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Summary: Poor quality product
Review: I have owned my DC215 for about two years, and I have several gripes about its quality.* Occasionally, the flash will go off an instant after the picture is taken. * After a year and a half, it started powering itself off randomly. Now it does this all the time. * It tends to scramble the order of the pictures in its memory. Occasionally I've had pictures disappear. * The viewfinder doesn't accurately represent the picture that is taken, so if you rely on the outlines in the viewfinder, you tend to cut people's heads off. Overall, it's a semi-decent camera, but I'd recommend choosing something else.
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Summary: Would never buy another Kodak
Review: I have this camera. It has been fine. However, knowing what I know now I would never buy another Kodak camera. Ever. I dropped this 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. 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: Great Camera, Be Careful Opening the Battery Compartment
Review: I have used my Kodak DC215 camera for two years and have been very pleased with the quaility of the photographs (though some indoor lighting causes small white "orbs" to show up in the photographs). BUT, not too long after I bought it, the tiny plastic clip that keeps the battery holder in the camera broke without me even knowing it--that's how small/weak it was. I solved the problem with a bit of duct tape and bought an adaptor to avoid using batteries when I don't have to. The camera has worked great for taking close-up digital photos of old family photos.
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Summary: Great Camera - but goes thru batteries like crazy!
Review: I love the Kodak DC 215 camera that was purchased before we went on our honeymoon. We bought two 16MB memory cards because we didn't have access to a PC where we were going. Tons of pictures, no film.. and we know right away if the shot is messed up and can retake it! It goes through normal AA batteries like crazy, but I've heard it works much better and more efficient with the rechargable batteries available from Kodak. This camera will impress you and your friends and family. The highest rez and quality produces some fantastic pics - I've never seen pics of this quality before. It's very durable (trust me, it's been to Mexico and back, kayaking, and got toted around in my purse for days) - the design is sturdy and you won't feel like you need to baby it. We bought this one instead of a comparable model from a competitor that uses floppy disks - we easily would have had to take 30+ disks with us on vacation! This is the way to go if you will be away from your computer for a while.
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Summary: Kodak stands behind their product.
Review: I purchased this camera about a year ago. After 11 months of constant use (alomst 4000 shots) the pictures started getting really fuzzy with a few spots. I called KODAK and they issued an RMA and I shipped it back to Kodak. Less than a week later, I had my camera back. They replaced the lens, the case and several other internals. Good as new. No "the warranty doesn't cover that" BS. The camera is an excellnt buy (the price has come down ... since I bought mine) and Kodak customer service was a pleasure to work with. Highly recommended....
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Summary: Beautiful Camera in a millennium gold Package!
Review: I purchased this camera as an upgrade from my DC50 and have been in impressed with it every since I've opened the package. The camera was ready to go within minutes of opening the box and the software was simple to install and had me downloading pictures to my web site within ten minutes. I purchased the DC215 millennium gold due to the larger compact flash (8mg) and the inclusion of the USB compact flash reader. Both additions have made this an excellent camera. I recently toured Harpers Ferry National Battlefield and took several pictures of the surrounding scenery as well as group photos, and amazed the group by displaying the pictures on the T.V. via the direct camera link as soon as we returned home. They turned out crisp, detailed and in perfect focus! The camera is a little hard on AA batteries so I went out and bought lithium batteries and have not had to replace them in over three weeks of constant use. Rechargeable might be the next step but right now I'm having way too much fun with this camera and highly recommend it to anyone looking for a megapixel on a modest budget. It's both IBM and MAC compatible, with loads of great software!
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Summary: A Good Camera for the Beginners and Technology Illiterates
Review: I received my Kodak DC215 Zoom as a gift for my birthday a few years back. It was my first digital anything (I still proudly carried my analog cam corder, kept my contacts in a paper address book, etc.), so I was very excited (being the technology buff that I am). While boxy and a little on the heavy size, the camera really doesn't look bad at all. Its nicely built as its survived a few perilous falls, however one of the rubber flaps has fallen off over a few years of use. The camera takes nice pictures for what you're paying for, however the zoom leaves much to be desired-expect to be huddled real close to your subject as you snap away. Another downside to this camera is its use of the serial port to transfer pictures. This is extremely slow and takes a few minutes to even list the pictures on the camera (and if you've got more than 20 or so to transfer, go grab a cup of coffee). There's no other options for transferring, so you're stuck in that aspect. Don't buy this camera if you need to take a lot of pictures in a short amount of time... I'd say it takes at least fifteen seconds to store the picture after you snap it. A nice feature of the camera is its ability to be hooked up directly to a TV or VCR. You can even have it run through the pictures as a slideshow. The review feature and preferences menu on the camera is very nicely layed out, and you can easily view and delete pictures as you please. Overall this camera definetly gives you your money's worth.. however, if you're looking to take more than vacation and family pictures to stash away in your [on-line] album, I'd strongly suggest looking at other cameras. While its good for beginners and the casual user, the Kodac DC215 Zoom leaves much to be desired.
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Summary: A Good Camera for the Beginners and Technology Illiterates
Review: I received my Kodak DC215 Zoom as a gift for my birthday a few years back. It was my first digital anything (I still proudly carried my analog cam corder, kept my contacts in a paper address book, etc.), so I was very excited (being the technology buff that I am). While boxy and a little on the heavy size, the camera really doesn't look bad at all. Its nicely built as its survived a few perilous falls, however one of the rubber flaps has fallen off over a few years of use. The camera takes nice pictures for what you're paying for, however the zoom leaves much to be desired-expect to be huddled real close to your subject as you snap away. Another downside to this camera is its use of the serial port to transfer pictures. This is extremely slow and takes a few minutes to even list the pictures on the camera (and if you've got more than 20 or so to transfer, go grab a cup of coffee). There's no other options for transferring, so you're stuck in that aspect. Don't buy this camera if you need to take a lot of pictures in a short amount of time... I'd say it takes at least fifteen seconds to store the picture after you snap it. A nice feature of the camera is its ability to be hooked up directly to a TV or VCR. You can even have it run through the pictures as a slideshow. The review feature and preferences menu on the camera is very nicely layed out, and you can easily view and delete pictures as you please. Overall this camera definetly gives you your money's worth.. however, if you're looking to take more than vacation and family pictures to stash away in your [on-line] album, I'd strongly suggest looking at other cameras. While its good for beginners and the casual user, the Kodac DC215 Zoom leaves much to be desired.
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Summary: Great Camera
Review: I received this camera for my birthday and really like it a lot. It's a big upgrade from the Casio QV-11 I was using. What makes this camera great? Well, it is very easy to use. It's simple to change the settings, uplink to your PC and use in general. And the results are really top notch. It also feels much more durable and is nicer to handle than comparable models made by Olympus, Canon and Minolta. The way I have the camera set up, it takes 35 pictures at a very nice resolution and quality on the 4MB Compact Flash card that is included. I just bought the 16MB Flash because I'm using the camea so much, so keep in mind that at some point you may be dropping another $40-50 on memory, as the amount that comes with the DC-215 is passable, but not spectacular.
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Summary: amazing value
Review: I recently bought a kodak dc215 for my son but have found myself using it more and more it only cost £125 from a company called staples in the uk. I worked as a proffessional photographer for a number of years in the eighties and early nineties and when digital photography first became available experimented a little but the quality was so bad then and the price so prohibitive I never chose to buy one. but the quality of this simple point and shoot camera is astounding and for such a small price the only criticism I would have is the sheer volume of batteries needed to feed it and the software that comes with it could be better (but it is still highly usable.) I realise that the quality of the printer has a lot to do with the final product but I do believe that the image quality has to be there in the first place to achieve such good results. If anyone is looking to buy a simple camera at a reasonable price I would recommend this product unreservedly.
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