Kodak DC280 Review, Phil Askey, July 1999
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The Kodak DC280 is the first Kodak
camera to be released with a 2 megapixel CCD.
This review is based on a pre-production camera
and as such the final version of the camera may
differ slightly from the details of this review.
The DC280 obviously shares its body
(with a few styling changes) with the DC240 and
is a natural progression from that camera. With
a few "quirks", and some great ergonomic
touches.
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Kodak seem to have made some interesting choices
with this camera, it seems to be aimed at the
"keen amateur digital photographer",
features are enough to keep you occupied but not
quite enough for the shutterbug. Kodak also introduce
an interesting 30mm - 60mm zoom lens giving you
only 2 x zoom but from a relatively wide angle
to a pretty-good-for-portraits 60mm. (Although
it's not that "fast" at F3.0 - F3.8).
This being the first Kodak with 2 megapixels means
that it will undoubtedly generate alot of interest,
not least from DC240 owners.
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If you're new to digital photography
you may want to read my Digital
Photography Glossary before diving into this review (it
MAY help you understand some of the terms I use).
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Photographs
of the camera were taken with Nikon Coolpix 950,
images which can be viewed at a larger size have
a small magnifying glass icon in the bottom right
corner of the image, clicking on the image will
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if cropped) image in a new window.
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PRE-PRODUCTION CAMERA
(review will be updated on receipt
of production camera)
This review is
copyright 1999 Phil Askey and the review in part or in whole
may NOT be reproduced in any electronic or printed medium
without prior permission from the author: Phil Askey. For
information on reproducing any part of this review (or any
images) please contact: Phil Askey.
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