Kodak EasyShare CX4230 Review

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Kodak EasyShare CX4230
2.3 stars
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PCGURU1952KID's Review of Kodak EasyShare CX4230

2nd Sep 2006

Overall Rating

1.5 stars
  • Value for money
    2 stars
Good Points

Wife wanted simple-to-use camera in 2003 & my Fuji Finepix 480 was too complex for her to share. It was fine producing acceptable pics for a 2 meg pix camera even ran from 2.2 volt via NI-MH rechargeable AA batt's


Bad Points

Failed on vacation in Devon UK, August 2006. We thought the NI-MH bat's were faulty/discharged-not even after recharging batts via 12v -240v (12v dc to 240v ac)inverter running charger as if on mains power at home was no good. Wife took just 1 image in 11 days! Back home in Essex UK, found problem with slide switch, it simply will not stay turned on even if powered by small 240 v to 3v or 4.5 v mains converter. I found that applying direct pressure via finger & thumb next to slide switch keeps item powered up but it takes all my strength as a male, so what chance does my wife have? I wish we had seen some of the very excellent reviews posted back in 2002 before purchasing this product from users describing the very same fault. So we have been lucky to get 3 years use from this product wow! it cost £170 new so 170/3 =56.66666>£'s a year (over a £1.0 per week) not a good return if compared with IT products that usually get upgraded long before they fail and most will still be working 10 years later.


General Comments

We believed that by Kodak EasyShare CX4230's simplicity, little could go wrong and with such a well respected name behind the product, why should we have expected any thing else?
The Fuji Finepix 480 purchased 9 months prior to the Kodak is still going strong yet has seen much more use since purchase; has more to go wrong but is now complimented by a Canon EOS 350D. Seems I will have to teach my wife to use both in AUTO mode & not to worry about the bells & whistles on each of them compared to her failed camera. So we will keep the memory chip which just happens to fit some other makes of camera, making sure that when we are able we never by Kodak again.

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