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Kodak EasyShare P880 Kodak re-enters the enthusiast market with a great 8-megapixel offering Select a topic Reference: Datasheet P880 Sample Images P880 IMATEST Results --------------------------------- 1. Overview and Highlights 2. User Report 3. Design 4. Viewfinder 5. Optics 6. Exposure and Flash 7. Shutter Lag/ Cycle Time Tests 8. User Interface 9. Camera Modes and Menus 10. Image Storage and Interface 11. Video, Power, and Software 12. Test Results and Conclusion --------------------------------- Print-Friendly Review Version Additional Resources and Other Links Reader Comments on P880 Review --------------------------------- Digital Camera Comparometer (TM) --------------------------------- <-- Digital Cameras (Home) <-- Digital Camera Reviews Index <<Camera Modes and Menus :(Previous) | (Next): Video, Power, and Software>> Page 10:Image Storage and Interface Review First Posted: 11/23/2005

The EasyShare P880 stores images on either its internal 32 megabytes of memory or on SD/MMC memory cards. The P880 does not come with a memory card, but accessory cards are currently available in a large range of sizes. The Kodak P880 allows you to write-protect individual images via the Protect option of the Playback menu, which saves them from accidental erasure or manipulation, but not from card formatting, which erases the entire card.

As with many Kodak EasyShare cameras, the P880 also features a Favorites mode, which lets you store favorite images in a digital album. The Share button on the rear panel lets you tag specific images as favorites, and you can set up individual albums either in-camera or with the EasyShare software.

The P880 offers five resolution sizes: 3,264 x 2,448; 3,264 x 2, 176 (3:2); 2,560 x 1,920; 2,048 x 1, 536; and 1,024 x 768 pixels. Three JPEG compression levels are available, as well as RAW and TIFF uncompressed formats. Following is the approximate number of storable images and the associated compression ratios for a 256MB SD card.

Interface software and a USB cable also accompany the camera, for connection to a PC or Macintosh. Downloading files to our Sony desktop running Windows XP (Pentium IV, 2.4 GHz), I clocked it at 492 KBytes/second, on the slow side by current standards, but fast enough that many users won't feel a need for an external card reader. (Cameras with slow USB interfaces run as low as 300 KB/s, cameras with fast v1.1 interfaces run as high as 600 KB/s. Cameras with USB v2.0 interfaces run as fast as several megabytes/second.)

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