Kodak Easyshare C875

Here is a Kodak Easyshare C875 digital camera review from DPReview.com The C875 boasts an 8-megapixel CCD that captures enough detail for photo-quality 16 x 22-inch prints. A 5x optical zoom and a 2.5-inch LCD display are a bonus. Program, aperture- and shutter-priority, and manual modes for extra creativity making this more than a plain point’n’shoot camera yet the price (well under $200 if you shop around) is incredibly low for the features and specifications.

In Simon Joinson’s review he says-

“I have to say that when i first started this review I had fairly low expectations; not because I have any preconceptions about Kodak’s ability to make a decent camera (they’ve proved that they can many times), but because the C875 appears to offer too good a deal; 8MP, 5x zoom, full photographic control, all for well under $200 / £150. I’m pleased to report that the C875 counfounded those expectations fairly successfully, and that it shows just how far we’ve come when a camera this capable is available for so little.
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If you’re on a budget and looking for a camera that allows you to experiment with the more creative side of photography as you learn more about shutter speeds, apertures and so on, then the C875 is well worth considering. Like the best cameras in Canon’s A series it offers a wealth of controls, but - cruicially - it also offers very reliable ’point and shoot’ operation, rarely failing to get a shot even in fairly challenging conditions. That famous Kodak color - if it’s to your taste - produces great looking prints ’straight out of the camera’, and unless you’re looking very closely at the output on-screen and stick to lower ISO settings where possible, the output is surprisingly good.

The C875 may not be very glamorous, but Kodak could teach some manufacturers of much more expensive cameras a trick or two about user interface design. It’s all very well stuffing budget cameras with photographic control, but if you bury it all away in menus you might as well not bother. Kodak’s system, once you’ve mastered it, of putting pretty much all the controls on-screen (using the joystick to change everything) is a much rarer thing; a compact camera control system that not only makes experimenting with settings easy; it positively encourages it.”

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