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Re: [OM] The Convenience of Digital Cameras

Subject: Re: [OM] The Convenience of Digital Cameras
From: "Wiliam Wagenaar" <wiliam@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2012 08:55:47 +0200
Wow, that's what I call service from a friend on the list!

Wiliam

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From: Chuck Norcutt [mailto:chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: zondag 3 juni 2012 23:19
To: Olympus Camera Discussion
Subject: Re: [OM] The Convenience of Digital Cameras

This is an oldie in digtal years (2004) but I wouldn't toss it into the
trash can.  First thing to do is read the DPReview article found here:
<http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/kodakdx7590/3>  As always DPReview gives an
exhaustive coverage of the menus with images and comments which gives you
much more info than the user's manual.  Speaking of which you can get a PDF
here: 
<http://support.en.kodak.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/18597/kw/Easyshare%20Z7
590%20manual/selected/true>
The page is actually an HTML version of the manual but there is a link near
the top to get the manual as a PDF.  I always get a PDF if I can to be able
to search manuals which often have very poor indexes.

I did search the PDF for ISO references which told me that ISO was
changeable in some way related to the menu button and/or jog wheel but it
wasn't clear how.  Only after reading DPReview's coverage did I understand
that after selecting a mode (PASMC, scene, etc) the jog dial walks you
through the range of settings particular to that mode.  The joystick (center
of mode dial) moves through the settings which are selected by pressing the
joystick button down for "OK".  It wasn't perfectly clear from the manual
but it appears the ISO is pre-set in certain scene modes or flash usage.
But that should be apparent if you've got the camera working in front of
you.  The lack of good coverage in the manual is partially offset by
DPReview's comments that using the camera is somewhat self-explanatory if
you've got it in-hand and walk through the modes and settings on the screen.

As to the software and cable I don't think it's actually necessary to have
them as their use appears to be only for downloading images to the computer,
probably some minimal postprocessing and image sharing and printing options.
It also appears to provide a custom SD card formatting option that puts up
to 32 subject folders on the card which can be used at the time an image is
taken to pre-sort by subject.  But this is not actually necessary since the
*setup* menu has a card format option.
If you want the software I'd suggest downloading the current version of
EasyShare software which dates from 2011-03-07.  Caution: 45MB download.
<http://support.en.kodak.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/36670/selected/true>
For loading from SD cards without connecting to the camera just get a USB/SD
card adapter such as this one
<http://www.amazon.com/Transcend-Flash-Memory-Reader-TS-RDP5K/dp/B001NS828K/
ref=sr_1_5?m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1338758170&sr=1-5>

My main concern would be the battery.  If the battery is a 2004 original it
must be toast by now.  But batteries and chargers are readily available
<http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=kodak+dx7590+battery&tag=googhydr
-20&index=aps&hvadid=5681472791&hvpos=1t2&hvexid=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=2173102658
58137531&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=b&ref=pd_sl_1ah3queg8q_b>

Note that this camera takes an SD card.  You may or may not know that SD
cards are limited to 2GB.  It requires SDHC cards to go larger than 2GB but
SDHC cards didn't exist at the time this camera was developed.  So SD is all
you need.  I think (but don't know) that an SDHC card will work but will be
limited to using 2GB of whatever size the SDHC card is.

Chuck Norcutt


On 6/3/2012 1:33 PM, Chris Trask wrote:
>      This morning a fellow at the coffee shop gave me a complete Kodak 
> DX7590 Easyshare 5MP camera.  Well, almost complete.  He had lost the 
> manual and the interconnection cable, which just happens to have an 
> odd connector at the camera end.
>
>      The self-loading software doesn't, and after an hour of effort I 
> never got past the Setup.exe file.  Can't check to see if the driver 
> is already in my laptop because he had lost the interconnection cable.  
> The online Kodak help page just says to run the Setup.exe file on the
CDROM and nothing more.
> For grins I set up the laptop, loaded teh CDROM, then ran the 
> Setup.exe file.  It's been sitting there for a half hour and has yet 
> to do anything at all.
>
>      Found the manual online.  It does not tell you how to change the 
> ISO setting, the exposure time, or the aperture.  I had to go to an 
> online blog to discover that there is no manual focus.
>
>      I can now see why Kodak has failed as a camera manufacturer.
>
>      At least the Quantaray flash he gave me with this is usable.  I 
> doubt that the rest of it would make a usable doorstop.
>
> Chris
>
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