| Kodak EasyShare Z8612IS 8.1MP Digital Camera with 12x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom | 
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| List Price: $199.95
Buy New: $150.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (based on 9 reviews)
Sales Rank: 3720
Category: Photography
Publisher: Kodak
Studio: Kodak
Brand: Kodak
Label: Kodak
Language: English (Original Language)
Media: Electronics
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Floppy Disk Drive: None
Special Features: nv:Sensor^8.0 Megapixel|Size^1/2.5 CCD Sensor|Image Resolution^3264 2448|Movie Resolution^640 x 480|Memory Included^21MB Internal|Storage Media^SD/SDHC Memory Card|Compressed Format^JPEG/EXIF v 2.21|Movie File Format^QuickTime motion JPEG|Optical Zoom^12x|Digital Zoom^5x|Focal Length^f= 36432 mm|Focus Mode^Normal AF|Focus Mode^Macro AF|Focus Mode^Infinity AF|Focusing Range^auto tele: 3.9 ft (1.2 m)infinity|Focusing Range^auto wide: 4.7 in. (12 cm)infinity
Optical Zoom: 12
Display Size: 2.5
Maximum Focal Length: 432
Minimum Focal Length: 36
Maximum Resolution: 8
Has Red Eye Reduction: 1
Warranty: 1 year warranty
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.5
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 6.4 x 4.3
MPN: 1585462
Model: 1585462
UPC: 041771585464
EAN: 0041771585464
ASIN: B00127Y4A2
Release Date: April 14, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | 8.0-megapixel resolution for stunning prints up to 30 x 40 inches | | • | 12x Schneider-Kreuznach Variogon optical image-stabilized zoom lens; HD still capture and HD video | | • | 2.5-inch indoor/outdoor color LCD; advanced settings including program, aperture and shutter priority, as well as full manual mode (PASM) | | • | Optical image stabilization reduces blur; High ISO (up to 3200) captures the details in low-light conditions and fast-action situations | | • | Compatible with SD/SDHC memory cards (not included) |
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Product Description
Whether you're zooming in on fast action shots or taking a picture of your grand surroundings, the Z8612-IS camera can handle it. It's simple to use. Capture natural details, accurate flesh tones, and breathtaking color. A high speed digital processor chip, advanced algorithms, and hardware acceleration features let the Z8612-IS make simultaneous, split-second decisions to produce rich, vibrant, true-to-life colors in almost any lighting situation. Every time you click the shutter, the Kodak Color Science Chip performs an instantaneous and advanced analysis of collected scene data to identify and adjust multiple factors that influence picture quality. Scene light source is detected and adjustments are made to capture bright whites and true, vivid colors under difficult lighting conditions. Scene content is analyzed for luminance, focal distance, subject matter orientation, and color to determine the correct exposure and capture the natural details, accurate flesh tones, and rich colors you see in your composition. Still format - JPEG/EXIF v2.21 Auto focus Type - TTL imager AF system Modes - Normal AF, macro AF, and infinity AF Color modes - High color, natural color, low color, sepia, black and white White balance - Auto, daylight, tungsten, fluorescent, and open shade Flash Range - Wide 7.8 m, Tele 4.4 m [smart scene mode], wide 21 m, tele 12 m [ISO 3200] 5 color modes - High color, Low color, Natural color, Black and white, and Sepia ISO sensitivity - Auto, 64, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, and 3200 Shutter speed - 1/2-1/3200 seconds [smart scene mode-auto], 16-1/1000 seconds [S/M mode] Dimensions - Width 4.1 ? Height 2.6 ? Depth 2.8 (104?65.6?70.5mm) Weight - 10.2 ounces (290 grams)
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| Customer Reviews: Read 4 more reviews...
 Do not buy this camera! November 25, 2008
9 out of 12 found this review helpful
I made the mistake of buying this camera sight unseen and without reading the reviews.
First, the good: takes wonderful pictures. I had an olympus 3.2mp 10x optical zoom camera. this one beats it in all modes I've tried including the super macro setting for ultra close ups.
Having said that, the engineers who designed this screwed the pooch so badly they need to be shot, hung, drawn and quartered, and their heads put on a pike. Same goes for the marketing morons who specified this product.
It takes 2 AA batteries. It eats them. Nope, rechargeable Nimh won't work. Not even the high capacity ones; too much power draw. You MUST use the lithium ion ones. Yeah, the $2 each AA lithium battery. Stupid engineers.
The reason it eats them is the large LCD display on the back is the ONLY way to take a picture; there is no viewfinder. Stupid engineers. The LCD washes out easily.
Second, the delay time to store the picture is ridiculous. I've tried faster SD cards to no avail. If you want to take more than 3 pictures within 10 seconds (count to 10; it's a long time...), this is not your camera.
And the lens cap always comes off. WTF?? I've owned a number of cameras; expensive, cheap, and moderate, and never been so disgusted with their inability to execute on this simple thing. It's like they put their worst guys on this camera. Really, how hard is it to make a camera and lens cap that stays on? If Boeing designed things this poorly, planes would be falling out of the sky. The lens is one of the most important parts of the camera and it's at high risk of getting scratched with no lens cap.. Stupid engineers.
There are other issues with this camera, but those are the biggies.
Don't buy this camera. There are other cameras out there where you don't have to make the tradeoffs this one requires of you.
 Great Balance in a Digital Camera November 1, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I received this camera a couple of months ago, and I am so glad I purchased this model. First I love the size. The Z8612-IS has a large optical lens like a Digital SLR which produces the outstanding clarity I expect. Second, it is much lighter and easier to travel with than a digital SLR. You can still use threaded lens adapters and filters too.
The camera has a lot of capability but it is not so complicated as some of the digital SLRs. I like a cameria that has manual settings and priority modes - although I think most digital camers have these features.
Then there is the fact that it is am American company. Now I know it is made overseas - but at least it is an American company and that is better than buying a Japanese brand in terms of helping our economy.
The value for the price is really outstanding as well.. I paid $209 in August and now they are about $40 less. It is one of the best photography buys of my life. I just returned from a hike in the forests along the Hudson river and now have a hundred wonderful photos of the beautiful autmun trees. The photos ar exceptional crisp and sharp and I used the close up setting to take artist pics of numerous textures.
Good Job Kodak!!
Outstanding PIX and Value October 10, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
12X optical zoom with stabilization is outstanding
Easy to use
Full manual control or P/S simplicity
Color of pix are true and vibrant
No issues to this point
Well worth taking a look at.
If you want accurate facial tones and clear crisp images, than this camera should be on your short list.
 Cheap plastic September 30, 2008
3 out of 17 found this review helpful
This camera arrived and immediately I was concerned. It felt extremely lightweight and cheap, as if it would be easily damaged by normal handling. I purchased this camera for a trip to Alaska. Overall, it did take clear images and featured reasonable image stabilization, but I did not think it would hold up well for my vacation. I returned it for a Nikon Coolpix P80, which is solid in the hand and takes GREAT photos.
Easy share is the right name September 18, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This camera is truly simple to use. The photos that I have taken so far with it have been great! This was worth the money and I am really pleased that I made the choice to buy this.
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