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The EasyShare DX6490 straddles the line between our point-and- shoot and advanced camera chart categories. On the one hand, it has Kodak's helpful onscreen text aids, which explain what the camera is doing and how to use a particular function; it works with a Kodak docking station; and it has extremely simple menus. On the other, it has manual shooting modes, a wide range of apertures and shutter speeds, and an external flash connector. But it won't let you focus manually, and it offers few of the exotic imaging options you might find on other advanced models.
Kodak seems to be taking some design cues from the more typically trend-setting camera manufacturers. Like Fujifilm's S5000,...