The Kodak EasyShare Z980 is a new super-zoom digital camera, sporting a 24x optical zoom which offers an incredible range of 26-624mm! This theme covers all imaginable vast landscapes to close-ups of action and nature, with Optical Image Stabilizer by hand to help keep your images sharp. The 12-megapixel Kodak Z980 also offers a feature that immediately attracted the attention of all photographers from it – this is the RAW format support – plus a 3-inch LCD, hotshoe for external flash, HD 1280×720 pixel video mode, macro mode of 1 cm, the range of creative exposure modes (P / A / S / M), smart capture mode for beginners. Available in black, the Kodak EasyShare Z980 is priced at $ 399 / £ 379.

The Kodak EasyShare Z980 is larger and heavier than any other super-zoom cameras on the market today, measuring 123.7 × 90.5 × 105 mm and weighing 415g without battery, with objective barrel mass which dominates the overall design. However, the Z980 is very good, with a deep rubber grip that provides security and maintain a good place to rest your fingers. The trigger is in a natural location of the index, with the zoom buttons under your right thumb. Despite the plastic, everything feels pretty well built, but construction does not match the quality of the Olympus SP-590UZ and Nikon P90. The Z980 comes with a short quick start guide in 10 different languages – not even a manual in PDF format on the product CD. Not much use at all if you take pictures and need to know what an option. You must download the user guide Kodak expanded its website (assuming you have Internet access).

The Kodak EasyShare Z980 is powered by four rechargeable AA batteries (included in the box with a charger). Door of the battery compartment is located on the bottom and has a hard plastic block that is often resisted moved up. SD / SDHC memory card slot is also here, so you must be careful not to spill the 4 batteries in the floor when changing cards. In an emergency, you can save about 6 images in JPEG Fine Z980 64MB of internal memory. With him taking the tripod, which is, unfortunately, plastic and non-aligned with the focus’ optical axis. You can attach the handle vertical plastic provided by the tripod, it is easier to take pictures in the vertical orientation. Nevertheless, the second button of the valve (see below) easier to use, but also a great camera and more. The vertical handle of the tripod is useful in itself in line with the objective of “all the optical axis.

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