Viewfinder (7.5)
The viewfinder on the Kodak EasyShare DX7590 is electronic with 311,000 pixels. The 0.26-inch viewfinder has a dioptric adjustment, allowing the user to orient the viewfinder’s focus to their personal eyesight. With an electronic viewfinder, what you see is what you get — a good feature for a digital camera. (Some other cameras have optical viewfinders that are located above the lens, so when pictures are framed in the viewfinder, often the lens barrel will appear in the frame.) The button to the left of the viewfinder allows the user to choose between the viewfinder display and the LCD; because they are both electronic, they cannot be viewed simultaneously.

LCD Screen (8.0)
Once again, the LCD screen cannot be viewed if the viewfinder is engaged. The Kodak EasyShare DX7590 has a high-resolution 2.2-inch color LCD display with 153,000 pixels. An Info button to the right of the screen allows the user to display the ISO, flash setting, white balance mode, aperture, color setting mode, and other information on the image. This is a large, clear LCD monitor that is not typically included on cameras with “functional” viewfinders. Thus, the visibility provided on this camera is one of its strongest attributes.

Flash (7.0)
The flash on the Kodak EasyShare DX7590 must be engaged manually. A button to the right of the flash pops it open, which then allows the flash menu to be engaged. By pressing the flash button on top of the camera, the user can cycle through the available settings and select Auto flash, On/Off, or Red-Eye reduction.

Zoom Lens (8.0)
The Kodak EasyShare DX7590 has a Schneider-Kreuznach 10x optical zoom lens with an aperture of f/2.8-f/8.0. In 35mm format, this is equivalent to a 38-380mm lens. The lens focuses automatically, but quite slowly. At the standard wide angle focal length, the user can focus from 2 feet to infinity. At a standard telephoto angle of view, the user can focus from 6.6 feet to infinity. In the Close Up mode, users can focus from 4.7-27.6 inches in the wide mode and 3.9-6.9 feet in the telephoto mode. The lens also offers a 3x digital zoom, but as with all digital zooms, the image quality will be compromised. The lens has an accessory lens thread inside the lens ring. The Kodak DX7590 has a lens cap attached to the camera with a string. Some users like that feature because they won’t lose the cap; others don’t appreciate the lens cap swinging around while shooting. One potential downside to the excellent zoom capabilities is the lack of image stabilization on the camera. This is only evident when zoomed in full telephoto where minute movements are easily apparent as well as in movie mode. This problem can be easily remedied with a tripod.