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57 of 58 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great Camera! Great Price!, 27 Jul 2004
First off, just to let you all know that the only reason that I did not give this Camera 5* is nothing to do with the camera but due to the fact that I have not seen proper print-outs from a processors yet (i.e. Kodak, Jessops, Boots, etc), if I had then I'm sure I would give it 5* for sure!I received the Kodak on Thursday (22/07/2004) from Amazon... great service! Only placed the order on the Tuesday night and opted for the Free Delivery. So far so good. Got that Christmas Day feeling... You all know the one I'm talking about ;o) The packaging is a little different than other things, more like a box of chocolates than a camera, as it has a sleeve to contain the box (like a lot of products do) and then you come to the lid where there is no flaps to keep it closed (you'll know what I mean if you see it). On opening the box the first thing you notice is the nice amount of documentation that you receive (not that I have actually read any of it yet!). The documentation is nicely presented in a kind of Welcome pack. You receive 3 pocket sized manuals in English, German and French, the German and French manuals are wrapped up if you don't need them. You get 2 CD's, 1 for the EasyShare software and the other is the manuals in electronic format, a registration card and 1 warranty information. I think thats all of it any way! On removal of the documentation, you start to grin, you look down and you see not only a Camera but a nice SHINY Camera :o) It has a nice brushed aluminium effect rather than just reflective (woohoo!). You have the camera on one side gleaming up at you and on the other you have the inclusive accessories. The accessories that come with are all you need to get you started (only thing they missed out on is a case for it :o( Booooo! You can pick one of these though for next to nothing from Jessops at £6.99, code KODLSCC and is the official Kodak case for this camera.) When I opened the accessories box, the first thing that came into my head was, "How on earth did they fit all these in here!" Included is the Mains charger, lithium-ion battery (which looks the same as a Nokia 3310/3330 battery), inter-changeable mains plugs (UK and Europe), USB cable, A/V cable, custom plate for EasyShare camera docks/printers and wrist strap. It was time to charge the battery! This didn't take too long at all. The charger has a red LED for when it is charging and a green LED for when it has charged. So far all going smoothly. You open the side panel of the camera so that you can slip the battery inside, turn the dial to AUTO and I'm off! I really can't believe how easy this camera is to use! On the display it tells you how many photos you can take at the current resolution. 16 on the internal memory it would do, Navigation is simple, reviewing your pictures is simple and deleting the pictures is simple! Then I thought I would try the movie mode, I turned the dial to MOVIE mode, pressed the button to take pictures with and there you go. You can zoom in on the fly and with full sound. Played the movie back through REVIEW and was just as I took it, admittedly though the sound isn't superb, but what do you expect from a digital camera! But I was still pleased with it. The camera displays how much you can record and how long the clip has been running. Now was the crunch time, connecting to my PC. Now if there is a problem with this camera then it is going to be here, and exactly as I thought. Now I wouldn't really say it was a problem though, more a thing of a learning curve, the software isn't overly easy to use, but I think that if I spent some time actually looking at it rather than just clicking buttons rapidly then I would understand it more. The camera appears on your PC as a Removable Drive so you can just completely by-pass the software and go straight for the source. The results I hear you ask. The quality on this camera are excellent and so is the movie that I filmed! The only disappointment that I have was that the print-outs weren't just as good but I can't blame that on the camera, I have a 3 year old HP DeskJet 959C and using presentation paper (going to give it another try on some quality paper in the sample packs). In the near future I am going to take the SD card that I ordered along to a processors (Boots, Jessops, Asda, etc) and print out a couple on proper equipment so I can see exactly how good this camera actually is! Conclusion? Well what can I say!? This is an excellent camera for the money and is a perfect camera for anybody looking to make their first purchase into the Digital Camera market like myself. You can't argue with Amazon's price! Under £100! Mouth-watering! Go get one today. Regards Gaz
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