Excellent.

My parents bought me this camera for Christmas - for a bargain price of £45 from ASDA, I might add - along with a 2GB memory card, and I am so pleased with it. It goes everywhere with me - it's very light and handy for travel, fitting easily into my handbag and slightly less easily into my pockets. It comes with a strap, which is excellent if, like me, things are prone to leaping unexpectedly from your hands, and is really easy to use on the Auto setting to take quick snaps of your daily adventures, and it's also very simple to change flash settings, with a nice setting for preventing red-eye - handy for those blue-eyed people you know. :)

For those more camera-savvy who are interested in more high-tech photography, the scene settings are quite varied, with settings for snow scenes, action shots, self portraits and many more. It also has a good macro setting for taking close-up photographs, as well as a very capbable auto-focus with center-focus and multi-focus settings which I've found help to take clear, sharp pictures whatever the subject.

It also features a fairly decent capability for taking videos - although a high-capacity memory card is recommended for those who do want to make a lot of use out of the video function, as they take up a lot of space. Videos have to be uploaded to a computer in order to play sound and I haven't yet previewed any videos on my computer, but the image playback on the camera screen is of quite a good quality and it's extremely simple to take a video with the camera; simply switch the setting to 'video' and then press the shutter button to record.

The camera also features the ability to crop photos and 'One Touch technology', which is a really simple photo-editor built into the camera. It's not quite Photoshop, and it doesn't work very well on all pictures, but some pictures can be made to look much brighter and clearer with just a few button presses.

It's also really easy to review the pictures you have taken (simple press the 'review' button!), and the camera displays both how many picutres you have taken (via a photo number in the top corner of each photograph) and how many you have left to fit onto your memory card, so you'll never run out of space without warning. With the Easychare software for your computer you can easily arrange your photos into albums both on your computer and on your camera.

Another extremely helpful feature is the Help/Information button - for every option on all of the camera's different menus, you simply have to press this button and it tells you exactly what each option does. It's just like having a manual built into your camera, and far easier than having to check the index of a paper manual whenever you get a bit lost while you're learning how your camera works.

I've noticed that some people find the camera's lack of an integral battery and chrager to be a slight drawback, but I disagree. Instead of your camera having to be out of action while it charges, you simply have to put new batteries in. However, with regular AA batteries you might find this to be a very expensive venture - I recommend instead buying two Kodak Ni-MH AA rechargable battery packs and a charger for them. I've found that these batteries have a comparatively long life (around 4-7 days, depending on on frequency of use) for each charge, and while one set is recharging you can use the other set.

All in all, so far I have found it to be an excellent camera choice, whether for a beginner or an experienced photographer. It's by far worth more than the bargain sale price that my parents purchased it for, and is even worth paying more for it than it's priced here on Amazon. I have no doubt that there are better cameras out there, but if you're not willing or able to spend hundreds of pounds then I truly recommend this camera - you'll be hard-pressed to find another camera of its calibre for less than £100.

perfect

it is small, thin, light, the screeen is a good size, it charges quickly and lasts ages! Days of use! My friends cameras are chunky and take batteries which dont last and they dont use them often - because of that!

I love this camera , i reccomend it to anyone and the eashshare software is fabulous!!

Good for some photos

My last camera, the C643, was dropped in the sea, so my Dad purchased me this one as a replacement. To be honest, I prefer the old one!
Although this one is a higher MP camera, to be honest, the quality isn't great, and the majority of the photos come out wobbly. Fair enough it does have a wobbly setting, but there's so many different settings, it makes it difficult to set it to the right one every time, and if you want to get a snap quickly, forget about it. It also doesn't feel study in my hands, like the last one did.
I'd only recommend this to people who take a lot of photos outdoors. Indoors, its a waste of money. Outside the photos are good quality.

Promising...

The camera is larger than I think it needs to be, surprisingly wide but the finish is good. The controls I found fiddly but at least it does not power up when you sit down with it in your pocket. The images were bright, contrasty and noisy. Great for snaps but not for quality images. What I did like like was the toggle button stick thing where you can adjust the exposure up or done - nice and easy to use and effective, all my other cameras involved you going into endless menus to do that. All an all a nice little compact and it is easy to use. The build quality seems pretty solid too.

disapointing

I had this camera from new to go on holiday with. All the transfers on the back rubbed off and a lot of the pictures looked ok on the back screen but were blurred when we took them off the memory. Dials didn't help much. And with a time delay, something that most cameras have sorted now the whole thing was rather rubbish. Took it back!!!

Quality picture paper

I bought this paper to print out photos of my son, I purchased it mainly because it was reasonably priced and seemed like a good choice. The fact that it prints on both sides means u get even more pictures for your money. I am quite impressed with the quality of the images.

My first real digital camera...

... and it messes up in a few days. The light blinks red a bit, then turns off completely. To really rub in the salt the detail really isn't that great , there's no optical zoom, and there's even, to my astonishment, no SOUND while recording video, making the video option utterly pointless. Very disappointing. Had this been working it would have gotten three stars, it only receives two because it can take photos like it says, just not well.

Overall a good camera, missing some features

This camera is very good value for money in terms of the quality of images, excellent colour, and the quality optics that provide the 12x optical zoom (no doubt the most expensive part on the camera). I've got through trying out a number of cameras, and this is the one that seems to balance picture quality with reliability (so far) and price. The one thing that I am most disappointed with, is the lack of movie features. For instance the cheaper Samsung S630 provides a far better range of control parameters, such as 15 or 30 fps frame rate, instead here its a fixed 30fps. If you're using it as a camcorder, in slow moving scenes, you do not need a high frame rate, so you could use half the memory. Another annoying thing is the movie file format - quicktime mov. If only it could have been output as avi (in mpeg4), using something like the divX or xvid codec, as most budget movie editing software support .avi but not .mov files. I had to get mov to avi converter software to use it with my preferred editing software. That said, at least the overall movie quality is still excellent - my intention was to have a digital camera and camcorder in-one, and despite these annoying things, it this is still more than sufficient for that dual role. Another annoyance is the lack of bundled bits like a power supply (which I mistakenly thought would be included), and for which they charge a ridiculous amount on the kodak site. All it is 3 V, 2.5 A, which you can get elsewhere much cheaper, and some cheap cameras even include power supplies in the package. Well worth having one if you're indoors, as it gets through batteries (even if you have rechargeable, its inconvenient). Last gripe, suprising for a mid-budget camera, the lens cap falls off the lens too easily!

Like the Z612, one nice thing is that you can zoom whilst taking movies (the only other camera I've tried that allows this is the Samsung S630). Some reviews on other sites talk about the camera mic picking up the sound of the lens motor, this is true, but in most situations, if there is sufficient noise (e.g. somebody speaking near-by), you wouldn't hear it. Plus in some situations, e.g. if you were using this to record a mate's band at a gig, you'd use something like a separate minidisc recorder and dual (stereo) mics for better quality sound.

A FINE EASY TO USE HIGH RESOLUTION CAMERA.

Kodak have been the king of cameras for years and years so it was a no brainer decision to buy this. With it's slick black or silver body to it's 8.1MP range to the large 2.5' screen. Also the 5x optical zoom which for this price range isn't bad at all combined with the easy share. You get standard alkaline batteries which is something of a let down but it will take re-chargables. So far I have taken about 20 snaps using the standard point and shoot mode on the supplied batteries. The software is very easy to use and your given a USB cable but i just pull out the SD card. I can't find anything really wrong with this camera so far but i have only owned it for a month !. As my last Kodak Digital camera decided to die on me after a year so hopefully this one will last a bit longer ?.

good zoom bad focus

i found that the auto mode is very dissapointing, especially in low light or with auto flash on. there are a number of scene settings but if ur wanting to take spare of the moment picture its crap. i was at a party n was wanting to get a pic of my mates, the auto was crap and by the time i had found a scene setting that was capable of getting a ok picture they had gone to get a drink. the zooms good n the panarame mode which stitches 3 pics together can be ok if tried a few times as not to get a glitch. its the first camera iv owned, to put it simple, i woudlnt buy it agen.

Not quite what it says on the tin

The camera itself is OK, if a little heavy/clumsy. However, the software and"easyshare" aspect is terrible. Factoring in the number of times it has crashed, refused to transfer pictures (It will absolutely NOT transfer any movie, and if you try, it will crash your machine), and transferred multiple copies of the same picture, I'm tempted to throw the infernal thing against the wall.

I wouldn't recommend this to a friend.

Kodak V803 Review

Very impressed with this camera, have been using it at work mainly. Easy to use and on the whole good functionality. Close up use in macro mode is reasonable and image lighting is useful when used in awkward places and in dark (lets you know where you're pointing the camera). Was that impressed brought one for myself to use, very good price as these were recently going for about £250 in Argos. Very nice in black. Recommend 2GB Transcend SD Memory card, this will give you plenty of room for photo's and video. One touch photo transfer software is also good.

Kodak EasyShare Z612 Review

Very disappointing overall. Pictures taken inside using built in flash are grainy with a yellow tint. The video facility is very poor often failing because the camera can't write to the SD card quick enough.
I have a Kodak Z700 digital camera which I am delighted with (but it only has a 5 x zoom lens), hence my decision to upgrade to its big brother.
Because the Z612 is so poor, I've carried on using my Z700. Its picture and video quality (using identical SD cards) is much better. NOTE - video footage can't be played in TV DVD players though!!
RE batteries, suggest you get rechargeable CRV3 Li-Ion batteries which are less than £20 incl charger and last for ages on a single charge.

Ignore the reviewer who says not to use at important events like weddings

First of all, if a reviewer tells you not to use a compact camera at an important event like weddings - they're teaching their grandmother to suck eggs. No one in their right mind would use ANY compact camera to capture important events like that. You hire a professional photographer who's going to use over £5000 worth of kit to do it.

Okay, onto the Kodak C875. It's a lovely little beast. It has full manual controls, i.e. ISO, shutter speed, aperture, WB, +/-EV, metering mode, and a useable panoramic mode. It even has a 3:2 aspect ratio so you can print to 6x4's without cropping.

The colours are typical Kodak, if that's to your taste. The camera even has a special function that brings out the brightness and colours in images already shot.

The camera feels responsive, although autofocus can hunt a bit in the dark. The flash is underpowered, but it's perfectly suited for fill flash outdoors to remove harsh shadows. If you want good performance indoors with flash, you'll really need an SLR for that [and we're talking of spending 4-5 times as much for the kit].

Ultimately, if you just want a knockabout camera that has more than enough manual control - this could well be the camera for you. If instead you want perfectly sharp images with superb tonal range and colours, there's always the £3,000 Nikon D3...

Appalling

Now I dont know lots about cameras, but I take a lot of photos and I bought this bundled with a dock printer and I have to say I just took it back. Yes it takes good photos, the zoom range is good etc. But it all pales to one whopping oversight. The flash.
Its just too damn bright, only in bright outdoor conditions can ths camera take good photos, because when its dark, the flash fills everything with the kind of whight light that completely neutralises tone. Say you like the lighting effects in your living room one afternoon and want to capture that atmosphere. Sorry, you cant, the flash removes all other lighting and makes everything ugly, really. And you can forget about portraiture, faces just become completely white, hair looks strangely dirty, and the only real colour you get is the eyes, and that just looks wierd.
Not only that, there are tons of other design flaws with this thing. The size of the flashbulb and its placement on the camera means the optical viewfinder no longer shows you what is actualy there through a lens. Instead, because the pop-up/down flash is in the way, all you get is a tiny version of the big LCD, which is utterly pontless. And the supplied lens cap is useless unless you have a form-fitting case to carry it around it, because it falls off with the slightest knock. Meaning if you put it in a handbag or rucksack it is likely to do so and expose the lens to possible damage that is very expensive to repair.
All in all a terribly designed camera, the technology is good, and it works, but the flaw, as always, is human. The design problems hampering this thing make it impossible to use in even the best conditions. If you are looking for a camera for constant snapping or just casual use, look elsewhere. You'll only find frustration here.

Pictures good, movie problematic

Pros :
- This camera takes great pictures
- Simple to operate
- Battery life is very good

Cons :
- Movie mode is problematic to say the least. Movie is recorded OK on the camera, when you transfer it (in quicktime format) you have no end of problems as this camera does not conform completly to the quicktime standard. The upshot the movie freezes and stops and loses sync.

kodak printer dock bag

very useful-would recommend as it is up to the job!