Kodak P880 Digital Camera [8MP, 5x optical] this camera more useful and more enjoyable. Today, the company’s work increasingly involves digital technology, combining the power and convenience of electronics with the quality of traditional photography to produce systems that bring levels of utility and fun to the taking, “making” and utilization of images.
Click professional looking pictures with the EasyShare P880 Zoom Digital Camera from Kodak. Equipped with an 8.0 MP CCD, it lets you create high resolution prints up to 30 in x 40 in. Its SCHNEIDER-KREUZNACH VARIOGON optical zoom lens offers up to 5.8X magnification so you can get amazingly close to your subjects. Additionally, 2X advanced digital zoom lets you go the extra distance when you need it. The camera features a 2.5in indoor/outdoor display that lets you view brilliant and sharp images even in direct sunlight. The incorporated Kodak color science image processing captures stunning, accurate color.
Helpful consumer’s review
Firstly, I agree with all the positives mentioned in other reviews – it takes an excellent photo, user interface is easy to use, with a nice selection of task specific buttons, good selection of modes etc. I am very pleased with it, especially considering that it seems to be about half the price of other, similar spec camera.
Now the niggles. It is annoying that the maximum exposure time is only 16 seconds – my previous Kodak camera, a 7630, went up to 64 seconds, and was great for shots of starry skies.
Then there is the amount of storage required for video – I can just about get 10 minutes on a 512Mb card. Cameras using formats other than QuickTime manage greatly more than this, and it would be nice to have the option, as we now do, to a certain extent, with photos.
Finally, a word of warning about the patch. Yes it improves certain operations – auto-focus speed, for example – but there is a bug in the patch with causes certain modes – auto for example – to forget the picture quality setting – Fine, Standard, or Basic – and return to the default of Standard. I have configured the ‘Prog’ button on mine to take me to the picture quality menu, so that I can switch back easily. Kodak are aware of this problem, and claim it will be fixed in the next patch – whenever that is – but it is worth bearing in mind if you apply the patch.
However, aside from the aforementioned niggles, still a nice camera.
