Taking Sexy Pictures? Use The Kodak EasyShare DX7590 Digital Camera

For Christmas this year, my husband bought me a camera. He knew I wanted a camera that had a zooming lens where I could take close-ups or long range pictures of the birds and boats outside our house on the lake. I couldn’t have dreamed up the camera he came home with. He out did himself this year by buying the Kodak EasyShare DX7590 Digital Camera.

He took a class that they were holding at Best Buy to learn how to use the camera and all it could do. Let me tell you it does a lot.

Out of the Box

The camera of course.
Kodak Camera dock 6000
Soft ware
Li-ion rechargeable battery
Cables for USB also used for audio/video
Instruction book.
Neck strap
Lens cap that is hooked to camera
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Specifications for those that want to know: Straight from the Kodak site. I can hardly read the specs on my instruction book. I need new glasses.

Standard Features

CCD resolution
1/2.5 inch type{5.36 M total pixels}

image resolution

5.0 MP {2576x1932 pixels}

picture quality

5.0 MP – {2576x1932}
4.4 MP – {2576x1716}, 3:2
4.0 MP – {2304x1728}
3.1 MP – {2048x1536}
1.8 MP – {1552x1164}

compression
standard and fine

zoom
30X total zoom
10X optical zoom, 6.32-63.2 mm{35 mm equivalent: 38-380 mm}
3X advanced digital zoom

aperture

wide - f/2.8-8; tele - f/3.7-8

shutter speed

1/8-1/1700 seconds
manual - 16-1/1000 seconds

viewfinder

very high-resolution electronic viewfinder {311K pixels}
display

2.2" {5.6 cm} TFT high-resolution {153K pixels} indoor/outdoor color display

Creative Performance Features
scene modes

auto, program, aperture priority, shutter priority, manual, custom, sport, portrait, scene {14}, burst

color modes

color, black and white, sepia, sharpness

burst modes

First Burst Mode - up to 5 frames at 2 fps
Last Burst Mode - up to 30 frames at 2 fps, with last 4 frames saved

click to capture

Under 0.2 seconds {preview on}; 1.6 seconds shot-to-shot
shot to shot
Under 1.8 seconds {preview on}

movie mode

continuous MPEG-4 video with audio capture/playback in QuickTime format
movie image resolution
VGA {640x480 pixels} at 12 fps
QVGA {320x240 pixels} at 20 fps
movie length
limited by capacity of of external memory card; or 5, 15, 30 second clips

movie file format
Still - JPEG/EXIF v.2.21; Video - QuickTime MOV {MPEG-4 compression}

auto focus
TTL-AF; continuous AF, single AF, accessory AF; multi-zone, center-weighted, and selectable: left, center, right

focus distance

Normal wide - 0.6 m {2.0 ft.} to infinity
Normal tele - 2.0 m {6.6 ft.} to infinity
Close-up wide - 0.12-0.7 m {4.7-27.6 in.}
Close-up tele - 1.2-2.1 m {3.9-6.9 ft.}

ISO equivalent
80-160 {automatic} and 80, 100, 200, 400, 800 {selectable}

white balance
auto, daylight, tungsten, fluorescent, open shade

light metering method
auto - TTL-AE matrix metering; selectable - multi-pattern, center-weighted, center spot

exposure control
aperture priority AE - f/2.8-f/8 at wide, f/3.7-f/8 at tele; shutter priority AE - 16-1/1000 seconds at wide; manual mode exposure - f/2.8-f/8, 16-1/1000 seconds at wide; f/3.7-f/8, 16-1/1000 seconds at tele

long time exposure
0.7-16 seconds

exposure compensation
/- 2.0 EV in 0.3 EV step increments

exposure bracketing
auto - 3 images with user-selectable brackets /- 0.3, /- 0.7 or /- 1.0 EV

Effortless Operation

flash mode
auto, red-eye, fill, off

flash range
wide - 0.6-4.9 m {2-16.1 ft.} at ISO 140; tele - 2.0-3.7 m {6.6-12.1 ft.} at ISO 140

flash compensation
/- 1.0 EV in 1/2 EV steps

review mode
album, protect, image storage, slide show, copy, multi-up, Share button to print, e-mail

favorites mode
on-camera picture storage

auto-orientation
auto picture rotation; orientation sensor

storage
32 MB internal memory SD/MMC card expansion slot

self-timer
10 seconds

compatibility
Dock compatibility - works with KODAK EASYSHARE Docks*

Additional Features

interface
power input {5V DC}, A/V output {NTSC or PAL, user-selectable, exclusive KODAK Camera Dock/Printer Dock interface, USB compliant connector

power options
KODAK EASYSHARE Li-Ion {1700 mAh} Rechargeable Battery {supplied}, 5V DC adapter or optional KODAK EASYSHARE Docks

lens protection
lens cap

tripod mount
1/4 inch standard {metal}

weight
without battery and card - 350 g {12.3 oz.}

dimensions
WxHxD: 99.6x81.2x79.9 mm {3.9x3.2x3.2 in.}

warranty
1 year
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Features

The Kodak Color processing chip. What this does in essence is every time you snap the camera the chip makes instant decisions, that make your pictures come out clear and sharp.

The Lens are professional quality by SCHNEIDER-KREUZNACH VARIOGON I don’t know who this is but I am sure all the camera buffs know.

The camera lets you get clear pictures up to 20”by30” that’s a big picture. The pictures I print out are 4x6.

The different modes you can use are
Custom
Manual
Automatic

16 different scene modes
5 color modes
one movie mode

Sports, Scenery, Flowers, night, beach, fireworks, etc they thought of everything.
The colors can be set to; black and white, sepia, high color, low color and natural color.
The camera can make a video with sound to be played on your computer.

The camera is easy to set up, put the rechargeable battery into the camera but only after it has charged for three hours with a plug that fits your electrical outlets.

The camera is not quite as simple as click and shoot, but if you know where the shoot button is, that’s right it is the button on the top, you can probably do that. Next to the viewing area there is a little dial that has different symbols on it, I am learning what each of those mean now, I have three down pat. The little circle with the symbols is green when in use. There is a little button in the center that is like a joy stick it goes four ways and also by pushing it twice you can delete the pictures in the memory. The buttons under this are delete, menu and review. The on and off switch is a little tiny button that I use a pin to turn on and off. It is next to the button that controls the lens.

Pros

The pictures are sharp and clear.
Flash is built in but you can decide when to use it.
Rechargeable battery
By clicking the wide angle lens button you can make a picture you have all ready taken get closer up or farther away, Neat huh.
The Camera dock that comes with it is small enough to fit right into the camera case that we bought to hold both.
Accessories and memory cards are available at most stores that sell camera equipment.
I love the fact that it is rechargeable.

Cons

You have to read the directions to figure it out. It was not user intuitive to me.
The on and off button is too small and hard to find if you can’t see well.
I believe the owners manual could have been more detailed by putting up the meaning of the words that most people would not be familiar with unless they are photographers or camera buffs.

My Experience

When we first started using the camera at Christmas, I was amazed at the results. The five megapixel really makes a difference in the clarity of the pictures and also if ordering from a photo place they can be enlarged where as the pictures I was taking with my old digital camera can only be used for making wallet sizes, they are just not as clear as the photos the new camera takes.

Looking through the electronic view finder was hard for me simply because I need new glasses. My husband had no trouble making out the different marking and words that are shown. The LCD screen {I call the view finder} is easier for me to use. I can see the picture that is shown there and what it looks like before I snap the picture.

Putting the pictures on the computer is easy it is done just like the other digital I had. When you plug the USB cord into the camera and then into the USB connection on the computer, the Kodak transfer comes up automatically. The pictures can then be transferred where ever you want.

Before I got my Kodak Printing Dock plus up and running, I wanted some pictures of my daddy that were taken when he was a young man. Since my dad died my brother wanted some of the pictures that were stored on my computer. I went to Ofoto and they could only give me wallet sizes of dads pictures and some others that were taken with my old camera. However the pictures that had been taken with the Kodak DX 7590 were good enough to make 4x6 photos or better.

When the pictures came back I could not believe the difference in the photos. The pictures that were taken with the new camera were gorgeous bright clear color and vivid images. Needless to say we were thrilled.

I am learning more and more about the camera every day and every time I use it I find myself amazed at what it can do.

Thank you for reading my review.

Diane Sartain
© 2005