Has anyone try both of these camera and has the 1st hand knowledge of their performance?

Both are 1.3 mega pixel point and shoot camera. From the review it seems that the oly's photo give finer details. On the other hand, kodak uses compact flash and it is easier to carry a 48 or 80 meg than the misery 16 meg smartmedia card. With the trend toward 2 mega pixel camera, I doubt a 16 meg or 32 meg smartmedia will be sufficient.

-- steve yap (yapmh@singnet.com.sg), April 17, 1999

Answers

Look down the list about 2 pages and read my posting "Please upgrade the DC-120". There's some real bargains available on a great 1.2 camera, albiet, one electronic generation behind.

-- William McAuley (wrmcauley@aol.com), April 18, 1999.

Oops, the proper posting is "And then there were two" submitted 3/29.

-- William McAuley (wrmcauley@aol.com), April 18, 1999.

I recently purchased the Kodak DC240, and I'm very happy with it. The camera is simple to use and takes pretty good pictures. It allows you to modify some of the picture settings if you want to, but it can also function perfectly as a point and shoot. The 3x zoom lens works very well. The inclusion of NiMH batteries and a charger was a nice touch. If you have a USB port, you will love the camera's USB connection. I transferred a full 8 MB worth of pictures yesterday in under 2 minutes. Even if you don't have USB on your computer, Kodak has an Expansion Pack which includes a parallel port card reader, additional batteries, a second 8 MB card, and some software. Overall, I'm very pleased with the camera.

There is one hitch with the camera at the moment, though. When taking pictures on the high-res (1280x960), best quality in bright sunlight, the DC240 does have an artifact problem. Look at the outdoor picture on here for an example. From what I understand, Kodak knows about the problem and is looking into it. I've decided to keep the camera and trust that they'll take care of the problem. Some will tell you not to get the DC240 because of this flaw, but I am willing to look past it. (For now, most of my pictures have been 640x480 anyway, so it hasn't affected me much.) If you are planning on high-res, high quality pics in bright sunlight, then you should wait until Kodak has fixed the problem or look at another camera.

Even with this flaw in the camera, I am still extremely happy with it. The camera takes very good looking pictures, and it's a great value for everything you get. Good luck!

-- Philip Causin (guinness@tamu.edu), April 19, 1999.