Kodak DC215 1MP Digital Camera w/ 2x Optical Zoom, Silver

Kodak DC215 1MP Digital Camera w/ 2x Optical Zoom, Silver
Manufacturer: Kodak
Product Type: Photography

Editorial Review:
Product Description
From moments to memories... with style. Capture great moments digitally with the great-looking, easy-to-use Kodak DC215 Zoom digital camera. It's a snap to use, thanks to the award-winning interface and controls. And all this functionality is packed into a silver metal-skinned design, among the most compact on the market. For those desiring faster download speed and greater storage capacity, there's DC215 Zoom Millennium 2000 Edition. This gold-skinned camera offers all the same great features, plus an USB CompactFlash card reader. Handy features - like a 2X optical zoom lens to get closer to the action - and fast downloading help you do more with your pictures on your PC.This sleek and fashionable digital camera slips easily into a pocket for spur-of-the-moment convenience. If you want great pictures from an easy-to-use digital camera, you want the Kodak DC215 Zoom.
Amazon.com Product Description
Kodak's DC215 zoom digital camera captures great moments with easy-to-use controls. It is sleek and compact with a silver metallic design. For close-up shots, it offers 2x optical zoom capabilities. One million pixels provide the necessary detail to generate crisp, photo-realistic pictures up to 5 by 7 inches. The controls allow you to choose the image quality setting you prefer so you don't waste precious memory on bad shots.

For better control of your camera, Kodak provides either automatic or manual exposure modes. The flash has several programmable modes so you can take pictures in any lighting condition. A full range of editing software is included, as well as a serial cable for image transfer. It is compatible with either PC or Macintosh systems.

Kodak DC215 1MP Digital Camera w/ 2x Optical Zoom, Silver

Average customer rating:

Would never buy another Kodak
Kodak DC215
A Good Camera for the Beginners and Technology Illiterates
Decent if you like huge heavy clunky cameras
The battery life is horrible.

Kodak DC215 1MP Digital Camera w/ 2x Optical Zoom, Silver

Manufacturer: Kodak
ProductGroup: Photography
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Accessories:

SimpleTech STI-CF/256 256 MB CompactFlash Card
SimpleTech STI-CF/128 128MB CompactFlash Card
Viking 64 MB CompactFlash Card
Viking 128 MB CompactFlash Card (CF128M)
SanDisk 48 MB CompactFlash (SDCFB-48-455)

Product Features:

1 megapixel sensor captures enough detail for photo-quality 4 x 6 prints
2x optical zoom focus-free lens
Included 4MB CompactFlash card holds 32 images at default resolution
Connects to Macs and PCs via serial port
4 AA batteries included

ASIN: B00004TH2Y

Amazon.com Product Description

Kodak's DC215 zoom digital camera captures great moments with easy-to-use controls. It is sleek and compact with a silver metallic design. For close-up shots, it offers 2x optical zoom capabilities. One million pixels provide the necessary detail to generate crisp, photo-realistic pictures up to 5 by 7 inches. The controls allow you to choose the image quality setting you prefer so you don't waste precious memory on bad shots.

Product Description

From moments to memories... with style. Capture great moments digitally with the great-looking, easy-to-use Kodak DC215 Zoom digital camera. It's a snap to use, thanks to the award-winning interface and controls. And all this functionality is packed into a silver metal-skinned design, among the most compact on the market. For those desiring faster download speed and greater storage capacity, there's DC215 Zoom Millennium 2000 Edition. This gold-skinned camera offers all the same great features, plus an USB CompactFlash card reader. Handy features - like a 2X optical zoom lens to get closer to the action - and fast downloading help you do more with your pictures on your PC.This sleek and fashionable digital camera slips easily into a pocket for spur-of-the-moment convenience. If you want great pictures from an easy-to-use digital camera, you want the Kodak DC215 Zoom.

Customer Reviews:

Would never buy another Kodak.......2004-04-15

I have this camera. It has been fine. However, knowing what I know now I would never buy another Kodak camera. Ever. I dropped this camera, and a little plastic piece broke off which keeps the battery pack in the camera. Not a big deal. But NOONE repairs Kodak cameras. Instead you HAVE to send it into their corporate repair center and they instead sell you on trading it in for a refurbished camera. So, I can send this one in and for $250 get a new refurbished camera. But it only sells for $50 more on amazon.com - and thats a new, non-refurbished one! Its a total crock. Just be forwarned. I'd never buy a camera which I cant get repaired locally.

Kodak DC215.......2003-12-02

I got this camera second hand from my boyfriend after he bought a new one, and though I like the easy to use laid back atmosphere of it, I wouldn't recommend this camera. It's big, kind of heavy. Even though this camera HAD been taken care of, the battery holder was broken too, it has to be held on with duct tape. Carry spare batteries too, it really drains the juice out of them. I've gotten around sixty five to seventy pictures. Turning off the LCD screen helps.
On the other hand, if you just want to play around and take some pictures here and there on the weekends or whenever, this would be a good starter/hobby camera, it's tough and can take a beating (it's been dropped numerous times on concrete floors and the like since it's been mine).

A Good Camera for the Beginners and Technology Illiterates.......2003-11-30

I received my Kodak DC215 Zoom as a gift for my birthday a few years back. It was my first digital anything (I still proudly carried my analog cam corder, kept my contacts in a paper address book, etc.), so I was very excited (being the technology buff that I am). While boxy and a little on the heavy size, the camera really doesn't look bad at all. Its nicely built as its survived a few perilous falls, however one of the rubber flaps has fallen off over a few years of use.

The camera takes nice pictures for what you're paying for, however the zoom leaves much to be desired-expect to be huddled real close to your subject as you snap away.

Another downside to this camera is its use of the serial port to transfer pictures. This is extremely slow and takes a few minutes to even list the pictures on the camera (and if you've got more than 20 or so to transfer, go grab a cup of coffee). There's no other options for transferring, so you're stuck in that aspect. Don't buy this camera if you need to take a lot of pictures in a short amount of time... I'd say it takes at least fifteen seconds to store the picture after you snap it.

A nice feature of the camera is its ability to be hooked up directly to a TV or VCR. You can even have it run through the pictures as a slideshow. The review feature and preferences menu on the camera is very nicely layed out, and you can easily view and delete pictures as you please.

Overall this camera definetly gives you your money's worth.. however, if you're looking to take more than vacation and family pictures to stash away in your [on-line] album, I'd strongly suggest looking at other cameras. While its good for beginners and the casual user, the Kodac DC215 Zoom leaves much to be desired.

Decent if you like huge heavy clunky cameras.......2003-11-24

This body design is so outdated, it is not worth the price at all. It is huge and heavy. The performance isn't bad, but one problem I had (I owned 2 - not because I liked it so much but my company uses them) and I had the same problem on both of them - the battery compartment won't stay closed and you have to hold it closed with tape. Also, sometimes it will have a brain fart and the screen will go all snowy, and you will be snapping pictures but they aren't taking, even though it appears that they are. But when you go back to review them, they aren't there. I also had this problem on both cameras but it wasn't as common - it only happened about 3-4 times over a year period (and I use the camera almost daily). The battery life is pretty good - I can usually get 75 or so pics out of it before I have to recharge the batteries. But I would not really recommend it since there are definitely other models out there that are much better for this price.

The battery life is horrible........2003-10-29

The camera is decent for the price. What I really don't like is the battery juice just gets sucked out. I constantly have to recharge my batteries and it's really a pain. Plus, the battery holder broke. Now I have to hold it together with tape.

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