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DiscountDelight - Kodak EasyShare C340 5MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom & Easyshare Printer Dock (Series 3)
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List Price: $379.99
Our Price: $299.00
Your Save: $ 80.99 ( 21% )
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Manufacturer: Kodak
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Average Customer Rating:   
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Binding: Electronics
Brand: Kodak
Display Size: 1.6
EAN: 0041771651381
Feature: Digital photo solution kit with C340 Zoom Digital Camera and Printer Dock Series 3
Floppy Disk Drive Description: None
Has Red Eye Reduction: 1
Label: Kodak
Manufacturer: Kodak
Model: C340 with Printer Dock Series 3
Optical Zoom: 3
Publisher: Kodak
Special Features: nv:Sensor^5.0 Megapixel|Size^1/2.5-inch|Image Resolution^2576 x 1932|Movie Resolution^640 x 480|Optical Zoom^3x|Digital Zoom^5x|Optical Viewfinder^Real-image optical viewfinder|LCD Monitor^1.6-inch TFT|LCD Pixels^72,000 pixels|Maximum Aperture^F 2.7 - 5.2 (W)|Maximum Aperture^F 4.6 - 8.7 (T)|Shutter Speed^4 - 1/1400 sec.|Light Metering Method^Center-weighted|Exposure Compensation^±2 Ev in 1/2 EV step increments|White Balance Control^Automatic|White Balance Control^Daylight
Studio: Kodak
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Features
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Digital photo solution kit with C340 Zoom Digital Camera and Printer Dock Series 3
5.0-megapixel CCD for up to 2,576 x 1,932 pixel images
3x optical zoom, 5x digital zoom
Printer dock prints with 4 selectable picture sizes: 4 by 6, 3 by 4, 2 by 3, and 1.3 by 2 inches
Windows and Mac compatible; USB interface; Ni-MH rechargeable battery pack
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Basic Camera is Basically Pathetic
Comment: I maintain a car dealership's website so having a good, dependable camera is very important. This camera was purchased by someone who is no longer here. If you want a reliable camera that takes decent shots, don't buy this camera. I carry this camera in a bag and it always turns itself on so the batteries get wasted. It doesn't always turn on the first time you switch it on. You have to switch to a special mode to get a decent close-up shot. It can't handle shots in dim lighting so unless it's really sunny out or a really well-lit room, forget about using this camera. Colors don't always appear right. Bright reds sometimes turn out looking orange which isn't good if you're selling a bright red car. In my humble opinion, Canon is the way to go.
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Summary: Very pleased with it, it also replaced my camcorder
Comment: I am very happy with this purchase in basically every respect. Pictures are of very good quality, the screen, buttons, battery door and memory chip door are fine (the latter of which is of a bad design on the C330), although this is not of the build quality of my old $600 SLR camera, if you are taking 100 shots a day you won't be spending only $155 on a camera will you? Another $100 gets you better build quality but not necessarily a better, easier to use camera. This camera has a decent sized glass lens and enough zoom to cover the 3 lenses I had with my SLR, 35mm to 102mm. The lens has a built in auto lens cover. 2 Ni-metal AA's gets me through more than a day's worth of vacation shooting, at least 50 with the screen on all of the time (then I recharge every evening, so can't tell you how many per charge.) Both the view finder and the screen show the zoom.
I administer a small computer network and I deal with complicated computer issues sometimes, which is another reason I like this camera and the software, its so simple you hardly need a manual for it, and that makes it fast to learn and fast to use.
Technically speaking, this camera has quite good exposure latitude, being able to turn a dusk photo into a daylight looking one, when on a tripod. Exposure compensation is broad, if you like to play with that, and the various exposure modes will cover all of the situations for normal and travel photography, enough for any one who doesn't require a full manual capable SLR. The shutter's maximum speed is well over 1/1000 sec. This camera like all consumer digi cams has a lag before firing the shutter, but it is much quicker than my 2 MP Olympus, this C340 laging no more than 1 sec., and usually much less, according to the daylight situations I usually shoot in.
Unless you plan on making large prints, eg 10 x 16 on a regular basis, or shooting in volume, this is plenty of camera. Frankly if you need more camera than this one, you'd know that already.
The Kodak software is very good and very easy to use and learn, and has many practical features.
This camera can act as a camcorder and it has replaced my analog camcorder. I get 45 mins of video (with 2 gig memory) at full resolution (640 x 480) with audio and the camera plays back the video with the audio! The quality of video doesn't match a true camcorder but this it is so great and simple having both in one, I don't mind. No more $7 tapes to buy and I can edit the films on my laptop.
Now can they put a phone into it?
Customer Rating:
Summary: Flash too bright
Comment: I strongly dislike this camera. The flash is sooo bright that all of the pictures of my child come out making her look drunk, with her eyes halfway open. I have tried every setting and nothing works. I emailed Kodak customer service and they said the brightness of the flash is an inherent property of the camera and there's nothing they are willing to do to help me. Great company, huh? This is the WORST camera I have ever owned. I am going back to using my old, cheap, HP digital camera. Even though it's only 2 or 3 mp at least I'll get normal pictures.
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Summary: Pretty good camera
Comment: I have found 2 flaws, one that I had read about and hoped would be solved fairly easily, that is the poor (seriously poor) battery life. Since I did not get the dock (bought the camera in Istanbul, Turkey), the camera came with just "start-up" batteries, AA, which is a convenient idea. But the batteries died after I played with the camera and had taken just 38 pictures and a 14 second video. Next I went through 2 Duracell batteries with 55 pictures taken. Then went on to nearly use up 2 more the same day.
The second problem is that unless you use the LCD screen to set up the pictures, you can't use the digital zoom range for images that are really far away. Only the optical zoom range is viewable through the viewfinder. As well, without using the LCD screen, B&W, Sepia effects are not viewable through the viewfinder. If you have the color settings changed to B&W, the image in the viewfinder is color but when you take the picture the image is B&W. Of course a lot of cameras are now coming out without viewfinders at all, and I prefer to use the LCD screen typically, but sometimes you NEED to use the viewfinder.
The LCD screen itself is OK, some reviewers had said it was small and did not display images so that you could tell if a picture was crisp or not, but even our Nikon Coolpix E5700 is that way and I think the screen is OK. Some reviewers had suggested upgrading to the Easy Share C360, noting that a larger LCD screen was the only difference in the 2 models.
I am very pleased with the speed at which the camera operates. I can whip it out and turn it on and take a picture spontaneously without waiting for more than 5 seconds. The camera has a fast recovery time, both without and with flash, but the recovery time does lag a little with some multiple settings, for example; longer recovery for macro plus flash. The menu is very functional and user friendly without having read the manual.
**OK I have been using the camera for 3 weeks now and have one last complaint or two. This camera has a serious case of "Objects in mirror appear further than they really are." This means that in order to take a photo that will appear as the true distance from the camera, you have to use the zoom, otherwise the picture looks like it was taken from WAY further away than it really was. Thus, when you use the digital zoom for objects that are really far away, the picture quality is less. I am going to guess that this is because of the size of the camera and its components.
I am really struggling with close-ups using the macro and actually the Kodak Easy Share CX6330 with 3.1 MP did a better job with it. By the way, you CAN use flash with macro, but you have to set the flash manually.
I have switched to the Kodak Ni-MH Rechargeable batteries, since I went through 7 sets of AA batteries in less than a week of having the camera. With the new batteries, I have been able to take about 200 pictures (in a matter of a few days) AND get them uploaded each time without having the batteries die. I was recently out for 4 hours in Istanbul taking lots of random shots, turning the camera on and off, using the LCD screen, playing with the settings, took over 100 photos and the "Low battery" indicator has yet to appear, so I am very pleased with the switch.
I am not much into video, but the video quality is really nice when the lighting is good. You can't use digital zoom for video. The audio is pretty good too providing that the object you want to hear is fairly close to the camera. If a person is standing 6 feet away and speaking clearly, you will get decent audio and very good video. My results from video of scenery at varying distances without using zoom are very good. I have taken video while driving, and just standing and taking panoramic video of my surroundings and both have given great results. You can shoot video in "continuous mode" or set the camera to take 5, 15, or 30 second video. The latter is great feature if you want to share videos on the internet with family and friends without having to think about whether or not you have just taken a very long video and not having to worry about long upload times.
Overall, for this being a "point and shoot" camera, it does its job pretty well as long as the battery issue is resolved. I have taken some really nice quality photographs (some I consider my all-time favorite photos) with the camera already. The owner's manual tips for prolonging the battery life (not using the LCD screen as viewfinder, not reviewing your pictures using the LCD screen) are great but you can't adequately utilize the camera features without using the LCD screen, thus draining the batteries. It's kinda hard to accept those tips and expect great pictures since so much of trying to capture great images is trial and error. Also note that the manual says that Battery performance is reduced at temperatures below 41?F.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Windows XP problem
Comment: I have a different model Kodak camera, however they all use the same EasyShare software. Running Windows XP, I could not get the software to work properly. After several hours on the phone with Kodak tech support, they couldn't get it working either. They said they are aware of the problem on some computers running Windows XP. It is now several weeks later and they still don't have a fix. They don't really seem to care either.
It might not be a bad idea to consider other brands, instead of Kodak. Since, if the software won't work properly, then what good is the camera?
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Editorial Reviews:
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Share all that makes you smile. Memories are meant to be shared. With the KODAK EASYSHARE C340, you can capture and share life's moments with remarkable ease. Dock your KODAK EASYSHARE Digital Camera, press print, and create great-looking, borderless pictures up to 4"x6" (10x15 cm).
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