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kodak digital camera – Editing Your Digital Photographs

Gone are the days when cropping a pic or touching one up could only be done only by experts at special labs. You can now do such editing work can in the comfort of your home on your computer. \n

[tag]Digital cameras[/tag] also have some basic editing functions that allow you to do some easy editing tasks right on the camera. Many photographers have cropped pics like this, eliminated red eye or rotated an image from landscape to portrait. Know what functions your camera offers before you purchase it. \n

If the features your camera offers arent what you need, Adobe Photoshop Elements and Corel Paint Shop Pro 9 offer easy-to-use, powerful tools. Both are available for about $100. Most editing tasks can be done with the help of these programs as they offer plenty of advanced features such as ability to monitor contrast, brightness and color saturation, sharpness. \n

Besides being an interesting process, pic editing also provides many creative opportunities to the photographer using digital photography equipment. It depends on the photographer to choose the program that he wants depending what are his editing needs for digital photography. \n

Gone are the days when cropping a pic or touching one up could only be done only by experts at special labs. You can now do such editing work can in the comfort of your home on your personal. \n

Digital cameras also have some basic editing functions that allow you to do some easy editing tasks right on the camera. Many photographers have cropped photos like this, eliminated red eye or rotated an image from landscape to portrait. Know what functions your camera offers before you purchase it. \n

If the features your camera offers arent what you need, Adobe Photoshop Elements and Corel Paint Shop Pro 9 offer easy-to-use, powerful tools. Both are available for about $100. Most editing tasks can be done with the help of these programs as they offer plenty of advanced features such as ability to monitor contrast, brightness and color saturation, sharpness. \n

Besides being an interesting process, photo editing also provides many creative opportunities to the photographer using digital photography equipment. It depends on the photographer to select the program that he wants depending what are his editing needs for digital photography.
\n\nDominic Ferrara\n

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kodak digital camera – Kodak Easyshare CX7430 Digital Camera Review

The [tag]Kodak[/tag] EasyShare CX7430 is an excellent point-and-shoot digital camera that\’s currently selling very well. Just consider its features: 4 megapixel resolution, 3x optical zoom, 16MB of memory, as well as a motion picture mode. Given it’s low price (around $190), it’s an incredible deal. This camera is most suitable for beginners – it has all of the basic functions you need in a simple digital camera. Let’s have a look at its various features:

Design and Construction
Like all point-and-shoot digital cameras, the Kodak EasyShare CX7430 is designed to be compact enough to fit in your pocket. It’s silvery finish will certainly attract lots of attention too. Its dimensions are 4.0 inches by 2.6 inches by 1.25 inches (weight-height-depth), and it weighs only 6.3 ounces. There is a tiny 1.6 inch LCD screen behind the camera for viewing images. Initially, I found the LCD screen a tad on the small side, but I got used to it after snapping a couple of pics.

Optics and Resolution
The Kodak EasyShare CX7430 is equipped with a Kodak Retinar lens and offers with a 4 megapixel resolution. There’s also a 3x optical zoom for taking subjects faraway. What\’s interesting about this camera is its wide range of scene modes. Most point-and-shoot cameras have a handful (maybe 5) scene modes for photography under different conditions: macro, landscape, night photography, etc. The Kodak EasyShare CX7430 has 9 scene modes to choose from, which is much more than the competition.

I didn’t expect much in terms of manual control in the camera’s optics. If you’re looking to play around with shutter speed, aperture, white balance and other photography options, then this camera is not for you. Sure, there are some basic exposure controls but they are nowhere near the fine settings allowed in advanced digital SLR cameras.

That being stated, the quality of pics taken by the Kodak EasyShare CX7430 were nothing short of outstanding. The pics, when printed out, were of extremely high quality. So if you’re the type you just whips out a camera and takes quick shots, with a minimum of fuss, then this camera will be great for you.

User Controls
The user controls in the Kodak CX7430 are located on both sides of the LCD and also on mode dial at the top surface of the camera. Those more accustomed to Canon or Sony models will find that the controls take a tiny getting used to. However, I did not have any problems reaching commonly used functions like flash control or image viewing.

Movie Mode
If you like to shoot some spontaneous movies with your digital camera, then you’ll be glad to know that the CX7430 comes with a motion picture mode. You can capture video at 13 frames per second (fps) at VGA size 640 x 480. The movie mode is continuous, meaning that the camera allows you to record movies up to the memory limit of your memory card.

Storage and Transfer
In terms of storage, the Kodak CX7430 comes with internal memory of 16MB. You’ll certainly want to purchase a SD or MMC memory card to add on to the amount of memory available. In terms of image transfer, the camera supports USB 1.1 ports. This is enough for fast image transfers between the camera and your computer.

Battery Life
The Kodak CX7430 uses AA batteries. The ones that come in the box are alkaline batteries – I’d advocate that you get some NiMH rechargables. They\’ll pay for themselves very swiftly. The support for AA batteries is a great bonus because AA batteries are easily found in any convenience store, even when you’re overseas.

Shortcomings
The bad points about the Kodak EasyShare CX7430? Well, here’s a few shortcomings I’d point out – Kodak would sell many more units if they were corrected:

* Videos taken by the camera are at very low frame rate
* The door covering the memory card slot doesn’t latch strongly
* The bundled software isn’t very impressive

Conclusion
Despite its shortcomings, the Kodak EasyShare CX7430 is one heck of a good camera. If you’re just starting out in digital photography, this it the camera to buy. Take it with you anywhere you like, snap many pics and immerse yourself in the world of photography. You can always upgrade to a superior camera when you grow in your skills.\n\nGary Hendricks\nGary Hendricks runs a hobby site at www.basic-digital-photography.com. Read his tips on digital photography and learn to shoot better pics with your digicam.
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