Kodak PlaySport (Zx3) HD Waterproof Pocket Video Camera (Blue)
by Eastman Kodak Company
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Manufacturer: Eastman Kodak CompanyAudio: English (Original Language)
Model: 1442102
Color: Blue
Product features:
- Waterproof up to 10 ft. (3 m)
- Full 1080p HD video
- Electronic image stabilization
- Brilliant 2.0 in. color display
- Capture 5 megapixel HD stills (16:9)
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Digital camera reviews of Kodak PlaySport (Zx3) HD Waterproof Pocket Video Camera (Blue)
Digital camera Review: Adequate but with bizarre design and interface problems
Summary: 3 Stars
Have had this for about a month and have been using it to record the kids frolicking and tried once to record audio for a band I'm in.
First off: I ordered it blue. What this means to Kodak, apparently, is that I want it to be HALF blue ... the side with the lens is blue as pictured, but the screen side is still white. ??? Looks terrible, which, in the era of iPhone 4, is just not okay anymore.
Video is adequate for this little device. No real surprises here.
Audio varies from minimally adequate to downright awful. Every twenty clips or so, the audio is this very loud white noise with a hint of the action's sound behind it. As far as I can tell, no way to predict when this will occur. Audio is mono, as far as I can tell ... only one tiny little microphone hole. Sound was completely overwhelmed by my band, a ten-piece jobby with guitars, drums, brass, etc. We're pretty quiet as this sort of band goes, so I was surprised it couldn't handle it.
Interface is weird. There is a little camera icon button beside the joypad ... this seems to adjust the brightness of the screen. One of the settings is a very dark black and white setting. Perhaps I'm ignorant, but I can never ever imagine a single use for this. Huge annoyance: adjusting screen brightness during recording STOPS THE RECORDING. Completely unnecessary. Also, icon has rubbed almost completely off in just a couple of diaper-bag outings. Why not make the button bigger and emboss the icon?
Playback on the device itself is inadequate; no volume control as far as I can tell (and shouldn't I be able to tell?); the provided locked-in volume is quiet.
Included wrist strap must be removed to mount on a tripod (again ... why would you design it this way, Kodak?).
In summary: Unless you MUST go underwater, I'd just get the new iPhone if I had to do it over again, even sacrificing some resolution. Bummer timing on my part here! However, if you're an anti-Apple freak and/or don't want to spend iPhone-type dollars on this sort of device, go for it. It's minimally adequate, as its price attests.
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