Kodak Z990 – I consider myself a photo-enthusiast, taking photos for prior 30-some yrs. I’ve had the chance of attempting a number of distinct super-zooms because 2009 and never discovered a person around $250 with this sort of developed & photo quality, features, and feel in your hands. The lens quality, diopter, and diameter are all extraordinary for this price range, 30X optical with built-in stabilization, shooting RAW, 460K high resolution LCD, 1080P HD movies, C MOS sensor with 6400 ISO low-light sensitivity, HDMI output and more.
The competitors in this segment are Nikon P500 & 100, Fuji HS20 & 10, Sony HX100, Panasonic FZ100 and not so much in my opinion, Canon SX30. From the moment you hold the Nikon(s) in your hand you get the feeling of a cheap toy camera, lens diameter is narrow when it protrudes and stabilization is horrible. Fuji HS20 is nice but a bit bulky and heavy and cost around $425. HS 10 is slow in processing photos, its response time is long and LCD screen resolution is 230K dots. FZ100 photo and lens quality are among the best however it has 24X optical zoom, ISO of only 1600 for low light and costs at least $400. Canon SX30 only gives you 720P movies, has 2.7″ LCD screen which only gives you 230K dots resolution, comes with CCD sensor with expected ISO of only 1600, and on top of all it costs you a good $400.
That leaves the only camera worthy of its price: Sony HX100v only if you want to spend $450, almost twice as much of Kodak Z990 to get maybe a little bit of extra features this sort of as geo-tagging and industry leading 920k LCD resolution. Remember with Sony lots of times you are limited to the company’s proprietary accessories. Kodak has come a long way with this model and considering it comes with 4 rechargeable AA batteries and a wall charger it has very competitively priced it which makes a value shopper like me feel like a winner!
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