The Kodak Easyshare DX7440 is a fairly compact 4 megapixel digital camera with a 4x optical zoom lens (equivalent to 33mm -132mm on a 35mm camera). It has a large 2.2" Colour TFT screen and powerful KLIC-5000 rechargeable battery. The camera comes with 32mb memory built into the camera, and can be upgraded with an additional SD card. The camera takes a proprietary Lithium-Ion battery. The camera also records unlimited 640x480 videos at 13fps and 320x240 videos at 24fps with sound. The camera can be bought for £129 (UK) / $272 (US) from Amazon. The camera is compact with a size and weight as follows: Dimensions: 100.3x69.2x40.2 mm (4.0x2.7x1.6 in.). Weight: 224g (without batteries or recording media).
Specifications
/ Features:
- Professional-quality
SCHNEIDER-KREUZNACH VARIOGON 4X Optical Zoom Lens - 4.0 MP for sharp, vibrant prints up to 20"x30" (50x76 cm)
- Exclusive KODAK Color Science Image Processing Chip
Manual and custom controls - 2.2" 153K pixel resolution indoor/outdoor display
- High-speed, low-light auto-focus
- Continuous shooting and bracketing modes
- 22 scene and color modes
- Sharing is one-touch simple
- Ready to go - right out of the box
Full Specifications
can be found on Kodak's
site.
Unlike most cameras in this class which have a 3X zoom lens, the DX7440 has a 4X lens! The one here has a maximum aperture range of F2.8 - F4.8, and a focal range of 33 - 132 mm (in 35 mm terms). Hopefully the disappearing text on the lens isn't a bad omen! As I mentioned in the previous section, the 7440 supports a number of conversion lenses.
To the upper left of the lens is the built-in flash. The flash has a working range of 0.6 - 4.0 m at wide-angle and 0.6 - 2.3 m at telephoto, which is comparable to the competition. You cannot attach an external flash to the DX7440.
To the upper-right of the lens is the hybrid autofocus sensor. This helps the camera focus quickly and accurate in both good and bad lighting. It's not the same as an AF-assist lamp but it works quite well nonetheless.
As with all Kodak cameras, the DX7440 is very easy-to-use. Their EasyShare system makes printing or e-mailing photos a piece of cake. You can use the camera in automatic or one of the many scene modes without any trouble. For those who want more control over exposure, the 7440 offers manual shutter speed and aperture settings. Shooting performance is excellent, most notably in the focusing area -- this is one of the fastest focusing cameras out there, even in low light. Speaking of which, the larger-than-average-sized LCD "gains up" in low light so you can see what you're looking at. In bright outdoor light, the LCD is remarkably viewable as well. The 7440 has as good -- but not great -- movie mode which lets you record 640 x 480 video until the memory card fills up, albeit at a sluggish 13 frames/second. The camera is expandable as well, with support for numerous conversion lenses and filters. The powerful KLIC-5001 battery can used for about 3 hours.
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