Kodak EasyShare Z981

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Kodak EasyShare Z981
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Perhaps the Kodak Easyshare Z981 does not match up to other cameras with long lenses in all areas, but it is worth noting it is around half the price of some of them. Therefore if a long lens is of great importance to you and you are willing to...

By Cameras UK on
60

The Kodak EasyShare Z981 might be something of a plastic brick that delivers over-saturated images, but £240 for a camera with a 26x zoom is a bargain. Its price is the Z981's saving...

By CNET UK on
61

The Kodak EasyShare Z981 has attractive specs and pricing, but falls too short on photo quality to recommend...

By CNET Australia on
59

Like the Fujifilm S2500HD the Kodak offers 720p video recording with monaural sound and no manual controls (no exposure compensation). However, its movies use the more advanced H.264 codec which results in much smaller...

By Digital Photography Review on
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The Kodak EasyShare Z981 is one of the more chunkier and robust examples of the bridge camera currently out there; in fact it's a bit of a brick. But despite its relatively simplistic layout we didn't unfortunately find it the most user friendly...

By PhotographyBLOG on
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The Z981 includes most of the features an amateur looking for an all-in-one compact with huge zoom power will want, but there are big zoom alternatives who do this sort of thing better and moreover cheaperKey specs14 megapixels, AA battery, SD,...

By Pocket-lint on

The Kodak Z981 comes across as a rather odd fit. It is sort of a “Jack of all trades, master of none” kind of camera. Many features seem squarely aimed at an entry-level consumer market with primary goal of convenience and ease of use,...

By Photography Bay on

The EasyShare Z981 is Kodak's leading mega-zoom model, featuring a 26x wide Schneider-KREUZNACH optical zoom lens with optical image stabilization. Supporting this mega-zoom lens is a 14-Megapixel imaging sensor, 3-inch LCD screen, electronic view...

By Steves Digicams on
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Equipé d’un zoom puissant, dont l’amplitude varie entre le grand angle au super téléobjectif, le Kodak Z981 semble convenir à tous les photographes....

International Review By CNET France on
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Sur le papier, le Z981 dispose d'un triple atout majeur : grand-angle 26 mm, zoom x26, et vidéo HD. Une fiche technique de choc proposée à un tarif ultraconcurrentiel, 299 €, soit 100 € de moins que des concurrents comme...

International Review By 01Net on