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June 3, 2010 Editor's Rating 
 
The Kodak Slice is a 3.5-inch touch screen LCD digital camera that offers 14 megapixel resolution and 2GB of internal storage. Coupled with a sleek design and a strong feature set with features like sharing and publishing tools, the Kodak Slice is a definite digital camera contender. The Kodak Slice measures 4 x 2.3 x 0.8-inches (whd) and has an attractive design that is fashion-friendly yet sturdy in construction. There are three colors available: black, purple, and nickel. On the back of the Slice is the 3.5-inch LCD touch screen, which takes up the entire back of the device. The quality of the touch screen is fairly decent, but sometimes the images look fuzzy and unfocused. This is most likely due to the lack of a larger screen resolution, as it is sub par compared to other similar touch screen digital cameras. On the top of the Kodak Slice, there are just a few physical button controls, including the shutter release, zoom, playback controls, and the power button. There are no buttons on the back of the device because the touch screen leaves no room for them. Because of the touch screen, the vast majority of the controls and features are interfaced with through the screen. The user interface that Kodak has designed is extremely readable and easy to navigate. With the touch screen, it's really easy to look through your photos while in playback mode. You just swipe your finger and the pictures move across the screen. You also get access to sharing options, which allows users to quickly upload photos and videos to online sites, like Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, and Kodak's online gallery. The content is then automatically uploaded to the sites you choose when you connect the Slice to your computer. This would've been made even better by integrating Wi-Fi into the camera itself to allow uploading right from the camera. Some of the important camera specifications include a 5x optical zoom, 14 megapixel resolution, a focal length of 6.3-31.5mm, and an aperture range of f4.8/f.5.2 (w/t). Video can be shot at 30 frames per second at a maximum high-definition resolution of 720p and is saved as .mov files. You can even use the optical zoom while shooting videos. The Kodak Slice has an internal 2GB of storage space and accepts microSD and SDHC cards. The camera can be connected (and charged) through the micro-USB cable to a computer. The quality of the Slice's images are pretty good and they looked to be very comparable to similar digital cameras on the market. The images in daytime conditions were very good with no detectable noise or distortion. Images taken in darker conditions did have slight amounts of noise, but it was not enough to distract from the photo as a whole. The shutter lag, on the other hand, is quite laggy and shooting pictures feels noticeably slow, which is a downside.
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