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This looks a bargain and I am thinking of getting it, I would be grateful to know what the lovely people of this forum think?

It is the Kodak 5mp for £119



http://www.currys.co.uk/martprd/stor...m=null&tm=null

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Seems okay to me. We have a different Kodak model and it's been a great little camera.

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http://www.idealworld.tv/csp/isd/ide...Yd002296480894

Have a look at this camera and accessories, only available at this price till 9pm today.

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Seems OK to me as well..........

We have a 4mp Kodak (can't remember the model num) and I can't fault it...... Fantastic pictures or prints from it.... very clear and sharp.

I'd be very tempted if I was looking, in fact more than tempted I'd have bought it shortly after seeing the TV ad.

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Looks good, but if your after a SD card you could try this site, alot cheaper. http://www.mymemory.co.uk/

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Good spec and accessories but....I'd still have the Kodak.

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my wife and her sister have previous models of this make of camera and they are both excellent :angel:

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I bought my dad a kodak last year for xmas..... he sends me pictures every week from it.... great quality etc... just wish i hadnt bothered now... fed up of seeing his garden ;) :)

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Thanks for all the advice :)

I saw the one on Ideal world yesterday and liked it but this one seemed more of a bargain with it being half price

Thanks for the link Roy that is a good site for memory :tu:

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As I keep telling my mum when it comes to these things, though she's yet to grasp it, a bargain is only bargain if you really need it, otherwise it's just money you wouldn't have spent. "Does it do what you want it to do?" and "Do you want what it does?" are key questions. My mum has just splashed out £400+ on a camera and printer. Even I don't understand half of what it can do :D What's an ISO when it's at home :dozey: She'll need me with her to take a photo, otherwise it'll just be the usual pictures of feet and ceilings. The look on my dad's face when the printer printed a photo :rofl: He can remember his dad dipping paper in fluid to make a B&W photo appear. It does make you realise how lucky we are, in our technologically advanced world.

Buy it :D

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Not sure if that was a question or not in the context you wrote it....if it wasn't ignore me.

If it was, then it's International Standards Organisation, and when it comes to cameras it is to do with sensitivity to light. A digitial ISO is the equivalent to film speed ISO's - so in low light you'd use a faster film (faster to react to the light) like ISO800 or ISO400. The higher the number, the faster the film (or sensor). Also the faster it is then the more noise there is on the shot - so whilst you may be able to take a shot without flash at dusk, it will be grainy in appearance.

Well you asked :)

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Ah right. So at night you need a higher ISO.

That screaming you hear is just my brain cells throwing themselves at the insides of my skull :D

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You got it!

Sorry...it get more confusing......feel free to ignore this too...

If you think of the experiment you might have done at school where you make a pin-hole camera...light passes though the hole and falls onto the paper to make the image.

So you could say that the paper needs 'x' much light to make the image right? Well the same is true of film and digital sensors too, where 'x' much light equals a correct exposure.

So there are several way to get 'x' into the camera. One is to use a wider aperture (if you look at the front of your lens you will likely see an 'F' and a number next to it). F is the aperture size, or the size of the hole to let light through. If you have a large aperture (small F number, like F/1.8) then you let in more light than a small aperture (big number such as F/36), so you can have a shorter shutter speed (the duration the shutter allows light in for).

You can also change the shutter speed to get 'x' through the lens, longer shutter speed = more light. And finally you can increase film speed, or ISO.

Which you use will depend on your camera, and what you're taking photos of. If you use a large aperture (big hole, small number), then you get less 'depth of field' - or in other words only the bit you focus on is in focus. So if you want a shot of your partner standing in front of a building - you focus on your partner, the building is out of focus. So what you'd do there is use a smaller aperture (bigger F number), bringing both into focus, but you'd need a longer shutter speed as the hole is smaller, and lets less light through.

If you're taking photos of fast sports, then you'd probably want the faster shutter speed, which would mean that you might need to use a wide aperture and/or a faster film speed/ISO (larger number). Higher ISO numbers mean more noise or graininess - which can sometimes be a good thing.

So all three are totally linked, there is a mathematic equation as to how they interact with each other but a) your head would explode and b) I still can't remember what it is! But in essence if you double your ISO speed, you halve the amount of light you need. The same goes for opening up the apperture by a full F/Stop (1 number does not equal 1F/Stop...go figure!) and the same for shutter speeds...if you double your duration of the shutter, you're letting in twice the amout of light. :banghead:

Or of course you could just use the AUTO setting, wondering why half your shots are not what you thought they'd be!!!

Oh and if you're still confused, don't worry....it took three professionals explaining it in different ways for the penny to drop for me...but it's a good bit of knowledge to get your head round if you can!

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Sounds like my kind of setting :Yes: :D

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If you buy it don't forget to post a few pics :naughty: :naughty:

:angel:

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The old ones are the best "You get what you pay for"

Camera companies are doing a very clever job of selling very cheap very good point and click digital cameras and there great but one of there main marketing features are massive ccd's

5 meg is great if you want a4 size prints or want to crop a small portion and blow it up large or even use the dreaded digital zoom
Personally I would look around the last years models of higher speced cameras more features larger optical zoom much better cameras

look at these Fuji cameras the s5500 is excellent but the s3500 is also a good performer, Have a look at the Konica minolta DiMAGE Z3 im my opinion these are much better cameras for not a lot more outlay

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i had the Fuji s3500, and I thought it was rubbish. Picture quality was grainy, shutter lag was AWFUL and lens bowing terrible. Personally, I would not touch another Fuji camera. I'm looking at getting the Panasonic FZ5. Excellent reviews. More than just a point and click, but has all the automatic features of one if you wanted to use them. I don't want a professional camera, especially at professional prices, but I wanted something a bit 'meatier'.

www.dealtime.co.uk to check prices. good camera places online:

www.cameras2u.com
www.warehouseexpress.com
www.digitaldepot.co.uk
www.pixmania.co.uk

fyi - kodak C340 on dealtime shows: http://uk.shopping.com/xFS?KW=KODAK+C340

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Did you think to get your Fuji checked?? I have the s5000 and its a wicked camera perfect pictures no grain sequence shots excellent zoom wicked even at 10x you can keep it steady.you may have just been unlucky or me lucky but before i had a 1400 1.3 when it was 350 quid and thats still excellent now

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But,but,but that's what the delete option is for on my digital camera.Out of 70 photos that my husband took last weekend I must have deleted at least 20 before I even connected to the PC.Too many feet because he couldn't remember the 20 second delay between pressing the button and waiting for the flash. :D

And I have a Kodak too.A DX3600. ;)

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Has anyone got the Fuji cameras that Asda are doing?
A500 I think?