Mike
Gahanna,#2Consumer Comment
Thu, March 18, 2010
My experience with Kodak is very much the same. Warranty voided for the littlest things. A child drops the camera from 2-3 ft on carpet and it doesn't work any more and Kodak won't honor the warranty? There is NO reason that a camera costing over $100 should be this fragile. I have used film and digital camera's in a semi-professional manner and I can't imagine anyone making serious use of a camera where it doesn't go through at least one minor trauma every month or so. If gear was as sensitive as these little Kodak's, pro's would have to buy the things by the case and replace them every couple of weeks at least. Certainly, circuit boards are fragile and can be broken, but my Nikon FA, loaded with electronics for its day, could take a fall off of a 10ft high wall onto concrete and I am still able to pick it up and go back to shooting. jDespite heavy use doing international travel, in the hands of at least two different teenagers working for highschool yearbooks and a school newspaper, and journaling several years of youth ministry, my Nikon FA, F, and FM are still clicking away after at least 27 years of use. Each has gone through multiple traumatic events, such as a running student hitting the camera, sending it flying to bash into a metal fire door, or falling 6 or more feet to some sort of stone surface (like a castle wall), and I have never had to have any of them serviced. While I don't expect this type of durability from a point and shoot digital, other than direct impact to the screen, they should be far more hardy than these Kodak's are and more precisely engineered so that those grains of sand can't get in so easily as to damage the camera so readily and extensively. I have used both Fuji and Nikon digitals and gotten far better performance/durability than any of the 3 Kodak's which have lived *very* short lives - as little as 3 weeks, in the hands of my family. No more Kodak's for us. They are permanently banned. I don't know what is better for durability than these Kodak's for point and shoot, but having the most recent one die a couple of weeks ago, I will be doing the research in the very near future.
Kit Sullivan
Orlando,#3Consumer Comment
Sat, August 02, 2008
Contrary to the above post, I have used 'United Camera' for a warranty repair and was extremely satisfied. I bought my daughter a Kodak digital camera for Christmas, and in October of the following year, she dropped it and cracked the LCD screen, rendering the camera all but useless. I sent the camera to "United Camera' for repair, but I did not have the recipet or warranty card. And considering that it was definitely damaged by an impact, I thought for sure they would sock me with a hefty repair bill. To my surprise, it was repaired at NO CHARGE and sent back to me within 4 weeks. All the scratches and marks on the case were gone(except for a big one), so thier cosmetic abilities were impressive too. It has worked flawlessly ever since then!
Kit Sullivan
Orlando,#4Consumer Comment
Sat, August 02, 2008
Contrary to the above post, I have used 'United Camera' for a warranty repair and was extremely satisfied. I bought my daughter a Kodak digital camera for Christmas, and in October of the following year, she dropped it and cracked the LCD screen, rendering the camera all but useless. I sent the camera to "United Camera' for repair, but I did not have the recipet or warranty card. And considering that it was definitely damaged by an impact, I thought for sure they would sock me with a hefty repair bill. To my surprise, it was repaired at NO CHARGE and sent back to me within 4 weeks. All the scratches and marks on the case were gone(except for a big one), so thier cosmetic abilities were impressive too. It has worked flawlessly ever since then!
Kit Sullivan
Orlando,#5Consumer Comment
Sat, August 02, 2008
Contrary to the above post, I have used 'United Camera' for a warranty repair and was extremely satisfied. I bought my daughter a Kodak digital camera for Christmas, and in October of the following year, she dropped it and cracked the LCD screen, rendering the camera all but useless. I sent the camera to "United Camera' for repair, but I did not have the recipet or warranty card. And considering that it was definitely damaged by an impact, I thought for sure they would sock me with a hefty repair bill. To my surprise, it was repaired at NO CHARGE and sent back to me within 4 weeks. All the scratches and marks on the case were gone(except for a big one), so thier cosmetic abilities were impressive too. It has worked flawlessly ever since then!
Kit Sullivan
Orlando,#6Consumer Comment
Sat, August 02, 2008
Contrary to the above post, I have used 'United Camera' for a warranty repair and was extremely satisfied. I bought my daughter a Kodak digital camera for Christmas, and in October of the following year, she dropped it and cracked the LCD screen, rendering the camera all but useless. I sent the camera to "United Camera' for repair, but I did not have the recipet or warranty card. And considering that it was definitely damaged by an impact, I thought for sure they would sock me with a hefty repair bill. To my surprise, it was repaired at NO CHARGE and sent back to me within 4 weeks. All the scratches and marks on the case were gone(except for a big one), so thier cosmetic abilities were impressive too. It has worked flawlessly ever since then!