Kodak C743
Digital Camera Review
This
is another good digital camera by Kodak. It's
a compact 7.1 megapixel which produces
very high quality pictures. Kodak
has always done great with color in my
opinion and this camera lives up to their
reputation. It has an Auto Focus 3x optical
lens which is equivalent to a 37mm -
111mm lens (Danger sticker added for
liability purposes, I take some serious
pictures)

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SD card for memory, these are
great and can hold thousands
of high quality images and /
or a lot of video (recorded with
sound). These use AA batteries,
so while they eat them up with
the flash, they are easy and
low cost to replace (feed)

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The controls are all within
reach if you are right handed.
i guess left handed people have
gotten used to using cameras
with their wrong hang.. r many
be the next PC wave will be for
left handed rights.. anyway,
the Kodak C743 also has a strong
place for the lanyard which I
find an important part of my
cameras. Some 550 cord
looped through the lanyard loop
makes for a VERY strong way to
keep hold of this camera

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The screen on the back is very
big, so far that has been nice,
but I think it might use a lot
of power compared to the much
smaller ones I've used in the
past. Also seems like this one
could get damaged easier, although
i protect it much more than past
cameras because of the large
screen being exposed. The Delete
is a separate button, so are
review and flash. The best feature
in regard to buttons ont his
model is the separate button
for Self Timer and double shots.
that is very handy and time saving
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The lens moves out (with a motor)
each time you turn it on. This
is the first camera like this
for me, and in my opinion the
weakest link on this camera.
It's a waste of batteries and
takes too long to get ready to
take pictures because of this
wait. Also when you shut it down
it wastes more batteries to retract
the lens. So far it hasn't broke,
but I am sure it will. The lens
goes back in when the camera
goes into battery saving mode
too (which wastes batteries).
There is a self contained lens
cap which is nice, but will also
soon break.

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Over all
for the price the Kodak C743 digital
camera takes great pictures. I think
it has a few disadvantages that will
prevent it from much extreme use, but
it's a real good choice camera for mild
use
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