Customer Reviews

Kodak Easyshare CX7530 5 MP Digital Camera with 3xOptical Zoom

5 star:		(29)
4 star:		(11)
3 star:		(7)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

I've used several digital cameras and found that the Kodak CX7530 performs beyond expectations for a point-and-shoot camera. This camera excels in rendering images with incredible sharpness, excellent exposure, and well balanced color saturation. Dare I say this camera performs as well as the Digital Rebel!

I found it rare to get an image out of focus with this camera. The 5 MP gives me room to crop images without loosing detail. I was able to figure out all major functions without even opening the manual. The fast turn-on time, shutter to shot, and shot to shot performance took me by surprize...capture the moment and review it immediately! There is some metal on the camera that adds ruggedness and gives it a "well built" feel. The large bright LCD helps review image quality quickly as well as help compose without squinting.

If you want an excellent point and shoot that gives you fast, sharp, reliable results, then the cx7530 is the perfect choice.

Check out my "customer images" (link below the cx7530 image, above).

Pros:
1. multi-point focus always renders sharp foreground images; i found few images out of focus.
2. shadows and dark areas are not grainy or noisy; this is helpful when you're cropping pics and enlarging them.
3. very smooth transitions in bright area and never washed out; this helps you with contrast especially if you convert to black and white later
4. very fast; press the shutter button and you don't miss the moment!
5. very quick; shot to shot
6. fast turn on; rotate the dial and it's almost ready before you are!
7. huge LCD that's sharp, bright, and fast to update while panning
8. battery miser; with NiH rechargeables, i was able to get 85 shots where 25 used the flash
9. images get auto-rotated when taking a portrait
10. very quiet; no focus or zoom noise
11. LCD goes blank after a while of no use to conserve power
12. 2 movie modes; QVGA (320x240 @ 20fps) and VGA (640x480 @ 13fps);

Cons:
1. does not remember setting if you change them after you turn off the camera; but i've rarely had to tweek something to get a great image
2. 4 way navigation button is on the left and i'm a righty; so this is good for the lefty's; not really an issue, though!
3. can not disable digital zoom; but zoom indicator clearly shows the crossover point between optical to digital zoom

I've stuck with kodak through all my digital camera purchases and this is my third one. The ease of use and fun of Kodak is surpassed by no one and it's a great bargain to boot. The CX7530 has a maximum resolution of 5 megapixels, for 2560 x 1920 pixel prints. 3X optical zoom and 5X digital zoom bring the action close up and personal. The movie mode allows you to take videos at a speedy 24 frames per second. Automatic picture rotation makes pictures taken vertically appear right side up on the camera, computer screen or television. There are Nine picture modes including night, close-up, landscape, black and white and sepia. And of course there's red-eye reduction. Quickly use the one-touch easy share button to download, print, or e-mail your pictures.

how's the Quality? how about fabulous...bright, vibrant colors, focused so that droplets of water hang perfectly focused in mid-air. makes me feel like I am a professional photographer. The camera features a good-sized and clear LCD screen with automatic shutoff. I'd rate the CX7530 better than average when it comes to batter consumption.

A great camera!

I am very happy to say that I bought this camera over two months ago. I was not going to get into digital photography because I have a minolta qtsi 35mm camera that I just love. I take any where from 100-400 pictures a month, not only of my daughter, every event, but also semi professional. I have a camera on me at all times (in search of the perfect picture) Not only have I actually put down my slr camera I have put down all its attachments as well. I have been using this camera alone and I love it. It takes crisp pictures, and is very detailed. I actually had a 8x10 show water dropplets that you would have never picked up on my Minolta. I even bought the easy share printer dock (its a must) to print pictures at home. This is great for quick prints. I even found it to print better than snap fish, and walmart photo centers. You will not be let down with this camera! Just shoot,print and enjoy!

I am an amature at picture taking but I am a new mommy and I wanted a digital camera for shooting and e-mailing pics. I have not been disappointed with this camera it is very user friendly and takes AWSOME pictures EVEN IN LOW LIGHT(there is a feature that automatically brightens your pictures in low to no light). This camera is worth every penney and I couldn't be happier. I also have the dock printer which seems to develop better than ANY developing place I have ever used...I am normally not a big spender because Im a FT student but this is worth your money.

I've spent quite a bit of money on film cameras and lenses. This was my first venture into the realm of digital photography. I read a great deal before deciding on this camera and I have no regrets whatsoever. This camera is fantastic. Let's just go with a list:

Pros:

- The pictures are absolutely OUTSTANDING especially considering this camera's price
- This camera comes on almost instantly.
- The battery life is great when using rechargables. Another good thing about the batteries is that the camera takes standard AA's, so if you rechargables do run out at a bad time, you can always run and buy a pair of regular old alkaline AA's.
- Although it's a minor feature, this camera actually takes half-way decent video and the sound is pretty good too. Also, unlike other cameras, the length of your video is limited only by the size of your memory card.
- The interface is very intuitive. You hardly need to read the manual
- Did I mention that the pictures were great?

Con (very minor):
- I wish this camera could go fully manual (changing the aperture and shutter speed). However, you can usually trick the camera into doing what you want by changing the settings a little bit.

Anyway, do your own research, but I think that you will find this camera to be an amazing value for the money.

The Kodak CX7530 is indeed a wonderful camera. I took lovely pictures of just about everything that i pass by. It is easy, and fast. I have it with a 256MB memory, so storage is even not an issue.

It just has two problems:
1. You can't store the camera settings (except for the picture quality) - i.e. Your settings will always return to default whenever you change the shooting mode or power off the camera.

2. By default, the shots will be kinda dark at the default level of light exposure (even with a flash) unless you are in real strong light.

But the darkness issue is never a problem coz the camera comes with an awsome software that makes editing a picture just as easy as shooting them.
I shot a picture that was real dark. When displayed on anything, its LCD or my computer all that you can see was a black background. I used the software to increase the light, and i totally got my picture back. It is lovely.

It is good on power, it uses just AA battaries and if you've got them rechargable you can stay as long as you like.

The camera would have rock even more if it has a stitching feature.

I'm not new to photography or digital cameras. I've had them for a few years now. This CX7530 is a fabulous camera. You can just point and shoot or you can go into the menus and adjust the shutter speed and ISO and get some really creative shots. I took mine to the Shedd Aquarium at night and put it on a tripod to capture the city (Chicago) from the lake. I adjusted the shutter for a long exposure on 5 MP setting. The resulting picture was breath taking. We've had it professionally printed and it is now a wall mural. It is that good. Really sharp pictures even when laid down on very large paper stock.

You can not go wrong with this camera, and I highly recommend the printer dock. Once you get the camera and printer dock you will never go back to film.

I've had the camera for about 9 months.

After about 1 year of research, I finally made the plunge and purchased a digital camera. I finally decided on a Kodak after using my sister-in-law's older model. After reviewing the different models, I decided that the CX7530 had the best bang for the buck, and shouldn't have me needing to buy a "better" camera for several years. I have to give HUGE kudos to Kodak for absolute ease of use. When we got this camera (yesterday) neither of us looked at the owner's manual. We just started clicking away, using each of the settings. Getting in and out of the menu, and picture review was so easy. Uploading the pictures to the computer was also easy. The software that came with the printer dock wouldn't install because of some conflict with XP. But we have been using the Microsoft Camera Wizard which is basically idiot proof. Our Dell computer has preloaded software, which we have been playing around with. So far we have taken about 36 pictures, all in the "best" quality. I am absolutely AMAZED at the crisp clarity of the photos this camera takes. Scenery, pictures of people, animals, close ups of flowers, they are all amazing. I think I am most impressed with the close up pictures. I took a close up of a yellow dandelion, and the picture shows every detail in 3D. I still can't get over the pictures! We used Wal Marts online photo center to upload some of our picutres to see how they actually looked in print (they look STUNNING on the computer). We got 2 4x6's, 4 5x7's, and 2 8x10's. I was just as impressed with the prints. The same colors, depth, and clarity was present. We also used the movie mode to take a quick 30 second movie, using the internal memory. The sound was good, and the picture better than I expected. Things were a bit jerky when moving, but once focused, it was good. Very impressive over all! So, for those of you doing the research, ready to make the plunge into the world of digital cameras, or even looking to upgrade, you really need to look at this camera. The ease, number of features, price, and quality of the photos make this an unbeatable bargain.

This is my second digital camera, and my second Kodak. My first was the DC3400 dinosaur, and I was pretty pleased with that. The DC3400 was limited compared to current technology, though, particularly in terms of resolution, size, and SPEED. I was surprised how small this camera is, although it's not nearly as small as the super-compacts (which are a little too small for my taste, this one is about right). I've heard complaints that the super small versions aren't very robust, but this medium-small version seems to be pretty durable.

The camera is simple to operate, plug-n-plays nicely with XP, and seems to put out good pictures. I particularly like the feature that allows you to take a series of stills rapidly by just holding down the shutter (very good for small children and animals that don't pose well!).

With a 512M card, it has room for about 320 pictures at "Best" resolution. Other features... cool sounds effects (plus the ability to TURN THEM OFF!), black and white, and sepia tone settings! Very fun and will make great Xmas gifts (I hope).

My only irritation so far... the navigation button is the 5 function on one button variety that can be hard to get to do what you want (the same type that has become common on cell phones, some PDAs, TV/DVD remotes, etc). I'm sure it's an acquired skill, so I hope this won't be such an annoyance after a few uses.

So far so good! Great camera for a good price.

This camera is absolutely wonderful and easy to use. You can email pictures directly from the camera via the USB connector in seconds (with the Kodak software). The camera also comes with a video including sound feature - I haven't used it just yet, but I think this a nifty addition for a digital camera. I'm highly impressed with this camera. Overall great quality for the price!