Kodak EasyShare C300 3.2 MP Digital Camera

I borrowed this camera from someone because my good one got stolen, and I used this until I got a better digital camera. Here are the pros and cons

PROS
easy to use
good for a kid or someone new to cameras
pretty good picture quality, once printed/on computer

CONS
bulky and awkward
very small screen

This camera is great! I can take pics to post online for my online store. It was inexpensive and does exactly what I need it to do. So thanks!!

This thing is so outdated it's probably pointless to even do a review of it after all these years. But maybe someone will benefit from the review if they find themselves looking for a cheap, used camera. Simply put: KEEP LOOKING because this thing produces pictures that are horribly bad. I bought it for my daughter in '05 and even by the standards of those days the pictures that came from this cam were worthless. You can get something so very much better than this for pretty cheap nowadays so don't bother with this one. A used Canon point-and-shoot with at least 6MP can be had for next to nothing. Don't buy this Kodak except as a gag gift for someone IF you can get it for less than a dollar.

I knew what to expect from the Kodak Easy Share C300 3.2 Digital Camera, because my wife has one which we've shared for 2 years; so I knew it was time for a second camera. I'm very pleased with my PERSONAL C300. Also, the speed with which the camera was delivered. The seller is top-notch, and I appreciate the ability access the items I need via Amazon. My thanks to Amazon AND the seller.
Thomas P.Collins.

Good Grief! What do you expect out of a low-priced camera! No, this is not a professional
let's shoot the Playmate of the Month camera. You can get those for around a thousand or so USD.
This is a versatile-use-it-out of the box camera for people just getting into digital photograhy or for those who
who want a digital camera without selling the farm. I've shot with one for about two years under some demanding
conditions. It has never failed even after it was dropped and took two bounces on top of the highest mountain in Maine.
It has always performed better than I was led to believe it would. It is not cheaply made even though it is made of plastic--it's sturdy
--no hinges have snaaped off--the lense hasn't dropped off.
Look..the camera snobs are writing misleading reviews about this camera and others. Give the people looking for a camera a break. No!
This not a Nikon, Cannon, or a Leica. It is one hell of an inexpensive digital camera that makes picture taking fun.

I don't care if it had 100x zoom. That's not gonna matter if you cant tell what you were taking a picture of anyways. Its good for some family photos, but only if they're within 5 feet of you. The zoom function is pretty bad. Its a fun camera for a kid though. The price is just about right at about 100 dollars. It is simple to use and download off of. The zoom is just horrible though.

I just want to add to the already available reviews: I agree with most what has been said here. Picture quality is quite below average. The same scene, just seconds apart, and you might get a different coloring in the picture (e.g. picture one is a little reddish, picture two is a little bluish). This is not too bad, though, if you just want a "I-visited-the-Brandenburg-Gate-with-Grandma" picture. I do use a Canon Digital Rebel XT for pictures that I want to turn out nice, but most of the times, the Kodak isn't too bad. If it is a little bad, mostly in low light conditions.
However: This camera is superior in sturdiness. I have taken it everywhere. I take it skiing and I fall with it in my jacket pocket, I drop it - anything. So it will probably make it a nice camera for kids (if you can explain to them that they need to wait the 0.7 seconds until it makes the "click" sound). I wouldn't buy it here, though. Go to ebay, you can get one for $30 there.

A year later you can get better quality on your cell phone.

No wonder Kodak is in the toilet.

This camera is great but only for a short time...have already had it repaired once and now once again it has just died on us and repairs are more expensive than new ones....do not buy this camera if you want it to last.

I am very satisfied with my purchase of the Kodak EasyShare C300 3.2 MP Digital Camera.

I purchased the C300 about 19 months ago.

This camera is easy to use and takes EXECELLENT digital photos.

I expanded the Camera's memory by purchasing a "generic" 1GB SD Memory Card. The SD Card works great with the C300.

I am not impressed with the the C300's accompanying photo-editing software. The photo-editing features are very limited. However, this can be easily rectified by using another photo-editor, such as Picture 9.

Overall, the C300 is a Great Buy!

I wasn't going to post until I read the other reviews about the camera dying. My camera has also died, I think it lasted about a year. It doesn't seem like this is happening to everyone, but it happened to me. I paid $100 for this camera new and now it's worthless and out of warranty. It looks like you're taking a gamble getting this camera. Good luck, but I'd stay away if you want a good long term camera.

I got tired of buying the disposable camera's for my son, so we got him this one for around $50. We paid for it in a few months of buying and developing pictures - and he would rather see them on the computer. Even though he was only 7, we tought him how to take care of it and how it can easily break. After creating his own library in iPhoto on our mac, he has all his pictures isolated (not mixed up with mine!) and we all love it. We've had it for 5 months now and it's been great - just be sure to buy some rechargable bateries.

This camera can make nice 3x5 pictures, but anything bigger gets a little grainy.
The zoom is a joke, if you zoom too much you're in the "red zone" which means your picture will come out really crappy.
I've had this camera for about two years and one day, unexpectedly, the pictures I take come out all blurry! I haven't been able to fix it. The last time I took a decent picture I was on the Golden Gate Bridge and since then it hasn't been working! But I've noticed I can take really awesome up close pictures like a microscope, sort of. Well, time to buy a new camera I guess...

This is the first digital camera I ever purchased. It can take good pictures provided that there is enough outdoor light but almost 50% of my pictures were blurry in most indoor situations. This is even while making a great effort to hold my hands steady. Trying to get good photos in low light situations without a tripod was nearly impossible. The ISO settings on this baby do not seem to be sufficient for low light and there is no image stabilization to speak of.

Buying a camera with no optical zoom was my biggest mistake. The digital zoom does nothing but degrade your picture quality. Finally, there may be a quality issue with the battery compartment door hinges as mine will no longer close properly. I have to keep it shut with tape just for the batteries to make contact with the terminals.

I upgraded to a 6X Optical Zoom Panasonic Lumix and have been very satisfied. I gave the Kodak C300 to my 12 yr old daughter.


If you buy this camera:

1. Please take more than one shot of your subject because you will have to discard one of the pics.

2. It sucks down batteries. Use rechargeables.

3. Extremely simple to use. One of its advantages.

4. Don't even try to zoom in on a person/object. Poor picture quality is the result.

5. Taking pics in the nighttime or in a dimly lit room is frustrating.

6. Buy a case because there is no cover on the lens.

7. The included Kodak software is impressive (to me) for touching up photos.

It aggravates me to read some of these reviews. I have used this camera for almost 2 years with no problems and excellent results. If you are going after National Geographic worthy art prints, don't expect this camera to do it. If you want great movies, use a video camera. This camera will give you clear pictures up to 8 X 10 size. You won't be able to get those fast action shots, but this is a bargain camera. You know where your vacation and casual family photos go-on the internet or in the photo box. The few really priceless ones go in the scrapbook, and a lot of them are the school photos and Sears portraits, right? Plus, internet photos need only be about 72dpi resolution (that is low quality FYI), and this camera does at least 300 dpi. I remember going to Vegas in 1998 taking great photos with an old 110 camera. Don't let the whiners push you into spending more money than you need to. (BTW,Professional photos are touched up on the computer- dont expect perfection from a $300 camera, either)

For all of the previous reviewers who gave this camera 1 star, I can only guess they had far too high expectations or tried dropping it from the Eiffel Tower and then take a picture with it...this camera is incredibly durable, having survived many drops, and has good enough picture quality that my family members have brought it on several overseas trips and used its pictures in a PowerPoint.

Summary--
PROS:
- Good picture quality, not grainy
- Takes smooth video, although no sound
- Flash illuminates dark scenes well

CONS:
- If you take too many pictures in fast succession, it will take several seconds to "recover".
- Zoom rapidly degrades picture quality -- but that's to be expected with digital zoom.
- You have to install software and go through fancy picture transfer process, whereas most cameras simply show up as a Removable Disk in My Computer when you connect them.

PRO/CON:
- Mac-friendly/PC-unfriendly. Movie files are in QuickTime .MOV format rather than good old universal AVI.

I was really disappointed in this product. It worked great when I first got it. But before the first charge on the batteries wore out it stopped working. It was more expensive to return it or have it repaired than it was to buy a new camera. Like I said, disappointed.

It was alright at first. I was looking for a relatively cheap camera for occasional picture taking. Outside pictures are okay, but indoor pictures are horrid.

However, after a while, the battery life drains too fast. Honestly, invest in a better camera even if you want a cheap one. This one doesn't last more than a month.

DOWNSIDE:
1. I'll have to add my complaint to several others who had the same problem. The camera suddenly stopped working after nearly 18 months of having no problems. I switched batteries...let it set for some time without batteries or memory card in it...nothing is getting it to work. On top of that I now have a memory card with photos on it that I can't transfer to my computer without a working camera to do that.
2. Not good with indoors pictures ESPECIALLY if you try the "night" mode. If you use that mode, even with a tripod, keep your subjects to still-lifes, only...if you photograph people and they happen to move even the slightest, they will at best be blurry, at worst they will look like double exposures.
3. Indoors pictures set at normal mode, with or without flash, are no better and may even be worse than your standard cheap 35mm camera.

UPSIDE:
1. Through its USB cable, it booted right into Apple's iPhoto software making the organizing and editing of photos that I took a breeze.
2. Outdoors, with plenty of sunlight, gave me near-perfect pictures that got a lot of praise. Kodak did well with this aspect of the camera's ability, given the price.
3. We won this camera (free) so for me it's almost all upside...except now I have to shell out $$$ for a good camera (that will hopefully read my current memory card)

I would spend a little more money and buy a better quality camera. The picture quality was not good at all. I previously owned another Kodak camera with the same Megapixels and the picture quality on that camera was much better. Just after a year of using the Kodak C300 camera, it stopped working and I did not use it that much. I now own the Sony Cybershot DSC-W50 that takes great pictures, I haven't had any problems with it and I have been using it on an almost daily basis since May 2006.

Camera worked great for us for 6 months. Easy to use, decent pictures and good software. The battery life was fine for our use. It quit working at six months and would no longer focus and is now useless. For a six month disposable camera its a little expensive.

This is a complete waste of money. (1) It's clunky and hard to carry around. (2) Not really a good value for money based on the MP's it offers. I would recommend you spend the add'l $50 and get a nicer camera! This one is crap!

I gave it two stars because it was great... when it worked.
I got it sometime in January, and it lasted until about June.
I take good care of my things, so I know its not me.
It just suddenly *stopped* working.
I'm more than just a little miffed.
I've tried getting all different types of batteries-
I've tried letting it sit for a while.
I've taken it to my friend who works with cameras for a living and had him take it apart and clean it and all sorts of stuff.
Its dead. I just threw it away.

Horrible camera. Barely had it 2 months before it went on the fritz.Drained the batteries within a few pictures.So not worth more then the cost of a disposable!! Sorry Kodak...but I'll stick with the good ol' reliable Sony.

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I have had this camera for about a year and a half. I got so fed up with it that I just bought a new one. I admit, this camera takes decent pictures in good lighting when the zoom isn't used. However, this camera takes horrible pictures if the zoom is used. I would only recomomend this camera to someone who just wants to take pictures of of thier surroundings or to a younger person who is getting their first digital camera.

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This camera has been a dream. It takes absolutely gorgeous pictures, and that's coming from someone who has never owned a digital camera before. It is SO easy to use and lacks all the extra confusing bells and whistles that make technology-shy people not want to take a chance. If you're new to digital, or just want something simple, this is the camera for you. All the other reviews are correct, though, the batteries don't last long. I took 4 pictures of my daughter, then brought it to the zoo the following week and took 60 more pictures and the low battery indicator is now on. However, I basically had the camera on all day long and I don't think that's unreasonable. For the economical price of the camera, I can afford to buy a new set of them when I need them.

This camera is great for people who have began their intrest in photography. The camera has auto feature (the main picture taking feature) night picture taking feature, and video feature. The cameras pictures on "look back" do not look so great but once you print them they look great! This camera requires a SD memory card (the camera has has very little memory but you can not print those pictures) You can hook your camera to your computer to edit the pictures. This camera does not require a camera dock. This camera does not use recharegable batteries (AA batteries) This camera is great!!

If you are serious about taking pictures, this is not the camera for you. However, if you want to be able to take quick easy pictures, it is perfect. Picture quality is fair to good (especially if you experiment with lighting, distance, etc.). Very easy to use and simple to download to your computer. Battery life is not that great, but Kodak recommends not using the display to frame your shots, and that seems to help. I wish it had a lens cover, but Amazon has a nifty little leather case that works well. I haven't had too much trouble with the amount of pictures it holds, but if you intend to take a lot, I recommend a separate memory card. All in all, a great little camera.

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Oh so far I love it the only problem I have encountered with it is the zoom but I don't know if it is me or the camera or both but other than that I am quite impressed.

I chose this camera for my 6-year-old daughter who loooves photography and movie making.

The reasons:
1. It's not a expensive camera
2. Got great reviews
3. She could record video with it.

She got the camera for Christmas 2005 and was very excited. One of the first thing she did was record a small video of her baby brother, but when she tried to play it back in the camera you couldn't hear anything (she was very dissapointed). I figured, maybe when I download the video to the computer it will have audio... NOP!! No audio at all. So, in my opinion, why have the video option if it doesn't have audio.

She still uses the camera but not as much as I will like because of the video issue.

Overall, the camera has more downs than ups. Less than half the pictures are of good quality, most of them are blurry, moved, and out of focus. But the pictures that end up good are really good... but really, will you risk it?

And, if you're thinking that it's because the photographer is a 6-year-old kid, you're wrong. With my camera, she takes GREAT pictures and videos!

The Kodak EasyShare C300 is a good beginner's camera I suppose. I read the reviews and saw that this camera was described as being easy to use and with good image quality, so I bought it. I was disappointed when I received my order. Though it is easy to use, the picture quality is pretty rank; horrible even. The pictures it takes outside are barely acceptable, but indoors it's just terrible. If you're looking for a budget camera, I'd recommend you look elsewhere.

I bought this camera because I wanted to be able to take pictures and post them on a website without first having to take a (disposable) camera in for processing onto a cd. I certainly am no camera or photography expert and I had it figured out within a half hour. You really only have to point and shoot and the camera does the rest. My only complaint is that the internal memory only holds twenty pictures so I will have to purchase a SD card.

All in all, a great little camera for the price.

This is a very good camera for the money.It is simple to operate and takes good pictures. Very easy to set up and download pictures to computer,save them or email them or whatever you want.If I can do it anyone can,I'm not a computer genius! "GREAT"

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It's inexpensive, I'll give it that. You get what you pay for though. This might be a good camera for a kid but if you want a nicer camera go with a Casio or a Canon. The camera looks cheap and the quality isn't great.

I was looking for an inexpensive digital camera to mainly take pictures to add to my ebay listings. I came across this and bought it because the price was right.

The camera is easy to use. I didn't even need to read the manual to figure out the menu.

The zoom is lacking, as the picture gets blurry as you zoom in. Lucky for me, I don't really need to use the zoom.

This camera is so easy, even my [...] daughter uses it with ease. As such, it has been dropped many times and still works.

Tha battery compartment door did break a little. It still closes enough for the batteries to work but it does not close flush.

The software works just fine on my computer running XP, but it is not my preferred choice.

I do use the camera for ebay pictures as well as general picture taking. The pictures are crisp and clear and look good online and when I print them.

I bought rechargable batteries to avoid any battery issues.

I still have not bought a memory card and only use the internal memory which hold 20 pictures. It is so easy to transfer the pics to my computer that I just do that and then empty the internal memory and start again.

I suggest you buy a card if you want to use the camera to take a lot of picutres away from your home.

The camera does also record soundless video but that is not a feature I use or care about.

This is a great camera to start off with or give to the kids. It takes good pictures, is easy to use, easy to set up, easy to transfer from camera to computer, and overall a great deal for the price.

I bought 4 of these. One for each child in my house. Two of these cameras have overheated the batteries and had to be replaced. Kodak was very good about fixing the cameras but 50% had probelms.

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We bought this camera 18 months ago. It takes OK pictures and is easy to use, but the body is a thin plastic. The battery hatch door on the bottom is very vulnerable to breakage. Drop the camera once and you will easily crack the door. You might think with a big company like Kodak that it would be easy to call in and get a new hatch door mailed to you. The part is worth maybe 2 cents. I tried and was told no, you have to send it in for repair - for which there is a $50 flat fee!
Also - don't bother installing the Easy Share software on your PC. The Windows Picture It software is free and much simpler and faster.

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I have a different model Kodak camera, however they all use the same EasyShare software. Running Windows XP, I could not get the software to work properly. After several hours on the phone with Kodak tech support, they couldn't get it working either. They said they are aware of the problem on some computers running Windows XP. It is now several weeks later and they still don't have a fix. They don't really seem to care either.

It might not be a bad idea to consider other brands, instead of Kodak. Since, if the software won't work properly, then what good is the camera?

The camera itself is very rugged. Mine has been bounced, scratched (except for the lens protector which seems to resist scratching; awesome!), smashed, moistened, covered in dirt, and is still going strong after 2 years.
Super simple to use, despite what you may have read in another review. If you are using XP as your operating system, the camera is plug-and-play. Connect it to the computer throught the USB and then turn the camera on. Amazingly, a window pops up that allows you to choose "scanner and camera wizard" which guides you through getting the photos from your camera to a file folder on your computer of your choosing. The only reason you wouldn't be able to do this is if you've never used a computer before... ever.
There is no optical zoom, so if that is something you're looking for then don't choose this one, obviously (you will lose some resolution when zooming with just a digital zoom).
But, if you ARE looking for a camera that will take simple 35MM shots AND will live through basically anything you can put it through (please, no underwater photography), choose this one for an exceptionally low price on Amazon.com.