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I took the Kodak EasyShare Z950
to South Beach |
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and now I'm going
to tell you all about it. |
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Don't go anywhere.
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Hey, it's Sam
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and earlier today I spent
a lot of time on South Beach |
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with this Kodak EasyShare Z950
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taking pictures of
all sorts of things. |
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And this camera
is fantastic. |
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It's a 12 megapixel camera.
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You have a 10x optical zoom
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and 5x digital
with a Schneider lens. |
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And to show you how close
you can get with a 10x optical zoom |
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take a look at these pictures.
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Now, I was standing across the street
when I took this picture |
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of the South Beach Villas.
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And you can see I
actually got in pretty close. |
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No blur at all.
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And you can actually see
the sign up close and personal. |
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And the next shot is of
the Royal Palm Hotel. |
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I was actually,
I want to say, |
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one or two blocks
away from the hotel |
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and I was able to
zoom in on the sign |
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and I was pretty surprised
I got to get in that close. |
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But that is what a
10x optical zoom will give you. |
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Now, this camera also comes
equipped with a 3" LCD screen. |
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Also you have 32MG
of internal storage |
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so you're going to want to
get an SD or an SDHC card |
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to make sure you
don't run out of room |
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because that would really stink.
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Also, six Color Modes.
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And I actually tested out
Natural Color Mode |
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and take a look
at this shot right here. |
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I found this cool looking car
on the side of the street |
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and I thought it was
really funky looking. |
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So, this is how your
natural color will look. |
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Also, Panorama Mode.
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And this panorama shot
I took on Washington Ave., |
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which is a very popular street
on South Beach, |
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and you can see I,
you know, |
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with combining
three shots into one |
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you can really set a
cool picture for yourself. |
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You have 17 Scene Modes
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and the one that
I was experimenting with |
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was Landscape;
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because I was out and about
taking pictures of a lot of things. |
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So, take a look at
these shots right now. |
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This is Jerry's Famous Deli
on South Beach, |
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which is open late
and it serves delicious food. |
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Also, the Carlton Hotel,
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which is a famous hotel
on South Beach |
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and Espanola Way,
which is a hotspot at night; |
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people are out
drinking, dancing. |
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It's a fun place to be.
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Now, with this
Kodak EasyShare |
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you can also shoot
HD movies, 1280 x 720. |
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And they come out great
at 30 frames per second. |
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Optical image stabilization,
not just electronic, |
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optical image stabilization.
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So, your images are not
going to come out blurry. |
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And you're really not going
to take a bad picture. |
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Also you has a
0.3 second click to capture speed. |
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And I really noticed that actually
when I was out taking pictures. |
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It just reacts fast.
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The camera has a fast processor
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and it was really easy to take a shot
and move to the next shot. |
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It's great.
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Also ISO 3200
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and in Play Back Mode
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you can actually put together
a Multimedia Slide Show, |
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with music,
all in the camera. |
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You don't have to
hook up to a PC at all. |
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So, let's take a look
around this camera |
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and I'm going to
give you a tour. |
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So, we're going to start
our tour by powering on; |
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power button is right up top.
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And you'll see you
have a built-in flash, |
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again your Schneider lens.
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And to control your
10x optical zoom 5x digital |
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you use this latch right here.
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and let's turn it over to
the side so you can see |
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how telephoto we get.
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There you go,
that's the zoom. |
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OK.
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And you also have
your AF assist lamp, |
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and self-timer lamp right here.
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Now, on the front you'll see you have
your mode selection wheel right here. |
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You have your on and
your off switch right here. |
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Your on and your off.
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Your self-timer
and your flash |
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and this, right here,
is your shutter release. |
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Now, moving over
to the back, |
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you have a 3" LCD screen.
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This is a pretty big LCD screen
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and you can preview
all of your photos here. |
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Now, along the side
you have your trash, |
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your menu,
your display, |
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your play back.
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And here is your
selection dial |
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and you can just move it
left and right, up and down |
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to change your settings.
There you go. |
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Now, right now,
we are in Manual Mode. |
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And when you're in Manual Mode
you have full control |
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over your shutter speed
and your aperture; |
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shutter speed and aperture.
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And you can also control
your exposure and flash, |
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your focus
and your ISO. |
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So, let's go and
check out another mode. |
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So, we're going to
go to our mode dial. |
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See what's next.
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OK, and we're
in Scene Mode. |
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No, you have 17 scenes
to choose from |
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and let's go through
a couple of them. |
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There you go.
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We're on Self-Portrait now.
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You got Back Light,
Candle Light, |
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Museum,
Text, |
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Beach,
Snow, |
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Fireworks,
I feel like there is a scene for everything. |
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And this one,
oh Stage. |
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That's not a scene that comes on a lot
of point and shoot digital cameras |
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so that's good to know.
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So let's check out
another effect, |
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or another mode.
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And that would be Panorama.
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And Panorama basically
you take three shots left to right |
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and the camera will
stitch them together |
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as you saw earlier
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my shot of Washington Ave.,
on South Beach. |
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OK, our next selection is Sports.
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And Sports is great
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and I like that they have
a selection for sport. |
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You don't have to go
into the scene menu |
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because often times you just want
to make sure you don't miss the shot |
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and fast moving objects
can move very fast, right. |
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And so you want to make
sure you get that shot. |
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And you can do that
with Sport Mode. |
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Our next mode
is Auto Mode. |
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This mode is really simple
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and it's going to
choose the best scene |
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for your shot,
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you really don't have
to do any of the work. |
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So, you know, if you don't feel like
messing with all the manual controls |
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you can just put
it in Auto Mode. |
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Keep on moving along.
Alright, here we go. |
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HD movies.
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And let's click on menu.
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And here you can
change the size. |
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Right now we're
shooting 1280 X 720. |
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You can also shoot 640 x 480
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and 320 x 240 if you
want to upload to YouTube. |
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Let's get out of the menu
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and let's go to
our next selection, |
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which is Program.
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Now with Program Mode
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it's great for general picture taking.
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And the camera is going to set both
the aperture and the shutter speed. |
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However, you do have
control over the exposure, |
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the flash, the focus,
and the ISO. |
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Alrighty.
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Let's go on to our next
option right here. |
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And that is Aperture Priority.
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So, with Aperture Priority
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you have the ability
to set the aperture |
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and the camera is automatically
going to set the shutter speed. |
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And it's the complete opposite
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when you are in
Shutter Priority, |
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which we just switched to.
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When you're in Shutter Priority
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you set the shutter
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and the camera
sets the aperture. |
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So, let's go into Play Back.
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And, when you're in Play Back
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and you go into your menu
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OK, and you scroll down,
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you will see this
option right here, |
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Multimedia Slide Show.
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And I talked about it earlier.
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You can actually select
images up to 100, |
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add music,
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all in the camera
without hooking up to a PC |
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and have your
Multimedia Slide Show. |
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Let's preview it in here.
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So this is what it says,
"More than 100 images selected." |
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So it will only work
with 100 pictures. |
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So, let's see this here.
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Here we go.
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It even adds the effects
and the transitions |
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and look at that big dog.
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Sunset.
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So, that is
Multimedia Slide Show. |
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And you can save it,
you can modify it, |
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or you can go out
and take some more pictures |
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to add to your slide show.
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So, there you have it.
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This is the
Kodak EasyShare Z950. |
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It's an advanced
point and shoot digital camera |
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because you do have
full manual controls. |
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It comes with a
rechargeable battery, |
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and I'm going to show you
where that is right now. |
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Right here,
rechargeable battery. |
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SD or SDHC card.
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And you're good to go,
you're ready to take this baby anywhere |
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and take all the pictures you want.
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So, check it out again,
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it's the Kodak EasyShare Z950.
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For more information on the
Kodak EasyShare Z950 Digital Camera |
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just visit any of
these major retailers |
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and type in
K23-4414 |
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into the search box.
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For Computer TV
I'm Sam. |
