When I first got into the digital side of photography, this was the camera that I purchased cheap from Wal-Mart. I have been a long time 35mm user (and continue to this day) but wanted to test the digital waters. I was surprised at the image clarity, and ease of use with this camera. The camera dock was a great addition, and it was a fun little point-and-shooter. I took thousands of images with this camera, and I was able to get some pretty big prints! The camera is well built (I dropped it more than ten times on the concrete and asphalt world of Atlanta, and it held up beautifully) and I love the light weight. Only thing, this camera is lacking is the ability to zoom, and it needs a little higher resolution. Also, you better have deep pockets for batteries. It takes two AA batteries, and I found they lasted maybe 20 pictures! But for those people who are just getting into digital photography, this is a great little camera. Worth the price. And just think of all that film you will save! I currently use this camera to set up and test shots, before comitting them to film. My backup camera for home use. If I were Kodak, I would have made this a rechargeable!
Strengths:
-Very lightweight
-Point and shoot
-Price
-Ease of use
-Fun
-Built well
Weaknesses:
-LONG shutter lag
-No zoom
-Enormous battery appetite
-Digital card sometimes formats wrong, or not at all
I recently purchased the DX3700 set with all the toys and I just love the thing. I have been lugging around an Agfa e780 for about 3 years. I dont think there is a bigger battery hog than the Agfa of old. Anyway I have always yerned for better pics.. not just bigger. I tripped over a Casio 4.1mpix camera for about $1000.00 so after seeing this I knew I couldnt hope for over 2mpix with cash in hand. My search rang true when I looked over the selection at my local A/V store. couldnt seem to break even with 2mpix for 200.. discouraged, I went and got a Mp3 player. in the distance I heard 2 German men asking another what a Mega Pixel was.. I looked.. and they were at the Display Model sales shelves.. I saw 3.1mpix and Kodak on the same ticket.. and for 279. well I bought it on those grounds alone... got it home. charged it.. fired off a few shots.. and about fell over. compared to my once "Cutting edge" Agfa, it was like night and day, plus it didnt take 4xAA batteries like the Agfa so graciously butchered.. Like it, Love it, Want more of it...
Strengths:
Light weight, the dock takes the cable connection (female) wear and tear out of the equaision. Love the quality..
Weaknesses:
No picture snap "Beep" for us older users. and the software setup lacks info, 200mb of stuff and I dont know if I need it all. I have my own digi-fudging stuff.
I previously owned a cheap Polaroid 640x480 digicam that, at the time, I thought produced pretty good images. Boy, was I wrong!
The DX3700 produces some pretty good images for a camera that doesn't cost an arm & a leg. Colors are rich and detail is pretty impressive for a point-and-shoot camera.
This camera is great for anyone just starting out in digital photography and want the ease of a point-and-shoot.
Strengths:
Image resolution, color accuracy, easy to use, lightweight.
Weaknesses:
Digital zoom makes for grainy, unimpressive images. Oh how I long for a good optical zoom lens!
Customer Service:
No need to contact yet, as the camera has been perfect.
My second digital. I had a HP 1.3 megapixel briefly before but didn't like the image quality. Only had the DX3700 for a week now but I'm impressed with the image quality (especially in macr-mode). I bought 2 muti-media cards and a 5 in 1 flash card reader at Newegg.com for added storage.
I also bought rechargeable 1800 NI-MH batteries and a charger. My total for all the above (including camera) was $311.
This camera was an open box item so there was no user manual. You can download software at Kodak's site if needed. I downloaded the latest firmware for this camera there. As I have Windows XP so I don't have to use any other software becuse XP can transfer the pics from the camera.
Battery life seems to pretty good with the 1800 NIHMs. I haven't had to charge or put in another set yet (taken about 50 pics so far in best quality mode and downloaded to PC).
The DX3600 may be a good choice also although I haven't used it, since it uses Compact memory with is a little cheaper than the Multi-media the DX3700 uses
Very happy so far with this camera :-)
Strengths:
Image quality, general ease of use.
Weaknesses:
Multi-media cards are more expensive than some other formats such as Compact and Smart media cards
Customer Service:
Called and asked for a users manual and they told me no problem and would get it in the mail.
This is my first digital camera and it is great. I did a lot of reasearch and decided on this one. I bought just the camera (no accessories), and I get buy just fine. I found the battery lasts a very long time, so I dont need the charger. I found the optional loading dock may be also be not needed. I get along fine without it. However you will need a mmc card, I bought a 64mb mmc card and I think that is good enough. It hold about 125 pictures and I found them for $42 on an internet store(watch out for ebay, see below).
Strengths:
Excellent picture quality. Very easy to use, even my wife figured it out without reading the directions. The battery that comes with it last very long. Internal memory holds way more pictures than the guy over the couter told me. Also, it is very quiet, not a peep (another review on this site said his was noisy???) Software that comes with is is very easy to use and picture transfer is a snap, it just about does it for you.
Weaknesses:
Don''t like the manual lens cap. It is also a bit slow.
Similar Products Used:
35 mm camera.
Customer Service:
Had a problem with the mmc card. I bought a kodak mutimedia card on ebay which turned out to be defective. However, there is no help on the kodak website for mmc cards.
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