Kodak EasyShare P880 - UK Digital Camera Review

Kodak EasyShare P880 Review

The Kodak EasyShare P880 as well as being 8 megapixel CCD also has 5.8x Schneider-Kreuznach Variogon wide angle optical zoom lens giving manual zoom and focus rings all to offer more creative opportunities. The advanced digital zoom is at 2x.

The Kodak P880 offers maximum quality in clarity and precision and as it also features the KODAK colour science the results are excellent vivid coloured pictures.

Kodak EasyShare P880 Front
Kodak EasyShare P880 Back

There are many features with this camera which will satisfy both the professional and those who are gaining experience as it offers the choice of manual control. In program mode the camera will select shutter speed and aperture whereas in aperture priority mode you choose the aperture and the camera selects shutter speed or shutter priority mode where you choose shutter speed and the camera selects aperture or custom mode where you create your own choices. Other features include hot shoe flash connector and PC flash sync offering extra lighting control.

The EasyShare P880 offers various scene modes where selections are already preset to suit the particular scenario chosen and these include portrait and landscape, beach, super close-up, sunset, candlelight and text. Colour mode choices are high, low or natural colour, sepia and black and white.

ISO equivalents range from 50-200 in auto and 400 - 600 in manual with white balance of daylight, fluorescent, tungsten, open shade, cloudy, sunset, custom and auto. The built in flash includes off, slow sync fill, red-eye reduction and algorithm.

The Kodak EasyShare P880 is powered by high capacity Li-Ion rechargeable batteries with charger included within the package and a 5V AC adaptor is available as optional accessory.

QuickTime videos can be shot with audio at 640 x 480 / 320 x 240 pixels at 30fps with the length dependent upon memory capacity (the P880 has an internal memory of 32MB and takes SD/MMC cards). It is possible to operate zoom during shooting and to carry out on-camera video editing.

Video format is motion JPEG for video and PCM for audio with still format of JPEG/EXIF v 2.21, RAW, TIFF. Images can be viewed on the 2.5" LCD which covers both indoors and outdoors as it has adjustable brightness settings.

The Kodak EasyShare P880 is part of the KODAK EASYSHARE system and this allows you to tag pictures to print or e-mail, share your on-camera collection and allows you to work with EasyShare cameras and docks making transferring and sharing easy. The camera dock means that you can instantly upload your pictures to a computer and will charge the battery in just under 3.5 hours. The printer dock allows you to work with or without a computer.

The EasyShare P880 is Kodak EasyShare digital camera and PictBridge compatible and prints can be produced in 60 seconds.

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Kodak EasyShare P880 Specifications & Features

  • 8 Megapixels
  • 5.8 x Optical Zoom
  • 2 x Digital Zoom
  • 11.6 x Combined Zoom
  • 5cm Focusing Distance
  • Auto, Daylight, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Cloudy, Open Shade, Sunset, Custom 1–3 and Click White Balance Settings
  • 2.5" LCD Display
  • Auto, Slow Sync Fill Flash, Fill, Off, Red-eye Reduction With Flash and Algorithm Flash Modes
  • Maximum Image Size 3264 x 2448 Pixels
  • 640 x 480 30fps Movies
  • Secure Digital (SD) or MultiMedia (MMC) Card - 32MB Internal Memory
  • Li-ion Digital Camera Battery
  • Approximate Weight 500g Without Batteries

Kodak EasyShare P880 User Reviews

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Reviewer: Andrew R. Makowsky - UK
While this camera type isn't a Digital SLR due to its fixed lens, don't let this fool you into thinking it wont have some good features built within.

For starters the picture quality is astonishing & colours are mere perfect!
This camera has served me well and although I no longer use this camera it's perfect for beginners wanting to have the feel and functions as the big boys toys have.

The camera is very easy to use and has several modes and functions, very good macro mode which in my eyes couldn't be any better, optical zoom is fine but digital is a bit sluggish and I don't recommend using digital anyways!

I found this camera best suited for Macro and on-stand shots, Auto focus can be very stupid at times and sometimes had me thinking it was locked onto a close object where as it was miles of!

Trigger response is rubbish and I don't recommend taking this camera to take shots that require almost instant shots as the white balance seemed to try and get in the way and the camera was unaware if it was being pressed instantly rather than halfway, yes its about a 2sec delay but that's to much if a sudden amazing shot was needed!

Biggest let down to me was the cycle shots that could be taken in a string! Way to slow and to dark to make out any moving images!

Big bonus to this camera is that it has programmable buttons that even some Digital SLR's don’t have!

You may see many bad points here but overall it's a well-recommended camera for the beginner and I would buy it if I were in that situation again!

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Reviewer: Andy Matchett - UK
This is a camera with an excellent wide angle lens. It gives great photos - especially views, scenery and people. I've also used it at night on long exposure with great results.
It is excellent when you're "close-up" due to its wide field of view. This is what I bought it for and it does the job!

I got mine on offer in Currys - it was reduced as the display model and represented excellent value for money.
I am very satisfied with my purchase, but it does have limitations. It is slow to focus in low light. Some aspects of the build are cheap and plasticky - the cover for the USB port for example.

In spite of the shortcomings I am very satisfied with my purchase and cannot see a camera I would change it for.

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Reviewer: Bunty - UK
This camera is almost a DSLR and, once I was used to handling it, I have been able to print off some absolutely great photos.

There are lots of choices and it has given me the opportunity to work things out for myself and put my own creativity to the test. If I need to take a shot quickly then I will resort to using the excellent scene modes but most of the time I prefer to make my own choices and see what results I get - that way I will learn quicker.

I think I will be experimenting with this one for some time yet - a very good buy.

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