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Summary: More Than Expected!
Review: The DX3900 is my second digical camera. Just received it and I am delighted with the picture quality. My computer is three years old and I recently upgraded to Windows Me. I was concerned about attaching the camera, docking station. All worked without a problem. I have only used the camera in the auto mode, but there is so much more you can do with the camera. The camera dock is worth [dollar amount]. Transfer pictures in seconds and what a way to have the DX3900 always charged. I purchased a 128 CF card. The 8 CF card that comes with the camera is useless. I recommend buying the Viking 128 CF card. It works great with the DX3900 and is much less expensive then the Kodak CF card. For [dollar amount] you can not find a better deal or picture quality.
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Summary: EASY TO USE
Review: I just bought this camera a few days ago. It is my first digital camera. It is very easy to use right out of the box, and if you take the time to read the manual there are many advanced features too.
The battey lasts along time, I bought a 128mb flash card and took almost 200 pictures, downloaded them to my computer and I am still using the same batteries.
The quality of the pictures is awsome. It is also very easy to grip. You need to use the LCD to use the digital zoom but it is not a huge inconvenience.
If you are taking several pictures in a row there is an 8 picture burst, but they also process very rapidly at the regualr speed. So if you are trying to take several pictures you dont have to wait and wait like with some other cameras.
The software that comes with it is very easy to use for printing the pictures, but for more advanced features I would use Adobe Photoshop.
All in all I thought this was an outstanding camera for the first time user as well as having many more advanced features for people who wanted them.
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Summary: I hate the DX3900!
Review: I have owned the Kodak DC240 which is just over 2 years now and decided to upgrade to the DX3900 for larger enlargement capabilities. I loved my DC240. It was a great camera. I am, however, COMPLETELY disappointed in this new camera. While the photo quality is supposedly better, on my computer screen, I do NOT see it. Enlargements are yet to be seen. I also HATE with capital letters the DIGITAL ZOOM feature so much, if I hadn't spent the money I just did on this thing -- I WOULD TOSS IT IN THE TRASH! The only way you can use the digital zoom is by using the LCD monitor! It's insane! You have to zoom, stop, push select, pull the camera away, look into the LCD, zoom again and then take a photo. I am going to miss so many wonderful opportunities by having to take all these steps! They also eliminated the high/low light adjustment of this camera's LCD. The camera is also too small for me. I am 5'5" and have small hands and I find the size awkward. I also have a very difficult time seeing out of the view finder. It's just badly designed. And so far, I have had the camera for 8 hours, and it has locked up and froze twice. My first Kodak DC 240 did that and I had to have it replaced. It looks like this one has a similar problem. And the on/off switch is in a very inconvenient place! The Kodak software also stinks. It shows you this little snap shot maybe 2 x 3 inches in 1200 x 800 rez. You can't zoom in or resize the photo in viewing mode like you could with their old software. All you can do is setup a slide show which is preset with horrible defaults. If you don't like the defaults, you have to manually change them every time you run a slide show. I am so mad I bought this heap of trash, you don't know! Frankly, on a A to F scale, I would rate this camera a solid F for FLUNK! It stinks. I wish my Kodak DC240 would take higher resolution photos because this new thing is going backwards with technology. Kodak, your developers lost it! Sorry. Don't buy this -- trust me you'll regret it! You can have mine if you want to pay for it...I'll gladly sell it! I am not a professional, but I am an educated, consumer wise individual who holds a masters degree. Take it for what it is worth. Renee
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Summary: A great surprise
Review: I bought this in a hurry. I was saving for a Sony CDR-300, and my sister went in to labor, and I was in charge of new baby pics. THis was the nicest camera I could afford at the store. As it turns out it was a great investment. It took me about 5 minutes to learn, and the Included Li battery pack lasted for about 350+ pictures and a lot of time using the LCD, which usually kills stuff on most other cameras I have used. I would lastly like to reemphasize that it took me all of 12 seconds to learn, and with XP the camera interface solved itself, I bought it two weeks ago, and still haven't installed the software. Woohoo.
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Summary: I Bought 4 of these Cameras
Review: I am in charge of purchasing all new technology for my office, and one month ago, I bought 4 of the Kodak DX3900s for my office. What a great camera! The photos are great. This is the 3rd set of digital cameras I have purchased for my office in the past 5 years, and digital cameras have come a long way. 6 months ago I purchased an olympus for [a high price] and that camera had too many bells and whistles that nobody in the office could figure out. This camera is simple. All I do is just leave it on the highest picture quality setting, insert the 128MB card that I purchased seperately and I can take up to 129 pictures using the flash on one battery charge! I "borrowed" the office camera that I purchased for the last 2 weekends when my family and I visited the Shenendoa National forest. Wow!! The pictures could not be any better. My husband and I are planning on purchasing one of our own!! I strongly suggest this camera to anyone who is purchasing a new digital camera.
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Summary: I bet you can't find a better digicam in picture quality
Review: ...You can't imagine this DX3900, a cheaper model, is even better than my DX4800, 1st winner in picture quality by PC World for many months this year. I've taken 271 pictures (LCD panel off) with the lithium battery (equivalent to 2 AA batteries) included in the package and it is still going strong. I'm a picky person and I seldom give anything a five-star rating, but this Kodak has simply overwhelmed me. Now you have to have a professional medium-format traditional camera to beat this Kodak. I bet you can't find a better digital camera in picture quality at any price.
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Summary: A little too Easy?
Review: Although the DX3900 is very easy to use, unless you are a complete novice with computers, it seems that the extra "ease" is not worth the price premium you pay. After all, with most digital cameras, you simply plug in a USB cable and open the supplied software - this takes about 10 seconds. So with the DX3900 you save maybe 5 seconds every time you download your pictures. Having said that, the 3900 is a very capable and respectable camera for the market in which it competes. Resolution is pretty good, although jpeg artifacts become visible in all the but least compression settings (whereas canon and sony cameras seem to do a better job with compression). Color accuracy is very good, and skies come out vivid blue. The zoom lens works nicely, and startup time is fast. The LCD is smooth and fluid, although not as bright as I am used to from canon and sony. If you are purchasing this camera for a beginning computer user, or if a bit of extra ease of use means more to you than saving a bit of money, then this is a great camera. If, however, you don't mind spending a few extra seconds, this camera is probably a little too over-simplified; you could spend less or get more features for your money elsewhere. Conclusion: for the market for which this camera is targeted, this is a very good camera.
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Summary: Can't Get Better Pictures Any Easier!
Review: Great Camera! This is my first digital camera - I am very impressed. I was taking pictures right out of the box, without needing to read the manual. The menus are easy, intuitive and nice to look at. I did purchase the docking station along with it. It is great one touch and the photos are uploaded in seconds (along with easy battery charging). The pictures look great and print great. It would have been nice if it was packaged with a larger CF than 8mb. But that is my only complaint. I highly recommend this camera.
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Summary: just what i'm looking for
Review: i had used several digital cameras. but Kodak DX3900 is simply the best. easy to operate and w/ professional feature that i want from a camera.
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Summary: DX3900-Terrific
Review: I have been using this camera for about a week. It takes very sharp and colorful images. It is extremely easy to use as a point and shoot and there are also settings to refine your images under different situations (lighting,compression,EV,ISO,etc.).I am amazed at the picture quality for such an easy to use camera. I highly recommend this camera for anyone that wants to jump in to digital photography. It produces comparable results to 35MM film cameras and maybe even better.
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