The Kodak DC280 is a 2.0 Megapixel digital zoom camera. I purchased this camera on behalf of the company I work for and paid £350 for it about 3 years ago.
At the time I purchased this camera I thought that it was pretty good value for money considering the ease of use and features it had. ... Read review
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Advantages: Ease of use, reliability Disadvantages: Bulky, a bit outdated now
The Kodak DC280 is a 2.0 Megapixel digital zoom camera. I purchased this camera on behalf of the company I work for and paid £350 for it about 3 years ago.
At the time I purchased this camera I thought that it was pretty good value for money considering the ease of use and features it had. At that time 2.0 Megapixels was a pretty good picture quality, just shows how times move on with 8 Megapixel and better cameras now on the market! ...is double clicking on the Kodak icon in My Computer (on the Windows desktop), opening up a series of folders and then you should be shown a list of the pictures on the camera. These photos will be recognised as JPEG images on your computer, which means that they will open up with pretty much any photo editing package you happen to have installed.
Conclusion
Ease of use and reliability are the two good reasons for considering ... more
The Kodak DC280 is a 2.0 Megapixel digital zoom camera. I purchased this camera on behalf of the company I work for and paid £350 for it about 3 years ago.
At the time I purchased this camera I thought that it was pretty good value for money considering the ease of use and features it had. At that time 2.0 Megapixels was a pretty good picture quality, just shows how times move on with 8 Megapixel and better cameras now on the market!
This camera has seen a great deal of service in the hands of the many staff members who have used it over the past 3 years, and has stood up to the abuse thrown at it! The camera is still in daily use here although it is a bit battle scarred now. Some of the rubber grip on the front of the camera has fallen off and the rubber cover for the serial port has broken off through overuse. Aside from this it is still functioning well and won’t need replacing for a little while yet.
I thought doing this review now might prove useful to anyone who comes across this camera second hand somewhere, as I don’t think it will be still available as a current product in the shops.
Specifications This camera has a picture quality of 2.0 Megapixels, with 24-bit colour. It comes supplied with an 8mb Compactflash memory card, although as this will only hold about 20 decent quality pictures we purchased a 32mb card quite soon after purchasing the camera.
The camera has a 6X zoom function, with 2X optical zoom and 3X digital zoom available. I have found this sufficient for our uses but I expect newer cameras provide a greater zoom range than this.
The Lens on the camera is optical quality glass with maximum aperture ratings of Wide, F/3 and on Telephoto, F/3.8.
There is a standard viewfinder and also a 1.5” LCD screen on the back of the camera which (with a bit of eye straining) is sufficient for reviewing the pictures you have taken.
The camera runs off four AA size batteries and it is advisable to use rechargeable ones as the battery life is not that fantastic, especially if you use the LCD screen a lot.
This camera is a bit bulky compared to more recent digital cameras. The dimensions are 133mm x 52mm x 76mm and it weighs in at 12.1 oz without batteries.
In Use This camera is quite straightforward to use. This is proven by the fact that I have had to train the staff at my company in how to use the camera and no one seems to have had a great deal of problems with picking up its basic operations. The only thing that catches some people out is that you have to hold down the shutter button for longer than you would expect to on a non digital camera.
The top of the camera has five buttons, the shutter and the zoom switch are the most prominent and then there are three smaller buttons that allow you to change flash settings, turn on the timer and set the focus level.
The back of the camera is also quite uncluttered. There is a large toggle switch to change camera modes, and 6 small buttons surrounding the LCD screen which allow you to navigate through its on-screen menus.
The main functions of the camera are set by using the toggle switch. This switch has four settings, the first is Capture which is used for taking photos. The second setting is Review, which turns on the LCD screen so that you can view the pictures you have taken. The third setting is Connect, which allows you to plug the camera into a computer for saving and printing photos. The final setting of the four is Camera Setup, this allows you to alter the settings on the camera, add borders and effects to pictures, and change the date and time.
The on-screen menus viewed through the LCD screen are quite easy to follow, although they may seem a little complex at first until you start exploring them properly. After a short while though you should be able to quickly review and delete pictures and change general camera settings.
The photo quality produced is of a good quality and for producing quick photos the digital format is very convenient. The camera tends to be set on Medium quality at work, which is sufficient for our needs. You can set this camera to either, Low, Medium or High quality, with High being the 2.0 Megapixel setting. It should be remembered that the higher the quality the less photos you can store on the flash card.
The battery life isn’t bad generally but using the LCD screen does tend to cause a greater drain on battery reserves.
Connecting to a computer The DC280 comes bundled with software to allow you to connect it to a PC or Macintosh. I can’t comment on use with a Mac as I have only used this with a PC running Windows 2000.
Connecting the camera is quite easy. Two leads are supplied with the camera, one serial and one USB. Connect one end to the serial or USB on the computer and plug the other into the serial socket on the camera, set the toggle button on the back of the camera to “Connect” and that’s it connected!
The software itself is also quite easy to use, as all it involves is double clicking on the Kodak icon in My Computer (on the Windows desktop), opening up a series of folders and then you should be shown a list of the pictures on the camera. These photos will be recognised as JPEG images on your computer, which means that they will open up with pretty much any photo editing package you happen to have installed.
Conclusion Ease of use and reliability are the two good reasons for considering this camera. On top of this it has also proved to be good value for money for it has continued to take decent quality photos after 3 years of daily use and abuse in a busy office environment.
For somebody who wants a good basic digital camera (that can probably be picked up second hand very cheaply) this Kodak DC280 would probably be just the job!
Advantages: Value for money; high resolution and picture quality; good range of functions Disadvantages: None
...the specific review of the Kodak DC280. So, if you don’t need the advice but just want to read about this particular camera, scroll down until you see “PART 2”….
PART 1
If you are looking for a new camera it is worth asking yourself a few questions first to be sure that the camera you buy meets your needs.
·What are you looking to accomplish? ·Do you want to print your photographs or simply view them on your PC monitor or publish them on the Web? ... ...So, what about the Kodak DC280?
I bought my DC280 in January 2001 – it was bundled with a Lexmark P11 colour printer, total cost £360. For that price I got:
- Lexmark Pll colour printer
- DC280 digital zoom camera
- AC Adapter
- Battery Charger
- 4 * AA rechargeable batteries
- battery charger
- 4 * standard batteries (a nice touch as you are able to use the camera immediately while waiting for the rechargeable batteries to charge up)
- ...
heneghan 24.03.2001 (16.12.2002)
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Advantages: Easy to use, superb quality pictures Disadvantages: spare set of charged batteries need to be carried.
I purchased a Kodak DC 280 camera in June and have found it to be easy to use and capable of producing excellent pictures. Anyone would be able to use it very quickly.
The only criticisms have been stated as 'heavy on batteries' and 'heavy to hold' whilst this is true, the latter is, I think, an advantage; it is much easier to hold the camera still which is essential when taking indoor pictures without flash. It also seems more substantial and well ... ...if you use the viewing window and forget to turn it off. But I feel the batteries do last a fair time. They charge quite quickly but it would be an advantage to carry a spare set.
My camera came with 8 MB card (which only holds 12 pictures at best quality) but it is possible to purchase cards at double this capacity. The price of £380 was excellent. I could not find another camera at 2 mega pixel and with a zoom and digital zoom for this price.
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pianotuner 05.11.2000
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Advantages: good price, good feature Disadvantages: none
...do in this fast-developing marketplace, Kodak has kept pace and the company's latest camera utilises what the box refers to as '2.0 Megapixel' CCD technology. This effectively means that you can take pictures at up to a huge 1760 x 1168 resolution. Although the resulting downloaded images are many megabytes in size, it does mean that they approach the image quality of scanned photographic prints, particularly when outputting on high quality inkjet ... ...To supposedly make it easier, Kodak use icons for the camera functions but neglect to provide a text description. However, these icons are often difficult to figure out and take some getting used to. The manual suffers from the same approach - it's so eager to take you through picture taking step by step that finding out specific details quickly, such as how to set the camera for very best image quality, can be difficult. USB as well as serial port ...
JamieMckeen 23.01.2001
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Advantages: Easy to use, Fun, easy to Disadvantages: A bit chunky
...2 Megapixel pictures and the Kodak DC280 seems the ideal candidate.
One Megapixel cameras are fine for small reprints or web pictures but the extra quality of a 2 Mpixel machine can produce reasonable prints upto 10" x 8".
This camera is extremely easy and friendly to use. USB connection is very handy, serial connection is a very slow. Since a use my pictures on a laptop, I use a PC card reader is access the pictures directly from the compactflash ... ...portraits. Models like the Kodak DC240 only go down to 38mm, but this just doesn't seem to me to be wide enough.
There are lots of clever little features on the camera, like the facility for putting frames around your pictures, but I prefer to do this sort of thing later on a PC.
Flash pictures aren't brilliant, but then most small cameras struggle. The flash causes shadows, and is only good from a few feet away from the subject. All in all, I'm ...
Shonman 08.08.2000
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Advantages: Superb photo quality and very easy to use and setup Disadvantages: Advanced technology which naturally is fragile an for peace of mind you really need to take out an extended warranty
...in my comments about the Kodak 240, I upgraded to the 280 which has some extra features that the 240 does not have and is 2megapixel picture quality (1760x1168 pixels) captures all the detail you need for photo-realistic pictures with unbelievable detail, colour and shapness, produces 8x10 pictures, as opposed to the 240's 1.3megapixel which only produces a 5x7 picture.
The software supplied with the 280 is again superior to that of the 240 and ... ...on a normal camera.
Again the camera comes with a 8Mb Compactflash card and everything is supplied to get you up and running i.e. cables for downloading pictures to your printer or computer and rechargeable batteries and the battery charger and I almost forgot there is also a lead to allow you to plug the camera staight to your TV and view your pictures that way. A facility that the 240 also has.
Again due to the power drainage while downloading ...
himmelblau 28.03.2001 (29.03.2001)
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Advantages: Nice camera that takes fairly good pictures Disadvantages: As fragile as glass
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Advantages: Quality of photos, features, size, ease of use Disadvantages: So small you might lose it!
At work we?ve been using a KodakDC280 for about 3 years. This camera has put in a good service, but after so much use and knocks, it is starting to look a bit worse for wear.
Time then for a new digital camera!
After some research on various models, we decided to go for the Canon IXUS I camera as this seemed to offer very good features, combined with a reasonable price tag (around £250).
What?s in the box?
As well as the digital camera, you are also supplied with the following:
A comprehensive instruction manual
Guarantee and registration material
Software starter guide
USB lead
Audio/Video lead
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ArcSoft Camera Suite 1.2 software
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Advantages: Simple to use. Great pictures Disadvantages: Heavy battery use
Because I own the KodakDC240 this review has to be about that model but it is identical to the DC280 except for one feature. The DC280 has an ISO setting to enable the user to take pictures in relatively dark places without using flash whereas the DC240 does not. Being automatic cameras it is the shutter speed that varies depending on the light conditions of the subject to maintain the correct exposure. However at slower speeds any slight camera shake or subject movement will produce a blurred picture so the ISO setting enables the user to increase the speed whilst at the same time maintaining the correct exposure settings. Presumably the aperture size increases to compensate but the trade of is that the depth of field is reduced. The rest of this review applies to both models and in fact the manual is for both models.
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Manufacturer's product description
Kodak DC280 offers startling picture quality and brisk performance that can improve any business image. Fast, responsive and flexible, Kodak DC280 Zoom digital camera is the perfect business partner. The 30 mm to 60 mm lens, with 2x optical and 3x digital zoom, is ideal for all kinds of business uses. Superb picture quality and lightning-speed performance let you document and communicate faster, and more productively. DC280 Zoom processes data quickly so you won't be left waiting between shots. You'll be more productive and take advantage of more opportunities. Kodak DC280 Zoom delivers stunning two-megapixel (1760x1168) resolution. Make sales and marketing materials sparkle with detailed, brilliant pictures. Document your work quickly and efficiently. You'll have enough resolution to make sharp, vividly colorful prints. The camera features familiar, user-friendly design. It looks, feels and behaves much like a traditional camera. There's less of a learning curve, so you can put the DC280 to work immediately. Full USB support is provided for faster downloads. Less waiting and faster results, with USB that lets you download up to 10x faster than serial interfaces. Optional Picture Authentication Software ensures the integrity of your digital pictures by allowing you to create images that clearly show whether or not they have been altered.
compact, stylish, easy to use, many features, metal body, accessories, connectivity, 
