Kodak EZ200 Review

Overall Rating

Small
Pictures don't take up a lot of room, so you can take tons of them
You can take short movies (no sound)
VERY tough
Always ready to go when you need it, since it doesn't have to start up
cheap

Some lag between when you press the button, and when it takes the picture (fine normally, but bad for action shots)
No flash
No way to protect the lens
Can't take very high quality photos

I had a Kodak EZ200 digital camera for 2 years and I LOVED it!! I could take it anywhere, whip it out, and get photo's. I used it at mini-baja competitions (which is sort of like moto-cross style dune buggies), so it took a LOT of beating. I dropped it in the mud all the time, stepped on it, and lost it, but it always recovered just fine and faithfully took photo's for me. I even bought mine refurbished, and it wasn't a problem at all.

They are discontinued now, so if you're thinking about getting one used, go for it.

There is some shutter lag, and it's hard to estimate how much, since there's no way to review your photo's until they get onto your computer, (no LCD screen) but I practiced and got pretty good at it, so I could anticipate when a car was about to jump, and get a good shot of it in midair.

Having no LCD screen may be a problem for some people; the biggest reason is that you can't delete photo's or check to see if they're good. But honestly, that's no different from a traditional film camera, the difference being that the EZ200 can take LOTS of photo's. So if you think the picture was bad, just take a couple more and pick the best.

Having no way to protect the lens was no problem at all, until finally one day I scratched it, and now it has a blurry spot. I really abused my camera though (dropped it in the mud a LOT), and that didn't happen until 2 years of owning it. So I can't imagine anybody else having to worry about that.

Even though the camera is really simple, there are still quite a few scene modes you can pick from to take pictures. I don't remember all of them, but I know for sure it had: macro, night, action, and portrait. I would check another description though to see if there are more. Those scene modes are pretty handy.

The worst part about this camera is that there is no flash. It can still take photo's indoors, but they come out with a very brown hue, and sometimes blurry. It was kind of a cool effect, but at the same time, I really would have liked to have a flash.

The best part about this camera is that it has great battery life and holds lots of pictures without extra cards. Having no LCD screen might be a pain in the butt for some people, but it sure is nice when all you want is for your camera to start up fast and snap a photo. I never had to worry about batteries, which was really nice.

For $40 it's DEFINATELY worth it, especially if you don't want to have to worry about it breaking!

Members' Comments onflyingbassist's Review

• Bertie on 26th Feb 2006

  Nice to read a review of one of the older digicams especially one that doesn't need the download of any firmware - - that model seems firm enough judging by all the beating you've given it! 300 kilopixels?....should be good enough for wallet-size prints and as for the brownish casts on indoor pics; you want flash AND white balance as well at THAT price??!! I hope it gives you many more years of service.