Though digital photography has been around for quite a while and is here to stay, some people find it extremely difficult to make the shift from the comfort of analogue point and shoot cameras to the digital cameras. Many of them find their first brushes with digital cameras quite tragic or even disastrous, as they try to unravel the world made of tiny pixels. For them, one must go for a powerful yet simple camera, which will get them used to the idea of digital photography. One example of such a camera is the Kodak Easyshare Z1285, which is a 12.1mp and 5x zoom camera.
Design and FunctioningIn today’s world of technicolour cameras that look more like embellished accessories rather than gadgets capable of taking pictures. In such a milieu, some cameras stand out with their sheer simplicity of design and user friendliness, such as the Kodak Easyshare Z1285, which reminds the user of some of the first digital cameras that were made available to everyone, though it is smaller and lighter than them. It is available only in the conventional black colour. This camera offers 19 scene modes to help beginners achieve the results they're looking for without the need to understand subtleties like shutter speeds, apertures and the like. It is also capable of displaying stills and videos in High Definition, using the optional Kodak EasyShare HDTV dock. Some other notable features that this camera comes with is Digital Image Stabilization, the Smart Scene mode which analyses the scene and sets the shoot mode on its own, and ISO boost for capturing scenes with low light better, even without the flash. It comes with 58MB of internal memory and is compatible with SD/SDHC as well as MMC cards.