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Review summary: Designed like a mini-SLR, the compact, 7Mp Kodak Z712 IS almost falls into a category of its own.

Verdict: The Kodak Z712 IS excellent value for money and takes features from both compact and SLR designs to produce a camera with unique advantages. There's no face detection, but that huge zoom range and excellent optical image stabilisation make it hard to ...

Review summary: The Kodak EasyShare Z712 IS ($249) is a low-cost, but full-featured ultra zoom camera. It features a 7.1 effective Megapixel CCD, 12X optical zoom, optical image stabilization, full manual controls, a 2.5" LCD display, and the ease-of-use that Kodak ...

Pros: Very good photo quality in most situations ; 12X optical zoom lens & optical image stabilization ; Considerably cheaper than the competition, without skimping on features ; Well built (for a plastic camera), easy to hold ; Large 2.5" LCD display is ...

Cons: Images on the soft side, with detail loss from heavy noise reduction ; some vignetting ; Low resolution LCD ; Could really use manual white balance control (as illustrated by the test photos) ; Manual focus difficult to use (lousy focus distance guide ...

Verdict: The Z712 can use several types of battery. It comes with a lithium CR-V3 battery, which will soon find its way into your trash can. After that, you can use two AA batteries (NiMH, lithium, or alkaline), another lithium CR-V3, or Kodak's KLIC-8000 ...

Review summary: A professional-looking camera that will turn heads

Pros: Good form factor,

Cons: Low detailing,

Review summary: The Kodak Z712 IS Digital Camera combines an impressive 12X optical zoom lens with optical image stabilization and 7.1 megapixels, plus face detection and manual controls - all useful features. It also has an electronic viewfinder - i would ask Kodak ...

Review summary: The Kodak EasyShare Z712 IS looks like a sawn-off SLR. It's a flexible camera, considering its 12x optical zoom lens, which makes for impressive image quality

Pros: Great lens ; optical image stabilisation ; small yet grippable

Cons: Some clunky controls ; compression artefacts ; slow processing ; horrible viewfinder

Verdict: The Kodak EasyShare Z712 IS has a few minor flaws but none that really outweigh the quality of the giant 12x zoom lens and efficient optical image stabilisation system. Although processing is slow and some of the controls feels unwieldy, image ...