Hands-on with Kodak's new EasyShare lineup
By Paul Miller 
posted Sep 2nd 2007 7:15PM
posted Sep 2nd 2007 7:15PM
posted Sep 2nd 2007 7:15PM
Now that we've thrown 'em off the trail, use the form below to get in touch with the people at Engadget. Please fill in all of the required fields because they're required.
Lol, why should I buy this when I can take pictures with my iphone?
because chances are any one of them will take better pictures than your iphone? nothing against iphones but cell phones camera's in general can't compare to a real camera
He didn't bother to create a username, why bother answering such an obvious flamebait? ;-)
I just played with it today at Best Buy
720p video at 30fps with stereo sound!
mmm..Add a 32GB SD card to it and that is the death of camcorders...
mmm..Add a 32GB SD card to it and that is the death of camcorders...
HOTNESS!
my mother got me a kodak easy share last christmas, and it is an incredible camera. There person who wrote "true winner" put down has no "true knowledge" of this kodak camera, I dont think. I would recommend it to anybody who was a serious photographer.
You can't be serious, right?
Serious photographers definitely do not use Kodak cameras.
kodak was here before u were born.
Kodak abandom their flagship chemical processes and has moved 100% all of their effort to Digital technology. Shareholders got really scared. But as a result, the Kodak Campus (a HUGE research and product R&D arm of the company) has created many patents and leading/cutting edge development (CCD, OLED, etc). Their Digital Science Camera was one of the first megapixel cameras on the market that acted just like film -although very expensive. Since then, their costs have dropped, yet quality remains VERY HIGHT. Their CCD (not cheap CMOS -and don't tell me how far CMOS has come) still outperform and out do others for a fraction of the cost to boot! Compare a Nikon or Cannon $1300 to a $200 Kodak, and you'll realize Kodak is truely a the underated leader.
laud kodak all you want, but the easyshare cameras are still consumer-oriented. there are several things you simply cannot do with an easyshare that you can with even a canon rebel xt. they may be leading innovators in the lab, but in the digital camera market, their product simply doesn't cater to professionals.
Sounds like a user problem. Have you tried manual mode? I have a Nikon, Intel, and the original Kodak Digital Science (and the new Z1275, very fast firmware menuing system). Pros are more likely to spend time with the camera to understand features, but not all professional photographers are tech savy to say the least. I've been able to pull off some crazy photos with an 8 second low light exposure in Times Square on my CCD Kodak that topped my very expensive Nikon. The Rebel is a nice camera, but couldn't withstand my travels (i.e. cheap plastics casing, cheap soldering jobs = broken camera).
kool =:)
Oh wow... is it better than the Lumix?
Don't you think Kodak has come a long way from the BROWNIE? I'll be happy to have one. I'll even invest in their print system!! I WIN! RIGHT?? LOL
I picked one of these cameras yesterday as my point and shoot. Already have a Lumix DSLR. It's the 720p video capture that really impressed me. The quality is REALLY good considering the small $299 pricetag (for the 1253).
cool camera and all gadgets are from engadget
So I hear mixed opinions on Kodak--I've had a couple of their EasyShare cameras and they have been okay but not easy for manual control.
So here's what I REALLY want to know--how does this thing look as far as the near-HD video goes? I'd like to buy a video camera (baby on the way!), but can't really afford a nice one. The idea of getting a pretty nice camera that also does good video is AWESOME to me.
If not this one, are there other digital cameras that capture video in such high quality?