I have had several digital camera's but this is the best to date. its small not bulky but most of all it's easy to use, i use this daily as i have babies who are always doing some thing new.
The front of the camera has a shutter button which slides a little shutter over your lens to keep it clean, it has the flash unit, an on/off switch, the view finder lens, self timer light. At the side there is a usb point and the dc in connector.
The bottom of the camera has the camera dock connector, tripod mount socket, and the battery door.
When i first got my camera looking at the instructions wasnt as daunting as i thought it might be, it told every thing from installing the soft ware right through to troubleshooting.
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System requirements are of course your pc,
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windows 98,98se,me,2000,or xp.
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233mhz processer or greater,
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64 mega bytes of available ram,
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22 mb of hard disk,
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cd rom drive,
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usb port
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colour monitor with minimum resolution of 800x600 pixels.
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and internet access for on line printing and emailing.
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Once i had installed the software which was easy,
i had to vconnect the camera to the computer another easy task as all i needed to do was connect by using the usb lead and plugging in into both usb ports( one on the camera and the other on the pc.
Great i now ready to proceed taking the pics of the kids.
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The things you can do with this camera are pretty impressive,(no it doesnt wash the pots nor close the curtains)but you can transfer pics to your computer,
share, automatically print, order online prints and email your tagged pictures,
you can organize, find and retrieve pictures from your computer,
edit add special effects to your pictures, make a custom slide show,fix red eye,crop,rotate and much much more.
you can automatically print to any printer with an mmc/sd slot
make prints at any kodak picture maker.
take the camera's memory card to your local photo retailer for professional printing.
When you 1st get your camera you will find in the box
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The camera (no good if it isnt in there)
a wrist strap,
usb cable,
video cable (for viewing your pics on the tv)
custom camera insert,
kodak crv3 lithium battery,
user guide or cd,
software cd and quick start guide.
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The user guide is very easy to follow not like some guides where you need a degree to understand what everything means.
Before you start to take your pics you have to remember to put in the mmc/sd/card,
this is easy as you can only put the card in one way.
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There are 2 options for storing your photos there is an internal memory that stores upto 23 pictures at best quality,
or as i have already mentioned the memory card which stores as many photos as you like(depending on the size of the card)
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There is allsorts of ways you can take your photos not just the nomal way of pointing the camera and hey presto we have a photo,
You can share your photos on the internet,
You can tag your photos ready for emailing,
You can view picture information.
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If by any chance you get into difficulties there is telephone customer support for all over the world or you can go to a web site
http:/www.kodak.com/us/en/digital/contacts/dainternationalcontacts.shtml you can also get the upto date listings from there.
My opinion of this camera is that it is not expensive, its very easy to use, and the photos that have been taken are fantastic.