Customer Reviews

Kodak EasyShare DX4330 3MP Digital Camera w/ 3x Optical Zoom

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3 star:		(3)
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1 star:		(10)

 

 

The DX4330 is my first digital camera and I am very pleased. It really is easy and fun to use. The 3X optical zoom is a very nice feature and the image quality is excellent.

It is really nice to pick out the pictures you like, edit them (the free Kodak editing software is very good) and print them. If you want to do fancy stuff such as add text to the pictures, you will have to use a more powerful editor such as PaintShop Pro or Photoshop Elements. Instead of printing mine, however, I uploaded them to [local store] for $$$ per 4X6 or $$$ per 5X7. The results were great!

I bought the DX4330 bundled with the Easy Share Dock. Now that I see what the Dock is all about, I would not recommend others buy it. It gives you the dock and a NiMH "Battery Pack." The camera snaps into the dock and it will charge the battery while it is connected. The USB connection from the dock allows you to transfer your files to you PC also.

Here is the rub, however: The dock will ONLY charge the special Kodak NIMH "battery pack" - if you have other NIMH batteries in the camera, it will not charge them. I think the shape of the plastic shroud on the kodak batttery pack trips a switch inside the camera to tell it that the pack is in there.

As to uploading pictures - you don't need the dock. You can just as easily plug the camera itself into the PC via the USB cable. Windows sees it as just another hard drive and you can drag and drop you pictures to where you want them.

Instead of buying the dock, I would recommend the following:

1.) Buy a nice Maha charger and some Powerex 1800 NiMH AA batteries - This will solve your battery problems.

2.) Buy a 128MB SanDisk SD card for less than $$$ (they keep getting cheaper). This will let you store about 100 highest quality photos in your camera instead of about 16 with the internal memory.

3.) Buy a cheap SD USB card reader - I bought a PNY model for $$$. This lets you take the SD card out of the camera and pop it into the card reader to load into your PC - you won't have to connect the camera at all!

Hope this helps!

This camera is an excellent value for those on a budget looking for quality and ease of use. The camera is the easiest camera I have ever used and is for the most part just point and click. The dial settings for macro, action and night shots work very well. The quality of the pictures are extremely good. The only thing I would recommend is additional memory for the camera. I purchased an additional 64 mb which will hold 50 pictures at the highest resolution. It does consume batteries as any digital camera does, but I have found that the Kodak CRV3 and the Kodak rechargeables last the longest. I keep a couple of the CRV3 and 2 extra rechargeables in my camera bag as backup. The dock is a good option for transferring the pictures and for recharging (only works with the Kodak rechargeable battery pack), but I purchased an additional Kodak recharger and that works well for me. The Easyshare software that is included is good for organizing photos. Its option to upload pictures to several different photo developing sites is one that I have used for high quality photo prints. Overall I would highly recommend this camera to novice as well as experienced camera users as a good solid performer for those who don't need all the bells and whistles for low to medium usage.

This is a simple camera that does a lot. It's lightweight, takes pretty good pictures, has excellent storage and battery life. I have had a lot of trouble with the software; sometimes it won't download, or it will take several tries until the pictures download. This can be frustrating. Kodak has been helpful and concerned but has not been able to do much about this. Some cautions/advice: you do NOT need the docking cradle unless you really like rechargeable batteries. The cradle takes up room and is no easier than the USB cable, in my opinion. Also, you should ONLY take pictures in the "Highest Quality" setting; anything less can be grainy. The camera cannot focus on moving objects, and the flash is only useful in quite close shots; for others in even soft light, it's best to set the camera on "night" or "landscape," as another reviewer also advised. Red-eye is chronic and the software has been of limited utility in correcting them (and my son has bright blue eyes, which end up devilishly red every time). The memory cards are invaluable. Get as much as you can on one card; there's no reason to get less than 128MB. I took 175 pix on 2-64MB cards but was always worried about losing the full card. The travel kit is very useful: I used the case as a purse while traveling (with the camera nestled inside) and it comes with all kinds of adapters that travelers need. However, battery life is looooong: on a two week vacation on which I took 175 pix, I only used two (non-rechargeable) batteries. Otherwise, the travel case is kind of big, so a smaller case would be useful and they are easy to find. I bought a smaller case direct from Kodak.

Summary: great camera, great value, fussy software, excellent customer service, excellent accessories, skip the docking cradle.

This is just fantastic!! The night shot mode is good and gives you clear pictures with correct illumination. 16MB of internal memory and memory slot is too good. The USB cable conectivity and Kodak easyshare software quickly transfer all photographs to your PC.Also with about 64MB of memory card you can shoot about 5 min of video too.For a 3.1 Megapixel there is no other Camera in the market that has such features.

I just purchased this camera yesterday after shopping for a number of weeks, and I can't help but like it. The dial that turns the camera on, to video mode, and to various focus-lengths contributes to making the DX4330 one of the easiest to use gizmos I have ever seen. There's even a sport/fast-motion mode, accessible from the same dial. The pictures seem nice and sharp, and the zoom works really well. There's even a flat space on the back for putting your thumb! It "just fits" in my hand, while still being small enough to cart around.

I haven't used the software, since I'm on a Mac using iPhoto, but I can tell you it works just fine with that. This also means I haven't used the "Share" button to its fullest extent.

This camera even has an orientation sensor, so if you take a picture turned 90-degrees, it appears right-side up in the camera screen and in iPhoto. A small feature, yes, but this camera is full of such small features. I'm really impressed with the amount of thought that went in to making it not just a usable camera, but also an enjoyable camera to use.

It just works, and it works well. I'm looking forward to using this for a long time. My only regret is that I didn't buy the docking station, as well. Doesn't matter -- Christmas is coming up. :-)

We bought this camera to take with us on a trip. Because we weren't sure of the capacity, we also got three 64MB cards and a charger to go with it. Each card held over 70 pictures on Best quality, so we had more than enough room. We also ended up taking some short videos that did not seem to deplete the memory very much.

The camera takes excellent pictures in a wide range of lighting. We found that if a picture came out too dark or if the camera adjusted the exposure based on the wrong subject, we could just switch from the Auto setting to Night or Landscape and get a great picture. Of course, the big advantage of the digital aspect is that you know the results of a bad picture immediately instead of after getting home. Retake the photo and delete the bad take.

We also bought the travel bag, which is too big to actually carry around, but worked OK for packing. It came with a charger and a spare battery pack, which I highly recommend. If you use Live View on the camera, the batteries will drain quickly. You can also drain them by sitting and looking at your pictures for long periods of time. It's handy to have the charger back in the hotel room getting another battery pack ready for the next day. With heavy use, which we did, the battery lasted all day. However, we opted not to use the Live View. We didn't want to get to an island or somewhere nice and have a dead battery.

The software that Kodak provides is excellent for creating albums, slide shows, and getting prints. Full screen, the photos are clear with excellent color.

If we had it to do all over again, we would have bought this camera a long time ago. We highly recommend it.

I purchased this camera about 6 weeks ago and around a half hour after I took it out of the box I was taking pictures. It was that easy. But, don't let the simplicity of use fool you this camera takes great pictures. I have used it in daylight and low light situations with really good results. I have blown some of the pictures up to 8' X 10' with very little loss in sharpness or color. The docking station is a must because not only does it charge your battery but with the touch of one button it automatically transfers your pictures to the computer via USB.
The camera comes with a Internal Memory card but it is only good for about 10 pictures so it would be wise to purchase a 64mb card or greater depending on use.
The LCD display is large enough to see what your taking pictures of but in low light situations you would do better looking through the view finder.
The software that Kodak gives you is adequate but to do more editing and special effects Photoshop is the program to use.
The camera is good to the feel and is pretty well made except for the Lens cap, which keeps coming off all the time.
For someone looking for a really good 3mp camera for a moderate price, this is the one.

This camera was my first digital camera purchase. I've found it to be one of the better purchases I've made. The quality of the prints I've received has been great (with the exception noted below), and the movie feature is fun too.

A word to the wise, if you get you picture developed from this camera (8x10 and below), and you can see pixels in the picture, you should upload one of the pictures to Ofoto for comparison. I took 26 pictures on disk to my local Target for development and was sorely disappointed at the quality of them. I uploaded the same pictures to Ofoto, and four days later I got back perfect (35mm quality) pictures.

The movie quality isn't great, but it is fun to capture perfect voices along with slightly blurred video to store on disk for eternity. I picked up a 256mb SD card for the camera, which I can store 200+ top quality pictures and/or 30 minutes video on for < $50.

My only problem now is what to do with the three 35mm cameras in my cabinet. No more wasted film ,or duplicates of pictures with peoples eyes closed for me. My only gripe is the cheapo lens cover, it comes off all the time. The new DX4340 seems to have taken care of that problem.

Happy shooting!

Outstanding Digital Camera. Heck of a change from my 6 year old Casio QV-100. Extremely easy to use and images are super sharp up to 8X10 at max resolution...to be expected with a 3.1 MP camera. Great at the midrange setting also. Opt for the largest SD memory card you can afford as you will be firing off pics one after the other. A 64MB SD card will save just a little over 4 minutes of reasonably good quality video. A dock, which simplifies image transfer and recharges the battery ([$$]), is not necessary unless you are a novice and/or are really into convenience. The camera comes with a USB cable for connection to a PC and you can purchase an additional battery and a charger from Kodak for a lot less. Kodak's Easyshare (included)software is a no brainer and will work fine transferring the images into your PC. It also has good image editing/viewing capabilities. It will save the transferred images to it's own folder (no choice), requiring you to move/copy them if desired. The only drawback (IMHO) is the videos are in apple quicktime format (which I detest) and are quite large compared to the MPEG format. Overall a great camera.

This is my first 3.1 M digi cam.. after a lot of skepticism on different models, i zeroed on this one.
PROS
1) Results are fantastic
2) Night shots are extremely clear for a camera in this class.
3) I have seen results on equivalent Toshiba, image rendering results on kodak are great.(software is easy to handle)
4) Video feature is good.
CONS
1) Lens cover is required to be manually closed, chances of damage to lens.
2) Red eye is unavoidable as with most cameras.

Overall : v. satisfied customer and proud to be a kodak DX4330 owner