Digital Camera Review
Jan 08, 2006
- By Patrick Singleton
The Kodak EasyShare Z650 with a 10x Schneider-Kreuznach zoom, a 6 megapixel CCD sensor, and Kodak's trademark ease of use, follows up on last year's Z740. With a suggested retail price of $350, the EasyShare Z650 lacks image stabilization, a hot feature with long telephoto cameras. It does, however, offer a fairly fast lens and a full complement of manual controls to make up for it. Kodak's Z series cameras are a step up from their beginner C series and target a segment of users ready to experiment with a longer lens, but still requiring plenty of options for shooting automatically.
Picture Quality / Size Options
The EasyShare Z650 offers 5 image sizes. They are 6.0, 5.3 (which is at a 3:2 image ratio), 4.0, 3.1, and 1.7 megapixels. The smallest size is still a little big for email and web use. The EasyShare Z650 does not offer a choice of quality settings to vary the level of compression. It does not offer a RAW format, either. All images are saved as JPEGs.
Picture Effects Mode
The EasyShare Z650 offers a “Color Mode” setting, which combines a saturation control with other effects. The choices are: High color, Natural Color, Low color, Black & white, and Sepia. Kodak's manual for the EasyShare Z650 notes that the included software for PCs can convert color images to black and white or sepia, which may be a better option than shooting such effects in the camera.
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