Kodak ZD15/Z915 anygood?

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there good cameras. you can just look at hte specs and tell its good.

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way to answer my questions.

and it was between that and a nikon coolpix S203 which wasn't quite as good.

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This isn't computer hardware, you don't judge just by specs.

Anyways, everyone else in this thread is right, it's terrible.

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Well i bought it anway, because you guys waited a bit to long to help me here lol. Eitherway im happy with it. And it does not take forever to start up and get the first shot, i can press power and take my first photo in under 1 second. And i dunno what shutter lag is lmao.

EDIT: Oh and i only have 1 gripe with this camera, the screen kinda sucks. Pics don't look very good on it, but look very nice once uploaded to computer.

Shutter lag is the delay from when you push the release to when the camera finally takes the picture. In that amount of time, your subject can easily move out of the shot if it's too long.

Well, if you like it, then good I suppose. As far as the delay, we did answer your questions pretty quickly, you just didn't read the article Moots posted

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There wasn't any problem with shutter lag from what the review said, but it did say that the camera "hunts" for focus a lot, and it can take upwards of 1 second for it to lock onto the correct point.

Nikon, Canon, and any well-respected brand has years of high end tech that trickles down to the lower end (like Point and shoots). So their P&S don't suck as much as other brands without any past high end tech or experience to use (like Kodak, who has never made a high end digital camera)** Nikon and Canon also have the best AF sensors and engines in the industry and blow past every other brand. There's a reason you don't see anyone but Canon and Nikon at sporting events.

But anywho, if you're happy with it, and can produce good images from it. that's what's important. I wish you the best

**Note that the digital backs that Kodak made for Nikon in the 90's were very good in the day. Kodak doesn't really have a problem with their high end sensors, it's the whole system (the camera) they produce that tends to be lacking in quality. A good sensor is meaningless if it's behind crappy glass, has a horrible AF system, poor metering system and image processor.

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Or for the same price you can get these

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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16830122213
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/used/6...al_Camera.html
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produc...al_Camera.html

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Sorry, but this camera is horrible. If you didn't want to wait for people to respond, and you don't know anything about cameras at all, then why even post???

I just purchased mine, and it's terrible. I'm taking it straight back.

The lag makes it COMPLETELY unusable for sports pictures. Can't take pictures of any of my sons lacrosse games. Low light is a nightmare. Finding a suitable distance to STAY in focus is another problem.

I'm reporting this because; I wish I had come to this forum BEFORE i purchsed this piece of crap...