Kodak Easyshare DX6340 3.1MP Digital Camera w/ 4x Optical Zoom

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Summary: I found this easy to download to a laptop running XP!
Review: I simply plugged the cable into a USB port in the back of the comptuer and the firewire into the camera and XP automatically installed the driver and I was downloading the pictures inside of 5 seconds. I'm not sure what problem the other reviewer had, but I think it was not Kodak problem!

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Summary: Great little camera
Review: I love the picture quality, the options and the size! I also use a SLR camera and missed the ability to choose my own setting when using my old digial camera. I am so excited that I am able to do this on the DX6340. Also, I have a year old daughter who always smiles AFTER she sees the flash. Having the ability to take a cluster of pictures (4 in a row) is great for capturing her best smiles! I also trust Kodak. My old digital was a DC290 (also a Kodak) and lasted several years.

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Summary: Very good buy
Review: I don't have anything to compare this to, but I love it. I did a great deal of research before making this purchase and I know it paid off. It is light weight, easy to use and so far the battery life is great.
Highly recommend this camera.

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Summary: Camera works great, and is a snap to connec to a PC
Review: I don't understand how anyone could say this doesn't work when trying to connect to a pc, especially XP. It connects with 1 cable, and your pc sees it as a hard drive. What could be easier than that. So, for the people that are blaming the camera for their problems, please recheck to see that you don't have anything running that is conflicting with your USB port. The camera works fine, and connects to a pc with ease. It would be a shame for someone to pass on this camera because of an inaccurate review.

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Summary: Great family camera
Review: My first digital camera and it suits my needs for family photos, vacations, etc. I purchased both the Kodak LS440 with 4mp and DX6340 and instantly knew I liked the DX6340 better. But I was concerned about the quality of prints of the 4mp over the newer features of the 6340. While I was at Best Buy I was able to talk to a Kodak rep. For features the DX6340 has much more and the flash is good to 19ft compared to 10ft. for the LS440. A major selling point for me. Overall quality of print was minor, he showed me 8 x 10's from the DX and LS. Battery life for the LS is better but I haven't had any issues with the DX. You could wait until the fall when kodak releases the upgrade to the 6340 with 4mp then you'd really have a good camera.

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Summary: NEVER USED A DIGITAL CAMERA BEFORE
Review: We bought this camera on Saturday 6/21/03, the day before my daughter and I left to go to Washington DC on a Safety Patrol field trip for a week. My husband gave me the book and said read it on your way there. I did and took over 250 (kept 200) shots. My daughter also took photos of me and her friends. We looked at them, laughed and deleted the ones that weren't any good. Came home and download in a few minutes. We picked our favorites, edited and created some new shots; put them onto a CD one evening, took them to Sams and got them developed in a couple of hours. This weekend I have been sharing the photos on the internet with family and friends all around the country. It has been alot of fun playing with it. My husband and I ARE NOT computer whizzes! It sounds to me like a personal problem for the person from Chicago who had problems.

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Summary: Easiest user interface of all digital cameras!
Review: Let's face it, I couldn't find a camera that didn't take decent pictures. I looked at the Olympus, the Sony, and briefly at several other models. The thing that sold me on the Kodak was the user interface and menu system. It is ten times easier to use than the Olympus that I was somewhat used to. If you want to take a close-up or you want to go into movie mode, you don't have to pull up the menu system, drill down through several options and switch into another mode, you just turn the camera on dial to a different setting.
As far as downloading into your PC, I don't know how you could make it any easier? USB cable goes into USB ports and camera appears as a hard drive. With EasyDock system you can even eliminate the cable and recharge the batteries as well.
Kodak named it well, this is by far the EASYiest camera to use.

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Summary: Wonderful Camera
Review: For the price, this camera is a great investment. The camera focuses well and provides as clear an image as possible with 3.1 resolution. The only blurry pictures I encountered were the results of incorrect camera handling. This camera does require some reading. The camera has a number of scene modes and features that affect its performance. For example, if you use the night mode, you must remember to hold the camera still longer than normal, as the aperture remains open longer. If you do so, the pictures you will take will be top notch. What impressed me most about this camera was the sport mode. My friend asked me to take a picture of her legs while she was running. I did so, and the picture came out PERFECT, as if she were standing completely still in a very awkward position. I don't really know what other people are complaining about with reference to the software. I have Windows XP Home on my laptop, and the camera setup was easy and quick. Personally, you may not even need the camera dock. I was handling fine with just a USB cord. Only one problem; rechargeable batteries are a MUST. This camera eats alkaline batteries like nothing else, and low batteries often lead to poor performance on the part of the camera. Buy a pair of good rechargeable NIMH batteries, and you should be fine.

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Summary: Takes good pictures, but you can't download to PC
Review: As far as digital cameras go, this is a nice one from the picture taking perspective. However, given that it's very difficult to configure this camera for use with a Windows XP laptop computer, this camera should be avoided by the shopping public. The instructions are not clear, there is no support person to speak with (Kodak tells you it's a problem with Microsoft and thus not their issue), and now I've got a camera with 200+ pictures on it that I can't get transferred to a PC of any kind (what a waste!). OVERALL RATING: DON'T BUY THIS! Get some other vendor's camera (Fuji, Panasonic, Sony, anybody)!

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Summary: Good all-around Point-And-Shoot
Review: One of the DX6340's best assets is its ease of use. The dial on the left changes the shooting modes, described by well-understood symbols. The joystick in the center of the dial is kind of small, easy to mix up. Not for the big-handed. Shooting is very easy, and storage time is fast. Internal 16MB is too small, so get a 128 or 256 Secure Digital card. The LCD is nice, good size for monitor shots. Works well in both indoor and outdoor situations, even in direct sunlight.
Very well designed, fits very well in medium sized hands, controls are at your finger tips, except for timed-delay and flash options. Pretty stylish two-tone silver has nice accents. Lens retracts, there is no lens cap. Share button is a nice touch, a jeweled amber. Combined with dock, has very Apple-like designs, jeweled buttons, etc
Has a video feature, no time limit, except for storage capacities. Can also do timed videos, 5sec, 15sec, etc. Microphone is fairy sensitive, but is no substitute for a digital camcorder, or even higher-end cameras with the same feature. Frame rate is good, video is a nice extra.
Shutter sound can be disabled, Menus are a little cumbersome, more important features are buried under such options as "storage selection," "shutter sound" etc.
OVERALL: Good design, very stylish, not for the manual-minded, despite manual mode. Good point-and-shoot for amateurs. (Dont forget the charging-transfer Dock)