Kodak EasyShare Z712 IS Digital Camera Review

Kodak EasyShare Z712 IS

Digital Camera Review

Mar 28, 2007 - By Tom Warhol
At PMA 2007 in Las Vegas, Kodak unveiled their latest digital camera, the EasyShare Z712 IS, a lightweight, 7.1-megapixel, 12x optical zoom camera with Optical Image Stabilization and High ISO mode. Available in April 2007 and retailing at $299, this camera is cheaper than many in the high-zoom camera segment. It’s also competitive with some of the higher-end compact cameras. According to Kodak’s marketing materials, Kodak is responding to market trends that claim 70 percent of digital cameras last year were second-time buyers and 70 percent were also women. So will this lightweight digital camera appeal to more informed women camera buyers and translate into increased sales for Kodak? That remains to be seen, but in the meantime, we’ll take a sneak peak at the camera to see how it performs on the Convention Center floor.
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Picture Quality/Size Options
The EasyShare Z712 IS can produce images in various image sizes and aspect ratios, including 3072 x 2304, 3072 x 2048 (at 3:2 aspect ratio for 4” x 6” prints), 2592 x 1944, 2048 x 1536, 1800 x 1200 (at 3:2 aspect ratio), 1920 x 1080 (at 16:9 aspect ratio), and 1280 x 960 for e-mail and small prints.

Picture Effects Mode
The 712 has five color modes available to users, including High, Natural, Low, B/W, and Sepia, a menu similar to many cameras in this class on the market today.

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