Kodak DC290 Zoom Digital Camera

Pros: Excellent color/print quality; choice of manual controls; easy buttons and menus w/out petroglyphs
Cons: Takes too long to take another picture; blurry pictures in low-light w/out flash

I've had this camera for a few years. I bought it when the newer Kodak models had already come out because I liked the bigger design that is easy to hold and the manual controls which some of the newer point and shoot cameras didn't offer for a ...

Pros: Worked, for about one year
Cons: Worked for only a year with battery power

I purchased a Kodak DC290 in early 2000 for personal use as an upgrade from a digital camera with fewer features and megapixels. I was pleased with the camera's operation until about 3 weeks after the warranty ran out. This was when the camera failed to ...

Pros: Incredible photo quality. The ability to take uncompressed photos (TIFF).
Cons: Slight shutter lag time.

This camera is amazing. You can load custom scripts and have the camera boot to a customized operat ...

Pros: Excellent picture quality, impressive features.
Cons: Horrible battery life, delays and below average shutter lag.

If you are taking pictures of objects that don't move, this is a great camera. I was literally overwhelmed with the quality of the pictures. I also really liked the red-eye flash. However, there are several drawbacks to this camera. To be honest,...

Pros: Good price; semi-pro camera; 3MP range W/Digita Scripting and GPS interface capability
Cons: Needs bigger card, eats batteries

SHORT AND SWEET
I highly recommend the Kodak DC-290. It is an entry level semi-professional (sub $1000) digital camera in the low mega-pixel (3.3) range with both Digita scripting and GPS interface capability. You may need additional (or larger)...

Pros: Beautiful HI RES pictures achieved! Fair pricing!
Cons: Eats batteries like a HUMMER! Needs a neck strap! Fragile toggle back button

This is the camera i've been waiting for! MSRP was over $1000 upon it's debut but bought ours online years later new for $450! Our biggest complaint was the BATTERY life! Again this camera eats batteries by the yard! We added a 256MB Compact Flash so we...

Pros: sharp images, great color reproduction, neat features, intuitive interface
Cons: battery gauge needs re-written.

Overview
The DC290 is a 2.1 Megapixel camera (meaning it can take optical pictures at a high enough resolution to store 2.1 million pixels) which was top of the line for Kodak's personal digital cameras when we bought it. I feel that it is...

Pros: excellent pictures, sound recording, sturdy build, low light capabilities, USB connectivity
Cons: shutter lag, drains alkaline batteries quickly, no neck strap included

I was a little leery of buying this camera due to some of the reviews I have read, but something kept telling me that I wanted this camera. I went to try out some other digitals, Fuji 4700, Olympus 3000, ect. I finally went with my gut feeling and bought...

Pros: Fantastic Picture Quality; Durable well built camera.
Cons: Irritating Lens Design that zooms out every time you power up the camera.

I have had this camera for two years and am very happy with it. Outdoor pictures are fantastic. Indoor/low light pictures are amazingly clear if you use the right exposure. Menu is very intuitive. If you use the LCD reasonably, you will have absolutely...

Pros: Great image quality, easy use with Windows
Cons: Battery life

The DC290 is a fine digital camera, especially for the price. Image quality is very, very good and it is simple to attach to a Windows PC using USB cables. It works with Windows 98, ME, XP and 2000 (have tried all four.)

The menus are very...

Pros: Great feautures.
Cons: Hard to take pic without touching glass.

The DC290 was purchased for $100.00 from my dad's co-worker.

The lens quality is optical. You turn it on with a button located at the top. The zoom is 3x optical zoom and a two times digital zoom. The width is 4.6 inches long. It is 4.2...

Pros: Good picture quality, CompactFlash compatible, decent zoom, many advanced features.
Cons: Slow "boot-up", too much time between pressing shutter button and picture being taken.

My wife and I had a Kodak DC215 and decided to find a better camera to capture our 10-month-old daughter's younger years.

We looked at many vendors including but not limited to HP, Olympus, Sony, and Kodak, but found for the price the Kodak...

Pros: Extremely sharp photos. Easy to use after you become familiar with it.
Cons: A little slow on the auto focus.

For anybody looking into a hi-res digital camera this one has to be on your short list. It takes incredible pictures and is easy to use w/ just a little practice. I'm sorry but you will have to read the manual but it's worth the time. It stores...

Pros: High resolution pics great for printing.
Cons: Shutter release delay can be frustrating.

I picked up the Kodak DC290 about a year ago for a whopping $1400 Canadian ($900 US). Last week, I saw it advertised on www.futureshop.ca for $499 (an on-line special). I'm sure you lucky Americans have had deals like this for months already. If...

Pros: Great picture quality, configurable, hackable, customizeable scripts
Cons: Slow writes, slow reads, slow boot-up, slow shut-down...JUST PLAIN SLOW

Overview
I have had this camera for almost 1 year, and it keeps me amazed! I don't have the exact specs off the top of my head, but it is typical for a 2.1 MegaPixel camera (about 1200x1000). With a general-purpose CPU and a customized...