Kodak Easyshare LS743 4 MP Digital Camera with 2.8xOptical Zoom

by Kodak

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• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00019H5TE
• Item model number: LS743
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #16,095 in Camera & Photo (See Top 100 in Camera & Photo)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 2, 2006

Product Description

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The Kodak EasyShare LS743 combines compact design, enhanced sharing features, superb image quality, and ease of use to help you capture and enjoy those moments that make life enjoyable. The sleek, slim aluminum LS743 is slim enough to easily fit in your pocket, and it weighs under 6 ounces. It features a 4-megapixel resolution, professional-quality Schneider-Kreuznach C-Variogon 2.8X compact optical zoom lens, Kodak's new Color Science image processor, movie mode with up to VGA resolution, 1.8-inch LCD, rechargeable lithium-ion battery, 16 MB internal memory, and compatibility with SD and MCC memory cards. For a step up in price, the LS753 offers a 5-megapixel resolution and a 32 MB internal memory.

Optics and Resolution The LS743 has a 4-megapixel resolution for 2304 x 1728 images and photo enlargements up to 20 x 30 inches. Other resolution modes include 2304 x 1536 (4 MP, 3:2 aspect ratio), 1656 x 1242 (2 MP), and 1200 x 900 (1 MP). The Schneider-Kreuznach C-Variogon 2.8x optical zoom lens is also supplemented by a 3.6x digital zoom. Working with renowned German professional optics designer Schneider-Kreuznach, Kodak equipped the camera with an f/3.0 - 4.9 aspheric lens with a 6-16mm focal range (36-100mm, 35mm equivalent).

Movie Mode
The LS743 can capture both full-motion video (24 frames per second at 320 x 240 pixels, or QVGA) and TV-resolution video (VGA; 640 x 480 pixels at 13 fps) with capacity dependent on available memory (16 MB internal memory included; additional memory may be added via the SD/MMC expansion slot). You can also limit the length of your clips to 5, 10, or 30 seconds. With the 16 MB memory, you can shoot a 2-minute QVGA video.

More Features

• 1.8 inch (4.6 cm) high-resolution (134K pixel) indoor/outdoor display with 2x or 4x magnify, slide show, multi-up, fast scroll, protect, and album review modes
• Scene modes: auto, portrait, close-up, self-portrait, museum/manner, night, night portrait, sport, landscape, snow, beach, party
• Burst mode: 3 frames per second, up to 6 pictures
• Built-in flash with auto, red-eye, fill, and off modes
• Click to capture: 0.7 seconds (preview on), 0.8 seconds (preview off)
• White balance modes: auto, daylight, tungsten, fluorescent

Storage and Transfer
Images can be stored within the LS743's 16 MB internal memory, or on optional Secure Digital (SD) or MultiMedia (MMC) memory cards. It connects to Macs and Windows-based PCs via USB 2.0 connectivity.

Sharing
With a touch of the red-jeweled Share button, you can store up to 200 pictures in an on-camera digital album. These pictures can then be shared anytime on the camera's large, 1.8-inch, high-resolution (134,000 pixels) indoor/outdoor LCD screen. The Share button also allows selection of photos for printing and even e-mailing, with up to 32 e-mail addresses stored in the camera's memory.

Kodak Color Science Image Processing Chip
Kodak's Color Science Image Processing Chip offers a new high-speed digital image processor, advanced algorithms, and hardware acceleration features that enable the LS743 make simultaneous, split-second decisions to produce rich, vibrant, true-to-life colors in almost any lighting situation. Each time you click the shutter, the Kodak Color Science Chip performs an instantaneous and advanced analysis of collected scene data to identify and correct multiple factors that influence picture quality. Scene light source is detected and adjustments are made to capture bright whites and true, vivid colors under difficult lighting conditions--fluorescent, tungsten or daylight. Scene content is analyzed for luminance, focal distance, subject matter orientation and color to determine the correct exposure and capture the natural details, accurate flesh tones, and rich colors you see in your composition.

Power and Size
The LS743 is powered by a proprietary rechargeable lithium-ion battery (1050 mAh), which can be charged via the included battery charger or an optional EasyShare Camera Dock. The KLIC-5001 battery can shoot approximately 350 images on one charge. The camera measures 4.3 x 1.9 x 1.2 inches and weighs 5.8 ounces.

What's in the Box
This package contains the EasyShare LS743 digital camera, rechargeable lithium-ion battery (KLIC-5000), battery charger, neck strap, USB and A/V cables, and custom camera insert for optional EasyShare Camera and Printer Docks.

Like all EasyShare cameras, the LS743 includes Kodak EasyShare software for Windows and Macintosh systems, providing effortless digital picture transfer, organization, basic editing, sharing and printing. The software's exclusive One Touch to Better Pictures feature--which takes advantage of proprietary color technologies developed by Kodak--helps Windows OS users get vibrant, true-to-life prints from home inkjet printers, while significantly reducing the trial, error and waste usually associated with home photo printing.

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Customer Reviews

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26 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Buy!, June 29, 2004

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1smileycat "1smileycat" (Iowa, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kodak Easyshare LS743 4 MP Digital Camera with 2.8xOptical Zoom (Electronics)

This is my first Digital Camera purchase - and BOY am I glad I got the Kodak LS743! I have a husband & 2 daughters and I take pictures all the time-My film developing bill was high! Now I can pick and choose the shots I want to print. I can also create family albums on the computer - to eventually be put onto CD's & set to music!
They have the 5 megapixel camera's out, but I really don't think that I see that much of a difference with this 4 megapixel. I get Great photos-sharp & clear. And the zoom lets me be flexible with my shots. The color is awesome!-These pictures turn out beautiful!!
This is a smaller camera than any I saw. I like the sleek design.
You can also shoot 2 minutes of QVGA video. I haven't done enuf with this feature yet, but I know it's longer than some camera's on the market allow for video time.
I have used the Auto mode quite a bit while getting used to the camera, but it also has portait, close-up, night, sport, snow, & many other modes! It has flash, & red-eye reduction. You can even store email addresses in the camera & hit the "share" button to share special photos with your contacts. It comes with a rechargable lithium-ion battery and a sleek charger that you can plug into an outlet.
This camera is simple to learn & the pictures are amazing! I highly recommend this camera!

1smileycat :-)

21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wicked happy!, October 3, 2004

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shutter bug "soccer & band mom" (maine) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kodak Easyshare LS743 4 MP Digital Camera with 2.8xOptical Zoom (Electronics)

I bought this camera through Amazon and received it a day or two before my sister-in-law's wedding. I charged the battery the preceding night, took a ton of wedding shots (in and outside) and many other shots throughout the next month. After nearly 30 days, well over 100 shots, lots of downloading, a wedding and a visit to my daughter at college the battery finally went out. Wow!
Detail? I was in my kayak and had a dragonfly land on my lap. I took the shot and the detail is so good you can see the individual threads in the rip-stop nylon pants I was wearing and the detail of the web in it's wings!
Indoors? I took a shot of my daughter and 2 friends (nighttime, incandescent light) ... she liked the photo so much that we cropped out her friends and edited it and its the photo she's going to use for her senior picture in her yearbook!
Video? My other daughter is in the UMass Marching Band ... so I took 12 short (5-12 sec) videos of the Band and Colorguard at the UMass/Richmond game and the sound, with headphones, is quite good (better than regular TV sound). The video was best if I didn't pan with the camera. The end of that day is when the battery ran out (one month after a full wedding, all the inbetween photos and 12 marching band short videos!).
I did buy an SD card reader at Office Max (...) so now I don't run the battery to download pictures, erase my card, etc.
I like the other reviewer's comment that it's like being married to a handsome prince ... it really IS an attractive camera. After using my daughters Casio Exilim (nearly credit card sized) I knew I wanted a small camera. I'm a high school administrator and it's very convenient to slip it over my head with the neckstrap and wander around "capturing the moment."
I did a lot of internet camera shopping over the summer, waited for just the features I wanted, this camera was released, and I'm very happy with it.
I do have an old, outstanding Canon AE-1Program with the huge telephoto lens, etc, so I did not buy this camera intending for it to do everything. This is my general purpose, get some GREAT shots, have some versatility, digital. Took my (just what I selected, multiples of some, wallets of another) for a little over $5.0little SD card to Wal-Mart today (I carry it and the reader in an old hardshell glasses case!), got 21 prints 0 ... no waste on bad shots and no going back for reprints after seeing how they came out!
I did buy a "Digital Promaster" camera case at my local camera shop and when I dropped the camera (in the case) onto pavement from the 10th or so level of the bleachers at a soccer game, the camera was fine!
As you can see, I'm a very busy person ... and this camera keeps up with me. Way fun!

20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Ditigal Camera!, August 20, 2004

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DigiMom (Naperville, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kodak Easyshare LS743 4 MP Digital Camera with 2.8xOptical Zoom (Electronics)

I recently purchased this Kodak LS743 camera after purchasing 2 other digital cameras and returning them. I started with the Nikon CoolPix 3100 which was a 3-megapixel for $179. I took it to the zoo and took some really good pictures, but wasn't entirely pleased with the zoom quality and it had a purplish tinge to the prints so I decided to try a higher megapixel camera. I found the Gateway D510 which was a 5-megapixel for only $199. I was excited to try it out. I was extremely disappointed. The print quality was worse than my old Olympus 2-megapixel and the camera got so hot in my hand while taking just a few pictures and even just reviewing the pix. I took it back the next day and had an extremely difficult time trying to find a good camera.

I really wanted the digital camera to take action photos of my son and pets at home. Since I didn't want to make another mistake purchasing a bad camera and having to pay a 15% restocking fee, I took my time playing around with all the cameras at the store. I had the camera associate move around so I could practice taking shots using the sport/action mode. I tested a few Fujis and also a few Canons and they were blurry. I tested the Kodaks and they came out great! I didn't want to pay too much for the camera (I paid $299), but I didn't want to risk buying another cheap one, so I bought the LS743. Right out of the box, it was so easy to use! It did not come with a SecureDigital card, but lucklily I had bought one for the Gateway camera.

I practiced taking action shots on the way home by pointing the camera out the window while I was driving and randomly taking pictures. I reveiwd them later and was amazed at the quality. Homes in the background were super crisp and the detail on the cars which were moving at over 30mph were as if they were not moving at all. I couldn't believe it! Little did I know that this camera also has video with audio capability with no time limit (only limited to your SD card memory). The quality of the video is as good as my digital camcorder if not better! I am so happy I went with Kodak.

This camera is nicely sized and takes great pix! The ONLY flaw I have found so far is taking pictures in low light - the LCD display is very dark and I can't seem to adjust the brightness. I would definitely recommend this to anyone wanting an easy-to-use point-and-shoot digital camera with great picture quality. The camera also comes with Kodak software which lets you create digital photo albums and burn them to CDs as slide shows.