The Kodak PlayFull Dual, like most Kodak camcorders, has a few glaring problems with handling that were impossible to overlook. The camcorder felt good in our hands for the most part, and we liked the rubbery texture of the Dual's front side (it made it easier to grip). The Kodak Duaflex is a 620 roll film pseudo TLR made by Kodak in the US, Canada, and UK. The original versions were available from December 1947 - September 1950 in the US, and 1949-1955 in the UK; the Duaflex. Announced in April 2006, the EasyShare V610 is Kodak's second 'Dual Lens' model, using two lenses (and two CCD sensors) to give an extended zoom range without adding to the bulk of the camera.

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The PlayFull Dual Zi12 is set to retail for around $199 and will be available in white or black.

The Kodak PlayFull Dual Zi12 comes with a fixed lens that has one interesting trick we've never seen before on an ultracompact camcorder: a tiny automatic lens cover. Not that a lens cover is something anyone will jump for joy about, but it's an interesting feature nonetheless. Besides the cover, the 4.7mm lens also features a fixed f/2.6 aperture. The sensor is a large, 12-megapixel CMOS, which is what enables the PlayFull Dual to capture high-resolution still images.

Using MPEG-4 compression, the Kodak PlayFull Dual offers five different recording options. There's two Full HD settings (1080/60p and 1080/30p), two 720p recording options (60p and 30p), and one WVGA standard definition mode.

Read more about the advantages and disadvantages of different compression types.

We should also note how different the video looks if you record holding the Dual vertically rather than horizontally. Holding it horizontally will record a 16:9 widescreen video image that is perfect for viewing on an HDTV. Holding the camcorder vertically will record a tall and thin image with large swaths of black on either side—something that may look good when viewed on the camcorder itself, but not on a widescreen monitor.

There's no internal memory on the PlayFull Dual Zi12 (or, at least, not enough for Kodak to make mention of it), so you'll need to get an SD or SDHC memory card to insert in the camcorder before you can start shooting video. It doesn't look like the Dual works with high-capacity SDXC memory cards, but that doesn't matter. SDHC cards, which go up to 32GB, are plenty big for a pocket-cam like this.

Read more about the advantages and disadvantages of different media types.

Being a Kodak, the PlayFull Dual is equipped with a special 'share' button on the bottom of the camcorder. We like the share button and the supplied share button app that comes with the Dual (and all Kodaks), but you do still need to connect the camcorder to a computer to share videos on the web. We just like the simplicity of the application, although we wish Kodak would introduce a streamlined WiFi component on a PlayFull camcorder in the near future (so you could share video without connecting to a computer first).

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All of the major controls on the Dual are handled automatically, which means you don't have to worry about adjusting exposure, focus, aperture, shutter speed, or white balance manually. We didn't get a good idea of how well these controls functioned in our time with the camcorder, but we'll take a thorough look when we get the camcorder into our labs later this year.

The PlayFull Dual includes a number of enhanced auto modes, including a variety of digital effects, face detection, and a suite of scene modes. You can read about most of these features below.

Scene Modes

The little switch on the top of the camcorder allows you to use the Kodak PlayFull Dual with a variety of scene modes. The options to choose from include: Portrait, Landscape, Children, Self-portrait, Night Portrait, Night Landscape, and two high-speed record modes (for slow motion video). The inclusion of these scene modes is something that sets the Dual apart from previous Kodak camcorders, so if this is something you've wanted before, Kodak may have listened to your demands.

The final scene mode on the camcorder is an Auto Panorama setting, which works for taking still images only.

The fixed lens on the PlayFull Dual has no optical zoom, but it does have a 4x digital zoom that is controlled with the d-pad on the back of the camcorder. This is the standard digital zoom for an ultracompact camcorder, so it's not all that impressive.

Like we said, there's no manual focus option on the Zi12, but there is an option to switch between regular and macro focus for close-up shots.

The same slider on the top of the camcorder that allows you to select from various scene modes has another setting for digital effects. The effects alter the look of your video and they're each named after a different type of Kodak film stock—something that will surely appeal to old-school photographers.

The effects options include: Kodacolor (based on Kodak's color negative film), Ektachrome (a faster color film), Kodachrome (a color reversal film), T-Max (tabular-grain black and white negative), Tri-X (high-speed black and white), and Sepia (warm, brown-gray color). These naming conventions are cool to us, but we doubt most users of the PlayFull Dual will understand the references.

The PlayFull Dual is definitely more complex and has more features than your average ultracompact camcorder, but it's still a very simple device compared to a traditional model. The menus are easy to navigate and we love the interface of Kodak's Share Button application. The program still requires you to connect the camcorder to a computer to upload your video to the web, but it's an intuitive, simple process (and the app works on both Macs and PCs).

The half camera, half camcorder design of the PlayFull Dual can be a bit confusing, and it's possible that some users will find the rotating screen system difficult to understand. The Apple iPhone and iPod Touch, as well as the Sony Bloggie camcorders have similar screen rotation features, so it is likely that this kind of thing will become more and more popular each year.

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The most frustrating thing we experienced with the PlayFull Dual had to do with the camcorder's poorly-designed buttons, which you can read more about in the handling section below.

How poorly designed are the buttons? Well, in our time with the camcorder, we found ourselves consistently yelling at the directional pad to actually do what we wanted it to do. We'd press the OK button at the center of the d-pad, and the menu would move us down instead. Often the opposite would happen when we'd try to scroll down, as the camcorder would make a menu selection instead. Little things like this can be overlooked by some users, but it drove us batty and it made us want to avoid the Dual's menu system altogether.

We also found the start/stop record button was slow to respond and often took a few pushes to actually get recording to stop. The auto screen rotation that we talked about in the

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