Imaging resource has recently posted a review on Kodak EasyShare-One, a point-and-shoot digital camera with 4.0 megapixel CCD sensor, 3x optical zoom, and a huge 3″ LCD Screen.

“Kodak’s EasyShare digicams always make it easy to take pictures, but the EasyShare-One makes it a breeze to share them. Not just at home within reach of your computer, but anywhere you can find a WiFi connection that gets you on the Web. The EasyShare-One’s fully automatic exposure control makes it rewarding to share, too, performing surprisingly well in a wide variety of conditions and requiring less exposure adjustment or tweaking than most or its competitors. For difficult shots, a wide range of Scene modes set the camera’s capabilities for you. Tiny, compact, and super-stylish, the Kodak EasyShare-One is perfect for people who just want to take pictures and pass them around, as well as more experienced users looking for a new way to share their shots.”

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Kodak EasyShare V530, a 5 megapixels pont-and-shoot digital camera with a Schneider-Kreuznach 3x optical zoom lens, a 2-inch LCD screen, has been reviewed by Emily Raymond at DigitalCameraInfo. Here’s what she says about the image quality:

“With the EasyShare V530’s 5 megapixels, the camera can produce pictures at a maximum resolution of 2576 x 1932 pixels. Four other image sizes are available at 4.4, 4, 3.1 and 1.8-megapixel sizes. All of these sizes are 4:3 formatted except the 4.4 megapixel size. This is 3:2 formatted to make standard 4 x 6-inch prints. The specs claim that this camera can produce prints up to 20 x 30 inches, but I wouldn’t recommend such large prints unless blurring and stair-step lines are acceptable. At the V530’s maximum resolution, 8 x 10 inches is probably the largest I’d print. “

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DigitalCameraReview has recently posted a review on Kodak EasyShare V570, a world’s first dual-lens digital camera with two ccd’s and 2.5-inch LCD Screen. Here’s their verdict on performance & image quality

“I found the image quality to be average. Colors were accurate and exposure was typically good (especially when you learn how to utilize the exposure compensation adjustment for your tastes). There was a bit of softness in the corners of images. Indoor images, with flash, were too noisy (at auto ISO 125). My outdoor shots had an over-processed feel to them, in my opinion, with too much sharpness. If you notice this as well, you can turn down the sharpness setting.”

In conclusion they write:

“Pros: Nicely designed, good looking camera, Ultra-wide angle is effective, a great item for a point and shoot, Excellent battery life, Easy way to adjust exposure compensation

Cons: LCD is too grainy, hard to determine image quality until on your computer, Zoom and auto focus mechanisms are audible on video, Indoor flash images too noisy, Shutter lag a tad longer than other cameras in its class”

>> Kodak EasyShare V570 Review Roundup

Richard Baguley had his hands on the new Kodak EasyShare C663, a 6.1 megapixel compact digital camera with 3x optical zoom and 2.5″ LCD screen.

He suggests that the camera is easy to use with efficient menu structure and “Favorites” option on the mode dial is great for showing family photos. He also likes the large LCD screen plus the optical viewfinder. However, He dislikes odd placement of some buttons with no manual focus, and its portability due to its boxy shape.

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Megapixel.net has posted their review on Kodak EasyShare P850, a 5.0 Megapixel camera with 12x optical zoom and 2.5″ LCD Screen.

They like the camera’s excellent image quality, particularly zoom photos with powerful 12x optical zoom and image stabilizer. They also like the high definition EVF, 2.5″ LCD screen, complete set of capture modes, flash shoe and the availability of RAW and TIFF formats. However, they suggested that some noise is viewable at ISO 200 and beyond, wide angle images are a bit soft, and the ‘not so fast’ image recording ability.

David D. Busch has posted his review on Kodak EasyShare V570, the world’s first dual-lens digital camera with two ccd’s and 2.5-inch LCD Screen. He gives the camera 7.2 out of 10 (Very Good) and writes:

“The 3X zoom lens offered about the same image quality you’d expect from a run-of-the-mill 5-megapixel camera, while the fixed-focal-length lens performed about the same, except with that impressive ultrawide view. Both lenses suffered from purple fringing and a touch of blooming. While the 23mm lens’s optional barrel-distortion correction did a good job, its faux zoom function provided too much of a quality penalty to be used seriously; we quickly switched digital zoom off completely.

However, we liked the colors this camera produced. Blues and reds were fully saturated and brilliant, and flesh tones had only a slight reddish cast. The camera’s red-eye-prevention preflash eliminated most–but not all–of the red glow in human pupils. “

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Richard Baguley had his hands on Kodak EasyShare C530, a 5 megapixel camera with 16MB internal memory and priced at around $140. He posted his first look review at Digital Camera Info and wrote:

“Perhaps those few consumers who have been resisting going digital, claiming that it’s too expensive, complicated or awkward might appreciate its suffocating simplicity. For them, the C530 could be the perfect birthday present, plus, it’s so cheap you won’t be too offended if they don’t use it much. However, for those just looking for a decent, affordable digital alternative, there are many, many superior cameras out there right now that offer far more practical options without much additional cost or confusion.

The Kodak EasyShare C530 definitely has a market, albeit a very specific one. For the extremely budget-minded and technophobic first-time photographer, the camera will certainly not pose any intimidation, but by today’s standards, it seems to be a poor bargain. Even the most frugal consumer would be better served holding out a bit until they are comfortable spending an additional $20-30 for optical zoom and autofocus. Now, for an extra $60, consumers can have effective optical image stabilization in the Panasonic LS2.”

Steve’s Digicams has just posted a review on Kodak EasyShare P880, a 8.3 megapixel digital camera with 5.8x optical zoom (24 - 140mm, 35mm equivalent) and 2.5″ large LCD, and writes:

“With 8-megapixels of resolution and an excellent lens with a versatile zoom range, the EasyShare P880 promises a lot to the advanced user. While its image quality largely fulfills that promise, the shooting performance does not. A camera advertised as a member of Kodak’s “Performance Series” should be capable of capturing more than 1.25 images per second, and should clear 7 images from its buffer in much less than 26 seconds; the P880’s shooting performance is disappointing.

But if you rarely capture action shots, the P880’s high resolution, image quality, low light performance and wide angle zoom lens may be just what you need for shooting family portraits, vacation landscapes and short movie clips. While its advanced features will appeal mainly to the experienced photographer, novices will produce terrific images using the automatic and scene modes and grow their skills by experimenting with its versatile features. At an MSRP of just under $600, the P880 is not inexpensive. I rate it an average value because of its lackluster shooting performance; it would become a good value if Kodak improves its responsiveness.”

Shawn Barnett & Dave Etchells had their hands on the new Kodak Easyshare V570, a world’s first dual-lens digital camera with two ccd’s.

“Image quality-wise, we felt that images from the V570 showed excellent color, but were softer than we’d normally expect from a 5-megapixel digital camera. - We think that its practical resolution (that is, what you actually see in prints) is closer to that of a three or four megapixel model than a five megapixel one. Its noise-suppression algorithms are also prone to obscuring fine detail, particularly when the contrast levels of that detail are low. All digital cameras do this to some degree, but we felt that we noticed it more in the V570’s shots than we’re accustomed to.”

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Dcviews has recently posted an interesting article with some samples comparing Kodak Digital Science DC50, a 0.38MP digital camera produced ten years ago which was the first sub$1000 digital zoom camera with the latest Kodak Easyshare V550, a 5.4MP digital camera which is now selling for around $300.

In conclusion they write: “It’s clear that digital camera technology has evolved at an incredible pace over the last decennium, but it does not give us a clue as to how digital photography will evolve in the next decennium. We may just hope that the development of digital photography will be driven by the user requirements and not by the technology. But then again, foreseeing the future has always been difficult… “