Kodak DC3400 Be the first to tell us what you think. Fortunately things improved markedly when I hooked it up with my desktop machine. Before I color your perceptions with an isolated tale of laptop woe, however, let's talk about lasting impressions. Click here for high resolution image. Overall the camera's ergonomics are a mixed bag, with some old problems left over from earlier models and some new improvements.
Shooting is easy enough, even for a novice, but the camera's slow performance can be irritating.
File transfer via USB is serviceable, but forget serial downloads, which were slow during our testing even when compared to serial transfers with other digital cameras. The bundled software detracts from the experience and adds nothing to the camera's value. Four AA alkaline batteries are provided, but no rechargeable batteries or AC power cable. In a welcome if minor touch, Kodak tethers the lens cap to the camera body, for those of us who tend to lose such things. The soft rubber cap even pops off unobtrusively when the camera is powered up in Capture mode, leaving you to remember only to put it back on.