Kodak Easyshare DX3600

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I am a bit thick when it comes to electronics. I absolutely hate having to read the instructions before I can get to work with anything. I am not a fan of reading (apart from op's on dooyoo of course!) and don't appreciate having to read a novel before I can play with a beloved new toy. When I bought my mobile phone I had to get my husband to read the instructions and then tell me what to do, call me lazy but I just can't be bothered. That's what prompted me to go for the Kodak DX3600. In fact all of the Kodak cameras that I looked at seemed extremely easy to operate but this is the one that stood out ...

When I was looking for a Digital Camera a few years ago, I read magazine after magazine. Some were far too complex for my needs, some were too cheap and cheerful to convince me that they could do what I wanted them to do. The Kodak kept coming up time and time again in the comparison tables of computer magazines, both in England when I was spending time there, and in France as well, so much so that I was convinced that I should buy one. I went to town in Plymouth and priced one up and the price was £265 which I thought was a little more expensive than I could manage. I then searched through the net for a better price for the same product and eventually found ...

I recently bought this camera for my company and of course I took out on a test drive for a weekend. The camera is so easy to use, the controls are intuitive and logical. It really is a point and click camera but with the added advantage of being able to junk those snaps that just aren't right. One of the features which Kodak don't really shout about is the video mode. Other cameras I have looked at can give give you short bursts of video but this wee beast can shoot video with sound to the limit of the memory. (The camera reports nearly 5 mins with the 64mB memory card I was using!) The resolution is only about 320x240, but hey - if I wanted to shoot ...