Editorial Review:Product Description:The Kodak EasyShare CX7300 digital camera is always ready to shoot, and with 3.2 MP you can make high-quality prints up to 11'x14'. Kodak Color Science inside means consistently great pictures. Auto white balance provides accurate color in all types of lighting conditions. 3X continuous digital zoom lets you get in closer without losing image quality.
Amazon.com Product Description:Kodak's compact EasyShare CX7300 is designed for the beginner digital photographer. This fun, reliable point-and-shoot digital camera makes sharing and printing high-quality pictures a snap. It features a 3.2-megapixel resolution--good enough for enlargements up to 11 x 14 inches--a 3x digital zoom, 16 MB internal memory, and compatibility with SD and MCC memory cards.
Optics and Resolution The CX7300 has a maximum resolution of 3.2 megapixels (2080 x 1544 pixels), and it also offers a 2.8 MP mode (optimized ratio for 4 x 6-inch prints) and 0.8 MP (good for email). It's fixed-focus 37mm lens has a focus distance of 2.6 feet to infinity and an aperture of f4.5.
Movie Mode In addition to still photos, the CX7300 can also capture short video clips (without audio). You can shoot 30-second QuickTime movies at a 320 x 240 resolution at 15 frames per second.
More Features - 1.6-inch LCD with 2x or 4x magnification
- Auto white balance for accurate color in all types of lighting conditions
- Built-in flash with auto, red-eye, fill, and off modes
- 10-second self timer
- Color modes: Color, black and white, sepia
Sharing With a touch of the red-jeweled Share button, you can store up to 200 pictures in an on-camera digital album. These pictures can then be shared anytime on the camera's large, 1.6-inch indoor/outdoor LCD screen. The Share button also allows selection of photos for printing and even e-mailing, with up to 32 e-mail addresses stored in the camera's memory.
Storage and Transfer Images can be stored within the CX7300's 16 MB internal memory, or on optional Secure Digital (SD) or MultiMedia (MMC) memory cards. It connects to Macs and Windows-based PCs via USB 1.1 connectivity.
Power and Size The camera is powered by 2 AA batteries (alkaline included; NiMH rechargeables recommended). It measures 4.1 x 2.6 x 1.6 inches (W x H x D) and weighs 5.2 ounces without batteries.
What's in the Box This package contains the Kodak CX7300 digital camera, 2 AA batteries, USB cable, wrist strap, and custom camera insert for optional Kodak EasyShare 6000 series camera and printer docks.
Like all EasyShare cameras, the CX7300 includes Kodak EasyShare software for Windows and Macintosh systems, providing effortless digital picture transfer, organization, basic editing, sharing and printing. The software's exclusive One Touch to Better Pictures feature--which takes advantage of proprietary color technologies developed by Kodak--helps Windows OS users get vibrant, true-to-life prints from home inkjet printers, while significantly reducing the trial, error, and waste usually associated with home photo printing.
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
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Nice for 1st time users or beginners
I bought the Kodak CX7300 about maybe 5 yrs ago and it is great for first time buyers and if you do not want to capture action shots. The pictures turn out great if you are close up to a subject or outside. Action shots don't come out very well because of the slow shutter speed and the zoom is very grainy when picture is developed. It also takes too long in between shots. Overall a good first timers camera.
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Ok for your first cam
I bought this camera for an online class I was taking at the time. It was a real steal at about $100. The model I received was refurbished which may have been part of the problem. The battery life is horrible, especially if you're using the digital screen to take pics rather than the view finder. This past summer it completely shut down on me. It's great for taking general photos but not so reliable when trying to capture details. I recommend at least an 8MP model. I have a Sony CyberShot DSC right now and I LOVE it, although it IS a little pricier.
Bottomline: this is a very basic camera with not a lot of shelf life. Good for a first time buy in order to practice with a digital cam.
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Great light use camera
I have been using this camera for nearly three years. For the price, this is a great deal.
The pictures it takes outside in the light or inside with plenty of light are very high quality.
The results it provides in the dark are not too impressive though. The flash is rather useless since it the bright light tends to ruin the pictures. The red eye reduction is also useless. I have taken a few pictures with the red eye reduction turned on and red eye was still clearly a problem with the pictures. There is also a bit of a delay between when you press the button to take a picture and when the picture is actually snapped. It does eat through batteries rather quickly as well.
However, with these flaws I could not reduce more than one star from this camera's rank. If you plan on doing excessive high-quality photography, I don't know why you would be looking at getting an entry-level camera of this price anyway. It is a great low price camera for occasional use.
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Ok, but not the best.
This camera is a good basic camera taking pretty good pics. It doesn't hold battery life to the best extent. It is a good starter camera but isn't the best.
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Disappointing
I was excited about this camera because of the megapixels and the Kodak name. I ended up being very disappointed.
CONS:
+ Eats batteries like you wouldn't believe. You'd better always carry extras, because you're definitely going to go through them while you're snapping pics.
+ I get more out-of-focus images than anything else.
+ There is no zoom, so you need to be very close to your subject. Much like disposable cameras, you take a picture of something close by and it prints out like it's a million miles away. But, if you get too close, it'll be blurry.
+ The wheel on top of the camera used to turn it on and select different modes is in a really bad place. If you buy a case or bag for the camera, often it will turn on accidentally.
+ It takes a long time after you snap a photo before you can take another photo. That irritates me!
PROS:
+ Inexpensive
+ It has some good features, like different flash modes, a self-timer, stuff that a lot of cheaper cameras don't include
+ You can get a docking station to print directly from the camera - no computer needed
+ Once you add in a memory card, you can take a ton more pictures. I got a 128MB and it holds about 150 pics, in addition to the internal memory.