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{subhead}Kodak DC215 Digital Camera On The Amiga- Part 2{def}{p}
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{bold}My Overall Impressions:{nobold}
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The camera for its price range I thought was very impressive, it is
my first digital camera and only took a very short time to learn how
to use all the functions, its basically point and shoot with some
other options to inhance the performance etc.
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As I have never used another digital camera I can't say how it
compares. My main reasons for liking this camera is that fact that
the picture quality is quite good, it isn't perfect but for a camera
of this price I think the quality of the pictures is excellent.
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My only gripe with the camera is the poor battery life which defeats
the object of having the updating LCD screen but i'm sure it can be
used occationally without needing too many batteries.
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The camera has red-eye reduction, you can turn the flash on and
off, it has automatic detection of the light so if the camera decides
the surroundings are light enough it won't use the flash but if it
is in dark conditions it will. You can of course change this to always
use the flash, never use the flash or as I say use it when the camera
decides it is worth using which overall it seems to use it at the
appropriate times.
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A feature I really liked was the fact that it has a built in timer,
you press one button and then press the button to take a picture and
the camera will do the rest.
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I'm not sure the saving on film processing is a major factor in getting
a digital camera as the camera itself cost me Ł249.99. A camera of the
same quality which isn't digital and doesn't have all the digital features
would be a fraction of the cost. I do personally think it is worth
buying a digital camera instead of a regular one but the saving is not
going to be that great if you think you will save on getting films
processed.
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A great feature to it being digital is you can pre-view the picture
on the LCD screen and if you don't like it you can delete and retake
it. If you are on that once in a lifetime holiday and take a picture
of an item you are likely to never see again and at first you take the
picture while someone walks passed then you can easily delete that
photo and retake it with the click of a few buttons.
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{nobold}How Many Photos Can I Take?:{nobold}
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Based on 4mb included memory card,
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JPEG Format,
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Best Quality, Standard Resolution : 28 pictures{p}
Better Quality, Standard Resolution : 38 pictures{p}
Good Quality, Standard Resolution : 59 pictures
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Best Quality, High Resolution : 13 pictures{p}
Better Quality, High Resolution : 19 pictures{p}
Good Quality, High Resolution : 31 pictures
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FlashPix Format,
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Best Quality, Standard Resolution : 24 pictures{p}
Better Quality, Standard Resolution : 31 pictures{p}
Good Quality, Standard Resolution : 44 pictures
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Best Quality, High Resolution : 12 pictures{p}
Better Quality, High Resolution : 17 pictures{p}
Good Quality, High Resolution : 26 pictures
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Some sample pics...
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(Editor's Note: The 2 sample pictures are in the "gfx" subdirectory but
not shown here because our viewer doesn't support enough colors to do it
justice.  Please look at the files "grab1.iff" and "grab2.iff" to get an
idea of the picture quality (as converted from Jpeg))
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{bold}Amiga Software (DC210 wizard v1.2):{nobold}
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The camera doesn't come with any Amiga software, only PC and
Mac, this as you would expect is pretty standard as the Amiga is
seen as a minor computer which is rarely thought or cared about
by big companies. This means that if you want to use the camera
with your Amiga you will need the pin adaptor to change from the
PC serial 9 pin port to the Amigas 25 pin serial port and also
some Amiga software.
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Luckily a very brillaint Amiga user named Matthias Bock
(starfox@cow.mayn.de) has writen software for alot of the major
Kodak cameras and maybe even some other but i'm not totally sure
about that.
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The software is for the Kodak DC210 but also works with the
DC215 which I have been reviewing.
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The software in itself really deserves a high mark because it
does the job and without it then there would be no way to transfer
the pictures from the camera to your Amiga directly.
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Compared the the supplied PC software the package is quite basic.
You can mark the pictures stored in your camera, unmark them if you
wish and then copy them from your camera to your computer. There
is also a stop button if you feel the need to stop half way through.
The speed in transfer seems quite similar to the PC and if there
is any difference it isn't noticeable.
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There PC software does have some other features to directly delete
pictures of the camera and take pictures by clicking on the GUI
which the Amiga software does not currently support but these are
only extras that aren't really needed. I am just glad there is some
Amiga software available and for that I recommend this program.
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I'm sure in future versions the author may beable to add in the
fancy bells and whistles the PC version has but until then i'm
content with the software as it does the job.
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{bold}Software Available from{nobold}: aminet:comm/misc/dc210wizard12.lha({link ftp://uk.aminet.net/pub/aminet/comm/misc/dc210wizard12.lha}Download This{end}){p}
Overall : 91% (AIO Gold)
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Kodak DC215 Available from : Most electronic retailers worldwide{p}
Bought from : Currys, United Kingdom.{p}
Price : Ł249.99{p}
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Overall : 94% (AIO Gold)
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