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Kodak EasyShare DX4530 Digital Camera

	Camera QuickLook
	Review Date	x/16/03
	User Level	Novice to experienced amateur
	Product Uses	Family / Travel / Special Events
	Digicam Pattern	Point and Shoot
	Motion-picture show Quality	Very High, 5.0-megapixel CCD
	Print Sizes	8x10 and larger
	Availability	Now
	Suggested Retail Toll (At introduction)	$399

Introduction

Eastman Kodak's "EasyShare" line of digital cameras have consistently impressed me as living upwardly to their proper noun, being i of the most unfailingly like shooting fish in a barrel to apply line of digicams out in that location. Ane of the latest additions to the line is the EasyShare DX4530, a 5-megapixel, 3x-zoom digicam bringing really big epitome sizes to the point and shoot market. Very similar to the earlier DX4330, the new 4530 offers the same bones features, but with a larger 5.0-megapixel CCD for higher resolution.

The Kodak EasyShare DX4530 is very much a pure "point and shoot" camera, as information technology offers the user very little in the manner of exposure adjustments or flexibility, but manages to capture surprisingly good images nether a variety of conditions. Besides being easy to apply to take photos with, the Kodak 4530 likewise mates with their optional 4000-series "dock," for like shooting fish in a barrel downloading of images to your computer, and built-in charging of NiMH batteries.

Camera Overview

Kodak's EasyShare line of digicams has consistently proven i of the most user-friendly series on the market, with simplified operation and the convenient compatibility of the EasyShare camera docks for easy image downloading. Debuting with a five.0-megapixel CCD at a surprisingly low price (just under $400 at the fourth dimension of its introduction in mid-summer, 2003), the EasyShare DX4530 looks a lot like the rest of the EasyShare line of digicams. Meaty, curvy, and like in style to a traditional point-and-shoot 35mm movie camera, the DX4530 measures only four.3 10 1.five x 2.6 inches (110.v x 39.0 x 66.0 millimeters). The photographic camera's all-plastic body makes it low-cal weight equally well, at 9.2 ounces (261 grams) with the bombardment and memory card. At that place'll thus be little excuse for leaving it behind. The DX4530 squeezes into larger shirt and glaze pockets, and comes with a wrist strap for carrying. The camera's compact design includes a retractable lens, protected by a removable plastic lens cap (a tiny strap tethers information technology to the photographic camera trunk so you won't lose it). Though exposure features and overall setup are similar to previous EasyShare models (most notably the DX4330 model), the DX4530 boasts a larger, 5.0-megapixel CCD for capturing high resolution, print quality images, likewise as smaller image sizes improve suited for distributing via email.

The DX4530 is equipped with a 3x optical zoom lens, equivalent to a 38-114mm zoom on a 35mm lens. - This is a range from a moderate wide-bending to a moderate telephoto. A set of filter threads around the within lip of the lens barrel accommodates a set of Kodak-manufactured accessory lenses, enhancing the photographic camera's wide angle and telephoto capabilities. The camera'southward autofocus machinery uses a multi-zone system that "finds" the primary subject area in the middle of the frame that's closest to the lens, highlighting the agile AF surface area in cerise brackets on the LCD display. Though automatically controlled, the DX4530 has a maximum aperture ranging from f/2.eight to f/4.8, depending on the zoom position. Normal focus ranges from two feet (0.6 meters) to infinity, with a Macro setting for more than close-upward shooting. In Macro mode, focus ranges from two.eight to 28 inches (7 to lxx centimeters), depending on the zoom position. A Landscape shooting mode fixes focus at infinity, for distant subjects and scenery. In improver to the 3x optical zoom, the DX4530 likewise offers 3.3x Advanced Digital Zoom, which effectively increases the camera'due south zoom capabilities to 10x. Go along in mind though, that digital zoom decreases the overall image quality, since it simply enlarges the center pixels of the CCD image. For composing images, the DX4530 offers both a real-prototype optical viewfinder, and a 1.eight-inch color LCD monitor.

Exposure remains under automated command on the DX4530 at all times, although the photographic camera does offer a Long Time Exposure fashion for longer exposures upwards to four seconds. The Mode punch on superlative of the photographic camera controls the operating mode, offer Movie, Motorcar, Sports, Night, Landscape, and Macro modes. While Automobile mode is best for general photography weather, the remaining preset modes are tailored to specific shooting situations such as night portraits in forepart of vivid cityscapes or capturing the action of a piffling league game. In Sports fashion, the camera uses faster shutter speeds (from 1/i,700 to 1/30-2nd) to "freeze" action. Dark mode optimizes the camera for darker portraits and scenes, automatically combining the flash with a slower shutter speed to let more ambient light in to balance the image (yous can likewise cancel the flash, for available-light dark scenes.) Shutter speeds in Night mode range from 1/30 to 1/two-2nd, so you lot'll need to switch over to Long Time Exposure manner for longer shutter times, out to a maximum of iv seconds. Mural style fixes focus at infinity, for capturing subjects more than than 57.4 feet (17.5 meters) away from the camera. Finally, Macro mode adjusts the focus range for close-upwardly shooting.

The DX4530 employs a Multi-Design, matrix metering organization, which bases the exposure on several light readings taken throughout the frame, taking into consideration subject dissimilarity as well as overall brightness. Although yous tin can't suit the aperture, shutter speed, or metering mode (apart from the Long Time Exposure manner), you can increase or subtract the overall exposure through the Exposure Compensation setting under the Record menu. Exposure Compensation adjusts the epitome from -ii to +2 exposure equivalents (EV) in half-step increments. White residue also remains under automatic control at all times, but the DX4530 uses Kodak's proprietary Color Scientific discipline engineering, which produces an accurate color balance under a surprising range of light sources. (I proceed to wonder why other manufacturers can't manage to practise as good a job with their motorcar white balance settings as Kodak does.) ISO remains nether automated control equally well, but varies from 130 to 200 equivalent settings, depending on the light level. The built-in flash is effective from 2.0 to 11.2 feet (0.6 to 3.4 meters) depending on the zoom position, and features Auto, Fill, Cherry-red-Eye Reduction, and Off operating modes. A x-second Self-Timer mode provides a delay betwixt the time the Shutter button is pressed and the shutter really opens, then that you lot can get into your own shots.

In addition to the range of nevertheless photography modes, the DX4530 also offers a Film recording style for capturing moving images and sound, at an image size of 320 x 240 pixels. Recording stops and starts with a full press of the Shutter push (you can as well concur it down), and the full length of recording time appears in the LCD monitor. Movie lengths depend on the corporeality of retentivity space available. In an interesting and useful departure from the norm, the 4530'south cocky-timer office works in Movie mode besides as for nonetheless pictures. Through a menu option, you can programme the 4530 to record fixed-length movies of 5, xv, or thirty seconds when triggered by the cocky-timer, or to only begin recording when the timer runs out and run until either the memory carte is full, or you lot terminate the recording by pressing the shutter push again. (Annotation that the LCD display is turned off when the photographic camera is running from the self-timer in Pic mode.)

The DX4530 is compatible with Kodak's EasyShare camera docks, which offers hassle-free epitome downloading. Yous simply put the camera into the dock (a plastic dock insert provided with the camera fits the DX4530 bottom to the dock) and press the Connect button on the dock. (Some photographic camera kits include the EasyShare Camera Dock II as part of the bundle.) The dock station also serves equally an Air-conditioning adapter and in-camera battery charger (with Kodak NiMH bombardment packs). The DX4530 is besides uniform with the recently-released Printer Dock 4000, which lets y'all print 4x6 snapshots directly from the camera. Congenital into the DX4530 are 32 megabytes of internal memory, simply the camera also features an SD/MMC memory card slot so yous can aggrandize the camera's memory chapters. I highly recommend picking up at least a 64 or 128-megabyte carte right abroad, given the camera's ii,580 x 1,932-pixel maximum image size. For power, the DX4530 uses either 2 AA-blazon lithium or NiMH batteries, or a single CRV3 lithium bombardment pack. For the best performance, I recommend keeping a spare set of batteries freshly charged at all times. See my Battery Shootout page to see which batteries currently on the market are best, my review of the Maha C-204F charger, my long-fourth dimension favorite.

Bones Features

• 5.0-megapixel CCD delivering image resolutions every bit high as 2,580 x i,932 pixels.
• Existent-image optical viewfinder.
• 1.8-inch colour LCD monitor.
• 3x, 38-114mm (35mm equivalent) lens.
• 3.3x Avant-garde digital zoom.
• Automatic exposure control.
• Automatic white balance control.
• Maximum aperture of f/2.8 to f/four.viii, depending on lens zoom position.
• Built-in flash with four modes.
• 32MB internal retention.
• SD/MMC card storage (card not included).
• Power supplied by ii AA-blazon batteries, one CRV3 lithium battery, or optional Air conditioning adapter.
• Uniform with Kodak EasyShare photographic camera dock (some kits include the Photographic camera Dock 2) and Printer Dock 4000.
• Kodak EasyShare software included for both Windows and Mac platforms.

Special Features

• Film mode (with sound).
• Night, Sport, Mural, and Macro photography modes.
• ten-second Self-Timer for delayed shutter release.
• Long Time Exposure manner for longer exposures up to four seconds.
• DPOF (Digital Print Guild Format) compatibility.
• USB cablevision for connection to a figurer (driver software included).

Recommendation
Like the rest of the EasyShare serial of digicams, the DX4530 is a great choice for anyone looking for hassle-gratis shooting but good colour, white balance, and exposure. Simply about everything is automatically controlled, with great results, although the DX4530 does offering a few creative options for enhancing its operation. The camera features Kodak's very straightforward user interface, complete with clear, helpful feature descriptions, making it a good option for kids or novice users. With its no-fuss design, camera dock compatibility, and generous 5.0-megapixel CCD, the DX4530 does credit to the EasyShare proper name, providing good image quality and unbeatable ease-of-use at a depression cost.

Design
Compact and reasonably small in size, the DX4530 measures four.3 x i.5 x 2.half dozen inches (110.5 ten 39.0 ten 66.0 millimeters), just small enough to fit into coat pockets and purses, and maybe larger shirt pockets. The DX4530 is light weight besides, thank you to its all-plastic torso, at just 7.4 ounces (210 grams) with batteries and SD menu loaded. A wrist strap comes with the photographic camera, but a soft carrying case would exist a good thought for protecting the photographic camera when traveling.

The DX4530's front panel features the telescoping lens, which takes upward almost the entire correct side, surrounded by a thick, plastic lip complete with filter threads for accessory lenses. The lens extends outward well-nigh another 3/4-inch when the photographic camera is powered on. Too on the front panel are the optical viewfinder window, flash, self-timer lamp, low-cal sensor, and tiny microphone. A gently-sculpted manus grip on the side of the photographic camera features merely enough of a ridge for your fingers to cling to every bit they wrap around the camera.

On the right side of the camera (as viewed from the back) is the SD/MMC memory card and USB compartment, as well every bit the Video Out jack. A hinged, plastic door protects the compartment, and opens from the back console. Below the card slot is the USB jack, for connecting the photographic camera direct to a computer. A shiny, silvery eyelet is also on this side of the camera, for attaching the wrist strap.

The opposite side of the camera features the DC In jack, covered past a flexible flap. A minor eyelet just beneath the jack compartment attaches the lens cap strap.

The Shutter push, Mode dial, Wink button, and speaker are all on the DX4530's elevation panel.

The remainder of the camera controls are on the rear panel, along with the optical viewfinder and LCD monitor. An indented thumbrest on the right side cups your thumb every bit yous concord the camera, reinforcing the front handgrip. Above the thumbrest is the zoom rocker button. The Share, Delete, Bill of fare, and Review buttons are laid out near the four corners of the LCD monitor. The 4-Mode Arrow pad on the left side of the LCD monitor has a rubbery nub in the center that makes it piece of cake to grip, and which also acts as the OK button. The optical viewfinder eyepiece is quite small, but has a fairly loftier eyepoint to adapt eyeglass wearers (I could meet the full view at a good distance from the camera). Next to the viewfinder is a pocket-sized LED lamp, which lights or flashes to betoken photographic camera status (such as when focus is ready, flash is charging, etc.).

On the bottom panel of the DX4530 are the tripod mount, dock jack, and battery compartment. The plastic, threaded tripod mount is off-center and too close to the bombardment compartment for quick battery changes while working with a tripod. (I doubt that this will be of much concern to about users though, equally the DX4530 is clearly designed for on-the-go shooting.) I mostly prefer to see metal tripod sockets, but the small size and low weight of the DX4530 mean the plastic socket should hold up fine under normal usage. The bombardment compartment features a locking, hinged door, which slides forward to open up. The dock connectedness jack is protected by a sliding plastic door, and connects the camera direct to the EasyShare docks for quick image downloading or printing.

Camera Functioning
Every bit I've come up to look from Kodak's EasyShare digicam line, the DX4530 has a articulate, piece of cake-to-understand interface. The fully automatic exposure control and express exposure options keep user exposure decisions to a minimum, although y'all can adjust a few variables such as wink mode and exposure compensation. The LCD carte system is short and elementary to navigate, with the familiar Kodak blueprint standard, and the Fashion dial lets yous change camera modes quickly. Given the simple interface and limited controls, you should exist able to snap images right away, without much more than a glance at the transmission.

Record-Manner Display
The DX4530'south brandish shows the center autofocus area along with currently-selected options for image size/quality, macro and flash mode, the number of images of the current size and quality that tin can be stored in the remaining space on the retentivity bill of fare. A bombardment icon also appears, reporting the approximate level of charge left. A half-press of the Shutter button highlights the AF area selection in red. (Pressing the OK push button only turns the LCD monitor on or off.)

Playback-Mode Brandish
In Playback mode, you tin can printing the DX4530's multi-controller to zoom in or dorsum out of an prototype, with a maximum enlargement of 4x. Through the settings menu, a more detailed information display is available, reporting date and fourth dimension of capture and the image quality setting. (Sad, I missed grabbing the zoomed-playback view for the screen shots higher up.)

External Controls

Shutter Button: Located on the camera's peak console, this push button sets focus and exposure when halfway pressed, and fires the shutter when fully pressed. In Playback fashion, pressing this push returns the camera to the selected Record mode.

Mode Dial: But behind the Shutter button, this dial controls the photographic camera's operating modes, with the post-obit options bachelor:

• Motion picture: Records moving images with audio, for equally long as the memory bill of fare has available infinite.
• Off: Turns the camera off, and signals the lens to retract.
• Automatic Record: All-time for average shooting conditions, this mode places the camera under automatic exposure control, with limited user options available through the Tape menu.
• Sports Mode: Optimizes the camera for moving subjects, freezing action.
• Night Mode: Employs longer shutter speeds to allow more ambient light into the epitome. Combines the wink with the longer exposures for brighter night shots, although you tin can disable the flash if desired.
• Landscape Mode: Fixes focus at infinity, for capturing afar scenery.
• Macro Mode: Changes the focus range for close-up subjects.

Flash Button: To the left of the Manner dial, this push cycles through the Auto, Fill, Red-Centre Reduction, and Off wink modes.

Zoom Toggle Button: In the tiptop right corner of the dorsum console, this button controls the optical and digital zoom in any record mode.

Share Button: Above the elevation right corner of the LCD monitor, this push button lets you lot tag images for printing, emailing, or as a favorite epitome. (A eye icon appears on "favorite" images.) Pressing this push in Review mode displays the Share menu:

• Cancel Prints: Cancels all print marks.
• Impress All: Marks all images on the bill of fare or in the internal memory for printing.
• Print: Marks the electric current epitome for press, letting y'all set the number of copies.
• Due east-Mail: Tags the current prototype for electronic mail manual. Once tagged, and the paradigm is downloaded to a computer, the Kodak EasyShare software pulls upwards an email screen for sending the image.
• Favorite: Designates the current prototype equally "favorite," indicated past the eye icon in the LCD display.

Delete: Simply higher up the Four-Way Arrow pad, this button calls up the Delete menu in Review style. You can delete private images or all images on the menu. In that location's also an option to abolish.

Four-Way Arrow Pad: Dominating the left side of the camera's dorsum console, this rocker push button features four arrows. In any settings card, the arrow keys navigate through options. Pressing the eye of the push button acts as the "OK" signal to confirm selections. In Record fashion, the center push also controls the LCD display, turning information technology on or off. In Playback manner, the right and left arrows scroll through captured images and movies, while the center button acts as a shortcut to the 2x and 4x image enlargement screens.

Carte Push button: Immediately below the Four-Style Arrow pad, this push button displays the settings card in Playback or Record modes.

Review Push: The final control on the back panel, this button is located in the lower right corner. Pressing this button in whatsoever Record mode activates Playback fashion. Once in Playback style, pressing the Shutter button returns to the Record brandish.

Photographic camera Modes and Menus

Motion picture Mode: The showtime option on the Mode punch, Film fashion is indicated by a movie photographic camera icon. In this mode, y'all can record 320 x 240-pixel resolution movies with audio, at 15 frames per 2d.

Auto Mode: Marked with a camera icon and the word "Auto," this fashion is best for most boilerplate shooting weather. Exposure is automatically controlled, but a small choice of user options is available through the Record carte.

Sports Mode: A pocket-sized, black icon of a person in motility marks this manner on the Style dial, which uses faster shutter speeds to capture fast-moving subjects.

Night Mode: This fashion is indicated by a person with a star on the Mode punch, and uses longer exposure times to capture bright images in low lite.

Landscape Mode: A mountain icon indicates this mode on the Mode punch. Hither, the camera fixes focus at infinity for distant subjects and scenery.

Macro Mode: The traditional bloom macro symbol marks this mode on the Mode punch. The focus range changes for shut-upward subjects in this style, and limited exposure options are available.

Playback Mode: Accessed past pressing the Review button, this way lets you review captured images and movies, too every bit manage files.

Record Menu: The following menu items appear whenever the Menu button is pressed in any Record style. Nonetheless, non all menu options are available in all modes.

Self-Timer: Turns the 10-second cocky-timer on or off.
Image Storage: Dictates where images are stored, either in the 32MB internal memory or on the SD/MMC menu.
Exposure Bounty: Adjusts the overall exposure from -ii to +2 exposure equivalents (EV) in half-step increments.
Long Fourth dimension Exposure: Accesses longer exposure times, for darker shooting atmospheric condition. Manually-set shutter speeds range from 0.7 to four.0 seconds.
Picture Quality: Sets the image resolution to Best (ii,580 x 1,932 pixels), All-time 3:2 (2,580 10 i,720 pixels), Ameliorate (2,032 10 one,524 pixels), or Practiced (1,288 x 966 pixels).
Date Stamp: Turns the date postage office on or off, which records the date over the image. You tin can choose from a selection of date formats equally well.
Orientation Sensor: Controls the camera's orientation sensor, which detects when the camera is tilted sideways, and reflects that in the LCD monitor.
Setup Card: Accesses the post-obit main camera settings:
Return: Returns to the previous carte du jour display.
Default Print Quantity: Sets the default number of prints specified when "tagging" images.
Quickview: Turns Quickview on or off. Quickview automatically displays the about recently captured paradigm, with options to delete or Share.
Liveview: Disables the LCD's "live" view, significant you can plough off the LCD every bit a viewfinder by pressing the middle of the Four Way Arrow pad. If off, the LCD remains active at all times.
Shutter Sound: Enables the shutter noise or turns information technology off.
Appointment & Time: Sets the camera'southward internal clock and calendar.
Video Out: Specifies PAL or NTSC equally the Video Out signal.
Linguistic communication: Sets the menu language to English, German, Castilian, French, Italian, Portuguese, or Japanese.
Format: Formats the SD memory card or internal retentiveness.
About: Displays the photographic camera's firmware data.

Playback Menu:

Magnify: Enlarges the displayed paradigm, then that you can check on fine particular and framing.
Protect: Write-protects the displayed prototype, preventing it from being accidentally erased or manipulated (except via retentiveness or carte formatting). Besides removes protection.
Image Storage: Selects between the internal memory or the SD card for image storage.
Slide Testify: Enables a slide show of captured images, with user-adjustable intervals between images.
Copy: Copies files from the internal memory to the SD card, or the reverse.
Video Date Display: Turns on the date display over movie files, with a choice of formats.
Picture show Info: Displays the filename, directory, date, time, and quality information for the current epitome.
Setup Card: Displays the same settings as under the Tape menu.

In the Box
In the box are the post-obit items:

• Kodak EasyShare DX4530 digital camera.
• CRV3 lithium bombardment pack.
• USB cable.
• A/5 cable.
• Wrist strap.
• Lens cap with strap.
• EasyShare dock insert.
• Software CD-ROM.
• Operating manual and registration carte.
• Some models are also arranged with the Photographic camera Dock 2.
  

Recommended Accessories

• Large capacity SD memory card. (I'd recommend 64MB as a bare minimum.)
• Additional set of rechargeable batteries (or bombardment pack) and charger.
• AC adapter.
• Small camera instance.
• EasyShare photographic camera dock or printer dock.

Recommended Software: Rescue your images!
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Most Batteries
(Well, not quite "back to our regularly scheduled review..) - I've gotten and so many emails well-nigh power issues for digicams, that I'yard now inserting a standard detect in my reviews of all AA-powered cameras: Don't even *call back* almost using alkaline AA batteries in a digicam! Despite their being packed in the box with many cameras, they simply don't take the juice to handle typical digicam demands. Spend the $35-40 or so it takes to get a set (or two) of high-capacity NiMH rechargeable batteries and a good charger! The few dollars up front will save you literally hundreds of dollars in the long run, not to mention the hassle of wimpy batteries running out in the eye of the action. Buy 2 sets of batteries too, so one tin always be in the charger, ready to go, and so take two sets available for longer excursions. Bank check out my Bombardment Shootout page for the latest in actual, measured functioning of various AA batteries. Read. - Read my review of the Maha C-204F charger, to larn why information technology's my longtime favorite.

Specifications
Run into the specifications sheet here.

Picky Details
Information on shooting speed, battery life, etc. can be constitute hither.

User Reviews

• Kodak EasyShare DX4530 user reviews on PriceGrabber.com
• Kodak EasyShare DX4530 user reviews on PC PhotoREVIEW
  

Sample Pictures
See our sample pictures and detailed assay hither. The thumbnails below show a subset of our examination images. Click on a thumbnail to see the full-size photo.

Outdoor	Indoor Flash	Indoor
House	Musicians	Macro
Davebox	Resolution	Viewfinder Accuracy

Test Results

In keeping with my standard test policy, the comments given here summarize only my key findings. For a total commentary on each of the test images, see the DX4530's "pictures" folio.

As with all Imaging Resource product tests, I encourage y'all to let your own optics be the judge of how well the camera performed. Explore the images on the pictures page, to run across how the DX4530's images compare to other cameras you may exist considering.

• Color: Although the DX4530 offers only fully automatic white residual, Kodak's Color Science engineering does a superb chore of producing accurate colour under most any light source. I generally found very slight color casts in the DX4530'due south images, but they were slight indeed, and it did an exceptionally practiced task with the tough incandescent lighting of the Indoor Portrait (with and without wink), as well as nether my studio lighting. The very slight pink cast produced attractive skin tones, and the camera did a well-nigh perfect job in overall colour rendition, treatment even the notorious blue flowers of the Outdoor Portrait test very well. Colors were bright and vibrant, hue-accurate and appropriately saturated.
• Exposure: The DX4530 had a tendency to overexpose slightly outdoors and nether the studio lighting. The outdoor shots showed this the most, specially the outdoor house shot. Indoors, however, the camera did very well, requiring a less than average amount of positive exposure bounty at +0.3 EV. The camera'south native contrast is somewhat high, as information technology had a tendency to lose item in highlights and plug the shadows when dealing with harsh lighting, simply this is oft a tradeoff that's made to reach bright, highly-seasoned colour.
• Resolution/Sharpness: The DX4530 performed very well on the "laboratory" resolution examination nautical chart. It started showing artifacts in the test patterns at resolutions as depression every bit 800 lines per picture acme, in both horizontal and vertical directions. I institute "strong detail" out to at ane,300 lines, a very good performance. "Extinction" of the target patterns didn't occur until about 1,550 lines.
• Closeups: The DX4530 captured a pocket-sized macro expanse, measuring 2.52 x i.89 inches (64 x 48 millimeters). Resolution was very high, with potent detail in the dollar bill. Notwithstanding, the corners were very soft, blurring the details of the coins and brooch significantly, more than seemed to be deemed for past the shallow depth of field when shooting so shut. The camera's flash had a picayune trouble throttling down for the macro expanse, although it couldn't really be blamed for the bright specular reflection on the brooch. At the closest shooting distances, the photographic camera'south lens shadows the subject expanse slightly in the lower left corner of the frame. (Overall, program on using external lighting for your closest shots with this camera.)
• Night Shots: The DX4530 normally operates nether automatic exposure control at all times, with a maximum shutter time of ane/2 second. This would limit its low light capabilities quite a bit, but fortunately at that place's a long-exposure manner, in which exposure times can exist set manually, out to a maximum of 4 seconds. If you don't mind trivial a bit to find the right exposure, the DX4530 tin can therefore deliver overnice vivid images down to a limit of near ane/iv foot-candle (nigh ii.7 lux). This is roughly a quarter of the brightness of a typical city night scene under average street lighting, making the 4530 quite usable for photography later on dark. (You'll probably need to employ it in its "landscape" mode though, to gear up the focus at infinity, as the autofocus system won't be able to piece of work under such dark weather. - That'south why my depression calorie-free test photos were poorly focused.) In my testing, I found the colour and noise levels surprisingly good, fifty-fifty under very dim lighting conditions.
• Viewfinder Accurateness: The DX4530's optical viewfinder was somewhat tight, showing about 85 percent frame accuracy at broad angle, and approximately 84 pct at telephoto. The LCD monitor really proved a little loose, showing very slightly less of the framed surface area in the final epitome. Given that I like LCD monitors to exist as close to 100 percent accuracy as possible, the DX4530's LCD monitor is close to perfect.
• Optical Baloney: Optical distortion on the DX4530 was less than average at the wide-angle end, where I measured approximately 0.v percentage barrel distortion. (The average among cameras I've tested is on the guild of 0.8%.) The telephoto end fared even better, as I measured only ane pixel of butt distortion. Chromatic abnormality was fairly loftier though: In that location was a good eight or nine pixels of coloration on either side of the target lines in the upper right-hand corner, although the colour wasn't too intense. (This distortion is visible as a very slight colored fringe around the objects at the edges of the field of view on the resolution target.) There'south some softness visible in the corners equally well, although it doesn't extend too far into the picture surface area.
• Shutter lag and cycle time: With a full-autofocus shutter lag ranging from 0.78 to 1.17 seconds, the DX4530 is squarely in the middle of the range of the consumer digicams I've tested. (Which, past the style, is mode too slow IMHO, only that but seems to be where the bulk of the market is correct now.) Its prefocus shutter lag is 0.22 seconds, also near average. Shot to shot bicycle times are iii.13 seconds for its highest-quality images, and 2.99 seconds for its lowest-quality ones, with a half dozen-frame buffer retention.
• Bombardment Life: The DX4530 does pretty well for a photographic camera powered by merely two AA cells. Using my standard reference of 1600 mAh rechargeable NiMH cells (true capacity, vs rated), the 4530's worst-case run time (capture mode with the LCD turned on) is well-nigh 80 minutes, on the short side of boilerplate, merely non terrible. With the LCD off, its power drain drops to a very low value, and run time stretches to an infrequent xiv hours. As always, I strongly recommend purchasing at least a couple of sets of high-capacity NiMH batteries and a practiced charger. Kodak's optional EasyShare Dock 4000 comes with an NiMH bombardment pack and a built-in charger. (See my Battery Shootout for the latest ratings of high-power NiMH AA cells, or read my review of the Maha C-204F charger to see why it'south my longtime favorite.)

Decision

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Kodak'southward EasyShare digital cameras excel in user-friendliness, and offer adept paradigm quality in addition to their user-friendly setup and compact size. The DX4530 updates the line with a larger, five.0-megapixel CCD that captures high-quality images with good particular. Although exposure control is fully automatic, the DX4530 performs surprisingly well in a variety of situations, and offers a few preset scene modes for shooting in low lighting or capturing activity shots. A range of manually-selectable longer exposure times extends the camera'south capabilities besides, without getting too complicated. If you're looking for a lot of pixels combined with ease of employ, all at an attractive toll, the DX4530 would be a expert choice.

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