Kodak PIXPRO Astro Zoom AZ652-BK 20MP Digital Camera with 65X Optical Zoom and 3 LCD (Black)

Kodak PIXPRO Astro Zoom AZ652-BK 20MP Digital Camera with 65X Optical Zoom and 3 LCD (Black)

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• Kodak PIXPRO Astro Zoom AZ652-BK 20MP Digital Camera with 65X Optical Zoom and 3\" LCD (Black)
• Package Dimensions: 7.56 L x 4.56 H x 6.85 W (inches)
• Package Weight : 2.19 pounds
• Country of Origin : China

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Brand : KODAK
Category : Electronics,Camera & Photo,Digital Cameras,Point & Shoot Digital Cameras
Rating : 4.3
Price : US $349.99
Review Count : 172

Kodak PIXPRO Astro Zoom AZ652-BK 20MP Digital Camera with 65X Optical Zoom and 3 LCD (Black)

• The service from the vendor was very professional and quick. The camera is what I expected from a bridge camera - the feel is not as \"solid\" as I am used to with SLR cameras, but it is great for an everyday camera. I like the features and quality.
• Mine is made in MYANMAR not \"China\". Don\'t know why Amazon says the latter.The photo of the moon I posted was taken with this camera without a tripod. It did better than my Lumix and my Nikon 5300.Of course for the most control I\'d use the Nikon 5300 with detachable lenses. But this Kodak is just fine for simpler shooting. It could have more controls both before and after shooting but it is plenty adequate.RAW processing is not available in the camera so photos taken in that format have to be worked on with the available free photo program.I wish I could control the size of the spot as I can on my Lumix for metering, but it is no biggee. Controls are simple to use and I can easily adjust EV or ISO while shooting.It is silent - which is great for theater or museums! Mirror cameras of course are not.In general, I am more than satisfied. I paid under $300 for a refurbished version which like ALL I have ever gotten from Amazon work great and look new. With no mirror the shot count is less important.Image stabilization when focusing at long range is not great but it is good enough - the moon photo I posted was at 65x and is as clear as you will get it unless on a mountain top somewhere with no atmosphere. This was taken from NYC streets.Very recommended camera.
• I used to have a Sony compact digital camera years ago. Loved how beautiful the pictures came out. It broke after years of use. Then I got used to using my cellphone for pictures, and video. After looking and comparing the quality of both. I decided I needed a new camera, that is meant for taking serious photos.I looked around and thought this would be the best one on my budget. It\'s not too expensive, and not too cheap. I love the WiFi sync through the phone. It has all the controls that more expensive camera have.The zoom is amazing.Pictures are great. Video is also beautiful. Just that it makes noise when zooming while shooting video.I plan on getting filters that can be mounted on lens.WiFi connection is great for on the road downloading. It can give a WiFi signal that your phone connects to to download files to share via phone tablet, or computer. Just need app installed.Because of lock down here in California. I haven\'t used it as much as I would like to. The moon photos were taken free hand. I plan on getting tripod with longer exposure time to make photos even clearer.I am very happy with purchase.Update: I\'ve had this camera for over 3 months now. I got a tripod for stills, and moon shots. Such a huge difference. I also purchased density, and polarized lenses. I\'ll include new shots in. I\'m still learning slot on how to utilize this camera to it\'s fullest. First 2 shots of moon were hand held, ones after was tripod. Foliage shots were shot with bokeh effect in the background depending where you focused at. I focused on gate ball, then focused on tree leaves the make fence blur.Also the zoom in camera doesn\'t stop at 65. Digital zoom goes to 260. And 256GB mirco memory card w/adapter from Samsung works fine. I want to try 512GB card later.
• This camera is an amazing value in many ways. It has an incredible zoom, 65x, and its image stabilization works beautifully to give you non-blurred images for hand held telephoto and low-light shots. I\'ve never experienced image stabilization like that before. It has a very nice tilting LCD and of course an eyepiece viewfinder as well. I appreciated its light weight and the ability to take macro photos at very close range. I did not shoot video at all, so this review is based only on still shooting.There are a couple of bugs that do tend to get in the way of a fully enjoyable experience. The principal one I kept running into was the camera unfocusing at moderate zoom levels. It would focus and then unfocus. The only way to get it to focus was to change the zoom level up or down, and by that time you may have lost your photo opportunity. I also had the camera freeze a couple of times, and had to pop out the battery and push it back in to reset the camera. This was in cold weather, so perhaps that was related, as my iPhone will sometimes do the same in the cold, when the battery cannot provide the necessary power. The difference is that the iPhone shuts off, whereas this camera froze.The image sensor may be what is expected from a \"bridge camera\" such as this, but unfortunately I cannot honestly say \"this camera takes really good pictures.\" The sense I get from my iPhone 6 photos is that they are better in general. A lot of that has to do I think with this camera\'s very limited \"dynamic range\", which essentially means the ability to handle scenes containing both bright and dark areas, which in my experience occurs frequently. With this camera, the whites are often washed out. The iPhone has an auto-HDR mode to handle this, and it is true that this camera also has HDR (which takes 3 shots and combines them), but you have to go through the menus every time you turn on the camera to enable HDR, and then taking photos becomes slower and uses the battery more quickly. The camera has another mode called WDR, but I didn\'t find it helpful. I think that mode is really intended for video scenes. But even without HDR processing, a good camera ought to be able to produce decent images for high contrast scenes, and this camera really does not make the grade.
• I got the first one and it would not copy the pictures from internal memory to memory card. Sent it back to Amazon and had the replacement in 2 days so 5 stars to Amazon! The second one copied the pics from internal memory to the card. But then it gave me an error message that the internal memory was full, even though it was empty and would not let me take any pictures. Called Kodak customer \"service\" in India/Pakistan and they were less than useless. I returned the Kodak and bought a Canon instead.The Kodak is a nice camera but they need to fix these defects.

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