i need someone to put stats and reviews into context for me

as for i see this camera for 140 dollars (final sale only)

its 12mp and cheap as hell

does mp matter?

and ppl had minor complaints on some reviews

if someone could explain to me

thanks


http://www.ephotozine.com/article/Kodak-Easyshare-Z1285



Kodak EasyShare Z1285: Verdict
Thankfully, Kodak have got rid of that horrible ISO8000 setting that plagued the Z885 and have kept with a more modest ISO1600 maximum, although the performance of that is bad enough.

I'm surprised that the camera comes with features such as manual mode and manual focus. The camera seems to be aimed at those who take photography relatively seriously, yet the camera can't get very close to focus and the continuous shooting performance was dire.

The price will attract the sort of consumer that Kodak seem to be aiming their cameras at. Those who are big with online communities, enjoy sharing and wouldn't be out of place in a Gap advert.

Kodak Z1285 Kodak EasyShare Z1285: Plus points
Good price
Good colour rendition
Excellent features

Kodak EasyShare Z1285: Minus points
Bad noise results
Poor drive mode performance


http://www.retrevo.com/s/Kodak-Z1285-Digital-Cameras-review-manual/id/6835dj297/t/1-2/

well it is a nice camera at a very low price. but I am very skeptical about the high ISO performance of those point and shoot cameras and I am sure even at iso 1600 the noise level would be still extremely high. I believe it has to do with the much much smaller CMOS/CCD sensors those point and shoot have and coupled with high amount of pixels the noise would be very noticeable even at low ISO, probably around 400-600. My old point and shoot camera had very noticeable noise already at ISO 400 and it only got 5.3 Mpixel. just imagine the noise level on this camera with 12 Mpixel and at ISO 1600

but of course if you dont want to spend 500+ dollars on a good camera this one should be pretty good and at a very low price too

This post was edited by Futurama on Nov 18 2008 04:22pm

shit that confuses me

iS it really that noisy?

LIKE gunshot?

lol..

i wudnt minds noise

im looking at quality of pics

hehe this should explain what sensor noise is:

http://www.dpreview.com/learn/?/key=noise

ill look at that later cuz i g2g work

so you think i should buy it tho?

and also a big thing

the guy turned cam on for me yesterday

top middle it said 10.1mp

when its a 12 mp cam

can u turn mp's lower higher?

or is it a overrated format like ram..

as in they say 1 gig but its really like 960

well if it says it has 12 million effective pixels then you should be able to change the current setting...
and yes I believe you can change resolutions on most cameras

so shud i buy it or not ??????

uh sure if thats the camera you want.

are there any bang for your buck recomendations from you guys?


as in can any of you look on futureshop or bestbuy site

and tell me wats a good cam

cuz now i know megapix dont mean a lot

i want quality ! at a cheap rate

thx

will pay fgs if i like cam

dont we all..