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Summary: Awesome for the beginner
Review: I've got 2000 35mm photos, and I've always wanted a digital camera. I purchased this one, after months of research, in Mar 01. Simply put, it's been the best purchase I've ever made. I love it. It's simple, I never have to change from the default settings, it takes beautiful pictures, and everyone thinks it's really expensive. The quality of the photos is unbelieveable. You won't want to switch from the 1MB .jpeg files. The USB/VHS cables work great. I've literally had NO PROBLEMS out of this camera. If there could be some improvements, I'd like for the flash to work a little better. Also, you have to pay attention and have the trigger half-pulled to get those action shots, but I think that's to be expected with a digital camera. I bought this camera..and got the 128MB compact flash card... The compact flash card is much cheaper now. I can walk around and take 120 1MB, high quality pictures, outdoors and NEVER run the one battery I own out of juice. That was a big concern of mine, but it's really no problem. You won't need the extra battery and charger. If you love to take photos, and you're not an expert, I highly recommend this camera. (This is not a BS write-up, I really do recommend it.)
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Summary: Not for everyone...
Review: I've shot about 600 picture with the DC4800, and some of them turned out very good, however a lot of them didn't. This camera can be manipulated to almost every situation but in many everyday conditions it just seemed to have problems. I would bracket shots, try every combination of adjustments, and often not end up with a usable picture. I even exchanged my frist one for another unit because of poor focusing.Finally I got tired of the thing and got a Canon S110 instead. It doesn't have as many user variables, but never the less it delivers way better and consistant picures. Sure the Kodak has a higher pixel count, and a better lens, but for my needs the Canon does a better job. Add the compact size, which means you'll be more likely to have it when the opportunity arises, and the Canon is a tough act to beat. One nice feature both these cameras share is that they both feel solid, they have good heft. The S110 feels like it's milled from solid blocks of stainless steel and glass. The Kodak is close. Most other digital cams feel plasticky and cheap in comparisson.
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Summary: A camera for power users!
Review: In case you're womdering... the "internet bundle" included in this camera means that you get a 64MB flash card instead of 16MB, and you get an extra rechargable Li-Ion battery. You definitely need both items. (You can survive with 16MB if you carry your computer with you everywhere so you can contstantly empty the memory.) You have to have an extra battery for this camera. The Kodak supplied battery is only rated at 3.7V and 1100mA-hours, which isn't as much as a camera with 4AA batteries usually gets. (4 Ni-MH provide about 4.8V and 1200mA hours!) And Kodak's special battery is the only one this camera takes!! So you'll need an extra for sure. The pictures themselves are excellent. You get a 3x zoom lens, a choice between ISO equivalents of 100, 200, and 400, MORE than enough shutter speeds, and there are 3 choices of aperture (f/2.8, f/5.6, and f/8). You can have manual control over all of these settings or let the camera automatically choose, although with the automatic control the camera doesn't always take very good pictures. If you take control, however, and you know what you're doing (and its easy to learn!) you will always get good pictures with this camera. The reason I give 4 stars instead of 5 is Kodak's choice to include its own expensive battery instead of using cheaper rechargables, and the fact that the camera doesn't do very well on the automatic setting.
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Summary: A camera for power users!
Review: In case you're womdering... the "internet bundle" included in this camera means that you get a 64MB flash card instead of 16MB, and you get an extra rechargable Li-Ion battery. You definitely need both items. (You can survive with 16MB if you carry your computer with you everywhere so you can contstantly empty the memory.) You have to have an extra battery for this camera. The Kodak supplied battery is only rated at 3.7V and 1100mA-hours, which isn't as much as a camera with 4AA batteries usually gets. (4 Ni-MH provide about 4.8V and 1200mA hours!) And Kodak's special battery is the only one this camera takes!! So you'll need an extra for sure. The pictures themselves are excellent. You get a 3x zoom lens, a choice between ISO equivalents of 100, 200, and 400, MORE than enough shutter speeds, and there are 3 choices of aperture (f/2.8, f/5.6, and f/8). You can have manual control over all of these settings or let the camera automatically choose, although with the automatic control the camera doesn't always take very good pictures. If you take control, however, and you know what you're doing (and its easy to learn!) you will always get good pictures with this camera. The reason I give 4 stars instead of 5 is Kodak's choice to include its own expensive battery instead of using cheaper rechargables, and the fact that the camera doesn't do very well on the automatic setting.
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Summary: Great for daytime, mediocre for nighttime.
Review: The title says it all - daytime pictures are crisp, clear, and brilliant color. Incredible, actually. The detail is great, and the pictures are incredibly lifelike. Nighttime pictures utilizing flash are mediocre - they come out grainy and the colors are a bit on the muddy side. I frankly don't know if it's an underpowered flash or just the nature of the beast; even close-up flash, where the power of the flash shouldn't really matter, comes out the same way. However, I must temper this with two possible explanations - 1) that nighttime pictures just [are poor] because they do with any camera - I haven't tried other cameras or 2) - my expectations are out of whack because the daytime pictures are just so darned good.
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Summary: Great for daytime, mediocre for nighttime.
Review: The title says it all - daytime pictures are crisp, clear, and brilliant color. Incredible, actually. The detail is great, and the pictures are incredibly lifelike. Nighttime pictures utilizing flash are mediocre - they come out grainy and the colors are a bit on the muddy side. I frankly don't know if it's an underpowered flash or just the nature of the beast; even close-up flash, where the power of the flash shouldn't really matter, comes out the same way. However, I must temper this with two possible explanations - 1) that nighttime pictures just [are poor] because they do with any camera - I haven't tried other cameras or 2) - my expectations are out of whack because the daytime pictures are just so darned good.
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Summary: What's not to like?
Review: There are very few things not to like about this camera and they are far out weighted by the many things this camera does. I don't like the overall feel of the camera, it feels cheesy. I don't like the LCD in the sun, you must use a shade to see it. But that is really nit picking once you get down to the features that include saturated color for overcast days-it's like putting Fuji Velvia in a film camera to punch up color. Black and white with red and yellow filters as well as sepia and I don't have to carry filters! I love kicking back, with the camera hooked up to my TV, and watch the slide show feature on a big screen, which you can do because the images are so sharp. I purchased the wide angle attachment and, although it has some distortion primarily when photoing buildings, it is sharp. 11X14" prints come out looking like a lab did them when you shoot in raw mode. Here's a tech tip -put the camera on a tripod, set the ASA to 400, set the film to black and white and hold a wratten 87 filter in front of it while exposing and get the look of black and white infrared film. This camera puts fun in photography and is well worth the price.
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Summary: Simply AWESUME
Review: This 4800 is of finest quality, well engineered, light, controls are well placed, and the pictures are simply AWESUME !!!
Rating:
Summary: Very good camera
Review: This camera is a very good product. I have taken more than 5000 photos with it and the majority of pictures are great. If you are looking for a good camera at a very good price, then this is your camera of choice.
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Summary: DO NOT BUY THIS CAMERA
Review: This has to be the worst camera I have ever taken a picture with. Compare this camera picture quality of DETAIL to another with good quality like a Nikon, there is no comparison. Nikon hands down. I don't know if any of you who left a review have ever taken detailed up close shots with this but the detail and clarity is simply blurred. GARBAGE!!! Get a Nikon 950, 990, or a 880. Nikon can make a camera!
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