Kodak EasyShare CX4230 2MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom

Kodak EasyShare CX4230 2MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom
Manufacturer: Kodak
Product Type: Photography

Editorial Review:
Product Description
The CX4230 was designed for people who love to share great-looking pictures simply. With superb color and exposure capabilities and a premium-quality lens, you'll always have crisp, sharp, colorful pictures. The on-camera Share button, and software with one-touch photo printing and organizing, means that prints and e-mails are only one step away. The CX4230 makes printing, sharing, and organizing a snap. The CX4230 is rich with features that deliver quality pictures you'll want to share. The Kodak Retinar all-glass lens with 6X zoom gives crisp, clean close-ups. Auto white balance and exposure with matrix metering means even poorly lit pictures look great. And Kodak color science provides impeccable color prints up to 8" x 10" time after time. The Share button lets you tag pictures right on the camera so when you dock your CX4230, they're automatically ready to print or e-mail. Select "print" on the camera and you're just one step from stunning photo prints. And for e-mailing your pictures, you can store up to 32 addresses in the camera. You'll never forget to share your pictures again. With the CX4230, you can snap pictures anytime, regardless of the camera setting. You can keep on snapping, too - just expand your CX4230's memory beyond its 16MB using the MMC/SD expansion slot. When it's time to transfer your pictures to your computer, do it with just one touch using the Kodak EasyShare camera dock. The dock also recharges your camera battery automatically - so you're always ready.
Amazon.com Product Description
The Kodak CX4230 EasyShare digital camera was designed for people who love to share great-looking pictures simply. With superb color and exposure capabilities and a premium-quality lens, you'll always have crisp, sharp, colorful pictures. The on-camera Share button, and software with one-touch photo printing and organizing, means that prints and e-mails are only one step away.

The 2-megapixel CX4230 is rich with features that deliver quality pictures you'll want to share. The Kodak Retinar all-glass lens with 6x zoom gives crisp, clean close-ups. Auto white balance and exposure with matrix metering means even poorly lit pictures look great. And Kodak color science provides impeccable color prints up to 8 by 10 inches.

The Share button enables you to tag pictures right on the camera so when you dock the CX4230, they're automatically ready to print or e-mail. Select the camera's Print button and you're just one step from easy photo prints. And for e-mailing your pictures, you can store up to 32 addresses in the camera.

When it's time to transfer your pictures to your computer, connect the included USB cable to your computer, or do it with just one touch using the optional Kodak EasyShare camera dock.

The CX4230 features an internal 16 MB memory, as well as a slot for optional MultiMedia (MMC) and Secure Digital (SD) cards. It's powered by a CR-V3 lithium battery (included) or optional NiMH rechargeable batteries that are charged by the optional EasyShare dock. It comes with EasyShare software for both Windows (98, 2000, Me, or XP) and Mac (OS 8.6 or higher), USB and video-out cables, and wrist strap.

Kodak EasyShare CX4230 2MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom

Average customer rating:

Still a great camera!
Camera was good until the lens cover broke
Horrible! That's Why I Got It Free With My Dell
Nice camera! -- 11 1/2 yr. old's review
Two Year Update

Kodak EasyShare CX4230 2MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom

Manufacturer: Kodak
ProductGroup: Photography
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Accessories:

Delkin Devices DD/RCR-V3 Li-Ion Replaces CR-V3 Digital Camera Battery
Kodak 3V AC Adapter for CX & DX Series Cameras
Delkin Devices DD/RCR-V3 Rechargeable CR-V3 Battery with Charger
Kodak 191-1981 Ultima Picture Paper for Inkjet Prints (4x6, 5 Sheet Trial Pack)
Kodak Ultima Picture Paper for Borderless Inkjet Prints (20 Sheets, 8999534)

Product Features:

2-megapixel sensor creates 1,600 x 1,200 images for sharp prints at sizes up to 8 x 10 inches
3x optical plus 2x digital (6x total) autofocus zoom lens
Internal 16 MB memory holds approximately 20 images at default settings; MMC/SD slot for additional capacity
Connects with Macs and PCs via USB port or optional dock
Uses 1 CR-V3 lithium battery, 2 AA batteries, or rechargeable battery pack (when used with optional dock)

ASIN: B000066TOT
Release Date: 2002-10-01

Amazon.com Product Description

The Kodak CX4230 EasyShare digital camera was designed for people who love to share great-looking pictures simply. With superb color and exposure capabilities and a premium-quality lens, you'll always have crisp, sharp, colorful pictures. The on-camera Share button, and software with one-touch photo printing and organizing, means that prints and e-mails are only one step away.

When it's time to transfer your pictures to your computer, connect the included USB cable to your computer, or do it with just one touch using the optional Kodak EasyShare camera dock.

Product Description

The CX4230 was designed for people who love to share great-looking pictures simply. With superb color and exposure capabilities and a premium-quality lens, you'll always have crisp, sharp, colorful pictures. The on-camera Share button, and software with one-touch photo printing and organizing, means that prints and e-mails are only one step away. The CX4230 makes printing, sharing, and organizing a snap. The CX4230 is rich with features that deliver quality pictures you'll want to share. The Kodak Retinar all-glass lens with 6X zoom gives crisp, clean close-ups. Auto white balance and exposure with matrix metering means even poorly lit pictures look great. And Kodak color science provides impeccable color prints up to 8" x 10" time after time. The Share button lets you tag pictures right on the camera so when you dock your CX4230, they're automatically ready to print or e-mail. Select "print" on the camera and you're just one step from stunning photo prints. And for e-mailing your pictures, you can store up to 32 addresses in the camera. You'll never forget to share your pictures again. With the CX4230, you can snap pictures anytime, regardless of the camera setting. You can keep on snapping, too - just expand your CX4230's memory beyond its 16MB using the MMC/SD expansion slot. When it's time to transfer your pictures to your computer, do it with just one touch using the Kodak EasyShare camera dock. The dock also recharges your camera battery automatically - so you're always ready.

Customer Reviews:

Still a great camera!.......2006-10-29

I have had this camera for over three years now and it is still working great.As far as batteries go, you need to use the reccomended CRV3 battery if you want the most life. The second choice would be rechargable batteries. The shutter speed takes time to get used to especially when you are trying to get a picture of your kids and they quit what they were doing so cute before it takes. The quality can not be beat for a 2mp camera. I currently have a 5mp Optimus camera also and even though the quality is higher, I prefer the Kodak for everyday pictures because it controls the lighting better with the white balance unlike most newer cameras with the automatic white balance that will not let you adjust it. Don't get me wrong I have had to work on it some but that is my fault because I let my children take pictures with it and has been dropped. I have replaced the battery cover. You can not get parts through Kodak but you can get parts for it on Ebay. The battery cover was remanufactured and was $10 on ebay. Also the lens cover will not close on its own, I have to lightly tap it but it does not interfere with the camera working. This is a great camera but I paid less than $100 for mine brand new, so search for better prices or for a higher MegaPixel camera for that price.

Camera was good until the lens cover broke.......2006-10-01

I bought this camera in April 2003 and have taken alot of good pictures with it. I used the viewer mostly so I didn't have trouble with batteries.
I would say it is a good camera but the switch that opens the lens cover stuck and we couldn't get it open. My husband took it apart and we find it has a delicate setup on the lens cover. PLASTIC!! The lens cover had broken inside.
Replacement parts are not longer available.
I think this camera should have lasted more than 3 years. I would have rated it a 5 star if it hadn't given me this problem.
My sister bought a Canon at the same time and she still has a good camera.
So I changed to Canon for my next camera which I just bought this month. Sept 2006.

Horrible! That's Why I Got It Free With My Dell.......2006-02-03

I agree with Lagenfeld's review "Not worth buying". It takes forever to take a picture after you press the shutter. Drains batteries in an instant. It doesn't even take good pictures for how much it drains the batteries. You'll be spending $20 for batteries everytime. Even if you get chargeable batteries, you'll be tired of charging them ever so constantly and if you go somewhere and don't have an outlet to plug the charget into, you'll be missing great shots. You have to keep reprogramming your settings on the camera, because it never saves your settings everytime you turn it off. THE COLOR IS ALWAYS WAY TOO BRIGHT OR WAY TOO DARK! You'll make everyone including yourself look hideous or like a ghost with this camera. The person never looks like themselves with this camera. IT'S A FRUSTRATING AND ABSOLUTELY HERENDOUS CAMERA NO MATTER HOW MUCH THE CAMERA COSTS. IT'S NOT WORTH A DIME!!! THAT'S WHY IT CAME FREE WHEN I BOUGHT MY FIRST COMPUTER.

Nice camera! -- 11 1/2 yr. old's review.......2005-12-05

This is a pretty nice camera! I recieved it yrs. ago, and it still works great. Here are some pros and cons:

Pros: Pretty nice 2.0 picture quality, easy transport from doc to computer, nice features, works pretty good, picture can be taken with the screen and an eye-through lens.
Cons: Battery life not that long, battery wears out in a couple years, sometimes when the battery dies and needs to be charged you have to set the date & time again.

Overall, this is a pretty nice camera, and if you're neady for one, and you find this one: GO FOR IT!!!

Two Year Update.......2005-07-20

It's been over two years since I bought this camera and it's still going strong. After reading some of the more recent reviews I just wanted to touch on some subjects:

Battery Life - Using 2300 mAh Ni-MH I can take over 70 top quality images, at least half with the flash on, on two batteries. During the hurricanes of 2004 that hit Florida I purchased a Lithium Ion battery cell for the camera and it's STILL in the camera and working perfectly!

Image Quality - I'm a digital artist and know image artifacting and the differences between poor quality images and images worth printing. I've printed over a dozen 8x10s over the last two years and they've all come out beautiful. 4x6 prints that are well exposed are indistinguishable from 35mm prints.

Imaging Speed - Yes, this, and every other point and shoot digital camera, has a slow recycle speed, some newer camera may be marginally faster but for something two years old this works as well if not better than any on the market at the time.

In conclusion: BUY this camera if you can find one. It takes great pictures, it does NOT eat batteries as others have claimed and you can get some very nice archival prints from it. For the money I spent two years ago I couldn't be happier.

Please see my review from two years ago further down the list for more information on the Kodak CX4230.

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