Kodak Easyshare CX7530 5MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom & Easyshare Printer Dock

Kodak Easyshare CX7530 5MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom & Easyshare Printer Dock
Manufacturer: Kodak
Product Type: Photography

Editorial Review:
Product Description
Memories are what matter - so capture and share them now. This digital system is ready to go, right out of the box! The CX7530 Zoom Digital Camera offers point-and-shoot simplicity for great shots that you can see and share on a bright, brilliant display. Then dock your camera to print real KODAK pictures in seconds, with just one touch.

Average customer rating:

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Good camera
Great Camera
It's hard to beat!
Works great for my purposes...field camera for indoor & out

Kodak Easyshare CX7530 5MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom & Easyshare Printer Dock

Manufacturer: Kodak
ProductGroup: Photography
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Accessories:

Kodak EasyShare Travel Kit with Case, 2AA NIMH Battery Pack NIMH & Charger
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Product Features:

5.0-megapixel sensor captures enough detail to create photo-quality 13 x 17-inch enlargements
Create real Kodak prints anywhere in minutes with bundled EasyShare Printer Dock
Camera features 3x optical zoom, 1.8-inch LCD display
Store images in camera's 32 MB internal memory; compatible with optional Secure Digital (SD) memory cards (not included)
Camera powered by 2 AA-size batteries (alkalines included, rechargeable NiMH recommended)

ASIN: B0008KL7FO

Product Description

Memories are what matter - so capture and share them now. This digital system is ready to go, right out of the box! The CX7530 Zoom Digital Camera offers point-and-shoot simplicity for great shots that you can see and share on a bright, brilliant display. Then dock your camera to print real KODAK pictures in seconds, with just one touch.

Customer Reviews:

Not Great.......2007-05-19

A few years ago this camera was great. Now it is horrible. As with many older digital cameras shots in direct sunlight cannot be taken without significant washout of colors. Hence, this isn't a good camera for your trip to disney land.
Secondly, I discovered that this camera cannot take shots in less than bright shade, unfortunately I discovered this on a trip to Europe. Basically, it is impossible to take pictures in the Louvre or any other great site because the light levels are too low. Kodak didn't even design the camera to have manual picture taking, hence the camera cannot be "forced" to take pictures.
Lastly, after about 3 years of limited use, the camera went kaputs. I haven't contacted kodak about it yet but since a new one is only worth $79 I'm betting it would be more worth my while to buy a new camera.

Good camera.......2007-05-08

After more than a couple of years of use and a few drops and dings this camera still works and produces good quality pictures.
I had to replace the rechargeable NiCad battery pack a few months ago. I was expecting a little more mileage out of the batteries since I am very good are keeping the camera in the dock for recharging.
Camera is easy to use and with enough memory you can capture several short video clips. That feature is also easy to figure out. I have 512 MB of memory which allowed me at last count to store nearly 400 pictures and 2 video clips about 30 seconds long.
I wish I could say my next camera would be another Kodak, were is not for the fact I had a very dissapointing experience with the Printer Dock hardware and software.
On the plus side, this camera is detected properly on SuSE Linux Desktop 10 and works well with F-Spot and digiKam when connected through USB port.
Overall it is a good buy and you will not be dissapointed.

Great Camera.......2007-04-02

I love this camera! It is so easy to use and easy to learn the features of it.

It's hard to beat!.......2007-02-04

I've had this camera for 2 years now. My wife dropped it and cracked the LCD, though it still works. But I thought maybe it might be time to buy a new camera so I started looking.

You know what? I can't find a new point & shoot camera that produces images that is convincingly better with such ease of use. Bummer! After 2 years, other than just an increase in MP, overall image quality has not gotten any better! We went to Japan and my wife bought a Ricoh R4 for nearly $450 and after comparing photos, my 7530 was still better.

After doing more research and comparing photos of the new Canons (SD600, 700, 800), Casios and other Kodaks, there aren't any new compact models that is convincing me. I don't want a Sony or Fuji due to their proprietary memory cards, and the Nikon compacts are not rated very well.

For now, I've decided to keep my 7530 with the cracked LCD and all because in the end, image quality beats all those bells and whistles.

Works great for my purposes...field camera for indoor & out.......2007-01-12

I ran down this item description because I wanted to compare this 7530 to the newer 7MP-10MP super-compacts out there for size. Noticed the ratings, and had to jump in for a few words.

I bought this about 1 1/2 yrs ago to take pics for work, both indoors and out. Used about 5-10 times / month, 20-200 pics per mo. The pics I've gotten with its "pipsqueak" 5MP have produced the best photos so far from among my co-workers cameras, some as high as 8MP (and they all agree, unanimously). Very bright pics outdoors, good indoors as long as you are within flash range (perhaps 10'-12' max where its real dark).

Granted it is moderately "bulky" compared to the newer super-compacts and is a bit of a squeeze fitted into your typical shirt pocket, but at the current price ($150 or so I see, as of 1/12/07) its a "fair" price and ideal for someone who wants a quality semi-bargain snap and shoot that is relatively easy to learn, even now. Just know that I've only used it for 4x6's (with an HP 375 battery-powered mini-printer in the field) and a few 8x10's.

It is a tad slow to power up, and getting the red "not ready" (mostly because of flash settings I've messed with) light to stop takes a moment of patience. This is all that is even slightly negative that I can say about it. The controls aren't cumbersome, the menus are good (not great, but good for what it does), the battery lasts a long time (and ,nicely, will take AA's in a pinch, its most endearing feature for me at work where I may not have a charger, although I may only get another 20-30 pics with flash from standard AA's), and since its pictbridge compatible I just plug it into the printer or computer and go, everytime.

It has done all I've asked of it, and have certainly got my money's worth (I recall I paid about $200-225 or so). If you aren't going to go and spend $225 & up within the next year for another camera (say a Canon SD600 or 630 or comparable, at that price range, both of which are smaller and take good pics), this is all you'll need.

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