Kodak EasyShare Z710
Kodak EasyShare Z710 Reviews
: I love this camera. I wanted a digital camera with a view finder in addition to the digital screen because, as some of you may know, on bright sunny days, it is very difficult to see what you are trying to photograph because of the glare on the screen. This camera allows you to switch between screen and view finder, and takes beautiful, crisp photos. Mine is an older model, but I love it nonetheless. The 10x optical zoom is great for closeups. It’s really easy to download photos to a PC or to email them from the camera. I highly recommend this camera or a newer model like the Easy Share Z712.
Kodak EasyShare Z710 Reviews: I have had this camera for a couple of years now. I love it for daytime and great lighting situations. Prints great pics whether ordered or printed from a printing dock. However, I have children that play sports, sometimes at night and in a gym. In a gym, I can not get good pictures at all, day or night. On the field at night, it may take an alright picture, but it very grainy when I print it. Very disappointed, as a lot of my pictures are of my children playing sports. It does take good action shots, just in the daytime, not at night. For this reason, I will keep this camera as a take along snapshot camera in my purse, however, I am looking at a digital SLR for quality pics of my children’s sports.
Kodak EasyShare Z710 Reviews: I bought this camera just before leaving on a volunteer vacation to work in Asian orphanages, and didn’t have time to test it. A serious amateur with a darkroom and large collection cameras, I swore I would NEVER go digital. On a trip like this I wanted to take my best film cameras, but got tired of agonizing over which ones I could lose and not necessarily die. And I didn’t look forward to dragging all that weight around. Thus the last-minute purchase of this inexpensive, easily replaceable digital, which is lighter than an SLR lens. For back-up I took a couple of 35mm point-and-shoots small enough to stick in a fanny pack, including a Kyocera T4 that’s a pretty darn good little camera with Zeiss lens. It was no contest: the digitals turned out consistently better. I’m impressed that a digital in this price range can handle such a wide range of indoor/outdoor lighting conditions, so hauling a tripod around isn’t necessary.
The EasyShare made me an instant convert to the digital side and cheerleader for Kodak. Constantly on the run, the language barrier, plus kids just being kids, I never could have captured all I did on film. I could not BELIEVE the crisp, colorful quality of both portraits and landscape, and was literally shocked at the high-res beauty of enlargements. The camera gave me nearly 100-percent keepers, many of them extreme close-ups. Because I’m accustomed to using heavy, through-the-lens cameras, I can’t hold it as steady, and still managed to get excellent results. It’s very forgiving. And it couldn’t be easier to use. Fortunately I discovered it could do video before I returned home: just because it’s intuitive does not mean you can skip the manual like I did.
Buy a memory card or two before you even take this camera home, because there’s not that much internally. A shoulder strap comes with it, also inadequate. The camera can slip right out.
I will always shoot film, but the EasyShare is the everyday camera I grab going out the door. I have no regrets buying it instead of sinking hundreds into a digital SLR that could too easily get lost, dropped, broken or stolen on a trip like that. It got the job done, and got it done well.
Kodak EasyShare Z710 Reviews: Bought this as an upgrade to the Z400. The LCD screen is a little granier than I would like but the pictures are great. Works just like its supposed to, not much more you can say about any product. It’s very easy to use right out of the box but also has tons of features for the discerning photographer. I’ve found myself wanting to learn more about photography just by using it. I can’t wait to learn all of the features on it.
Kodak EasyShare Z710 Reviews: Camera is okay, but the EasyShare software is terrible in my opinion. I’ve had nothing but problems downloading the supplied CD and the Web supplied whatever. My 12 yr old kids got the camera to transfer pictures to the computer, but as you know, they never tell the parents how to do it. The Kodak Website is worthless in this respect. I need this camera for my business, but so far its been worthless. I can’t get the photos to download on Adobe, Picasa, or even the Kodak EasyShare itself. There’s probably a good reason that the futuristic George Eastman committed suicide! This company is in the toilet.
Kodak EasyShare Z710 Reviews: The Z710 has so far proved to be a great camera for digital picture taking. People familiar with Kodak digitals should find no problem working with the menu settings. If you are interested in action photos however it is a little harder to find a good an appropriate setting in the menu as the “sports” setting is only just so effective. And be warned, the image in the view finder is the same as the one from the LCD screen and you can’t use both at the same time. There is a button that allows you to switch back and forth. But the picture results are excellent.
Kodak EasyShare Z710 Reviews: The Z710 is clunkier than my first Kodak digital camera purchased in 2003 smaller, lighter and picture for picture as good as or better than his unit. We’ve had problems with it turning itself off immediately after we turn it on. It did not include a memory card of any capacity, and did not include a rechargable battery. Stripped down to the camera and a strap. You have to be very deliberate about aiming and focusing or the quality goes to heck. I would recommend you look elsewhere and consider another camera.
Price: $223.00