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- Reviewed on: 11/24/2004
- Released on: 05/15/2004
You won't get an optical zoom with the CX7300's fixed-focus, 37mm (35mm-camera equivalent), glass-and-plastic lens; there's no burst mode for rapid-fire shooting; and the camera offers just one scene mode, for night photography. The video clips it captures are of the herky-jerky, Charlie Chaplin silent variety. Nor is the CX7300 furnished with a memory card; its 16MB of internal storage can be augmented by an optional SD/MMC card.
Yet the CX7300 produces acceptable pictures for the 3.2-megapixel class; docks easily with Kodak's EasyShare 6000 printer dock for fast downloading and printing; and includes a Share button that simplifies tagging favorites, assembling photos into albums stored in the camera, and sending pictures by e-mail. There are plenty of features for the new digital photographer to explore.
Point-and-shoot is the only way to go with this compact 4.1-by-2.6-by-1.6-inch, 7.5-ounce camera. Spin the top-mounted mode dial from Off to Auto, bring the camera to either eye, press the shutter-release button, and the CX7300 snaps off a picture. As with other recent Kodak cameras, it doesn't matter if you happen to be viewing a menu or reviewing previous shots when a picture opportunity arises: the camera is good to go in any mode. Its silver-toned plastic body is unencumbered by confusing controls. Aside from the shutter release and the mode dial, the only buttons to worry about are the Menu and Review keys to the right of the 1.6-inch LCD, the Delete and Share buttons to the LCD's immediate left, and a four-way cursor pad with a central OK button. There's also a Flash button for cycling through Flash Off, Red Eye, and Fill Flash. White balance and light sensitivity--which the camera sets between ISO 100 and ISO 200--are not user selectable. You'll need to be a little careful about how you handle the camera since there's no lens cap, and it's easy to smudge the glass lens cover with a thumbprint.
Your main shooting choices are likely to be switching to Night mode to reduce the shutter speed and provide extra background detail, and adjusting exposure compensation by plus or minus 2EV in 0.5EV steps--which unfortunately requires a trip to an LCD menu. Among the menus' few options are a self-timer; quality settings that include three levels of JPEG compression at 3.2 megapixels and a 1,024x768-pixel option; color, black-and-white, and sepia modes; and the ability to turn review on or off.
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