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Summary: Great Family Cam
Review: I have been using this camera for about 6 months and think it's great! I use it for the purpose of transferring the pics to CD and then putting them into Kmart for development and the print quality on Kodak paper is fantastic. The photos I'm getting are great. The biggest downside to this camera is the inability to take multiple pictures close together. it allows you to take 2 or 3 then pauses for several seconds, sometimes over 15 therefore missing the "Kodak Moment" LOL. It does have a Burst mode for doing just this but it's useless coz the Burst mode cannot be used with the Flash so of course the photos dont come out if inside. All round though this is a great little cam. I've heard of people complaining about it, but they are more high-end users, if you are just the little famliy guy wanting to take pics of everyday things and not a real technohead then this cam will do you just fine! Some of the photos I've taken are absolutely fantastic.
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Summary: I'm Not Impressed
Review: I am not an expert, but I do have some experience with digital cameras and photography in general. I purchased the DX3900 expecting a significant improvement over my Sony 1.6MP Mavica, which while a decent camera, uses a floppy disc with resulting high image compression. I was both very surprised and dismayed to find the overall performance of the Kodak 3MP hardly any better and in some respects worse.While I admit this camera is very easy to use and that it delivers reasonably acceptable quality pictures in brightly lit outdoor conditions (perhaps the reason for all the rave reviews), indoors I find the performance very poor. The autofocus is unreliable in even medium indoor lighting (forget about low light), resulting in an a fair porportion of the shots turning out out-of-focus. Also, there is a lot of digital noise and none of the dozens of indoor shots I've tried could be described as truly sharp, crisp and full of detail. In addition to this, the capture time is annoyingly long and seems to increase somewhat as more shots are taken, especially when using the flash. I recorded times as long as 14 seconds - too long if you ask me. The shutter speed in AUTO mode was on average 1/20 seconds or so indoors. Even using the flash, this is too long to get jitter free pics. Nor was there any noticable difference if I increased the ISO. All that did was increase the noise. Build quality is only fair and I'm not very impressed with the image editing software included. I'll be returning it. Overall, if you're not too picky and only intend on shooting web shots or something, this camera will do the job. But then, so will a much cheaper camera. If you're looking for a 3MP camera that will take anything even near 35mm quality photos, look elsewhere. I'm very disappointed, Kodak
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Summary: Wrong camera - wrong price
Review: I bought this camera two months ago. The pictures are a good quality...except the battery life is horrible. It will only take one set of pictures ( 4 or 5) before the battery goes DEAD. I have contacted Kodak about this problem and their solutions to it are to have it serviced by their representitives. I paid OVER ($$$) for the camers and docking station.....and it has to be fixed???? It also claims that leaving the camera in the docking staion charges the batteries....WRONG.....their technical people said that it actually drains the battery if left in there too long. Well, what good is it???? When the battery goes dead...it will not trasfer pictures through the docking station. All in all it is poor quality with horrible customer service. Try another company for quality.
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Summary: My First Digital Camera !
Review: It a great camera for beginners! And trust me it take beautiful picture and I printed a 8x10 and the picture look real sharp. I also e-mail my family member and they too enjoy the pictures.So far the experience been great ! I was looking for Kodak DX3600 but it was replace with Kodak DX3900. Consumer Report rate it pretty good that why I had to check it out. You will need to buy more memory because they only give you 8MB but for me that doesn`t matter. So if you looking for camera this one it !!
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Summary: A Good First Digital Camera
Review: After using a Nikon 35mm film camera for years, I needed something digital and easy for my wife and I to use for our Animals Needing Homes web page. While loading the software, I experienced an error just after selecting English. We both know a few words of Spanish, so I decided to give that a try. DO NOT DO THIS unless you know the other language well. The installation went fine...with all the menu options and screen instructions in Spanish. We barely knew enough Spanish to keep from deleting something we were trying to save. Later, we uninstalled the whole thing and tried again in English and all went well. The pictures are clear and sharp when we make sure to hold the camera steady while trying to photograph animals more interested in running and playing than in posing. The 3mp is more resolution than we need for web photos that are rarely much bigger than 3 x 4 inches. In the event we want to have some printed, the extra pixels will be nice. We thought we'd try to use disposable batteries and not buy the charger. This has proved to be impractical; we just received the charger. Overall, the camera is working well for us. Our main complaint is that the digital viewing screen is almost useless in the sun. Bottom line is that for our first digital camera, this was a good choice (for our use, 1mp or 2mp would have been ok). For other photography situations, however, I still grab the Nikon.
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Summary: Superior quality at an excellent price
Review: I bought the Kodak DX3900 camera 6 months ago and have been very happy with it since day one. I had two concerns about buying this camera:
1) whether 3 megapixels would truly create high-quality photos, and
2) would the photos look like 'normal' (non-digital) photos when developing them for print. I soon discovered that 3 megapixels is definitely enough--even for prints enlarged to 8x10--and that the photos look even better than other non-digital prints from a 35mm camera. It takes better photos than any 35mm camera I have ever owned. Also, the LCD screen is sharp enough to let you know whether the photos you take are high-quality enough to keep, or not. This camera not only gives you the many benefits of taking digital photos, but also gives you superior quality photos at an excellent price. This camera is lightweight, durable, and very easy to use: it is the first camera whose 'extra' features, such as zooming, adjusting for sunlight, changing resolution, etc, are intuitive enough to use without constantly referring to the user manual (the user manual is also helpful, by the way). The docking station (an optional accessory) makes it very easy to download the photos to your computer. I strongly recommend this camera.
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Summary: Excellent camera but...
Review: This is my first digital camera and I have to say I'm impressed so far. It's great for my wife, who isn't near the tech weenie I am. At the press of a button, she can charge the battery, download pictures, and initialize the memory card. My only complaint is with the battery (or so I think). I can charge the battery all night, put it in the camera, and the camera will not turn on. If I turn it off and on several times (when this happens), the camera will eventually turn on.
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Summary: Everything I wanted
Review: I spent many hours researching digital cameras to find the one that suited my needs and was within my price range.
I am 20 years old and have 7 younger siblings - we used the camera to take our individual portraits. I took the graduation pictures of a friend of mine as well. The 3MP produced an excellent 8x10, as well as 5x7. I also use this camera on trips, at events and at home for my regular snapshots. I usually set the megapixals at 1.8 for general use. I am always pleased with the way the camera works, there are plenty of setting options, but not so many that it is confusing. The b&w and sepia settings are fun. I would recommend using Amazon's Ofoto for photo processing. They do a good job quickly, and it is fun to use their albums to share pictures online. I also use Ofoto's free photo editor, which is extremely basic. If you want something fancy, Amazon has a selection of good photo editing software. In addition to the the camera, I purchased the EasyShare dock, which is a must have for ease of use. It is well worth the price. It, like the camera, is gimmick-free.
I purchased a 128mb compact flash for additional memory. If I did that again I would just buy 64mb, but that extra memory might come in handy on a long vacation.
I purchased a "travel kit" from Kodak's website, which includes another rechargable battery, portable recharger with different plugs for if you are out of the country and have different outlets. It came in a camera bag that is a good size for the camera.
I would recommend this camera for anybody who wants to have a good camera to use and enjoy for a long time.
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Summary: Great for first timers
Review: This camera is so easy to operate even a beginner can use it! I read all of the reviews and was concerned I made a bad choice. Like my mom always said you need to make up your own mind! I love this camera! I bought it on a whim with not much research and am shocked by how good the pictures are. I'm not expecting a professional quality picture, but it is pretty darn good. I have since read the manual and can't believe how lucky I was in picking a camera with so many features.
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Summary: AWESOME CAMERA! I LOVE IT!
Review: This is my first digital camera and I love it. It takes exceptional pictures. It is so easy to use. Even more impressive is the software that comes with it that allows you to do so many fun and great things with your photos. You can edit the size, the color, even make it a black and white photo. If you want to email the photo you simply click on the email button and off it goes. It is an amazingly great camera. I totally recommend it. I also purchased the optional camera dock. I recommend that too. It keeps the battery charged on your camera, and you only have to press one button and it automatically transers your pictures. Great camera and great buy.
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