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 For the ease and price, the perfect first camera!!! June 27, 2008
I bought this one off Amazon a while ago. I've taken lots of stills and hours worth of videos already and Im pretty happy about the purchase.
I was using a 35mm Nikon F55 before, which was very good in its own right, but the whole ritual of getting the films processed and printing them out was getting tedious. Though I've had my flints with lots of Cybershots and Samsungs this is virtually my 'real' first digital that I bought 'new'.
One main thing is, its really easy to use. I hadn't even gone through the guide when I was exploring through the various setups its got. And setups/presets, its got many. I was at the British MotoGP the other week and fairly abused the various still modes and it all turned out very good. Its only got a 3x optical zoom, which might be a problem, but thats about it with all other similar spec cameras. The videos were impressive when compared to my friend's higher spec Samsung. If you want perfect quality, then there are definitely other options at the higher end, but in the 50-100 bracket this one does stand its ground with ease. As such its the perfect first digital.
I bought this 'new' for below 60 including a 4GB Transcend SD card and for that price this is totally worth and some. Recommended.
Good middle of the road camera May 13, 2008
20 out of 20 found this review helpful
If you're a professional photo nut, this is probably not for you. Then again, if you are, you wouldn't be looking at this camera. All that aside, the kodak Easyshare is the PERFECT camera for the amateur photographer or average person who just wants good pictures and downloadable capabilities. Great memory storage too.
The best part is the help button. Unlike some other cameras, this one really holds your hand through the process and it's virtually impossible to make a mistake. You can toss the manual if you want--that's how helpful it is.
This camera almost does away with Photoshop, but not quite. As I said before, if you want a really good camera for a great price, and you're not looking to have your photos in some contest, this will do nicely.
Would also recommend the SAMSUNG S630--VERY similar with 3X optial zoom and a few more details.
A superb camera for the price (and for a bit dearer a price too) May 9, 2008
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
I paid almost double the price for this camera and still feel like I got a bargain. It is a very well made camera with all the atributes of one a lot dearer, anti camera shake, large screen, different modes etc. The internal memory is a bit small, but no smaller than most other cameras. Mine is in black too, and it makes it look a lot dearer than it is. Good stuff.
good for newby February 21, 2008
35 out of 37 found this review helpful
having never gone over to digital camaras before i wanted a camara that would be very simple to use and give good clear pictures for around 50. This fills all of this. the software is easy to use and transfering pictures is a breeze. even a night out with unsteady hands gave great results! it is light and looks more expensive than it is, a pleasure to use, and with a memory card and rechargable batterys complete.
Excellent. January 6, 2008
85 out of 85 found this review helpful
My parents bought me this camera for Christmas - for a bargain price of 45 from ASDA, I might add - along with a 2GB memory card, and I am so pleased with it. It goes everywhere with me - it's very light and handy for travel, fitting easily into my handbag and slightly less easily into my pockets. It comes with a strap, which is excellent if, like me, things are prone to leaping unexpectedly from your hands, and is really easy to use on the Auto setting to take quick snaps of your daily adventures, and it's also very simple to change flash settings, with a nice setting for preventing red-eye - handy for those blue-eyed people you know. :)
For those more camera-savvy who are interested in more high-tech photography, the scene settings are quite varied, with settings for snow scenes, action shots, self portraits and many more. It also has a good macro setting for taking close-up photographs, as well as a very capbable auto-focus with center-focus and multi-focus settings which I've found help to take clear, sharp pictures whatever the subject.
It also features a fairly decent capability for taking videos - although a high-capacity memory card is recommended for those who do want to make a lot of use out of the video function, as they take up a lot of space. Videos have to be uploaded to a computer in order to play sound and I haven't yet previewed any videos on my computer, but the image playback on the camera screen is of quite a good quality and it's extremely simple to take a video with the camera; simply switch the setting to 'video' and then press the shutter button to record.
The camera also features the ability to crop photos and 'One Touch technology', which is a really simple photo-editor built into the camera. It's not quite Photoshop, and it doesn't work very well on all pictures, but some pictures can be made to look much brighter and clearer with just a few button presses.
It's also really easy to review the pictures you have taken (simple press the 'review' button!), and the camera displays both how many picutres you have taken (via a photo number in the top corner of each photograph) and how many you have left to fit onto your memory card, so you'll never run out of space without warning. With the Easychare software for your computer you can easily arrange your photos into albums both on your computer and on your camera.
Another extremely helpful feature is the Help/Information button - for every option on all of the camera's different menus, you simply have to press this button and it tells you exactly what each option does. It's just like having a manual built into your camera, and far easier than having to check the index of a paper manual whenever you get a bit lost while you're learning how your camera works.
I've noticed that some people find the camera's lack of an integral battery and chrager to be a slight drawback, but I disagree. Instead of your camera having to be out of action while it charges, you simply have to put new batteries in. However, with regular AA batteries you might find this to be a very expensive venture - I recommend instead buying two Kodak Ni-MH AA rechargable battery packs and a charger for them. I've found that these batteries have a comparatively long life (around 4-7 days, depending on on frequency of use) for each charge, and while one set is recharging you can use the other set.
All in all, so far I have found it to be an excellent camera choice, whether for a beginner or an experienced photographer. It's by far worth more than the bargain sale price that my parents purchased it for, and is even worth paying more for it than it's priced here on Amazon. I have no doubt that there are better cameras out there, but if you're not willing or able to spend hundreds of pounds then I truly recommend this camera - you'll be hard-pressed to find another camera of its calibre for less than 100.
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