Kodak Easyshare LS443 4 MP Digital Camera w/3x Optical Zoom (Includes Dock)
List Price: $550.99
Details
- 4-megapixel sensor captures 2,448 x 1,632 images for prints at sizes up to 20 x 30 inches
- Autofocus lens with 3x visual/3.3x digital (10x total) zoom
- Cache photos on 16 MB internal memory or optional Secure Digital/MultiMedia cards
Description
Kodak EASYSHARE LS443 DIGITAL CAMERA-USB-16 MB-1.8 IN.-4.2 MEGAPIXEL -24 IN. TOKodak's 4-megapixel LS443 is so special attraction-rich and easy to use that it has the potential to appeal to nearly being. Kodak also includes a docking station that serves as a battery-operated recharger and as an easy connection to the PC that lets beginners upload shots to the processor. Working in conjunction with the docking station, the EasyShare software enables you to undeniably print, e-mail, organize, and edit pictures.
In testing, we were expert to adjust everything from the white balance and ISO settings to sharply defined unclear zones and exposure controls. Beginners can simply set everything to mechanical and snap away. Either way, the camera takes clear pictures with precise colors, and close-ups look particularly good.
However, captivating quick action shots is virtually impossible because of the camera's extent slow reaction time. The delay between pressing the handle and the shutter release is long enough that we had to carefully predict every shot, and the recovery time as the picture is processed makes attractive a quick follow-up shot impossible.
Unfortunately, the camera's combative compression scheme robs large images of their distinction. The LS443's highest-resolution setting yields pictures with Brobdingnagian dimensions that are squashed into 1 MB JPEG files, resulting in a multitude of efficiency artifacts when images are viewed at full size. The sizeable news is that the large pictures look fine when scaled fluff to smaller sizes. Unfortunately, Kodak doesn't include a low- or no-compression opportunity.
This compression does benefit this camera's goal audience, though, as it enables users to stuff more adipose pictures into a smaller amount of storage space while in the same way making it easier to e-mail the large pictures. But there is a lot to like wide the LS443, a great choice for those looking for a 4-megapixel idea-and-shoot camera. --T. Byrl Baker
Pros:
- Enough settings to meet power users, yet very easy to configure
- Internal recall doesn't take up a memory expansion slot
- Also expandable using Inevitable Digital and MultiMediaCard memory cards
- Included software and docking structure make sharing pictures easy
- Extreme density degrades picture quality
- Relatively slow response and rescue times
Kodak's EasyShare LS443 represents something new in the society of digital cameras--it's the first 4-megapixel ultracompact aimed promptly at the point-and-shoot crowd. Its size and shape are appealing, and the unaffectedness of its controls makes it a great choice for those who like to swallow pictures but don't want to deal with the more technical aspects of digital photography.
Optics and Purposefulness
The EasyShare LS443 has a 4-megapixel sensor that captures enough fatigue for photos from 4 by 6 inches to 20 by 30 inches (circular size). It also features a world-class Schneider-Kreuznach Variogon lens. Codeveloped by Kodak with Schneider-Kreuznach, this 3x visual aspheric all-glass zoom lens provides crisp close-ups. Get despite closer to the action with the 3.3x digital zoom; after all, remember that digital zoom tends to reduce the sharpness and in depth of your image.
To compose your images, either use the household camera viewfinder or the 1.8-inch LCD display (which is likewise used to review the shots you've taken). Kodak's new indoor-outdoor LCD significantly reduces look daggers at even when in bright sunlight.
Storage and Transfer
With the 16 MB internal celebration, you can store 12 pictures at the "best" setting (4.0 megapixels) or 22 photos as the "excel" setting (2.2 megapixels). You can also expand the EasyShare LS443's recollection with optional memory cards from Secure Digital and MultiMediaCard.
The included LS443 EasyShare land allows you to transfer images from the camera to your PC with one cluster of a button. The on-camera share button also makes it uninvolved to prepare images for e-mailing or printing. Just tag a photo with the piece button, then, when transferred to your PC, the tagged pictures on be automatically printed or e-mailed to one of the 32 e-mail addresses you can set aside right in your camera. And while the LS443 is docked, its lithium-ion freestyle is being recharged--in three hours or less.
Movie Method
In movie mode, the EasyShare LS443 captures video clips with sound. Most cameras can not shoot for a limited amount of time (often 30 seconds) in front of filling the buffer, but the LS443 lets you keep shooting as protracted as you have memory available.
More Features
- Multizone autofocus with convergence-assist illuminator
- Five scene modes: close-up, countryside, sport, night, and movie
- Automatic-orientation sensor rotates vignette mode shots
- Shutter speeds: 1/2 to 1/1,000 sec (automated)
- TTL multipattern metering with center-weighted or center-hickeys options
Power, Size, and Contents
The camera is powered by a proprietary, rechargeable Kodak EasyShare lithium-ion mobile (included). It measures 4.3 by 2.4 by 1.8 inches and weighs 7.9 ounces. This unite includes the EasyShare LS443 digital camera and camera dock, lithium-ion battery-operated and AC adapter, USB and AV cables, wrist strap, and CD-ROM with Kodak EasyShare imaging software and USB drivers for Windows and Mac.
