Hi Jim, The 14N is Kodak's first 13.5MP digital camera. The criticisms of the camera are as follows: - weak battery life - slow startup - bad sensor performance in less than ideal light conditions Kodak has released a newer version of the 14N(the model number escapes me...) which replaces the sensor with a better one and changes the algorithm. The newer version has better performance with sensor and battery life, but still falls short of most other camers. For the going price of $4000-$5000 for the 14N and it's replacement, it's a good investment. Whether it is right for you will depend on the pictures you take. For portraiture, landscape, and studio product shots: great. For fast action and poor light condition shots: not so great. Granted, what I know of the camera is based on Kodak's site, review sites like luminous-landscape.com and dpreview.com, both of which have performed hands on tests of the camera as well as technical tests of the camera. If you need the MP size, then it is the cheapest camera that will give you that. If you want an all around great camera, I would recommend the Canon 1D Mark II (8MP, 8.5fps for 40 frames in JPEG+RAW). It would be in the same price range, but the MP rating will be less. You didn't mention the lighting conditions under which you took your pictures. I would highly recommend that you take a variety of pictures like you normally would under a variety of light conditions. In and of itself, it is a fine camera, but you should be aware of the camera's shortcomings.
March 17, 2004
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