600. I bought this camera for my newborn baby. It is my first digi-camera. And it works pretty good so far. The color is bright and vivid. The resolution is good enough for home use. The only drawback I found is that the writing speed to CF card is not fast enough. I can take 3 to 4 photos very quickly, then need to wait like 10 seconds to let it finish writing to CF card. I feel that Canon S200 is much faster considering the writing speed.
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Summary: Great Camera, surprised with what 2MP can offer
Review: I have owned this camera for a few months now and I love it for several reasons. It has superbly excellent outdoor picture quality and its indoor pictures are great, too. Be warned, the movie feature isn't that great. Outdoor is o.k. and o.k. means 75 marks out of 100. But the indoor ones, you can hardly see what, I would give it 25 out of 100. It is a big dis advantage of not being to use the flash while taking movies. And I can tell you in full faith, buy the CRV3 lithium for a few bucks extra and though it is rare some studios have it, because the alkalines are wasted on this camera. It takes up a huge lot of battery power. I have praised this camera, but the greatest feature about it is the quality I get for 2.2MP. It is simply suberb. You can get top class 8x10 prints with this and as for the 4x6 and 6x8 photos, you can't get better ones than this in studios. If you are trying to buy the dock, DON'T. And I mean it. It's a waste of [money]. The USB port transfer software and hardware are VERY GOOD. Do not hesitate with the buying of the dock thinking whether it is useful. It isn't unless you want to charge your Ni-MH batteries.
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Summary: Not Kodak Quality
Review: After one year of use, our camera acts very finicky about taking pictures. About 50% of the time the camera will not turn on, but will give the "battery low" red light--even though it has been sitting on the charging dock. After repeatedly switching on and off, it will usually turn on, but by then the photo op is usually lost. Also, although the pictures are easy to send over the internet, they do not print out well at the receiver's end.
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