Kodak DC4800 ez Digital Camera Internet Bundle

by Kodak

Product Details

Product Manual [12.50mb PDF]

• Product Dimensions: 2.6 x 4.7 x 2.7 inches ; 2.8 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B00004Z51I
• Item model number: DC4800
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #61,795 in Camera & Photo (See Top 100 in Camera & Photo)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 26, 2000

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

96 of 96 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A camera for power users!, December 18, 2000

By 

Wade Smith "AmazonAddict" (Stony Brook, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kodak DC4800 ez Digital Camera Internet Bundle (Electronics)

In case you're womdering... the "internet bundle" included in this camera means that you get a 64MB flash card instead of 16MB, and you get an extra rechargable Li-Ion battery. You definitely need both items. (You can survive with 16MB if you carry your computer with you everywhere so you can contstantly empty the memory.) You have to have an extra battery for this camera. The Kodak supplied battery is only rated at 3.7V and 1100mA-hours, which isn't as much as a camera with 4AA batteries usually gets. (4 Ni-MH provide about 4.8V and 1200mA hours!) And Kodak's special battery is the only one this camera takes!! So you'll need an extra for sure.

The pictures themselves are excellent. You get a 3x zoom lens, a choice between ISO equivalents of 100, 200, and 400, MORE than enough shutter speeds, and there are 3 choices of aperture (f/2.8, f/5.6, and f/8). You can have manual control over all of these settings or let the camera automatically choose, although with the automatic control the camera doesn't always take very good pictures. If you take control, however, and you know what you're doing (and its easy to learn!) you will always get good pictures with this camera.

The reason I give 4 stars instead of 5 is Kodak's choice to include its own expensive battery instead of using cheaper rechargables, and the fact that the camera doesn't do very well on the automatic setting.

50 of 51 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Kodak's DC4800 is a winner, January 8, 2001

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Stephen Kovac Jr. (San Diego, CA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kodak DC4800 ez Digital Camera Internet Bundle (Electronics)

I have been using a Kodak DC4800 since last June. This is an excellent digital camera that takes excellent pictures. One thing that disappoint me is the weak built-in flash unit. Most of the digital cameras on the market today has the same problem, not only the Kodak DC4800. I am using an external Vitivar 285 flash unit with an L type of flash bracket with the Kodak DC4800. Now, the indoors flash pictures are very nice when I use the Vitivar 285 flash unit. The outdoors pictures that this camera takes are just breath taking, excellent. I am very happy with the Kodak DC4800. The first thing that I brough for the DC4800 is a 128MB CF card and an extra battery w/charger. The reason that I brough the Kodak DC4800 digital camera was for the 28mm wide angle lens, the small size and that it can be use as a Point & Shoot camera. And it was the less expensive 3.x MP digital camera on the market at that time. Highly recommend this digital camera to anyone.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not for everyone..., October 31, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Kodak DC4800 ez Digital Camera Internet Bundle (Electronics)

I've shot about 600 picture with the DC4800, and some of them turned out very good, however a lot of them didn't. This camera can be manipulated to almost every situation but in many everyday conditions it just seemed to have problems. I would bracket shots, try every combination of adjustments, and often not end up with a usable picture. I even exchanged my frist one for another unit because of poor focusing.

Finally I got tired of the thing and got a Canon S110 instead. It doesn't have as many user variables, but never the less it delivers way better and consistant picures.

Sure the Kodak has a higher pixel count, and a better lens, but for my needs the Canon does a better job. Add the compact size, which means you'll be more likely to have it when the opportunity arises, and the Canon is a tough act to beat.

One nice feature both these cameras share is that they both feel solid, they have good heft. The S110 feels like it's milled from solid blocks of stainless steel and glass. The Kodak is close. Most other digital cams feel plasticky and cheap in comparisson.