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January 1, 2010 10:23 am

Kodak EasyShare Z1485 14MP Digital Camera with 5x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 2 5 inch LCD Black

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Kodak EasyShare Z1485 14MP Digital Camera with 5x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 2 5 inch LCD Black




14-megapixel effective recording * 5X optical zoom (5X digital/25X total zoom) * optical image stabilization * 2-1/2″ LCD * 35mm equivalent lens focal length: 35-175mm * top JPEG resolution: 4352 x 3264 * 16:9 widescreen photo mode *

User Ratings and Reviews

1 Star REALLY SAD…
I AM REALLY SAD ABOUT THIS CAMERA, FIRST 2 OR 3 DAYS, THE CAMERA WORKS GREAT, AFTER THAT, THE CAMERA START TO SHOW A BAD QUALITY IN THE LCD SCREEN (BLURRY), I AM REALLY SAD, THE FIRST PICTURES WERE SO GREAT, BUT UNFORTUNATELY MY ITEM WAS DEFECTIVE,PROBABLY I AM GOING TO LOOK FOR ANOTHER BRAND,I TRIED EVERYTHING, CHANGED SETTINGS,MODES,AND NOTHING WORKS, NO CAMERA FOR CHRISTMAS TIME AND NO CAMERA FOR MY SNOWING TOWN.:(

5 Stars Awesome little camera!
I bought this camera when my C875 died (accident, no fault of Kodak). I mainly do photography as a hobby, but I’m constantly taking professional quality pics of my own children and friends’ children. I really wanted to splurge and get an SLR, but this little beauty caught my eye. 14.2 mega pixels for under $200!?! I’m so glad I gave it a chance. Once again Kodak has made me very happy. This little camera takes amazing pictures. They are so crisp and clear that nearly every shot I take is stunning…and considering that my subjects are a one year old and three year old that’s really saying something. Both the preset and manual settings are very easy to use and once you’ve played with them a while it isn’t hard to have your pictures turn out perfect. I’ve also found that the size of the camera is a plus. It’s small enough to travel well, yet it isn’t flat and tiny like some other point and shoots. Maybe it’s just me, but it’s nice to have something to hold on to.

All in all, this is an awesome little camera for your money and I would definitely recommend it! The picture quality is amazing.

1 Star battery life is horrible
I have used $70 worth of batteries in four months. I called Kodak and told them that the camera keeps eating batteries, it shuts off by itself all of the time, and it will take a picture and then the picture will disappear. I sent the camera in to have it fixed and they sent it back to me without fixing it. The “supervisor” that I spoke to told me to just replace the battery. Not any help at all. In the warranty it shows that they will replace the camera, fix the camera, or give you your money back and they have refused to do any of the above. DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY!!!!

5 Stars Great Product!
This camera is awesome! Picture quality is beautiful. The video quality is also very good. It’s easy to use, light and very portable. It doesn’t fit in your pocket but it’s light and easy to carry in a small camera case. The original battery lasted for several hundred pix. I had purchases a rechargable one because of the comments that I had read before I purchased. I would definitely recommend it.

2 Stars Battery Compartment not good
This camera takes nice pictures- but it burns through batteries pretty fast, and I like to use AA lithiums- well even though the manual says they work, the battery compartment door doesn’t close tightly so that there is always contact- my camera would then not always work- you have to buy the more expensive CRV3 battery to always have contact- and it’ll burn pretty quick through those, too.

I’ll be returning mine, and going back to Canon (I lost my Canon Powershot). This is the second Kodak I’ve tried and the construction of their cameras just doesn’t seem very good. Nice features, nice pictures, poor quality construction.

Also- be careful if you buy your camera through another store at Amazon- Amazon has a great return policy, their stores here may not- I have to pay a 10% restocking fee, plus return shipping, and I only had 15 days to try the camera (luckily I decided to do the return within 13 days). READ THE STORES RETURN POLICY BEFORE BUYING, I didn’t.

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December 29, 2009 3:42 pm

Fujifilm FinePix S1500 10MP Digital Camera with 12x Wide Angle Dual Image Stabilized Optical Zoom

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Fujifilm FinePix S1500 10MP Digital Camera with 12x Wide Angle Dual Image Stabilized Optical Zoom

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4 Stars Great value but lacks in service
Have purchased another Fuji camera and was quite pleased with it but was looking for an updated camera, Price was one of the factors in buying this one and the newer options. Camera works fine, is easy to hold and focus and fits well in camera case along with other cameras if this important for users. Battery life I can’t attest to as i’ve not had it long enough to test, However I am crusing in January so i’ll give it a good workout. Down side: cd unreadable and there was no memory card included to try out camera and my other memory cards were not compatable but by luck I had a card that would work. Otherwise I would have had to make a trip and find the right one, Downloading to computer did not work at first as the connection to the camera you have to push real hard to make a good connection.Beyond these two gripes I would say that this is a fine camera for the price and ease of use for the average user.As I stated before this is my second Fuji and am quite happy with there products.

5 Stars Great camera for vacations/birding
This was a replacement for my Fuji Finepix S1000 after I damaged its LCD screen beyond repair. I like this camera because it is compact and has a lot of features. I love the image stabilization and 12x optical zoom for birding.

5 Stars BEST CAMERA I EVER HAD!!
My husband bought me this camera for my birthday in August…then I only used it for about 3 weeks before a “Friend” stole it from my house!! So we purchased another one the following month.. Now I have had it for about 4 months!! I must say this is by far the BEST camera I have ever owned!! Being I worked in the Photo department before I knew what to look for in a good camera and well Fuji is a very good maker of cameras. People always think Kodak but Fuji really is one of the best!! So with this camera being 10mp, 10x’s optical zoom and Fuji those three things are what sold it to me for the deal!! I love to take pictures and the pictures this camera takes are breathtaking! It’s amazing how crystal clear the pictures are! It’s easy to learn how to use, has great options for settings right on the top, takes regular AA batteries that makes it easy to change fast and keep shooting! I would recommend this camera to anyone who loves to take many pics and scenic pictures. The zoom is wonderful!! No need to get close to get a clear image..just ZOOM! This camera is easily worth the money paid!! The only thing that I miss is that having a smaller camera before this I could fit it in my purse.. This one you cant. Its a lil bigger and you would need a camera bag. It’s not a small camera to just put in a pocket. It’s quite bigger but totally worth it if you know about camera’s and the specs you will see how this is worth it even if you can’t just shove it into your pocket!! Just use the camera strap and hang it around your neck and your ready to snap!!!

5 Stars Fantastic Camera at a fantastic price!
If you’re looking for the features of an SLR, you’re not going to like this camera. But if you’re comparing it with traditional point and shoot cameras, you’ll find that it holds it’s own.

My favorite feature is the macro modes. With this feature you can get very, very close to the object and still retain focus.

I’m not a professional photographer. I wouldn’t even say it’s a hobby of mine. But I do like to take the occasional picture. After getting this camera I found myself wandering around taking pictures of everything — up close, far away.

I have zero complaints about this camera as it has more features than I expected it to.

I wish that the camera had a removable lense that would allow me to attach different lenses. However, most point-and-shoot cameras don’t allow the lense to be changed so this isn’t truely a negative for this camera.

I also wish I could capture the images in RAW formate. The internal memory and memory card have plenty of room, but this just isn’t an option. I still don’t consider this a negative as the JPGs it produces are beautiful.

I have entered a couple amature photography contest with this camera. Of the 6 that I have entered so far, I have taken first place twice, and have come in second place 3 times. That says quite a lot about the camera when it’s pictures are holding up against high end Canon Digital SLR based cameras!

Highly recommend and would definitely buy this camera again!

5 Stars Fuji Fine Pix S1500 10MP
Haven’t had it very long and do not take a lot of pictures but this camera does a great job and I believe it will do all the things I need in a camera.

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9:03 am

Panasonic Lumix DMC FZ35 12 1MP Digital Camera with 18x POWER Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 2 7 inch LCD

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Panasonic Lumix DMC FZ35 12 1MP Digital Camera with 18x POWER Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 2 7 inch LCD




The FZ35 records HD movies with 1280 x 720-pixel resolution. It uses the AVCHD Lite format to achieve higher image quality while storing less data than the conventional Motion JPEG. Plus, the FZ35 is equipped with an HDMI output terminal for direct transmission of digital image and sound signals.

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars Great value
I love this camera. You can spend a lot more and get a little more. Or spend a little less and get a lot less.

Great feel, lots of customizability, better than the older Lumix I have. It’s a little confusing for my wife, but I show her the basics and she’s good to go.

And I can get great shots of my kids playing basketball, inside, without a flash. Nice ISO range.

5 Stars Love This Camera
This camera rocks! The way the buttons, joystick, and menus work together let’s me change settings easily from different places, and it’s not so linear like Canon.

I won’t go into tech details, but suffice it to say this little camera is super robust and if you like Canon, you’ll love this one as the UI is full of features.

It has THREE AVCHD bitrate modes AND Motion Jpeg, AND RAW!

5 Stars AWESOME !!!!
This camera is awesome. Picture quality is perfect in the auto mode. I still have to learn how to use this camera though.. looking at the pictures that i took in auto mode gives me the confidence that I can get stunning pictures if I learn how to use the camera. Finally, I recommend this any camera to anyone.

5 Stars Great buy.
Excellent small camera for those who want manual controls without a monstrous DSLR package. HD video quality is great. 27mm-486mm equivalent range is very helpful in all situations. Some of the controls don’t work quite right, but a firmware upgrade should fix these. Manual ISO override doesn’t always work (I set ISO 80 and the camera takes a picture in ISO 200) and the auto white balance isn’t always correct (carry a little piece of white cardboard to set manually if this happens.)

All in all, this is a great camera for the price and size. It does absolutely everything I need. And the size is such that I actually will carry it around and use it.

4 Stars how do i open these MSS movie files on a MAC?
Am i the only one who uses a MAC? This camera makes MSS files and there’s no software i know of that will open these movie files.

Does anyone have a clue on what to use? it certainly isn’t in the manual.

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December 28, 2009 12:08 am

Canon PowerShot A1100IS 12 1 MP Digital Camera with 4x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 2 5 inch LCD Blue

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Canon PowerShot A1100IS 12 1 MP Digital Camera with 4x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 2 5 inch LCD Blue

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3 Stars Good for outdoors… I’ts an OK camera not an amazing one
I bought the New A 1100 IS because for being stupid I just gave away my A740 which I loved… I needed to have something portable and easy to carry around. So I decided I wanted to try this little one and take it with me to Italy because I didn’t want to walk around with the big SLR.

So I have to say is not bad if the weather conditions help with ntural light. On cloudy days the image quality is not the best, but in sunny days the pictures come out beautifully. The camera can be really slow in low light conditions and even that it has an image stabilization if you move a bit the image comes out blurry. It has no super macro setting like the A 470, but the macro setting is not bad. This camera eats the batteries really fast, it works better with rechargeable batteries, Other wise be ready to change batteries every 30 minutes. The indoors setting works ok. The view finder is good to have but if you use lots of zoom the picture comes out diferently than what you see through the view finder, so be careful with that.. I would say this is an OK camera, not an amazing camera.

In general I was more happy with my A 470 I shoulded not give it away!!!

5 Stars What a great camera!
Gave this to my wife earlier this year. She is using it constantly and it takes great pictures.

Pro’s: Takes great pictures, even in low light. Super detail.

Con’s: It takes about a second for the focus to settle, If you just mash the button, you get and out of focus picture.

I’d still rate it as an excellent camera since most of the competition also has this usability flaw.

4 Stars Canon PowerShot A1100IS
Good Camera for the money. Pictures OK, a little on the flat side, could be a little more vivid, more contrast. Dose pretty good with kids (fewer blurred shots). Battery life seems a little short (Uses cheap AA Rechargeable though). Fits in your pocket!

5 Stars Excellent buy – You cannot go wrong with it.
I recently got this camera to gift it to my sister. While I got a chance to play with it I could not stop short of exclaiming Wow’s.

I regularly use my DSLR, but the ease-of-use provided by this camera has got me into thinking of buying one for myself.

Though Canon stopped providing Manual exposure controls Av, Tv, M, … on their lower-end point-and-shoots the pictures still come out pretty good.

There is a Program Exposure feature which can be played with to your liking.

The optical IS is a boon and I have come to appreciate its value since I have wasted quite a lot of photos on my DSLR as I cannot hold the camera still enough while the shutter has been opened.

Hopefully Canon starts making the A590IS series which now sell for more than $200. In the meantime Canon A1100IS is your answer to better photos.

4 Stars Canon camera
Great price. It did not arrive in time for the birthday but I should have changed the shipping rate!

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December 26, 2009 1:36 pm

Canon PowerShot D10 12 1 MP Waterproof Digital Camera with 3x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 2 5 inch LCD

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Canon PowerShot D10 12 1 MP Waterproof Digital Camera with 3x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 2 5 inch LCD

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4 Stars Great Camera….Great Price
I’ve just had this camera for about 1 month and so far, so good. No problems, easy to use & excellent picture quality !!!!!

3 Stars Worked great till it died.
I looked all over for a good camera I could take paddleboarding and not worry about it getting wet if I fell in. Got some great pics the first two trips, but it died on the 3rd. Must be something with the seals on the camera. I was extra careful when opening and closing the hatches but it looks like water got in there. The door seals didn’t ever quite feel 100% closed to me, so I’m guessing that’s where the water got in.

Canon has always had great customer service, so other than the pain of returning it, it’s no biggie.

I think I’d go with one of those hard plastic housings for my older point n shoot instead. Those things never leak, but are a bit bulkier and UGLY.

5 Stars Very pleased with my purchase
Initially I was hesitant to purchase this camera because of the bad reviews on the shape and size of the camera. I have to say I’m glad I went ahead and purchased it. By far, it has the best features compared to all other waterproof cameras. I’m not in love with the shape of the camera (it’s submarine looking)however, I can’t commplain when it comes to the functionalities and features. Overall, I am happy with this product. I bought it specifically for my trip to Jamaica and I was quite pleased with its performance. I would however recommend that you buy one of those plastic covers to protect the screen. I already scratched mine =(.

5 Stars easy to use
have had several other canons so I felt quite comfortable picking up this camera and starting to use it. A little bulky for my pocket but really not bad as the last camera I had was just as big (had bigger camera to get larger zoom). I love not having to feel like I have to keep this camera wrapped in foam in my purse- I am rough on things and that is why I got this camera, and so far I love it though really haven’t had it that long.

1 Star fisherprice enters the waterproof camera scene
Felt like a beer can in my pocket and looked like fisher price designed this camera for a 3yr old.Sorry folks, this is not ergonomically designed is any way shape or form. Images were mediocre at best. Actual use was very simple because… IT HAS NO FEATURES! Point and hope at its best. Like a relic from a time capsule when compared to most other cameras on the market. But in all fairness, sometimes simple people need simple cameras. And rather than cursing the darkness, I’ll light a flame, the Panasonic Lumix DMC-TS1 is amazing.

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