Product Description

There's a world of inspiring beauty out there, and the Kodak EasyShare DX7590 zoom digital camera is designed to capture it all. A professional-quality 10X optical zoom Schneider-Kreuznach Variogon lens for amazingly crisp pictures. Five megapixels for prints up to 20" x 30". And powerful, high-performance features offer exceptional control. The DX7590. Engineered to perform. Certain to impress.This camera comes with Kodak EasyShare Camera Dock 6000. What makes the Kodak EasyShare Camera Dock 6000 so great is that it makes digital photography so simple? Just place your camera in the dock, touch the button, and your pictures automatically begin to transfer. It even charges your Kodak Camera's Battery. The Kodak EasyShare Camera Dock 6000 does all the work so you can have all the fun.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #25756 in Camera & Photo
• Brand: Kodak
• Model: DX7590
• Number of items: 1
• Display size: 2.2

Features

• 5-megapixel sensor captures enough detail to create photo-quality 13-by-17-inch enlargements
• 10x optical zoom Schneider-Kreuznach Variogon lens; includes EasyShare Camera Dock 6000 for easy recharging and picture transfer
• 2.2-inch high-resolution LCD display screen; 0.4 second click-to-capture time; 16 programmed scene modes
• Store images in 32 MB of internal memory or on optional Secure Digital (SD) memory cards
• Powered by Kodak EasyShare Li-Ion rechargeable battery (included with charger)

From the Manufacturer
There's a world of inspiring beauty out there, and the Kodak EasyShare DX7590 zoom digital camera is designed to capture it all. A professional-quality 10x optical zoom Schneider-Kreuznach Variogon lens for amazingly crisp pictures. Five megapixels for prints up to 13 x 17 inches. And powerful, high-performance features offer exceptional control. The DX7590 is enngineered to perform and certain to impress.

The Kodak EasyShare DX7590 bundle also includes a Kodak EasyShare 6000 camera dock--the simplest way to transfer and share your pictures. The dock transfers photos to your PC and recharges your camera's battery pack, and also includes a retractable foot for easy picture viewing while your camera is docked.

Professional-quality Schneider-Kreuznach Variogon 10x optical zoom lens

• The DX7590's professional-quality, all-glass zoom lens is crafted by the leader in lens optics technology
• 10x optical zoom (35mm equivalent: 38-380mm) lets you get up close and see your subject in strkingly precise detail
• 3x advanced digital zoom lets you go the extra distance when you need it

5.0 megapixels for stunning-quality prints up to 13 x 17 inches (50 x 76 centimeters)

• 5.0 MP gives you the power to print crisp pictures up to 13 x 17 inches
• 32 MB internal memory plus SD/MMC expansion slot lets you keep shooting longer

Exclusive Kodak Color Science image processing chip
With the exclusive Kodak Color Science image processing chip, every picture comes to life just the way you remember it.

• A new high-speed digital processor chip, advanced algorithms, and hardware acceleration features lets the DX7590 make simultaneous, split-second decisions to produce rich, vibrant, true-to-life colors in almost any lighting situation
• Each time you click the shutter, the Kodak Color Science Chip performs an instantaneous and advanced analysis of collected scene data to identify and adjust multiple factors that influence picture quality
• Scene light source is detected and adjustments are made to capture bright whites and true, vivid colors under difficult lighting conditions--fluorescent, tungsten, or daylight
• Scene content is analyzed for luminance, focal distance, subject matter orientation and color to determine the correct exposure and capture the natural details, accurate flesh tones, and rich colors you see in your composition

2.2-inch high-resolution indoor/outdoor display

• Large 2.2-inch high-resolution indoor/outdoor display
• View brilliant, sharp images even in direct sunlight
• Auto picture-rotation lets you see your picture right-side-up whether you shot it horizontally or vertically
• Review modes let you fast magnify up to 8x with zoom control, fast scroll through pictures, or view multi-up

Manual and custom controls
Turn your creative vision into reality with a full palette of advanced program, aperture priority, shutter priority, manual and custom controls. Manual controls

• Exposure compensation--+/- 2.0 EV in 0.3 EV steps
• Aperture--wide (f2.8-8.0) and tele (f3.7-8.0)
• Shutter speeds--automatic--1/8-1/1700 seconds; manual--16-1/1000 seconds
• ISO equivalents--automatic--80-160; manual--80, 100, 200, 400, 800
• Autofocus--multi-zone, center weighted, selectable: left, center, right
• Exposure metering type--auto--TTL-AE matrix metering; selectable: multi-pattern, center-weighted, center spot
• White balance--auto, daylight, tungsten, fluorescent, open shade
• Flash compensation--+/- 1.0 EV in 1/2 EV steps
• Flash mode--auto, red-eye, fill, off--for the right light every time

Custom mode

• Custom mode allows you to create your own capture mode
• Set your preferences for PASM, picture quality, compression, and more
• The DX7590 remembers your settings until you change them
• Other selectable custom settings include--jpeg compression, resolution, color, and sharpness

Program auto, aperture priority, shutter priority and custom modes

• Program mode (P)--camera sets optimal shutter speed and aperture combination
• Aperture priority mode (A)--you choose aperture, the camera sets shutter speed
• Shutter priority mode (S)--you choose shutter speed, the camera sets aperture

High-speed, low-light autofocus

• Using dual-sensing technologies, the DX7590's high-speed, low-light, auto-focus system precisely fine tunes and sharply defines your subject in both low-light and bright light situations
• Continuous auto-focus provides quick 0.2 second click-to-capture time

Continuous shooting and bracketing modes

• First burst mode--captures up to 5 frames in rapid succession at 2 frames per second
• Last burst mode--captures up to 30 frames at 2 frames per second, with the last 4 frames saved
• Auto exposure bracketing--3 images with user-selectable brackets (+/- 0.3, +/- 0.7 or +/- 1.0 EV)

22 scene and color modes
Experiment with your inner creativity. The DX7590 has a mode for almost any situation! You will get the shot you want, the way you want it. 16 programmed scene modes

• Portrait mode--places subject in sharp focus, softens backgorund
• Night Portrait mode--clearly captures both subject and background at night
• Self Portrait mode--use for close-up of self
• Landscape mode--ensures maximum sharpness for distant scenes
• Night Landscape mode--ensures maximum sharpness for distant scenes at night
• Macro--captures sharp, full-frame images at close range
• Beach mode--use for bright beach scene
• Party mode--use for photos of people in indoor setting in lower light
• Sport mode--captures subject in action without blurring
• Snow mode--use for bright snow scene
• Text/Documents mode--ensures sharp text when photographing documents
• Fireworks mode--use for photos of fireworks
• Flower mode--captures close-up photos of flowers in bright light
• Manner/Museum mode--use when sound or flash are not desired
• Children mode--captures action photos of children in bright light
• Backlight mode--use for photos when light is behind the subject

5 color modes

• Natural color
• High color
• Low color
• Sepia
• Black-and-white

Movie mode

• Continuous video with audio and on-camera playback
• Select VGA (640 x 480) at 12 frames per second for maximum resolution or QVGA (320 x 240) at 20 frames per second, both with MPEG-4 compression
• Shoot in continuous video mode or one of three optional video clip lengths
• Memory is dependent upon size of external memory card
• QuickTime video format allows for universal sharing

Sharing is one-touch simple
The DX7590 is part of the Kodak EasyShare System, so sharing your pictures is one-button simple. Just press Share.

• On-camera Share button
• Simple sharing starts right on the back of the camera
• Exclusive Share button lets you tag favorite pictures to print or e-mail later
• On-camera picture collection to share your pictures anytime, anywhere using the Favorites feature

Kodak EasyShare software

• The DX7590 includes Kodak EasyShare software
• Works seamlessly with EasyShare Cameras and Docks to enable one-button transferring and sharing
• The easy way to view, edit, organize, print, or view a slide show from your computer
• Exclusive One Touch to Better Pictures feature automatically adjusts the settings on your inkjet printer to give you traditional quality photos when printing on Kodak Inkjet photo papers

Kodak EasyShare camera dock 6000 (included)

• Transfer button instantly uploads pictures to your computer for viewing, printing, and e-mailing
• Also charges your Kodak camera battery in less than 3.5 hours
• USB connection (USB 2.0 compatible)

What's in the Box
Kodak EasyShare DX7590 5 MP digital camera, Kodak EasyShare Camera Dock 6000, USB and audio-video cables, high-capacity Kodak EasyShare Lithium-ion battery (1700 mAh), neck strap, lens cap with strap, Kodak EasyShare Software CD with interactive software tutorial, Getting Started kit (with Kodak EasyShare software), custom camera insert for optional Kodak EasyShare Camera and Printer Docks (not included--must be purchased separately), 32 MB internal memory

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Customer Reviews

Top Notch Camera - More features but low light issues!
This camera is loaded with many special features such as an easy to use dial that allows specific selections to a much larger screen that allows you clear viewing of all your pictures even in bright light.

It fits nicely in your hand and the toggle switch for telephoto/zoom makes getting that close up shot a breeze! The camera dock is easy to use and charges the battery as stated within three hours. I've also purchased a 512 mg card and at the 5 mega pixels setting the DX7590 can store 315 pictures.

When you turn on the camera it helps you with each setting, allowing you to pick the right one for the job and even going as far as telling you to turn on the flash or hold the camera steady.

The pictures from the camera are bright, colorful and crisp and ready to be printed out. The camera allows you easy transfer of the pcitures between camera and printer or computer and the colors come alive with the right color printer. Even on draft mode the pics are decent quality. The internal settings allow for easy saving and documentation of special events in folders as well as individual pictures.

The only minor issue with the camera is that a proper hand hold on the left side might give the users better stability. The right side offers an easy hand hold with flip up access to the memory card.

Over all this camera is one excellent camera and one excellent buy for under $500.00. The entire package, including zoom, 32 mg internal memory, charging dock and 5mg pixel capabilities make this a great buy!

Highly recommended!

Additional info 5-31-05 Rated only 3 stars now!

Found Some Flaws and Kodak will not help, May 31, 2005

After using this camera for more than several months, it's been to the shop to replace a bad zoom lens. Kodak sent out a new camera and the new camera had updated software for the low light situation but it did not fix the problem. The camera takes awesome bright and average light pictures but the low light pictures come out blurry. Here is some of the email sent to me from Kodak.

RE: Case# 7405518

I'm sorry to hear of your low light focus problem. If you're sure you have upgraded your firmware to 1.01 there is little more we can offer as a solution at this time. However, one "trick" that may work is to artificially introduce more white content into the photo environment and then crop it out of the final image as required.

I appreciate your patience and ask that you keep an eye on our support web page where we will announce any new updates that may help resolve the situation.

Thank you,

Tom Sullivan
Consumer Advocates Office
Eastman Kodak Company

In the last email after the one listed above, Kodak told me to sell the camera, "as is" to someone else and then use the proceeds to purchase the z7590 with two low light sensors, thus passing on the problem to someone else.

Not very customer friendly from a company that really needs the support of every loyal customer.

I'd wait to buy until they fix the camera.


Scott C. Anderson

Many pluses. Few minuses.
I've taken a lot of pictures with this camera as well as with many other digital cameras. I rank this camera near the top for cameras in this price range.

Rather than going through all of the features, I'm going to comment on what I think makes this camera stand out and what I think this camera lacks.

Two of the things that make this camera really stand out are:
1. It has a huge lens, and
2. The lens is made out of glass, not plastic.

I believe that these two factors make more of a difference in photo quality than other things, such as a high mega pixel count. You can really see the quality in the photos that this camera takes. The colors are accurate. The images are sharp. And there is no noise when you take a low light, flash photo.

Other nice things about this camera:
The flash is more than adequate. The 2.2" LCD is really nice. The movies it takes are decent and you have unlimited movie time. It has a ton of user options and features. And of course, the zoom on this camera is incredible for the size and price. This camera has many, many nice things about it, too numerous to go into here.


The down sides are few. One of them is that the camera is big. I really can't consider it a "pocket" camera because it simply won't fit in your pocket. But that's the trade off for the big lens and the huge zoom.

This camera also has some difficulty focusing in low light. This is the reason I didn't give it 5 stars. Kodak did improve on this from the previous version of this camera (the DX6490) but every camera manufacturer should add that little red light that shines on the subject so that the camera can achieve a proper focus in low light. This is the one feature that I think this, and all cameras that don't have a manual focus, should absolutely have.


If you're looking for a pocket camera, this probably won't suit your needs. Just remember that most, if not all pocket cameras in this price range have really small, plastic lenses. Usually this means a very noticeable sacrifice in image quality (the Sony-T1 is an example of this).

Before you buy this camera, I would recommend you look into the Fugifilm Finepix S5000 and S5100. These are also excellent cameras, but I prefer the Kodak.

Wonderful camera with some drawbacks
The Kodak DX 7590 at $499.99 is a damn good deal! Kodak states that you can print 20"x30" poster shots, but if you want photo quality you're better off sticking with 16"x20" at most.

Pros:
1. 10x Zoom - Fabulous! Quick responsive zoom, Schneider
Kreuznach lens.
2. 5 MP resolution - Can still maintain high quality prints
with some cropping of the photo.
3. 2.2 Inch LCD - Easy to view from most angles, sunlight OK,
In Low light it adjusts itself for easier viewing.
4. Dock Included - No worries about buying new batteries or
connecting cords from the camera to the computer.

Cons -
1. Though they added a new jpg compression setting, the images
still seem a bit too compressed...however, for
everyday purposes and prints, the quality is fine.
But for any major editing and/or cropping...
2. No manual focus - This would have been really nice for $500
3. Slightly small frame for those of us with medium to large
hands. My wife can use it fine...but she won't.
4. Digital Zoom - Just remove this "feature" altogether Kodak.

Overall - the camera is a good buy. From the pews, I was able to get some amazing shots at a recent wedding. The potential for this camera to rival the quality of film is there...it's in your hands.