Kodak DC265 Zoom |
The Kodak DC265
Zoom (referred to as the DC265 from now onward)
entered the digital camera market recently as
the upgraded release of the very popular DC260.
The DC260 had an excellent reputation for producing
sharp, colourful and satisfying images and built-up
quite a faithful following from its owners. However
it did have a bad reputation for being very SLOW,
both in startup and execution, the DC265 is designed
to address this and also bring improved image
quality and a couple of new features.
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As many people
know the digital camera market is hot with the "2 megapixel
buzz", and many were surprised that Kodak didn't jump
on the same bandwagon when releasing the the DC265, however
it may be noted that Kodak only changed the last digit indicating
an upgrade and not a complete new camera (maybe there's something
in the wings).
That
said the DC265 goes on to prove that it can still stand its
ground with the new boys. With its 1.6 Megapixel CCD (1536
x 1024) it has exactly the same resolution as the Canon Pro
70, and if the differing aspect ratio is taken into account
(3:2 same as 35mm film vs. 4:3 as used in many other digital
cameras) the newer 2 megapixel cameras only offer an extra
4% horizontal resolution over the DC265 (however overall resolution
is some 22% more).
Probably one of
the most distinguising features of the DC265 it uses the Digita
operating system onboard which allows owners to upload (place
on CF cards) scripts which extend and enhance the cameras
functionality. There's even a website dedicated to such scripts:
www.digitacamera.com
One thing which DC260 owners
pined over was an uncompressed mode, on reason could be seen
not to offer this facility and it was seen as a major enhancement,
the DC265 arrived on the scene and many a rumour abound, however
the DC265 does not yet offer a complete uncompressed mode.
It does bring a new "Super Quality" mode but this
is still JPEG and still lossy compressed.
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