HELP ASAP!!! Kodak EasyShare vs. Sony dsc-w7!!!! HELP ASAP!!!

[lynnwood42]

HELP!!! I just purchased a Sony dsc-w7 digital camera. It has 7mp and

a 3x optical zoom. It seems hard to use and the editing software

doesn't seem that great to me. I have had a kodak easy share in the

past. I was wondering if the kodak easyshare z740 or the easyshare

z7590 would be a better choice? They both only have 5mp, but have 10x

optical zoom and I am sure the software is easier to use. So do I go

with the smaller sony 7mp camera with less zoom or go with a kodak

5mp camera with more zoom. Is there any advantage to a 7mp camera vs.

5mp if I won't be enlarging more than a 20x30" picture. I need to

make this decision in the next 2 days or I can't return the sony

camera. HELP!!!!!!!!!!

[yankfan]

I don't know anything about either, but it seems to me if you aren't happy with the way the camera "feels" or the software, you should return it and go with something else.

[john schroeder]

Buy the Sony! It's a much better camera. In my opinion the Kodak camera really can't compare to products built by actual camera companies. I don't think the Kodak cameras are necessarily bad just not in the same class as Canon, Nikon, Pentax, Sony, or Minolta.

[beauh44]

<I>In my opinion the Kodak camera really can't compare to products built by actual camera companies.</i><P>

 

And all this time I thought Kodak <I>was</i> an actual camera company! ;-)

[dmitriyk]

And all this time I thought Sony was a consumer electronics company.

[rich815]

Get both!

[aamer_khan1]

i think he meant that kodak makes good film and paper for film cameras while sony makes good digital point and shoot cameras.

[phule]

<< sony makes good digital point and shoot cameras. >>

 

Since when?

 

(sorry, couldn't resist)

[orensztajn]

Since when? Well the F717 and the F828 are very good cameras not point and shoot but really good cameras.

The DSC-w1 is one of the best 5MP point and shoot cameras, very quick in shuter lag and focus, go to dpreview otherwise, the DSC-W7 has not got so good reviews as the DSC-w1. I would change the DSC-w7 for the w1 or w12 (is the black one, I think is called w12).i do not know about the SW, but do you need it?.

Rgds

/Gus

[michael_lurie]

I realize this answer comes along pretty late, but I absolutely LOVE my SONY DSC-W7. Mine is in black and it's the third digital I've owned - the other two having been an 1.2MP and then a 3.5MP Olympus. I was first persuaded by the nice feel and results I'd seen from my daughter's DSC-W1, and opted for the later and current version. I've beat the Hell out of it, often on trips carrying it alone without a case in my pocket, and I would get another one in a heartbeat.

 

In fact, I am thinking about getting another one in case this one ever gives up the ghost.

 

 

"Good cameras don't take good pictures; good photographers take good pictures!"