Kodak Easyshare V1003 10 MP Digital Camera with 3xOptical Zoom (Midnight Black) by Kodak
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Digital camera reviews of Kodak Easyshare V1003 10 MP Digital Camera with 3xOptical Zoom (Midnight Black)
Digital camera Review: Proof that more megapixels does not mean more quality
Summary: 1 Stars
The V1003 was purchased for my wife as a diaper bag camera, as my Canon S2 is too bulky to carry around for those cute impromptu baby shots. Unfortunately, this camera did not live up to the quality you would expect from a 10 megapixel camera. The pictures taken indoors with the camera were always very dark, even in well lit rooms. When you got close enough to a subject to offset the darkness factor (i.e., <3 feet away), it would be decently lit, but the picture would appear very blue in hue due to the flash. After doing a little research, I have found that the modern point and shoots with a high number of megapixels do not have large enough lenses to support the number of megapixels. I picked up a Nikon CoolPix 11 camera with 6 megapixels to do a side by side comparison. The difference between the Nikon and the Kodak were like night and day. My recommendation would be to find yourself an older model point and shoot camera with a max of 6 megapixels.Digital camera Review: Refurbished verses Repaired
Summary: 5 Stars
I recently got a new Camera for my birthday and I was rolling around with the dog and forgot I had it around my neck and broke the LED Screen. I sent it to Precison Camera on the net for repair but was looking to buy a new one to replace the old one sad because I had only had it 2 months. To my Suprise Precision Camera wanted $103.00 to replace the Led screen. Amazon offered a refurbished camera, like new for a dollar less. I got a new battery (I kept the old one) and only the box was open. I was very please with Amazon and very disappointed in the repair cost. So Amazon is the place to shop.Digital camera Review: Sweet little camera for unprofessionals
Summary: 3 Stars
Okay I've had this camera for about two or three years. The reason why I got it was because of the colors it came in. But someone ended up giving it to me as a gift in BLACK anyway.
All in all, I like this camera. It's my second digital camera since the 90s, and yeah it's a huge step up. I've dented the outside, majority of the print and stickers have worn themselves off, and I've dropped it on more than one occasion and it's held up. And it's small enough to fit in my jeans pocket, down my shirt or just throw in my purse.
What I like about it, is the ease of picking settings. When you're at a concert, down in the pits somewhere with general admission, you don't have time to fuss around with turning wheels or going through menus. This camera is exceedingly easy to switch between different modes. You press one button, and you have a screen full of options from portrait, low light, custom settings, etc. So you pick one, take a quick pic, look at the result...not good enough? Go ahead and switch it. You don't have to go in and out of menus while the crowd is pushing you from every which way, it's just super fast to find a setting you want.
Also you don't need a degree to use it. It pretty much just has ONE button to take photos or record a video. Not rocket science, I'm sure anyone would get the hang of it.
But it does have it's down sides. The time it takes to take a photo is a bit long. I mean if you're handing this off to a friend to take a pic for you, make sure you TELL them to hold onto it because you can't just press the button and expect it to immediately take the photo. They'll try to give it back to you and you're left with some super blur.
And now that I've gotten into product photography though to sell things off my website this camera has been quite frustrating! It is such an adventure getting it to focus. And yes, like other reviewers say, it tends to go click.click.click randomly loud enough to be heard on the video mode. At first I thought I broke it! Recently I've switched it manual focus instead of auto and I haven't seen much of a difference.
All in all, it's durable, it's cool maybe if you are a teenager or in the market for your FIRST digital camera for it's ease of use, but if you want to get professional with it, you'll probably throw it out the window.
Digital camera Review: Sweet!
Summary: 4 Stars
I think this is one of the best Kodak has ever produced. It is stylish and sleek. It looks more like a cell phone than a camera and thats the attraction. It includes the AC charger unlike the 12MP I just bought which u have to charge with your Pc or laptop if u dont buy the AC charger saperately. It doesn't really blur like the 12MP too. The 12MP is just better only by the shutter speed. I would recommend this better than the 12MPDigital camera Review: Wish I Had Returned It
Summary: 1 Stars
Kodak EasyShare V1003 10MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom (Midnight Black) You cannot use the anti-blur mode with any of the other modes. It seems very sensitive to movement. If you use the anti-blur mode and want to take a close up (or any other 20+ modes, e.g. landscape, sport), you are out of luck for anti-blur. I find this really annoying. I'm certainly not going to carry around a tripod for everyday, ordinary pictures.