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Kodak P880 Digital Camera [8MP, 5x optical] | ![Kodak P880 Digital Camera [8MP, 5x optical]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41u4L6i1NTL._SL160_.jpg)
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| Brand: Kodak
Category: CE
Buy Used: £174.98
Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 48693
Media: Electronics
Fragile: No
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Floppy Disk Drive: None
Optical Zoom: 5
Display Size: 2.5
Maximum Resolution: 8
Has Red Eye Reduction: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 6.4 x 5.7
MPN: P880
Model: P880
UPC: 041778079973
EAN: 0041778079973
ASIN: B000BD80NA
Release Date: September 29, 2005
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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Product Description
The Kodak P880 Digital Camera Broaden your horizons. Literally. Image Resolution: 8.0 Megapixels Lens: 5.8X optical zoom f/2.8 - f/4.1 (24 - 140 mm 35 mm equivalent) Digital Zoom: 2x Optical Zoo
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| Customer Reviews: Read 2 more reviews...
 This camera deserves 5 stars purely on a "you get what you pay for" basis August 24, 2006
Mr. W. Yip (London, England)
29 out of 30 found this review helpful
I've only ever owned one camera in my life and that was a Pentax Efina APS, bought in 2000 for about 150. I decided it was time to join the digital camera revolution.
Having read reviews and specs on the Fujifilm S9500, Canon EOS 350D, and the Kodak EasyShare P880... I chose the Kodak for a number of (important) reasons:
1. Wide angle lens - this is a godsend. I can fit an entire group of people in a shot without having to be a million miles away.
2. Hot shoe flash connector - this was a minor, but nevertheless important, factor for me as I wanted to try new photographic techniques with an external flash.
3. Full manual mode - with Kodak's usually brilliant colour definition and tone, full manual mode would allow me to exploit a camera's potential to the fullest. Here, the P880 does not disappoint. I've shot some impressive photos in poor lighting using both the hot shoe flash and being able to control every aspect of manual mode I can think of.
4. More buttons, less use of menu system - that, to me, is a huge difference between the Kodak and the other cameras. Whereas a camera looks "less busy" if the controls are tucked away inside a menu system, the user loses out ultimately in useability. With the P880, you can control the camera in manual mode without once having to press the menu button. Pressing, say, the ISO button allows you to change ISO settings with your right thumb.
5. RAW mode and 8 megapixels were NOT my reasons for buying the P880, but they are certainly good reasons for some. You WILL need a large memory card if you want to shoot in RAW mode. 8MP sounds great, but it's very unwieldy unless you really do need all those megapixels. I personally prefer to stick to 5MP because file size is halved and the quality isn't that much worse.
6. The P880 is a beauty to hold and in its handling. Its controls become intuitive quite quickly. I have big hands and I don't suffer from the apparent cluttered design of the camera. www.dpreview.com say the P880 is an acquired taste in terms of how it looks, but everyone comments on how professional it looks, so it must be okay!
Okay, the niggles:
1. There's no image stabilisation (IS). However, what I will say is that it's not necessary for a camera that doesn't have a massive zoom. Also IS doesn't make your pictures better. If you need stability, buy a tripod - they cost a mere 10-20 for a half-decent one.
2. Data-writing times can be long with 8MP shots or RAW shots. This isn't really a problem if you're shooting inanimate objects or landscapes.
3. Auto-focus can take a while to focus in on subject (2-3 seconds), but it's not a problem if you're shooting in bright light.
On balance, it's hard not to award the P880 5 stars because of the flexibility of features and the wide angle lens. Also, it's very competitively priced that you'd be a fool not to at least consider it against more expensive models.
The best pro-consumer camera for a family April 16, 2006
A. Boboc (UK)
28 out of 29 found this review helpful
I am not a pro photographer but I have a passion for photography from many years.
After years of using film SLR cameras (Praktica, Contax , Leica) and owner of a Kodak LS633 compact camera I decided to pass for a semi-pro Digital.
For me the DSLR are still very expensive, not only the camera itself but the accesories as well.
There are so many reviews on different consumer/pro-consumer made by professionals that confuses people. It took me one month before I decided what to buy.
My review is from point of PRACTICAL APPLICATION as a normal user in common situations.
First, if do you want a camera to use for 3-4 years without going for a new one buy a pro-consumer even if is not so compact.
I think the normal people does not need more than 1% of their total pictures some functionalities such as many frames per second, very long telephoto lens or shooting in near dark where a DSLR become essential.
The most important feature that a digital camera MUST provide are
images without a noise and with nice colour saturation.
What sense to have excellent image processor or optics when the CCD is not so good and the picture seems to be a water colour image ?
The Kodak P880 is the response for what one may need in 99% of the normal situation because of the following advantages:
1. Excellent picture indoor/outdoor with very low noise and also you have live histogram in preview mode so you can move the camera to get the best tones distribution
2. Excellent Scene mode selector. I liked in particular the option Museum with flash/sounds innactive.
2. Full setup of many parameters by using one button (one for ISO, one for flash etc, one for choosing the focusing areas, one for picture size)
3. Excelent range 24mm to 140 mm lens ideal for group/building photos and also for portraits. Many cameras starts from 28/35mm
that made wide angle photos available only with expensive accesories/lenses
4. large LCD 2.4 inch that even does if not have a very high res is much better than a minuscule 1.5 inch LCD with 1 mil px
5. The camera is not heavy.
6. Hot shoe for a bigger flash
7. Very nice video mode
8. Joystick for menu navigation that is veryyyyyyyy friendly
9. Manual zoom that is much interesting than the automatic one
The only NEGATIVE sides with this cameras are:
1. Very low speed for transfering the pictures (only USB 1.0 = 1MB/sec transfer). I reccomend to buy a card reader/usb stick for SD ontherwise it can take 30 min to transfer 512 MB of stuff
2. When shooting video REMEMBER to set to SINGLE Autofocus (AF) otherwise the sound of the autofocus is recorded on the video continuosly
I was able to record 7 min of video 640x480 on 320 MB inside and the picture is not bad when played on a TV even if some reviews mention strong compression on video.
3. Manual focusing is useless taking into account low LCD/EVF resolution and very bad positioned.
4. The focus time is a little bit slow and you need to keep steady the camera. But you can solve it with 2 second delay.
I reccomend to update the Firmware to 1.02 immediatelly as the camera improves considerably
Also I am thinking to buy a second battery plus car charger that can be usefull in long trips with the car.
Great camera (with a few niggles) July 5, 2006
Kevin M. Wright (Nottingham, UK)
23 out of 23 found this review helpful
Firstly, I agree with all the positives mentioned in other reviews - it takes an excellent photo, user interface is easy to use, with a nice selection of task specific buttons, good selection of modes etc. I am very pleased with it, especially considering that it seems to be about half the price of other, similar spec camera.
Now the niggles. It is annoying that the maximum exposure time is only 16 seconds - my previous Kodak camera, a 7630, went up to 64 seconds, and was great for shots of starry skies.
Then there is the amount of storage required for video - I can just about get 10 minutes on a 512Mb card. Cameras using formats other than QuickTime manage greatly more than this, and it would be nice to have the option, as we now do, to a certain extent, with photos.
Finally, a word of warning about the patch. Yes it improves certain operations - auto-focus speed, for example - but there is a bug in the patch with causes certain modes - auto for example - to forget the picture quality setting - Fine, Standard, or Basic - and return to the default of Standard. I have configured the 'Prog' button on mine to take me to the picture quality menu, so that I can switch back easily. Kodak are aware of this problem, and claim it will be fixed in the next patch - whenever that is - but it is worth bearing in mind if you apply the patch.
However, aside from the aforementioned niggles, still a nice camera.
Wide angle gem April 8, 2006
RICHARD KAZNOWSKI (Southampton U.K.)
33 out of 34 found this review helpful
After years of Contax SLR and Canon compact digital use I decided that I would not upgrade to a multi lens digital SLR as 98% of my pictures are landscape and interior shots. 24mm wide angle lens has always been a favourite lens but has only recently become available on reasonably priced digital cameras.The lens on this camera is an absolute gem. Barrel distortion is minimal at the widest angle and pin cushion distortion is not noticeable at the telephoto end.The images are pin sharp with very natural colours.A bonus is that my old expensive filters all fit the 52mm lens thread and the camera hot shoe synchronizes with my old flashgun.
The camera is comfortable to hold and not too small and fiddly or too big and weighs approximately a third of my old SLR system. The big 2.5 inch screen is clear and bright and makes for easy picture composition.
The camera controls are clear,concise and refreshingly logical.The end results are very impressive.
WARNING. If you are into fast action or sports photography this machine is not for you ! My memory card is the Sandisk 512 SD ultra 11 and high speed and low light reaction times are relatively slow compared to my old Contax SLR. IT is ESSENTIAL that buyers of this camera go to the Kodak website and get a free firmware update ---- It improves reaction times considerably.This is simply downloaded directly to the camera.
Image stabilization would have been nice but is not really a problem with wide angle shots.In auto mode you can hear the lens hunting for the correct auto focus and this is audible on video.This really needs sorting.
The P880 does not come with fancy image brand name and its looks are an aquired taste but it produces great images with excellent software at a very reasonable cost. You could easily pay a lot more and get a hell of a lot less.I would strongly recommend you take good look at it.
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