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Kodak EasyShare CX6200 2MP Digital Camera by Kodak
List Price: $129.99Our Price: $30.00You Save: $99.99 (77%)Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Category: Digital Camera See more product details
Digital Photo Product DetailsManufacturer: Kodak Model: 1974971 Product features: - 2-megapixel sensor creates 1,600 x 1,200 images for sharp prints at sizes up to 8 x 10 inches
- Crisp, sharp pictures with a Kodak 37mm (35mm equivalent) lens
- Bright 1.6-inch new indoor/outdoor display with exceptional viewing quality
- 8 MB internal memory with slot for adding MMC and SD memory cards
- Powered by 2 AA batteries (alkalines included); connects with Macs and PCs via USB 1.1
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Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Kodak EasyShare CX6200 2MP Digital CameraCustomer Review: For $75, it beats the Vivitar Summary: 4 Stars
Situation: Camera for precocious 5 year old
Experience: Kodak, Fuji, Nikon & Canon digicams ($300-$1+k range)
Rating Justification: It's interesting how some folks will take a $2 knife an attempt to perform precision brain surgery with it. That's a humorous way of saying this camera - at $75 sale price - is a great introduction to digital photography. Kodak has produced at least 3 top-flight consumer/prosumer cameras and is known for the quality of their image and color capture software (see various camera reviews on www.steves-digicams.com & imaging-resource.com). Kodak also makes some serious digital equipment for top-flight professional photographers (DCS-1, I think). So anyone implying that Kodak doesn't understand digital photography isn't providing the whole story.
This camera follows a time-honored, age-old Kodak tradition to get the non-techie into cameras as cheaply and easily as possible. Thus the Easyshare line, a line of cameras designed to make going from image to memory book as easy as possible.
This camera is an ENTRY level camera in the Easyshare line. The camera is the digital equivalent of Kodak's old Instamatic - that single-focus, 1 film-speed mainstay of KodaColor glory. The CX6200 is small, simple and shoots what it's pointed at. It takes reasonable pictures w/the color Kodak is famous for. And it does this for about $0.30-.70 per 4x6 print with a cheap printer. If you are looking for a take-it-anywhere camera that lets you see what you've just captured, stores 75-150 pics and won't cause tears if it's dropped/lost, this will work.
Problems? Sure - it doesn't zoom, can't adjust exposure and could break its plastic case if it's dropped. It also isn't a good camera to "learn" photography on (not enough features). But for some consumers, it's the right tool for the job. [NOTE: I would suggest this camera to those already using SD/MMC somewhere in the household; just pass down the smaller-sized flash memory to whoever in the family gets this camera. I would also ALWAYS recommend a memory card reader over installing the software. I just don't like software I don't otherwise need cluttering up my computer.]
Like any inexpensive item, there are many things it doesn't do. But as an entry-level, memory-capturing scrapbook filler, most users will be satisfied. Consider this a cheap intro that should provide results and pleasure at not-too-great a price. Are there other choices? Always. Be a wise consumer. Tired of shopping? You could DEFINITELY do worse than this camera as a beginner.
Make up your own mind - check those web sites out.
And I'm buying one TONIGHT for my 5 year-old.....
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