Editorial Review:Product Description:The Z812-IS is part of the Kodak EasyShare System, so to share your pictures, just press Share. The elegant design of the Z812-IS provides a more enjoyable viewing experience of your picture, on a 2.5' color display. Turn your pictures into 46' (1015cm) announcements, invitations, holiday cards, and more with English, French, and German photo card templates. A high speed digital processor chip, advanced algorithms, and hardware acceleration features let the Z812 IS make simultaneous, split-second decisions to produce rich, vibrant, true-to-life colors in almost any lighting situation. Every time you click the shutter, the Kodak Color Science Chip performs an instantaneous and advanced analysis of collected scene data to identify and adjust multiple factors that influence picture quality. Scene light source is detected and adjustments are made to capture bright whites and true, vivid colors. High ISO mode - ISO 3200 available at 2.2 MP and less in PASM modes Exclusive Kodak Color Science Image Processing Chip View pictures with brilliance and clarity on the high resolution indoor/outdoor 2.5 (6.4 cm) color display or the high resolution electronic viewfinder (EVF) Panorama stitch mode - Combine up to three shots together into one large picture Smart scene mode - Capture stunning shots with ease, automatically selects the best mode Manual Scene Modes - Portrait, Landscape, Bright, Action, Close-up, Text/Documents and Manner/Museum mode 5 color modes - High color, Low color, Natural color, Sepia, Black and white
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
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Poor customer service, poor product
I received this camera for Christmas, and by June it had stopped working. First, it stopped focusing. Then about 1 in 25 pictures would turn up absurdly pixilated. Finally, the small self-timer light next to the flash would not turn off even when the camera itself was off. The battery itself had to be removed for it to go off. I contacted Kodak, and since the camera was still under warranty, I sent it back to get fixed. I just heard back from them that due to "corrosion damage" the camera is not repairable and not covered under warranty. (They were kind enough to offer to return the broken camera to me for $12.95.) I take very good care of my cameras. It NEVER got wet. I never even had it long enough to take it anywhere for it to get wet. I do not store the battery in the camera because I have a rechargeable battery. I cannot stress how incredibly aggravated and disappointed I am. If Amazon.com would let me, I would give this product zero stars.
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Excellent camera Poor battery consumption!
Bought this camera 4 months ago and can't tell you how many batteries we go through.This camera takes very good pictures and if you can work all the functions it has it can take excellent pictures.Its a bit bigger than the standard pocket cameras,but its very sturdy in the hand especially if your at the zoo hanging over the wall a bit to get a picture of a sea lion.
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Durable and well worth the money
As an art/design instructor in a high school, I needed to find a camera which was durable enough for multiple users, had solid optical, had features which were easy to understand, and was at a reasonable price to be able to afford to buy multiple cameras. After reading many reviews, I purchased the Kodak Z1812IS.
After six months of the students using these, I am still impressed by the quality of both photo and video for the camera. Also, I particularly appreciate the aperture and shutter priority settings, which still give the user the ability to have some control over settings vs. a point and shoot. Also, the optical properties of the lens are of good quality. I was impressed for the price and would not hesitate to recommend this camera.
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Kodak EasyShare Z812 IS, 8.1 Mega Pixels
As stated in my title, I have the 8.1MP version. I am writing my review here because my version is not available on Amazon. From what I can see, my camera looks exactly like the 8.2MP version. It has a 2.5in./6.4cm LCD screen. It is also High Definition. There are different mode settings for the flash (auto/off, red eye, fill), focus (close-up/macro, landscape, manual, normal), & drive(self-timer, burst, exposure bracketing, normal). There are several capture modes for the camera including smart scene, which analyzes the scene you are photographing & choses the best settings for that situation. There are other settings that allow for more artistic control over your photos, panoramic views, videos, & more. Overall, this camera takes great pictures & is easy to use.
My camera, which was not purchased through Amazon, came with a shoulder strap, lens cover, USB cable, video cable, cd-rom software, & instruction booklet.
For use with this camera, I also recommend:
Nextop-2 Packs Kodak KLIC-8000 Brand New 1900mAh REPLACEMENT Battery + 1 Compatible Wall & Car Charger (FREE European Adaptor) for Kodak EasyShare Z612, Kodak EasyShare Z712 IS, EasyShare Z812 IS, EasyShare Z1012 IS, EasyShare Z1085 IS, EasyShare Z8612 IS
Lowepro Clips 100 Camera Bag for Digital Video Cameras (Arctic Blue)
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Good Value Some Minor Annoyances
I have owned this camera for a short time and took it out for a day of wildlife photos recently. It has nice features and functionality for the price but a few deficiencies were apparent right away.
1. LCD is dim when taking pictures in sunlit to overcast lighting. Had difficulty seeing what I was taking pictures of.
2. The zoom in/out buttons are awkwardly placed so that when you use the eyepiece, your fingers get in the way. If the LCD was brighter you wouldn't have to use the eyepiece.
3. Time delay between depressing the shutter button and data transfer. It seems that after some tweaking like scaling down the image stabilization and autofocus options has reduced this delay. Actually seems acceptable now.
Other than those deficiencies, I am currently satisfied with it.