Kodak DX3600 digital camera......

[osprey]

I've been offered the above - it has a 32mb campact flash card and is 2.2 mega pixels. The present owner is letting me have it for nothing. I know nothing about digital photography so is this a good camera and will the photos be OK? Any help at all will be very grateful.

[thegamer]

I use an Olympus 3 mega pixal d.camera and the pictures all come out fine, so I think a 2.2 mp camera will also be very good


thegamer

[thegamer]

P.S I also use a program called - paint shop pro 9 to play around with the pictures very nice bit of software OK

thegamer

[jenky]

Free stuff should never be sniffed at, eh! The 2.2 mega pixel resolution will produce perfectly acceptable snaps, but will start to look a bit blocky if you want to enlarge any prints - for printing A4 size, you would comfortably want 4 mega pixels.
You may want to invest in a larger memory card. If you take pictures at the highest quality possible you will find a 32mb card probably holds 30 pictures or thereabouts.

[Machecoul]

If you go for the camera this is worth downloading as it's free

http://picasa.google.com/

[vehelpfulguy]

If you know nothing about digital cameras then accept the offer of a free camera and learn by using it.

At some later date, once you know more, you can buy a better camera.

As others have said, 2.2 mp is fine for snaps, but will not be good if the picture is going to be enlarged either on a PC monitor or in print.

The memory card will only hold about 13 pictures so you are a bit stumped there, so you may need to buy a larger memory card.

Also it may have AA or AAA batteries so they will need replacing regularly, or you need to buy re-chargable.

If you do buy another camera then get one with a Lithium Ion battery like they have in video cameras.

Here is a review of the camera which seems generally favorable.

http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/DX3600/D 36A.HTM