Great Introduction to the world of DIGITAL IMAGING (Kodak DC 215)

Member Name: sysip10

Product:	Kodak DC 215
Date:	23/06/01 (109 review reads)
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Advantages: EASY TO USE, GOOD STARTER, GOOD PICTURES

Disadvantages: HEAVY, EATS BATTERIES, NO CASE

If you are new to the world digital cameras I can highly recommended the DC215. Very easy to use, easy to review the pictures on the small screen on the back of the camera. You can delete the image if you don't like it and try again.

A little bulky and heavy for some, mainly due to the 4 AA batteries.

I find the image quality is fine for my purposes and I'm sure most other peoples. I normal get around 24 pictures at a time on my 4MB card which came with the camera.

I use my camera to put images onto the yahoo auctions and also to review the building of our new house. With digital technology I am able to upload the files onto the web and share the images with my family and friends, it's great.

On the downside here are a few things to bear in mind. This camera eats batteries !!!
You would be better of buying several packs of re-chargeable batteries otherwise it will cost you a fortune. I also purchased an A/C power adapter for my camera (£40 !!) but obviously this can only be used within the confines of your wall power socket.

Download times from the camera to the PC are slow. It takes me around 15 minutes to download the camera, 24 pictures. Again, this eats the batteries so my A/C adapter is a must.

Another option would be to buy a card reader. With the reader you put your memory card into the reader instead of getting the pictures direct from the camera. This loads the pictures in a fraction of the time, but I was not prepared to pay another £30 - £40 just to download my pictures quickly. I'm never in that much of a hurry personally. I'm fine downloading from the camera with my A/C power adaptor attached.

Overall a great camera, very easy to use and good quality output.

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