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Kodak EasyShare Z980 Digital Camera

Over the weekend, I started playing with Kodak’s new EasyShare Z980 camera. Although I’m not entirely sold on it, I enjoyed my first test run with it. 

The Z980 is a high-end consumer camera. Kodak is positioning it between the light-weight point-and-shoot cameras and the heavier, but more versatile Digital SLRs with interchangeable lenses. 

The first thing I noticed — and liked about the Z980 — is its large (3-inch) LCD screen on its back. I’m used to using a point-and-shoot camera with a much smaller screen. With the larger images displayed on the Z980s, it was much easier to compose and review pictures. Read the rest of this entry »