Kodak z740, any good?

lee101 · 02-09-2006, 05:23 PM

ok, i've been saving up for a while to get a new digital camera and have found this one:
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=87208
does anyone know if it is any good, it will be a serious improvement on what i have at the moment, a medion 2 mp with digital zoom, the specs on it look pretty good - 10x optical zoom and 5 megapixel, just wondering if anyone knows what they're like, for image quality etc.

Thanks, Lee

**The_Other_One** · 02-09-2006, 05:38 PM

I looked into those cameras once, or a similar one. They are the lowest quality of the mega zoom cameras. As you probably know, even though a camera says it's 5MP or whatever, it's not always the same as another with the same resolution. Lens quality, CCD quality, etc...

Another problem all Kodaks seem to have is they are EXTREAMLY slow. I don't know if that's the one I read about, but one similar to that one actually took 30 seconds to write 3 pictures to the memory card after burst mode. I had a cannon that could take about 3 pics a second until the card was full!

To answer your question, it's probably a decent camera... But if you want a REALLY good one within that price range, look at the Panasonic FZ20. It's usally goes for $300 USD and it's probably the best 5.0MP camera... Better zoom too.

lee101 · 02-09-2006, 07:47 PM

yehy, i was a bit wary of the slow price and relatively huge zoom, and now it's out of stock so not an option, and i can't find the panasonic one you siggested anywhere in the uk, but my dad had a panasonic for work once, was about £120 and was amazing, maybe i'll just get teh 5 mp version of what he has

edit:

just looked up the panasonic FZ220 on froogle and the cheapest i can find it is £400, maybe iut'll be cheaper for me to get a plane ticket to the us,m buy one then come back

lee101 · 02-09-2006, 08:06 PM

right, i think i'm going to get his now:
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=63515
the deal seems too good to be true

**The_Other_One** · 02-09-2006, 08:46 PM

That camera looks like what I have, just in a new case(placement of everything's about the same and it's 5MP) Mine's ok, I got it off ebay for $50...

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/panasonicfz20/

There's the panasonic. You do have to look around, but you can usally find it for $300 USD which should be around 200 GBP or less. They just recently came out with an 8MP version that's going for 500-600, so the price should drop soon enough.

lee101 · 02-10-2006, 09:57 PM

I've just ordered the kodak, should be getting it on tuesday, i hope its a decent camera! that panasonic is too far out of my price range, but it looks dam good!

02-09-2006, 05:23 PM	#1 (permalink)
lee101 VIP Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK Age: 17 Posts: 1,150	Kodak z740, any good? ok, i've been saving up for a while to get a new digital camera and have found this one: http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=87208 does anyone know if it is any good, it will be a serious improvement on what i have at the moment, a medion 2 mp with digital zoom, the specs on it look pretty good - 10x optical zoom and 5 megapixel, just wondering if anyone knows what they're like, for image quality etc. Thanks, Lee __________________ My PC: Core2Duo E6300 @ 1.86 Ghz, Asus P5v-VM DH , 200 GB Maxtor SATA ,2GB (21GB Kingston DDRII), Radeon x1650 Graphics (256 mb), 2 Acer 17 inch TFT's, Windows Vista Home Premium Server: AMD Athlon XP 2800+ 256 Mb Ram, 8Gb IDE for o/s, 2 * 250GB SATAII for storage, Ubuntu Server 7.10

02-09-2006, 07:47 PM	#3 (permalink)
lee101 VIP Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK Age: 17 Posts: 1,150	yehy, i was a bit wary of the slow price and relatively huge zoom, and now it's out of stock so not an option, and i can't find the panasonic one you siggested anywhere in the uk, but my dad had a panasonic for work once, was about £120 and was amazing, maybe i'll just get teh 5 mp version of what he has edit: just looked up the panasonic FZ220 on froogle and the cheapest i can find it is £400, maybe iut'll be cheaper for me to get a plane ticket to the us,m buy one then come back __________________ My PC: Core2Duo E6300 @ 1.86 Ghz, Asus P5v-VM DH , 200 GB Maxtor SATA ,2GB (21GB Kingston DDRII), Radeon x1650 Graphics (256 mb), 2 Acer 17 inch TFT's, Windows Vista Home Premium Server: AMD Athlon XP 2800+ 256 Mb Ram, 8Gb IDE for o/s, 2 * 250GB SATAII for storage, Ubuntu Server 7.10 Last edited by lee101; 02-09-2006 at 07:49 PM.

02-09-2006, 08:06 PM	#4 (permalink)
lee101 VIP Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK Age: 17 Posts: 1,150	right, i think i'm going to get his now: http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=63515 the deal seems too good to be true __________________ My PC: Core2Duo E6300 @ 1.86 Ghz, Asus P5v-VM DH , 200 GB Maxtor SATA ,2GB (21GB Kingston DDRII), Radeon x1650 Graphics (256 mb), 2 Acer 17 inch TFT's, Windows Vista Home Premium Server: AMD Athlon XP 2800+ 256 Mb Ram, 8Gb IDE for o/s, 2 * 250GB SATAII for storage, Ubuntu Server 7.10

02-10-2006, 09:57 PM	#6 (permalink)
lee101 VIP Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK Age: 17 Posts: 1,150	I've just ordered the kodak, should be getting it on tuesday, i hope its a decent camera! that panasonic is too far out of my price range, but it looks dam good! __________________ My PC: Core2Duo E6300 @ 1.86 Ghz, Asus P5v-VM DH , 200 GB Maxtor SATA ,2GB (21GB Kingston DDRII), Radeon x1650 Graphics (256 mb), 2 Acer 17 inch TFT's, Windows Vista Home Premium Server: AMD Athlon XP 2800+ 256 Mb Ram, 8Gb IDE for o/s, 2 * 250GB SATAII for storage, Ubuntu Server 7.10

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02-09-2006, 05:38 PM	#2 (permalink)
The_Other_One Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lexington, NC Age: 23 Posts: 12,368	I looked into those cameras once, or a similar one. They are the lowest quality of the mega zoom cameras. As you probably know, even though a camera says it's 5MP or whatever, it's not always the same as another with the same resolution. Lens quality, CCD quality, etc... Another problem all Kodaks seem to have is they are EXTREAMLY slow. I don't know if that's the one I read about, but one similar to that one actually took 30 seconds to write 3 pictures to the memory card after burst mode. I had a cannon that could take about 3 pics a second until the card was full! To answer your question, it's probably a decent camera... But if you want a REALLY good one within that price range, look at the Panasonic FZ20. It's usally goes for $300 USD and it's probably the best 5.0MP camera... Better zoom too.

02-09-2006, 08:46 PM	#5 (permalink)
The_Other_One Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lexington, NC Age: 23 Posts: 12,368	That camera looks like what I have, just in a new case(placement of everything's about the same and it's 5MP) Mine's ok, I got it off ebay for $50... http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/panasonicfz20/ There's the panasonic. You do have to look around, but you can usally find it for $300 USD which should be around 200 GBP or less. They just recently came out with an 8MP version that's going for 500-600, so the price should drop soon enough.