Kodak DX3900

3.1 megapixels | 1.5" screen | 35 – 70 mm (2×)

User reviews

Average rating: 4.20
5 stars
(36)
4 stars
(43)
3 stars
(11)
2 stars
(3)
1 stars
(0)
Sort by
1234567
seabird
0 out of 0 users have found this review helpful
By: seabird posted on Jan 15, 2005 UTC

Opinion: just bought a second hand DX3900, around 90% new, but still produces excellent photos.

Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Report
seabird
0 out of 0 users have found this review helpful
By: seabird posted on Jan 15, 2005 UTC

Opinion: just bought a second hand DX3900, around 90% new, but still produces excellent photos.

Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Report
Thew60
0 out of 0 users have found this review helpful
By: Thew60 posted on Dec 3, 2004 UTC

Opinion: I bought my DX3900 back in June of 2002. Aside from the typical charging issues, it has worked very well for me these past 2+ years. It excels in outdoor photos. Flash is ok but not great. My camera was made in Japan and the build quality for its plastic construction is very good. I have not had the same problems as others with the Easy Share software and Kodak's support when i needed it was very good. My criticisms are, poor lag time from focus to exposure. I have missed many a good shot for that reason. Also a bit of noise on some photos. For a 3.1mp camera it produces very nice 8 x 10's. I feel that i have grown as a a "weekend warrior" photogra[her and want more from a camera. I am getting a Canon A95 which has gotten some stellar reviews.

Problems: Battery charging issues- mostly solved with a seperate kodak charger
Blurry photos unless camera held PERFECTLY STILL. Becomes frustrating

Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Report
yesdoot
0 out of 0 users have found this review helpful
By: yesdoot posted on Nov 13, 2004 UTC

Opinion: all is prefect, still in excellent condition!!

Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Report
Black123
0 out of 0 users have found this review helpful
By: Black123 posted on May 11, 2004 UTC

Opinion: 2nd hands only $200.- still in healthy condition, the colour is nice and focus accurate.

Problems: only 2 x zoom

Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Report
Black123
0 out of 0 users have found this review helpful
By: Black123 posted on May 11, 2004 UTC

Opinion: used almost 3 years, still in healthy condition, the colour is nice and focus accurate.

Problems: only 2 x zoom

Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Report
Ysgrathe
0 out of 0 users have found this review helpful
By: Ysgrathe posted on Oct 28, 2003 UTC

Opinion: All in all a reasonably decent camera, that gave me much enjoyment, until i encountered the much talked about BATTERY PROBLEM...

Problems: I too had the same charging problem as many, and I have the docking station. I first got the problem after a year of using the kodak supplied batteries. They were tired and needed replacing. I removed them from their plastic binding so I could charge them in a REAL charger. Then I replaced them completely with new batteries.
Same problem.
It was only after reading this site that I took a good look at the camera and realised that there is a 'kill switch' arrangement in the battery compartment. kodak battery packs depress the switch. regular batteries (or my koday batteries after removing them from their plastic binding) did not. once i had applied a little tape over the switch and put my fresh batties back in, everything was A-OK, including charging them from the docking station. I hope this method might help some of you.

Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Report
Sefirosu
0 out of 0 users have found this review helpful
By: Sefirosu posted on Aug 29, 2003 UTC

Opinion: Been about two years since I have this camera. At first glance it worked quite well. But since then the camera started acting weird; lcd screen refuses to work sporadically even with fully charged batteries. Image quality is average with good lighting and quite bad without, this camera has a tendancy to make lots of noise.

I'd say that for a point and shoot, it is an average one. There are much better cameras out there.

Problems: 1- LCD doesn't always work.

2- The body is slowly but surely separating from one end of the camera, and I have taken good care of it. Cheap plastic.

Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Report
Wendini
0 out of 0 users have found this review helpful
By: Wendini posted on Jun 17, 2003 UTC

Opinion: Died 3 weeks after warranty expired. Took four pictures in church at a friend's wedding andthen got an E13 error message. It froze and never worked again. Beware! Kodak support very unsupportive and suggested ridiculous "fixes , i.e. upgrade firmware via transfer thru USB. Duh.Tough to do when camera does not turn on or boot up! Repairs are flat rate of $150 and warranty on repair is only 45 days after camera is returned. Not much confidence in their own fix, I guess...

Took nice pix, fine for casual events or snaps of the cats doing cute things. I would have not have replaced it if it did not break, but now no more Kodaks for me. I got no respect!
Hello Canon or Minolta.

Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Report