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Thread ID: 105574	2009-12-07 06:00:00	I'm Impressed!!!	SurferJoe46 (51)	PC World Chat

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837285	2009-12-08 08:04:00	Am I the only one who uses a film camera here? lol. Film? Whats that :p	Speedy Gonzales (78)
837286	2009-12-08 08:11:00	Film? Whats that :p Stuff that people download off torrents? :p	the_bogan (9949)
837287	2009-12-08 08:32:00	Am I the only one who uses a film camera here? lol. I think you may be one of the last, as they are a dying breed :)	robbyp (2751)
837288	2009-12-08 09:01:00	Kodak make some good cameras, and some cheap models. You choose based on what you want. At work they have a Kodak (midrange), around 5 years old with a dock/printer. the printer has only been used a few times due to the cost of the thing with no real choice of supplier for the cartidge (which contains ink + paper). The only problem it has given ibn that time (Thumb prints on the lens excluded) is that the battery is now very tired and has an amazingly small capacity. Replacement generic Ni-Mh don't agree with the dock, so the dock is rather redundant now. It has been used / abused by all and sundry and still takes pretty good pictures with no fuss under some pretty wildly varying lighting. Pretty much a perfect solution for the job it does. Even the ultimate digital camera is a bit handicapped when it comes to a fast series of shots requiring high definition - it takes a VERY good digital to beat a low end film model in that situation. Even so, I haven't sent a roll of film in for processing in quite a few years, PaintShop Pro is not suited to 35mm film correcting ;)	R2x1 (4628)
837289	2009-12-08 17:52:00	Yup, if I buy a camera, I'll get one with some kind of memory card on it . Then I wont have to use a program / or cable / dock, I'll just chuck it in the card reader If indeed I only had the dock - which is bordering on just ":OK", I'd agree with you . However the C636 I have also has memory cards and I use them all the time in a separate reader . The only problem I have had with the Kodak G600 printer/dock I got as a gift is that the paper feed is persnickety and needs a little "help" to get it to feed well - if at all . It's kinda a kick to watch the pix come out and go back inside the printer three or four times as it prints from sheets of color and then lays a clear sheet over it to seal it all up . That's kinda unique I think although I don't have much experience with other camera/printers . It renders a nice , dry and clear 4x6 print and that's all I would want if it was just a snapshot camera . The AIO sells for $99 . 00 USD (in line with other mid-line units) and the price of the ink is the biggest seller as it's about 1/2 the cost of (what I call: "non-competitive" prices of other ink cartridges for other brands . Color resolution is very good - better than the AIO Canons and HPs I had in the past, with the extra blending colors in the Kodak carts, but that may be just my appraisal . After all, I'm not a pro . I also have old eyes - so there! If you don't install the junk-ware, and only use Picasa3 as I do, there's not much more that I need nor want in a camera and printer . Yes - the name is a cornerstone in the US and is prolly one of the most recognized ones - and Oh, there might be some product loyalty involved - but I shopped and price-compared, taking into account the down-the-road costs and the Kodak system won easily . Now if Mr . Eastman or Mr . Kodak wants to send me a check, they can PM me . In the past I owned a Yashika-D/35 and a Minolta SRT101 35mm, but that's a whole different chapter . They were huge, expensive and fragile . I developed and printed my own pictures and yes - it was fun . I had a dark room, easels, chemical baths and the requisite dark-lights, but this is so much easier with just the camera, a card and a computer . I'm growing older (wiser?) and lazier I guess . Let's just say that I am labor-conservative . The pixs that follow are NOT mine - but they are the same cameras I used to own .	SurferJoe46 (51)
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