Customer Reviews

Kodak DVC325 Digital Internet Camera

5 star:		(7)
4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

The Kodak DVC325 camera captures great color among other cameras. Probably the far best in colors, because it produce great vibrant color (see link for image quality comparison: .... The only problem I have with this camera is the lack of mobility from left-to-right. It only tilt up and down of a tilt range of up to 75 degrees. See Kodak's site for more info: ....

I still rank it 4 stars, because of the high quality of the images captured.

This camera worked very nicely for me for 3 years using Windows 98, but it seems to be completly incompatible with windows XP. Consider yourself warned.

This is absolutely the baddest little camera to hit the market in a long time. My intel that cost about the same amount of money can't touch this little thing. My snap shots are unbelievable and the visual quality of my internet meetings are about three times what the intel is. I also have a logitec that couldn't see the broad side of a barn on a clear night with a million candle spot light. ...

I read countless web sites describing how to install this camera on Windows XP and followed every one of them. Even though XP recognizes that there is a device there, it does not work. You get a blank screen. Kodak blames the motherboard. The motherboard company blames Kodak. When I plug it into a Win2000 box, presto, perfectly working camera. I have read other reviews that say they got it to work with XP, but many more that had problems. If you run Windows XP, you are taking a gamble buying this camera.

Folks,

I bought this webcam years ago, and I've since used many other webcams, but the Kodak DVC325 is still my favorite to-date. I did have a problem installing driver for one of my computers. I have a valuable story (and some pointers too) about it to tell you.

I started using it many years ago (2000, 2001? - if my memory serves) under Windows 98 with the driver and software that came with the camera. No problem whatsoever. My computer was a desktop, a Pentium III 450MHz. When WinXP came out, I upgraded the computer to WinXP and download the driver from Kodak. 'dd0764.exe' was the exact filename. Still no problem.

I then had a laptop. It was an AMD Athlon XP QuantiSpeed 2500. It ran Windows XP Home Edition. Driver from Kodak.com worked well. No problem here either.

In the beginning of 2006. I had a new desktop, Pentium IV 3.2GHz, socket 478, motherboard ASUS P4S800D-X. 'dd0764.exe' no longer works. It freezes the computer when installing the driver exactly as the person below me describes. I googled and was disappointed to find out, many people had the same problem with this particular combination of hardware + Windows XP.

Almost 1.5 years later (now!), I was frustrated with my other webcams. I tried again (same computer system). Still froze when installing driver. But then I found a different driver for it on Driverguide.com. The filename was 'dvc325w2k.zip'. Download it, folks. Unzip it to a folder. Remove all previously installed DVC325 drivers and software (if applicable). Plug the camera in. You'll see a '?' in Device Manager for it. Right click and choose 'Update Driver'. Manually search, blah blah blah... browse to the folder you had unzip the files to.

Okay. The image quality is great. Clarity, resolution, colors, exposure control, etc. beats many webcams today.

Give it another shot.

Even though you might not expect Kodak to be a leader in the webcam market, you'll change you mind once you plug in the DVC325. The 640x480 color CCD sensor provides excellent video in all your webcam apps...this is different technology than most webcams that use a color CMOS sensor. try it, you'll like it!

I should state right off the bat that this is my first webcam, so I don't have anything else to compare it to. I bought it after reading good reviews and it seems to be accepted that this is a very good camera for the money.

That said, I've been very frustrated in using it as it often shifts back and forth between a correct exposure, and an intensely red picture, as if everything was glowing reddish orange. This looks horrid and isn't acceptible.
I've messed with the settings and found that lowering the saturation seems to do the trick. I tried it under a florescent light for the first time tonight and that seemed to work fine. Perhaps it's just incandescent light that causes the problem.

Another very frustrating aspect, especially if you're on a webcam site, is that focusing is very difficult. You must delicately turn a wheel on the cam itself and then wait to see the picture, adjust, wait, adjust, etc. It takes quite a lot of time to get the hang of it.
Adding to the frustration is the fact that every time you move the camera to a different angle or position, you have to go through the same process to try to bring it into focus.

As far as still images go, I think they're very good quality for this level of cam. Beware of trying to take any sort of hand held picture however, as the only way to trip the shutter is to either click a button on your mouse to click a buttton on the screen, or to push the shutter button on the cam itself.

Needless to say, this is VERY difficult to press the button, maintain your focus and aim.
But if it's sitting on something or tripod mounted, the quality is very good.

It seems well made, and the software is relatively simple, though the controls and adjustments are a bit shaky.

The above are the only negatives I've found, and otherwise it is a fine camera. When you consider it's price, it makes it an even better bet if you're not up for throwing a large chunk of money at a web cam.

This webcam was my second choice after Philips toucam pro 740.
After learning from Philips representative that 740 was discontinued, at least in US, I hit google to look for Kodak dvc325. From numerous reviews it believed to have one of the best image qualities. Comparable to 3 com home connect (also discontinued).

This is my first webcam and video chat is the only purpose I will be using it for. Until now I was using my minidv canon elura. So that is the only one I can compare it too. Canon was getting extremely hot when left on for hours. So it was time to get a webcam. The image quality compared great for video chat. I would get around 15fps at 160x120. I am ordering a second one.

I thought of giving it 4 stars because there is no auto focus, but then I never needed to adjust it in the last 2 month. Actually, it may be even a good thing, that there is no bad-implemented auto focus, so picture keeps stable.

Few things on a whish list: firewire instead of usb, off button (for times you are not in the mood), higher resolution (not sure yet what that would be for).

by the way i believe this camera is discontinued and there is no mac drivers for it, that is the only reason i took one star off. Future support is in question.

This was the BEST webcam I have ever owned. It took great pictures, captured great video and all my friends who I chatted with this, always said they saw an exceptional video feed from my end. They were always remarking on the clarity of the video. I have had three and I only wish that it had been compatible with Windows XP.

This little warrior worked OK for several years. I've owned for near a decade and it worked OK. It has more resolution that some current cameras but it has reached its End of Life and now Kodak doesn't support it anymore. What does it mean? No more drivers for Vista. It didn't work very well on XP though.