Kodak EasyShare CX6330 3.1 MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom

by Kodak

Product Details

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• Product Dimensions: 1.5 x 4 x 2.6 inches ; 6.2 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00009WN9P
• Item model number: 1894104
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (93 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,952 in Camera & Photo (See Top 100 in Camera & Photo)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: November 18, 2003

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

With the Kodak EasyShare CX6330, you'll get big, beautiful pictures that are too good to keep to yourself. The high-resolution CCD and all-glass lens system enhance picture quality and clarity, while innovative features like burst mode assure that you always get the best possible shots.

Optics and Resolution
Get amazing-quality prints up to 11"x14" with its 3.1 megapixel CCD. Zoom in and capture crisp details with 3x optical and 3.3x Advanced Digital Zoom, and its Kodak Retinar aspheric all-glass lens. This setup provides a 35mm equivalent of 37mm-111mm, and an aperture of f/2.7-5.2 (wide), f/4.6-8.7 (tele).

Storage and Transfer
This camera has 16 MB of internal memory and also accepts MMC/SD memory cards. The interface is USB 2.0 compatible for fast transfer rates compared to the traditional USB 1.1 standard.

Movie Mode
The CX6330 captures movies with audio in QuickTime format at a resolution of 320x340 pixels. It is possible to record up to 80 minutes of video depending on the size of the installed memory card.

More Features
A burst mode is available that takes up to four pictures at three frames per second, and the camera also has a 10-second self-timer. Several shooting modes are selectable, including automatic, sport, night, landscape, and close-up, and it also is possible to shoot in sepia or black and white mode.

Other features include:

• 1.6 inch LCD
• Multi-zone auto-focus with improved low-light performance
• Automatic exposure control with matrix metering, multi-pattern TTL-AE

Power and Size
The camera is powered by two AA batteries (alkalines included; rechargeable NiMH batteries recommended). It measures 4.0 by 2.6 by 1.5 inches and weighs 6.2 ounces (without batteries).

What's in the Box
This package comes with a wrist strap, AV cable, USB cable, software CD, and a Custom insert for optional Kodak EasyShare 6000 series docks.

From the Manufacturer

Kodak introduces the EasyShare CX6330 digital camera, which combines award winning ease-of-use and multi-mode functionality with outstanding picture quality. The EasyShare CX6330 zoom digital camera is ideal for taking pictures that can be made into crisp, sharp prints up to 11 x 14 inches. Multiple scene modes such as a sport, night, landscape and close-up make it simple to shoot under various conditions. It provides 3.1MP resolution, a 3X optical Kodak Retinar aspheric all-glass zoom lens, 3.3X Advanced Digital Zoom, exclusive Kodak Color Science technology for outstanding image fidelity, multi-zone auto focus, and auto picture rotation. The camera also captures continuous digital video with audio, and incorporates the popular sharing features common across EasyShare products. EasyShare CX6330 camera owners can quickly transfer their digital pictures to a connected computer with just one touch using the optional Kodak EasyShare camera dock 6000. It also rapidly charges compatible Ni-MH and Lithium-Ion batteries in less than three hours. People can also receive all the benefits of a dock, plus water-resistant Kodak 4 x 6-inch photo prints in as little as 90 seconds, when using the Kodak EasyShare printer dock 6000. Both docks are compatible with all CX/DX6000 and LS600-series Kodak EasyShare digital cameras, and are available immediately. Like the entire range of EasyShare cameras, the CX6330 includes Kodak EasyShare software, providing quick, effortless digital picture transfer, organization, editing, e-mailing, and printing. The software's exclusive One Touch to Better Pictures feature--which takes advantage of proprietary color technologies developed by Kodak--helps people get vibrant, true-to-life prints from home inkjet printers, while reducing the trial, error and waste usually associated with home photo printing. The award-winning Kodak EasyShare digital photography system--consisting of cameras, software, docks and printer docks, inkjet papers and accessories--makes it simple for anyone to take, organize, share, and print high quality digital pictures.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

125 of 128 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A nearly perfect mid-range digital camera, December 9, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Kodak EasyShare CX6330 3.1 MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom (Electronics)

I've taken indoor and outdoor shots with this camera and blown them up to 12x18 ($2.99 at the local Costco) with astounding results. The few artifacts there are (mostly in the shadows) aren't viewable unless you are within a few inches of the 12x18 print. Of course I only printed the very best shots at this large size, but I haven't seen any artifacts in any of the shots I've taken (~1000) that would be visible on an 8x10 print from a distance of more than 3 inches. Also, the artifacts themselves are quite interesting. They aren't the square blocks or jaggies you expect in JPEGs, but rather the kind of blobs that you get when you look at a grainy part of a 35mm print under magnification. Anyway they seem to blend in and enhance the picture instead of weaken it. For instance my cat has extremely fine fur that is gray with a very very small white tip in places, giving the cat a grizzled appearance. These tips show up in the pics making the image look razor sharp. A similar thing happens with the "peach fuzz" on my kids faces. These details don't show up in any of my 35mm point-and-shoot photos.

Battery life is very good. I've never ran the 2100mAh nimh batteries I bought (Walmart-- $16 for 4 batteries with a home and auto charger) completely dead but I've taken over 100 shots (many of them flash) between charges several times.

The thing I like most is about this camera is that I haven't had to edit any of the shots (except for cosmetic purposes) before printing: the sharpness, brightness/contrast and color of the shots seem to be optimal. The size of the picture files is small, most of my pics come out at 700k - 1.3mb.

The flash is strong. While experimenting, I took a picture of my (large) living room in the near dark with the flash. The picture came out perfectly sharp and exposed in such a way that it looks like the lights are on. Flash strength is adjusted appropriately most of the time and red-eye is not a problem (when I remember to turn on the red-eye setting).

I don't miss most of the adjustments available on "higher end" cameras. For instance the auto white balance seems to work nearly perfectly in all situations as do the auto aperture size and shutter speed. There are settings on the dial for low light, high shutter speed, and close-up focus. However these settings are only selectable and not adjustable.

This brings up the one thing I would add to the camera if I could and that is a setting that would allow me to get the raw data in either uncompressed or TIFF format. This hasn't been an issue really since the camera seems to do a better job of sharpening and color adjustment than I can with Photoshop (I'm not an expert). However, when I did edit some pizza sauce out of one the pics with Photoshop I found myself in a quandary. The original picture was about 900k in size (about 10:1 JPEG compression). How should I save the file? I was afraid that I would lose some picture quality if I saved it at such a high compression. In the end, I saved the picture to a 1mb JPEG took it to Costco and had them print a 11x14 print which turned out flawless.

Let me finish by saying that this camera is extremely easy to use. My six year-old picked up this camera and started taking shots (albeit using the view finder rather than the lcd display).

75 of 77 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome Point-N-Shoot Digital Camera, December 26, 2003

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"foxwell12" (PA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kodak EasyShare CX6330 3.1 MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom (Electronics)

I received this as gift. I've taken 50+ pics as well as two short videos with this camera so far, and have had astounding results. The camera is simple to use, and the software is very easy as well. This is a great camera for someone who just wants to take great pics and have fun. The pics are sharp, clear, and well focused. They print better than my regular film camera!

Extras I suggest:
The Kodak rechargeable battery pack, or a CR-V3 battery (although I've gotten surprisingly good results with the batteries that came with the camera)
A memory card (I purchased a 128 mb card which can hold over 115 pics at the best quality)

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice point and shot camera - easy to use, October 20, 2003

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Alvaro "acuberos" (Caracas, Venezuela) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kodak EasyShare CX6330 3.1 MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom (Electronics)

I have the camera for 3 weeks and I am satisfied with the results. The price is good for a 3 megapixels camera and it was really simple to use (I learned to use it without the manual). Picture quality is good (similar to other 3 Mpixel camera), colors are saturated, maybe too much in the reds. The images are a bit overprocessed, not terrible but can be seen in the details of a 8x10 pictures.

I did not acquired the docking station and will not do it, it was very simple to transfer the pictures with the included USB cable. A must is a 1850 to 2200 mAh rechargeable battery set with a fast charger (as with other digicams).

This camera was designed as a point-and-shot, so it have few manual controls (the most useful control is that exposure can be varied by +/- 2 EV). The white balance is automatic only (no manual options), but the camera can handle different light sources with very good results.

The autofocus system is very good, specially considering that the camera has no focus-assist lamp. You can lock the focus and the exposure, partially pressing the "shutter" release.

You can not select shutter speed or lens aperture (as with other point-and-shot cameras), but you can use the scene modes to vary it (I use speed mode more than the standard auto mode, and turn off the flash except when I really need it).

The LCD is ok (average), considering the price, my only complain is that it was difficult to see in very dim light and is better to use the optical viewfinder in these cases.

The startup time is slow if you compare it with a film camera, but equivalent to other digicams in this range. The same issue applies to the "shutter" delay after button pressure.

The camera was well constructed and I consider it beautiful designed. The size was small if not diminutive, almost the same as my Rollei 35 (the smallest 35mm camera in the 60's), I am using the Easyshare with a hand made Rollei 35 bag. You can find a more rugged or a smaller digicams but at higher price.