Epson PhotoPC 3000Z

Excellent color rendeering repproduce original than any other camera. It is sharp camera. It is

lens is excellent (34-102mm f2-f2.5) aand can easily handle at dim light with such low F and Vivitar 285HV flash. The field test show that it produce sharp image and excellent color balance. I obtained very sharp and excellent color rendation images, but macro slightly is behind Canon and Sony, and Nikon. But I fully satisfied with its excellent optical performance giving consistently excellent image

Roslotion is still behind canon G1 and Sony DSC s75, these camera looks like use same lens (Carl Zeiss 34-102mm, but Sony paid for name Tag). feature is slightly behind than Sony and canon in format. Slow Action in mode change and zooming and data transfer.

Examined Canon G1---excelleent resolution , cool coloring. Song DSC S75---excellent resolution, soft coloring. Not much different from Epson in its sharpness, but Canon is top in its contrast, then So

Do not need. Good ergonomics and design, and good build quality and durability.

Great camera, did not appreciate it all until taking a digital photography course at our local college. We were not permitted to use any automatic features on the camera and if letting the camera decide the best exposure ect. then three quaters of the cameras capibility is lost. I would recomend a course like this to experience the best and the most fun, the course also contained some begining adobe Photoshop on the Mac computer.

Very versitile, hot shoe for external flash makes for a power house of lighting. rechargeable batteries hold up very well.

All digital cameras it seems have a LED screen viewing problem in daylight, why can't a colapsable hood be mounted on back tohelp with this problem

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Overall an amazing camera. When used properly, easily rivals my film camera. Ease of use is also top notch, battery life is astounding. (Even on Alkaline Duracell Ultras it last pretty long) The LCD display is excellent, bright and sharp. An excellent camera for those who don't want to with or need all the extra super bells and whistles of the higher end cameras.

Image quality, ease of use, battery life

Focusing issues, if you aren't careful you'll wind up focusing on the background. Especially if you turn off the flash, lastly expensive

Kodak's Canons all sorts

Haven't had to contact them for anything technical yet but I called them to verify some information and they were fast and courteous.

Takes great shots that can be printed as 8 x 10's or larger. Simple to operate & program. Feels good in your hands (solid). Comes complete with all needed accessories (batteries, charger, cables, good instructions).

The menu screens are the clearest and most understandable (common sense) of any digicam I've seen or used. Better than my Epson PC 700 which I've used for over 2 years. All buttons and controls make sense.

A little slow on shutter speed, but similar to other cameras.

Tried Nikon 990 and I own the Epson PC 700.

First Rate.

My wife and I are expecting our first child shortly, and we wanted a digital camera to be able to share pictures of the baby with our relatives by email as well as printing photos for our own photo albums. Also, I wanted a camera that offered a low resolution and file size setting for some web photos. So, having had very limited experience with film SLR cameras and using mostly point and shoot varieties in the past, I set out to pick what I thought made the most sense for us. My first thought was that we needed a camera that offered both the highest megapixel rating (3+) for printing and a low resolution for the web pictures. After cursory searches of reviews, I narrowed the search to three cameras: the Epson, the Kodak DC4800, and the Olympus C3030-Z. All of my research was done online using this site and others as a guide. I was impressed by the average rating of the Epson across several different sites, and I was impressed by the quality of the sample pictures that I saw. Also, the one strength mentioned on several sites that swayed me to the Epson over all others was the fact that the Epson could be set to an automatic mode that produced the best quality shots of the three. This was important for my wife, who will never want to mess with any kind of manual setting. But knowing my own personality, I knew that I would also want to be able to mess around with all of the other features eventually. The Epson provided that mix, and the automatic-setting picture samples that I saw did look impressive. After a month of using the camera, I have been impressed with the auto mode for the most part. It really is easy to use, and when set to lower resolution settings, it has proven to be fast and reliable. I also like the fact that all necessary components came with the camera in the box. Even though the camera was pricey compared to others, I haven't felt "accessoried" to death wanting optional pieces that would have pushed the price of other cameras over this one. For printing, I have been impressed with the higher resolution settings (particular the Hypict mode) for true color representation and detail. Mixed with an (older) Epson Stylus Color 800 printer, output is great on photo paper. I've also made prints from this camera on a brand-new HP photo printer, and it's even more impressive than the Epson. We took pictures of a family Christmas get-together, and the slideshow feature was a big hit. It would have been nice to have a remote control like the Olympus, but it was easy to select the photos that we wanted to show and rotate those taken with a vertical alignment of the camera. When viewing the pictures on a larger screen (35+ inches) detail was sharp, and colors were accurate. Since we got the camera shortly before Christmas, a lot of our experience has been of holiday-related pictures of people. I have noticed quite a bit of "blurriness" around artificial light sources like the lights on a Christmas tree. The blurriness is significantly more noticeable when viewing pictures downloaded into the computer rather than on a printed page or on the television screen. I'm sure it could be corrected easily using a photo editing program. The built-in flash has a very limited range (an external is on my short-list of wanted accessories), and the camera is very prone to red-eye if not set to the red-eye reduction setting. The confirmation screen is useless after each picture is taken, and I quickly learned to turn it off. Perhaps we need a firmware update, as the screen is only presented for about 2 seconds. By the time you look down and glance at the picture you just took, it has already cleared. Zoom speed seems rather sluggish compared with non-digital cameras. Also, the wait time to save the picture in the higher resolution modes is significant. Don't even try to use the Hypict mode for anything other than a posed picture, as it takes about 15 seconds before you can take another picture. The digital zoom is extremely blocky, and the 3X zoom is somewhat limiting. An add-on telephoto lense is second on my list of wanted items. Overall, I've been very satisfied with the camera. I find myself looking for excuses to use it, and I'm getting better all the time. I've been using the manual mode more and more, and the quality (that I thought was good in the automatic mode) is getting better with every picture I take. With the addition of an external flash and a telephoto lense (and a crash course in image editing), I think I'll fill albums with pictures of our baby very quickly.

Ease of use, automatic settings, printed photo quality, accessories included in the box.

Some color-shift when viewing artificial light sources, useless confirmation mode, limited flash range, red-eye prone, slow zoom, blocky digital zoom.

I've used on a VERY limited basis an Olympus C3030Z. It is similar to the Epson, but I like the feel of the Epson better.

Haven't needed to contact them (knock on wood).