Kodak EasyShare CX6200 2MP Digital Camera

Rating:
Summary: Best used as a kid's camera
Review: Bought this as a gift for my parents. Was disappointed as soon as I got the camera in my hands.

1) Very 'cheap' feel to it. Lightweight plastic body.

2) Preview screen has very low resolution. I found the LCD screen to be difficult to use because of the low quality

3) FIXED FOCUS. I completely missed that this camera has no optical zoom or auto-focus. Thus, every picture you take with the dig. zoom is bound to be fuzzy.

The only plus I found is very easy-to-use controls.

Rating:
Summary: Easy to use and good picture
Review: I bought this camera for my mother. She is a beginner in using digital cameras. This camera was perfect for her. It's easy to use and the picture quality is surprisingly good for 2MP. This was definitely a good buy. It is the best camera at the best price for beginners.

Rating:
Summary: Poor performer- images, batteries, etc. & overpriced
Review: This camera takes images with great color HOWEVER, the images are perhaps the WORST of any 2MP camera. They are grainy, noisy, poorly compressed (large files but poor quality). This camera also uses up 2-AA Batteries within about 35 shots- not good!

Look elsewhere for a camera.

Rating:
Summary: For $75, it beats the Vivitar
Review: Situation: Camera for precocious 5 year old

Experience: Kodak, Fuji, Nikon & Canon digicams ($300-$1+k range)

Rating Justification: It's interesting how some folks will take a $2 knife an attempt to perform precision brain surgery with it. That's a humorous way of saying this camera - at $75 sale price - is a great introduction to digital photography. Kodak has produced at least 3 top-flight consumer/prosumer cameras and is known for the quality of their image and color capture software (see various camera reviews on www.steves-digicams.com & imaging-resource.com). Kodak also makes some serious digital equipment for top-flight professional photographers (DCS-1, I think). So anyone implying that Kodak doesn't understand digital photography isn't providing the whole story.

This camera follows a time-honored, age-old Kodak tradition to get the non-techie into cameras as cheaply and easily as possible. Thus the Easyshare line, a line of cameras designed to make going from image to memory book as easy as possible.

This camera is an ENTRY level camera in the Easyshare line. The camera is the digital equivalent of Kodak's old Instamatic - that single-focus, 1 film-speed mainstay of KodaColor glory. The CX6200 is small, simple and shoots what it's pointed at. It takes reasonable pictures w/the color Kodak is famous for. And it does this for about $0.30-.70 per 4x6 print with a cheap printer. If you are looking for a take-it-anywhere camera that lets you see what you've just captured, stores 75-150 pics and won't cause tears if it's dropped/lost, this will work.

Problems? Sure - it doesn't zoom, can't adjust exposure and could break its plastic case if it's dropped. It also isn't a good camera to "learn" photography on (not enough features). But for some consumers, it's the right tool for the job. [NOTE: I would suggest this camera to those already using SD/MMC somewhere in the household; just pass down the smaller-sized flash memory to whoever in the family gets this camera. I would also ALWAYS recommend a memory card reader over installing the software. I just don't like software I don't otherwise need cluttering up my computer.]

Like any inexpensive item, there are many things it doesn't do. But as an entry-level, memory-capturing scrapbook filler, most users will be satisfied. Consider this a cheap intro that should provide results and pleasure at not-too-great a price. Are there other choices? Always. Be a wise consumer. Tired of shopping? You could DEFINITELY do worse than this camera as a beginner.

Make up your own mind - check those web sites out.

And I'm buying one TONIGHT for my 5 year-old.....

Rating:
Summary: Good simple inexpensive camera
Review: I was looking for a digital camera for my almost 12 year old.
I've had digital cameras for years, and expected to find something simple, like an older model I had. Very hard to find! Only other simple models I was finding were strange brands I never heard of (and suspected wouldn't last long).
My alternative was a film camera - I don't want to get into the
cost or hassle of getting film developed any more.
So far, quite happy with this simple little camera. 2M is quite large enough for what he'll use it for. Tonight, he was photographing the sunday comics... 8-)

Rating:
Summary: NO
Review: not the best choice, period. for ten bucks more, the newer 3.2 mp kodak is the better choice. only buy this camera if you collect out dated electronics for a hobby.

Rating:
Summary: Great camera for kids
Review: I would recommend this camera to anyone who needs/wants a camera that is really easy to use. We purchased this camera for my 10 year old son 4 months ago as an alternative to a disposible camera. He was able to use the camera immediately with very little assistance and has taken hundreds of pictures since. He loves viewing the pictures immediately to determine if it is a good picture or not. The picture quality is very good (equal to our Nikon 800.) The battery life is also very good, but you will probably want to invest in rechargeables. If you can live without zoom capability and want a simple; reliable and low cost camera that takes good pictures, the Kodak 6200 is an excellent choice. Note: Ecost is a good site to get inexpensive memory.

Rating:
Summary: nice
Review: boughtthis cam for my girl,
works fine i guess... no bells no whistles, but 2 be real this take great pics for 2 mega pixels