There is no doubt that Kodak is in the business of simplifying things for its consumers. It is making new followers out of what used to turn potential buyers off and get on their nerves. With Kodak 1147164 and the family of Kodak DX, technology is truly serving its purpose. It's serving people. It's become relevant to their needs. It's recording their moments in time and memories.

Once you fall in love with using Kodak Picture Software, you will always want to have the EasyShare system. It surely makes digital picture taking and sharing simple and easy. It's just a matter of touching one button. Most users who succumb to the charms of the Kodak digital cameras love them for the ease and all the features that are part of the system.

Once you have followed the installing steps laid out in the Guide or user's manual, you won't have any problems with managing your pictures. If you are transferring on a Windows-based computer, all you need to do is to click Transfer Now to transfer your pictures to the computer. Depending on your settings (if you didn't mess around with the settings, you will have the default C:\Kodak Pictures), all you need to do is to go to the folder where you can see your pictures. To customize your picture transfer settings, you can click on update advanced settings in the Kodak Options Menu screen to do just that.

Getting Your Favorite Pictures Out Of The Digital Camera Is Easier With This Camera

No more do you have to think that you are about to embark on a brain surgery to get your pictures out of the digital camera. In fact, that's the kind of system that makes technology readily available to the mass. If you want people/consumers to buy these nifty products out there on the market, they must be able to use them without losing any sleep over them. Kodak, among all other companies, has found this out. The EasyShare system lets you do just that.

The Kodak Picture Software which is folded into the EasyShare system lets you simply e-mail or print your favorite pictures. After making a few changes here and there, you are ready to share with the rest of the world. It's up to you whether you want to add special effects or not. The Kodak Picture Software allows you to edit, lighten, brighten, trim and edit your pictures if you had failed to delete from your digital camera a few substandard shots. The good news is that you can update your settings to delete all pictures on the camera as soon they are transferred to the a computer. That's why the title of this review refers to the fact that you can always your camera ready to take more pictures.

Capture the shots of your life with this camera

With its 3.1 MP resolution, you won't have to worry that much about the quality of your shots. In fact, with its 6x zoom, (2x optical and 3x digital), you will be able to capture very great details of the subject, whatever you are taking a few shots of. You will be able to see the difference between this camera's pictures and an inferior digital camera's output.

This is a great camera you can purchase. I strongly recommend you to get it. For your next travels, take it with you. If you have some replacement or back up batteries, you won't have to worry about being stuck out there dry. You will be able to use enough juice from these packs. Remember that the camera dock can also recharge your camera's battery pack. The EasyShare Camera Dock has two functions: to allow quick transfer to your computer and to recharge the batteries.

Folks, there is nothing wrong with using something so easy! If you are investing that kind of money, you will want to be able to use this thing right away! Thanks to KODAK EASYSHARE DX 3700, you don't have to lose your sleep over how to use a digital camera any longer. Whether you had received this camera as a Christmas gift or had purchased it, if you follow the Quick Start Guide that comes with it, it will be just a breeze. In a matter of minutes, you will find yourself mastering this new piece of technology that should bring joy to the faces of your children and spouse. As you are trying to figure it out, take their pictures first and see how fast and interesting the learning time is going to be. Any way, just like most of us guys, rarely do we wait to go through the user's guide before trying to install the software that comes with this camera, taking pictures, saving, uploading and sending e-mail photographs to our friends. That's until we have not ran into trouble for having bypassed some steps. Well, the good news is that Kodak Easyshare DX3700 does not pose any of the major problems that come along with some equipment and appliances.

What makes this EasyShare System so easy to use?
What are its major components?

Before you go out to purchase this camera, make sure you have a computer that can support it. If you have a computer that was built in the last five years, you will be fine. If you have a PC, make sure it was designed for Windows 98, 98SW, 2000 or ME; 200 MHz processor or greater; 32 MB RAM; CD-ROM Drive; unoccupied USB port; 16-bit or higher color monitor. Those are the only requirements your PC must have. If you own a powerPC-based Macintosh computer, you will be in business too.

As you were taking things out of the boxes, you will remember that you took out a CD. It is the Kodak Picture Software one. You have to install this software first. Do so before connecting the camera or docking it to the computer. Make sure you don't trash a plastic insert. You will have to install it in the camera dock. It's the dock insert. In fact, there is a red label on it that tells you not to discard it. Once you are done installing the dock insert, go ahead and connect the cable to the USB port in the back of your computer (It has the same sign that matches that of the cord in your hands). Install the battery pack that comes with the dock. You can also purchase some spare batteries. Keep in mind that the Kodak Ni-MH Rechargeable battery pack can be recharged by the Camera Dock. It's important to remember that if the light flashes green, then you have enough battery life. It's fully charged. Bear in mind that alkaline batteries are not recommended or supported unfortunately. That's not a problem at all since your can always carry the spare batteries and/or recharge whenever necessary. When placing the camera in the dock, turn it off. The next thing you have to do is to get ready to take pictures. Once you familiarize yourself with the mode selector and the digital zoom button or select, you will be ready to take your picture, review it, decide to keep it or delete it if you don't like it. Don't get confused over the USB connector and the power connector. Keep them separate behind your desk. One thing to keep in mind is that if everything went well, getting your pictures saved on your hard drive or disk or save them as e-mail will only take a matter of minutes, if not seconds.

How Can You Transfer Files To The Computer?

By now, you have already plugged the USB cable to the right port. With your camera on, just place it in the dock. The light should be blinking to show the live connection. By pressing on the connect button, you will get your pictures once you get into the Kodak EasyShare software. It will open automatically so that you can do some work on the pictures. You can trim, enhance, darken, lighten and do a lot of tricks with them. I have also found out that you can also trim your pictures by using Corel Photo sources. Photoshop will do the same. You will need to apply the changes and save them when you are done. You can either select or throw away some of these pictures. Select the right ones and save them. You can either choose to print them, which is a long and expensive process (ink use) or send them to friends who have e-mail. These pictures are saved as JPG. What I have seen some people do is to have an online album to which they can invite their friends to peruse.

Whatever you choose to do is your business. You will probably be doing many more interesting things with this camera. Share your pictures with your kids, grandchildren, parents and in-laws. There is no reason not to stay in touch any longer. A few words of advice or warning: Pictures take a lot of space in your hard drive. If you choose to save them on your hard drive, no matter how fast your computer was, over time, it will record a slow down. Devise other ways to store them if you are going to have a fairly large number of them. Find some online programs and sites where you can store them. The only thing is to have a slow computer. Pictures use lots of pixels. After all, you will not need to many of them for your pictures. It's good this Camera comes equipped with over 3 mega-pixels. It has an internal storage capacity of 8 MB. The LCD screen is not that bad either. The only drawback lies in the relatively low level of zoom. That's not this camera's only drawback. All digital cameras tend to have this problem. Others may have more of something else, but low on some areas.

Good luck using this Kodak EasyShare Digital Camera this year!