Introduction

With Christmas rolling around people are looking for great deals. I'm sure that most people will need a cheap camera with quality to take some of those family portraits. Geeks.com has Cheap Digital Cameras for your purchasing desires. They have provided us today the Kodak EasyShare Z710 7.1MP Digital Camera. There is a whole slew of features jam packed into this camera. Let's take a closer look to check out some of these kickin' features.

General Features

- 7.1 MP (mega pixels)
- Lens: SCHNEIDER-KREUZNACH VARIOGON
- 10x Optical Zoom
- 5x Digital Zoom
- 2.0-inch LCD
- 201K pixels Viewfinder
- 32 MB internal memory
- SD/MMC card expansion slot
- TTL imager AF system
- Auto Focus Modes: normal AF, macro AF, infinity AF
- Still format: JPEG/EXIF v2.21
- Color Modes: high color, natural color (default), low color, sepia, black and white
- Video Capture Format: QUICKTIME
- Video Capture Quality: VGA (640 x 480) at 10.5 fps, QVGA (320 x 240) at 20 fps
- Video Capture Length: continuous up to 80 min. based on memory capacity
Still Image Size
- 7.1 MP-best (3072 x 2304)
- 6.3 MP-best 3:2 (3072 x 2048)
- 5.0 MP-better (2592 x 1944)
- 3.1 MP-good (2048 x 1536)
- 1.9 MP-e-mail (1600 x 1200)

Shooting specifications

Drive modes:
- single shot, self-timer (10 sec.), two-shot self-timer (10 sec.), delay shutter (2 sec.), first burst (approx. 1.7 fps up to 3 frames), last burst (approx. 1.7 fps last 3 frames)
Shooting modes:
- auto, sport, portrait, night shot, SCN (scene), P (program), A (aperture priority), S (shutter priority), M (manual), video
Scene modes:
- sport, portrait, night shot, landscape, flower, backlight, candlelight, manner/museum, text, beach, snow, fireworks, children, party, night portrait, night landscape, self portrait

Packaging

The packaging that we received the camera from Geeks.com also came with another item. Both were packaged very nicely with air pillows as you can see in the pictures below.

After removing the packaging we found our box with the Kodak Z710. The outside of the box is white with some basic information about the camera. It also states that it is a factory refurbished camera that comes with a 1 year limited warranty. Now I've had the camera for a couple of weeks and have found no problems with this camera. This refurbished camera at Geeks.com can be purchased for a whole lot cheaper than the regular price. Sure you may not get some fancy packaging, but at least you save some pressure on your wallet.

The outside of the box has a cover on it. After the cover is removed we find a plain brown box. Inside of that brown box are all of the components all secure in a lot of bubble wrap. Inside there is the Kodak Z170 7.1MP Digital Camera, Lens Cover, USB Cable, Kodak Lithium CRV3 Battery, Neck Strap, Custom Camera Insert for Optional Camera Dock, User Manual, and a Software CD.