Dixons camera and printer - any use ?

Capt'n Midnight

http://www.dixons.co.uk/martprd/store/dix_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@0953566289.1163446458@@@@&BV_EngineID=cceladdjgfehdeicflgceggdhhmdgmj.0&page=Product&fm=2&sm=0&tm=0&sku=885212&category_oid=-30131

Exclusive Kodak 1 Box Home Printing Solution includes 6 MegaPixel Kodak Digital Camera featuring 3 x Optical Zoom and 2.4'' LCD Screen. This pack also features the Easyshare printer doc meaning you can print your photos almost instantly! The perfect Christmas gift.

6.1 megapixel Kodak digital camera with 3x optical zoom, 2.4'' LCD screen, and quality prints in just 60 seconds.

normally I wouldn't give Dixons the time of day but it's £129 / €199

Is the camera any good for the price ?

Is the printer an expensive gimick that eats cartridges or a great way of doing photos (it can't be re inked ) ?

jonny68

certainly looks like a bargain alright.

mathias

For less than 200 euro you cant really go wrong , however , this is not really any kind of Dixons special offer , this package is selling online and in plenty of other shops for the same price.

The camera is good enough , nothing spectacular , it gets decent reviews without anyone finding it special , like here , this site has a 360 degree view of the camera and some sample pictures and video ,

http://www.steves-digicams.com/2006_reviews/c663_pg5.html

You can buy the camera on its own for about 100 euro .

The printer is good enough too , heres a review of it ,
http://www.steves-digicams.com/2004_reviews/dx7630_pd6000.html

Now there is one thing you should know about this printer , this is not an inkjet printer , its a dye sublimation printer ,
That means that it prints by thermally heating a print ribbon against the photo paper , it works in four passes , each pass adding a different colour band , the resulting prints are excellent , however you must buy printer packs for the printer which rules out the options of cheap refills , each pack prints 40 photos and it works out about 60 cents per print , this is expensive enough seeing as you can bring your memory card to one of those machines in the chemist and print for about half that cost !

You might want to bear that in mind seeing as the camera itself can be got for about 100 euro ! It is a good printer though ! Dye sub printers are generally way better than most inkjets.

Capt'n Midnight

Thanks

mathias wrote:

You can buy the camera on its own for about 100 euro .

however you must buy printer packs for the printer which rules out the options of cheap refills , each pack prints 40 photos and it works out about 60 cents per print , this is expensive enough seeing as you can bring your memory card to one of those machines in the chemist and print for about half that cost !

Thanks that's exactly the info I was looking for.

Bit of reserach in to other cameras then