3 out of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Batteries?Friday, May 06, 2005
The resolution indoors was not fantastic, but expected. However, I noticed some other reviewer complaining about the batteries being difficult to find because of the special need for a specific battery type.
This is not true.
I plugged in plain old Duracell cheapos and it worked fine. Do not hesitate to buy this camera because of this complaint, because it is a false complaint.
The camera works very nice for the price, and traveling with it is easy and you don't worry too much about it getting stolen, cause it ain't worth much.
Also, don't worry about the SD disk that someone else complained about, they are available in most stores (Target, Wal-Mart) as well as here on amazon, look it up.
6 out of 8 people found the following review helpful:
Great all around, bad red eye, good for priceTuesday, April 19, 2005
I have been using this camera for 4 months and really like it. I have taken around 500 pictures and the majority come out great. Without using the viewfinder I can take about 100-150 pictures with and without flash before the batteries need to be replaced. I purchased a 256 MB card for it and according to the LCD it can hold ~270 pictures at max resolution.
To comment on some of the other comments, I haven't had any problem with the lens cover or the camera turning itself on/off. I do keep it in a bag most of the time. I used the internal USB connector a few times but have switched to simply pulling the SD card out and using a USB reader, it's much faster.
My only gripe about the camera is the redeye. If the flash is used inside or outside at night, redeye is almost guaranteed. I don't know if it's because there is no redeye reduction or b/c the flash is so close to the lens. I end up correcting the redeye in about 90% of the pictures I take at night/inside.
The camera is also a little slow to start up but it's manageable. All in all I would buy this camera again.
5 out of 6 people found the following review helpful:
Works like a charm!Sunday, April 17, 2005
Great camera here. Worth the $100 I've spent for it. Takes great quality pics. I read the reviews on this camera and thought I'd give it a shot. I'm sure glad I did. If you want your very first digital camera, spend the $100 on this one. You'll be glad you did.
10 out of 11 people found the following review helpful:
SIMPLEThursday, April 14, 2005
I just bought this camera last week for my 17 yr. old son to take to prom. I didn't want to spend alot of money on an expensive digital for him and from all the reviews I had read it seemed like the perfect camera. This is the BEST camera I have ever purchased!! It's so easy to use, the pictures turn out great....I could not be happier. I used the PICASA program from google to store my pictures on and printed them out right from my own printer on picture paper and they turned out better than in the store.
Could not be happier with my purchase! Well worth the money!!!
8 out of 9 people found the following review helpful:
Info you may need about the batteries!Tuesday, April 12, 2005
I like this camera, and when ordering it, trying to be prepared, I ordered extra alkaline batteries and a memory card and a camera carrying case. I read the instruction book and in there it says DO NOT USE ALKALINE BATTERIES! I took a look at the batteries in the camera, and they are Oxy-alkalines. What's that? I looked all over the Kodak Web site - nothing. I e-mailed the customer service and they sent me back to the Kodak Web site (nothing there, remember?) and after several e-mails I was linked to a Web site in CHINA! The minimum order was 200,000 batteries! I did a Web search and found nothing. I finally wrote the CEO of Kodak, and he forwarded my letter to a very nice man in the Kodak organization who answered every question I had. He linked me up to a Web site that has the batteries here in the USA and they are very reasonably priced. He also told me that lithium batteries are NOT rechargeables (which I did not know) and would last longer than the oxy-alkalines! So if you aren't able to invest in a recharger and rechargeable batteries (www.Costco.com), then try the lithium batteries available on Kodak's Web site. Or get the Oxy-alkalines at www.adorama.com/BYAA4KD.html. I hope this helps save you some frustration when it comes to the batteries. My camera was supposed to come with lithium batteries but they ran out and included the oxy-alkalines instead.