Kodak Easyshare Z612 6.1 MP Digital Camera with 12xOptical Zoom by Kodak
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Digital camera reviews of Kodak Easyshare Z612 6.1 MP Digital Camera with 12xOptical Zoom
Digital camera Review: Bad picture quality
Summary: 2 Stars
I just bought this camera and took it to one of my kid's indoor soccer games. The light was low, but not that low. You should be able to take a picture without the flash. When I took the flash off, the picture looked fine on the preview, but came out completely black. Yet the camera was able to take perfectly fine video at the same light level! What a disappointment. I am going to try to return it.Digital camera Review: Best camera I have ever owned.
Summary: 5 Stars
I have used this camera for about 2 months now. I am thrilled! The images are clear and crisp, the colors are true to life. I could not be happier.Digital camera Review: Best camera I've ever owned.
Summary: 5 Stars
So far, this is the best camera I've ever owned. I chose it over the Kodak z710 because not only did it have a more powerful zoom, 12x as opposed to 10x but the view screen was much bigger. 2.5 inch compared to 2 inch. It doesn't seem like much but that's a big difference in view screens. Also, this one came with a rechargeable battery and charger. The z710 didn't. It's extremely easy to focus and taking pictures with it is a breeze. The battery holds up for long periods of time. My old camera batteries didn't hold up near as long and it was only a 3.2 megapixel camera. This camera definitely offers a lot of bang for your buck. I would buy again in a heartbeat!Digital camera Review: Check out my shared photos!
Summary: 5 Stars
I have had the Z612 for a month now. I decided to look it up on amazon and see what reviews it was getting. I was surprised to see the few shared photos. I love my camera and decided to add some of my own that I have taken in the last month. I read all the reviews and agree with them all. I didn't want to bore anyone by repeating everything... I just wanted to let anyone that's looking for a high performance/zoom camera to check out my pictures. They are mostly of my dog, yes. But it shows the speed quality and clearity of this camera. Also the videos are excellent and very clear with great sound quality (with the exception of zooming while filming). I would recommend this camera to experts and beginners (considering I'm relatively new at photography as an art). Thank you!Digital camera Review: Digital Powerhouse
Summary: 5 Stars
I've had this camera for almost 2 weeks now--and so far I just love it. I bought it to replace a 4-year-old Minolta Dimage digital, which while it took good pictures was clearly outmoded, had a small screen that was unusable in daylight, an inadequate rangefinder viewfinder, and lousy battery life (even with Ni-MH rechargables). So I was ready for something new and more advanced.
After doing lots of homework reading specs and customer reviews, I settled on the Z612 Kodak. What initially attracted me was the 12X zoom, which I couldn't be happier with. But the other features are equally good. The LCD screen is spectacular and I can't say enough for the electronic viewfinder, which is bright and clear (I generally am used to the "put the camera up to the eye" mode of picture taking, so I love the EVF). So far I've only taken photos indoors, mostly of my cats and husband, (which means with flash) but they have all come out sharp, clear, and with terrific color. After finally figuring out how to work my fancy-schmansy HP photoprinter, I printed several 4X6 prints in 6 mp that are now hanging above my desk and are just amazing. I can't wait to get this thing out of doors.
I love the different shooting modes. The controls are very intuitive and easy to reach with the right hand while I have the camera up to my eye. The symbols for each function and mode in the viewfinder and LCD screen are easy to read and understand. I'm still learning, but have recently figured out burst mode, which will be great when I'm shooting from moving boats in Switzerland this summer.
So far battery seems find, but I will have to do more shooting to find out how long a charge lasts. I love that the battery and charger were included in the package. That's $20-30 right there in savings.
My only quibbles, not enough to downrate the camera is that I wish they'd included the full manual in the box. I had to download 90 pages and print them on my computer, which was a pain--and a waste of paper and ink. The little start-up manual that comes with the camera is not all that helpful, not to mention that I misplaced the English version and had to try to read the Spanish version.
The only other complaint is that the manual and website contains little information on what kind of memory the camera needs and how much it can handle. I took a leap of faith and bought a 2GB SD card, and, thankfully it works with the camera, but I had little to go on.
And finally, the price on the Kodak z612 cannot be beat -- in fact it was nearly half what I paid 4 years ago for the Minolta and is at least twice the camera.
All in all, I love this camera.