Kodak PalmPix Digital Camera for Palm Handhelds
by Kodak

List Price: $49.99
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Category: CE
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Digital Photo Product Details

• Ability to view 24-bit color VGA pictures
• 640 x 480 dpi resolution and 2x digital zoom
• Images stored as BMP or JPEG
• Transfer to your desktop or laptop using HotSync cradle
• Compatible with Palm III, IIIc, IIIe, IIIx, IIIxe, VII handhelds; also compatible with Palm V and Vx models with required Dock V adapter

• Sanyo Eneloop AAA NiMH Pre-Charged Rechargeable Batteries (4 Pack)
• Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 & Adobe Premiere Elements 4 [OLD VERSION]
• Corel MediaOne Plus
• Adobe Photoshop CS3 Upgrade [OLD VERSION]

Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Kodak PalmPix Digital Camera for Palm Handhelds

Customer Review: A Great Sub-$100 Digital Camera for the Palm IIIc
Summary: 5 Stars

Since this is a low price "fun camera" which doesn't have all the fancy features like other higher priced ones, there are several things you need to know in order to get the optimum quality.

1. Download the latest driver from Kodak. Don't use the one that came with the camera which is probably the outdated v1.00 or v1.20. By using the latest driver, your picture and preview quality does improve.

2. Obviously, it doesn't provide flash. Don't try to take a picture in the dark unless you have abundant light source or if the object itself provides extremely high luminance that brightens up the entire area (for example: movie screen, monitor, outdoor fireworks, etc). Daytime especially noon when the sun's out provides the best natural lighting.

3. Always use 640x480. Never use 320x240 and don't bother with the 2x zoom feature. The 2x zooming simply crops the center part of the screen and shows it to you at 320x240. For a nice close up view, just walk closer to the object but no closer than 4 feet away. Otherwise, it might look blurry.

4. Take still shots. Make sure no objects are moving and keep your arms still. You can tell if you'll get a nice shot by observing changes in pixels on your preview screen. When you've reached the point where you can hardly see movement in pixels, that's when you take the shot. Keep it still after you press the Date Book button until the preview screen sharpens up and Palm starts saving.

5. Use an 8 meg Palm. Each 640x480 jpeg requires roughly 200k of free space. If you have about 4 megs of free space like my Palm IIIc does, you'll have room for saving at least 20 pics. On my Palm m100, I have only 500-600k left so that gives me say...3 pics? If you're using Palm m100 which only has 2 megs, I really wouldn't recommend getting the m100 version of the PalmPix.

6. After you sync your Palm, edit the pics by resampling it to 320x240 or 50% of the original resolution for highest quality and save it in 16.7 million color .bmp or use the lowest compression in jpeg. A "sharpen" filter might also enhance the photo depending on the type of object in the pic. For printing, keep it at 640x480 and use 300 dpi to get a nice print out sized roughly 2.1"x1.6". It's perfect for a personal portrait.

Overall, this is an excellent little gadget for capturing images to be used on a website or emailed to family and friends. The hardware itself is very limited but you CAN produce quality pics if you learn to work with it. PalmPix is by far the best digital camera I've seen that retails for under ....

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