Kodak Easyshare V1253 12MP Digital Camera with 3 x Optical Zoom (White)

Manufacturer: Kodak Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours List Price:$249.95 Our Price:$217.33 Features: Package Contents - KODAK EASYSHARE V1253 Zoom Digital Camera; KODAK Li-Ion Rechargeable Digital Camera Battery KLIC-7004; Camera bag; Carry strap; USB cable; Getting Started Guide with KODAK EASYSHARE Software; Custom camera insert for optional KODAK EASYSHARE Camera and Printer Docks Camera can transfer images to Windows PC and Macintosh computers Scneider 3x Optical Zoom Lens (35 mm equivalent - 37-111 mm) gets you closer to your subjects without reducing image quality; 5x digital zoom enlarges your pictures further Face detection technology - For great shots of friends and family, face detection technology locates faces and automatically adjusts camera settings Digital image stabilization - Reduce blur caused by camera shake or subject movement Panorama stitch mode - Combine up to three shots into one large picture with on-camera panorama stitch mode Description:

Reviews:

Ergonomically Uncomfortable
I got this camera from Costco today. The package included everything for the whole things to function. Many people complained that they didn't get the adapter, but I did. There also was a camera case (made of fabric), a plastic dock, and all the other necessary wires and pieces. I was also pleased by the price. It is so far the best price I found for this camera.

Overall, very good quality of pictures.

The only thing that makes me frustrated (and you might call me an old-fashioned person) is how thin this camera is. I mean, that sounds cool, up until you actually hold the camera in your hands. It is quite heavy for being such a thin camera. OF course, whether you want a stylish or a classical camera is your personal choice. But as for me, I prefer the design which Kodak Z712 has. Please google it, for you to understand what I mean.

The LCD screen is fantastic, no doubt!


The first camera I've ever owned that crashed on me ...
Well ... I bought the Kodak v1253 with high hopes of owning a camera that could capture reasonable 720p video. I use my old Sony T1 primarily as video camera, and was looking forward to improving the quality of my home movies. Well, this camera CAN capture HD video. Unfortunately, Kodak has saddled the device with a highly compressed video format, further complicated by wrapping the format in a mov container, that requires a super-computer to playback.

I've tried playing the video on both my XP (Athlon 3000 dual core) and a Vista (Duo-Core) machines, and neither of these systems can play back the video without stuttering ... a lot. I've been forced to convert the video into easier-to-playback MPEG formats using Adobe Premiere, a tedious conversion process that takes about 30 minutes of computer time for every minute of video.

The end result is "technically high-definition," but doesn't look hugely improved from my Sony camera's standard definition video when played back on my 1080p television. It's better ... but not enough to warrant all the work convertina and editing it.

This is my first attempt using a Kodak camera, and I found the experience pretty frustrating. It is a slow camera, with a delay after each photograph as you watch a gray screen as the image is written to the SD card. This seems to occur even with fast cards, and even with the latest firmware. I've never experienced this kind of delay with Sony or Canon cameras before, so it seems very odd to me. Perhaps you Kodak users are used to this? I've mainly used canon and sony cameras in the past, and am not used to this.

Also, there doesn't seem to be a way of reviewing photos on the lcd without extending the lens ... so, if you just want to show a friend some photos directly from the camera, you better watch your hand because that lens is going to extend whether you want it to or not.

The LCD on the back seems ok, but most of the time you want to capture the highest megapixel possible, and the 12mp format doesn't conform to the 16x9 ratio of the LCD. So, a large portion of the LCD goes unused. The "actual used" lcd resolution does not seem to be as good as the competition.

Finally, I've never had a camera "lock up" on me. The camera will occasionally freeze if you hit any buttons while it's writing to the flash card. The screen blanks, the lens stays stuck out, and you have to remove the battery and replace it before it will reset. Really, really weird.

I guess I'll stick with the Sony for now, as I can edit the Sony's MPEG1 video in real-time, without any rerendering, with direct MPEG splicing software like Womble. Plus, the MPEG1 video that sony camera's generate will play on virtually any computer in the world without heavy processing power and without having to install software or special codecs. They will also playback in PowerPoint without a hitch.

I had considered buying the Kodak camera for my parents as an easy point-and-shoot with the ability to film video. However, the video component of this camera let me down, as I'm SURE my parents computer won't be able to handle playback of the video.

So, get the Kodak if you have a really fast system, don't share videos with family members on slower systems, and don't need to edit video. The static images I captured seemed to be of fine quality.


Will not focus
I had this camera for two months. My last camera was Kodak a Easyshare, which I loved and used daily paper. This does not focus. On some things however many many photos fail badly. I must have excellent focus to make for photos from things to in order to set mine on blog, and I must use my old camera, in order to do her. Better focus with fewer pixels? If you explain to me, ask. Also sometimes the illustrations do not smooth straight "taking" and it give to something on the coded map a illegible. Except your money this is trouble


Overall amazing camera IF you can keep the camera still.
This camera takes spectacular, highly detailed, vivid photos. However, you must 1)Master the features and settings in correspondence to the time of day if you are taking pictures outside and 2)Keep the camera as still as possible.

I was in New York City for vacation over the Holidays (Dec. 2007), and I took it least 50 photos of the city from the 86th floor of the Empire State Building. Out of those 50 photos, about 8 came out as "spectacular, highly detailed, and vivid" photos. I attempted to keep the camera EXTREMELY still on a ledge, and many of the photos still came out blurry. Keep in mind, this was at night, so perhaps I needed more fiddling with the features. I found the sunset and high ISO settings to work the best at night for cityscapes. Perhaps it was the memory card's flaw, but I doubt it since the day time pictures came out flawless. Many pictures at night on the picture viewer will look sharp until you upload them to the computer and you realize that many of them are blurred.

Master the settings. Keep the camera still as possible. Result: Enjoy quality images.

Otherwise, look elsewhere.


Amazing Camera
I did not need another digital camera, but the airs of possessing a hp camera sucked me it. Gladly it happened. This camera is the rich characteristic and one to use joy. Only problem, which I had, was that Kodak did not explain very well that you needed a high capacity high achievement Sd coded map, to take films over 30 seconds. My concert Sd of the standard 2 would stop between 23 and 30 seconds. The illustration quality and the view on a hello def television set are amazing. My Casio and Canon eleven 1000 now are on the exterior, which looks inside. I bought this with Amazon and received it within a working-day and at a better price of these Kodaks on-line memory, which I never use again.


Blurry Pictures
My first 50 illustrations failed large. In week 3, when I would turn to extend the camera on the objective will and in the camera with the objective would switch off out. I would have to switch the camera on


DON'T DELAY -- BUY IT TODAY!!!
If you are looking for a super simple lightweight camera then this is the camera for you! I have been purchasing Kodak Easyshare cameras for several years now and this is by far my favorite camera. I have had the bigger bulkier cameras with the higher zooms and lower megapixels. I wanted a smaller camera that was easy to carry along with me. (Almost a necessity when you are running around with 3 very active kids!) I decided to give this camera a try even though it didn't have a great zoom like my old cameras. I am so happy that I did! This camera is AWESOME! Besides being able to just slip it in my pocket or throw it into my purse, the clarity of the pictures is UNBELIEVABLE! I do wish it had a little more zoom but with 12 megapixels who needs zoom??? I would definatley recommend this product to anyone who wants a simple, easy to use, lightweight camera. DON'T DELAY --- BUY IT TODAY!


Two repairs - don't recommend purchase
Kodak Easyshare V1253 12MP Digital Camera with 3 x Optical Zoom

I purchased this Kodak Easyshare V1253 in October, when my old trusty Kodak Easyshare (much older version but very reliable) camera had its battery charger die on me. I bought the V1253 on a business trip when I urgently needed a camera. Sadly, I have been disappointed by it. I am a very savvy digital camera user. Here are the problems:

1. The camera is very susceptible to camera shake, and the shutter takes a few seconds to fire off. So you don't get the action photo you wanted first of all, and then the photos turn out very fuzzy if you have a third party take a photo and they don't know enough to hold the camera VERY VERY STILL as you wait the few seconds for the shutter to go off. This is therefore a bad camera for a teenager. And a very ineffective camera for a casual point and shoot type of user.

2. The quality of the photos are very good if you are lucky enough to not have camera shake when you took it. The digital video is high quality too. The longest video I took was about 12 minutes. I put in a 2 GB Sandisk and had no issues with memory storage to the disk.

3. Others have noted that it was a funky cord with a cheesy looking adapter to charge the camera attached to your PC. There is no AC charger so I had to buy one for about $10. It was worth getting. I would suggest to Kodak they include the AC charger in the first place and charge a bit more for the package.

4. At Christmas, the camera refused to charge. I did a bunch of troubleshooting with the manual and had to mail it in for repair back East. I sent it Dec. 10th and did not get it back until January 12. Thus, it missed the entire Xmas season. Luckily my old camera was fixed in time to capture our holiday photos . . .

So overall, it is not what I had hoped for given I spent $300 for it. I do not recommend it.

Addendum: Added February 2008. The camera failed again a month ago! It had the lens assembly jam. I had to mail it back AGAIN (second time) for repair. This time it took 3 weeks to come back. I have had it back only a few days, but I am holding my breath.

I do not recommend this camera. It is definitely full of problems.


Kodak -Top of the line
Top side of the line product, top side of the line Spezifikt., top side of the line company...


almost every picture is blurry
I upgraded from a 6 mp kodak camera. I take better pictures with the 6 mp than I do with this new 12 mp camera. I have tried every setting and I don't know what I am doing wrong looking at the other reviews I must be doing something wrong because other people don't seem to have have the blurry picture problem.


Awesome!
This camera is amazingly awesome. I absolutely love it. It has just enought features for it not to be complicated and has clear and crisp picture quality. It also has great video and looks great on HDtv!


A good HD digital camera
The 720p video performance of this camera is very good and easy. I wish it had a 5x zoom, 3x just barely cuts it. I have a problem getting comfortable holding this camera. They did not design in any thumb or rubber grips to help you hold it. It doesn't have a true manual control where you can specify the ISO, exposure, and f-stop. I had to make due with one of the preprogrammed exposure modes. You charge it with the supplied USB cable. The still images look just a cut below in quality from the ones I take with my Kodak Z730.


A Camera with an Identity Crisis
It is not frequently I writes reports for Techgeraete, but I thought that I would form an exception. Permit to me, you to Kodak the Easyshare V1253 to present a camera 12-megapixel the fact that I the opportunity over which holidays had to use. Which does not place this camera separately is its large picture capacity in - take finally exactly as sake you far to the megapixels verruecktheit us? Do we have 30 megapixels cameras by the following Christmas? Which me was real the identity crisis impressed, which has this camera - she thinks that it is also a camera recorder! I read on the box that this camera was capable also of taking 30 prisoner framework pro second widescreen screen in the high definition (720p). I must permit the fact that I was sceptical, since each screen, which I had at all seen that was taken prisoner on a digital camera for regarding on a television screen terriblly insufficient. The video quality burned me through away. I shot innumerable videos over Christmas and continued integrating it in a DVD with iDVD. The end result was a screen, which each impressed, which saw it. They could have deceived everyone into thinking it shot on a hp video camera recorder so, which costs much 3mal. Which me to the locking selling point for this camera - which price gets. I would have thought that $220 for a camera rather much however the ability, large digital photos and highly soluble screen were to be shot 12MP? Now there quite amazingly. There is much other characteristics, which this camera has like large face acknowledgment technology, impressive low light ability, but for me the screen seals the agreement. And for the price you cannot go wrongly.


Price, Quality, and Features Make this Camera a Winner
Guten Tag!!

This camera is Awesome!!

The camera that I have came with the update already loaded.

This was compared in store to some other brands. The sales guy was actually pitching me hard on another brand and a lot more expensive camera. However, he was shocked, as I was, when we compared the video, the quickness of the auto focus, and the quality of the pictures.

The video on the other brand, in addition to not being HD, was very choppy looking compared to this camera.

Also, believe it or not this camera focused faster than the other cameras we compared it to.

And lastly, the pictures looked as good (if not better) to more pricier models.

The pictures' colors and sharpness seem very natural and they have a great pop to them.

And HD video on a $200 camera?!?! Wow!! The vids look great! I have had no issue watching the vids on my computer.

I hope Kodak adds even more video features on the next iteration.

Great Camera with hard-to-beat Price and Features.


Kodak Kamera is Kool
The better point and entry thread bag sorted cameras, this Kodak machine, everything has the galore characteristics at a large price!


Great potential so far unfulfilled
I had high hopes in the acquisition of this camera, and I am not yet rather content. I begin with the first expenditures, which I found describing this disturbance I to most and additional per and fraudulent at the end then exactly. Notice please that I attached the microprogram list update starting from the first week of December 2007. 1. I have completely more rueber after a solution geschauen, but there is a missing codec for Quicktime, which is largely disturbance Apple, but it prevents you at the view and at the audition of the screen, which is this time noted in hp 720. I have this am read an expenditure in Vista and in XP, although I have only Vista this time. I tried all suggested solutions, and I am not the slightest point, which is provoked in this department. This is also pain, if you take the screen, which you to have taken prisoner and it into a DVD or other means would like convert. 2. All the same which you have size of the coded map in the camera, it maxes out at 16 minutes of the constant video safety device. If you have the memory for video, you can take more than 16 minutes in the total quantity, but they are in 16 lumps of the minute (or smaller). 3. The focus can be glitchy few. I the discovery, which is more patient to wait that it has many worse photos with the camera with the point and clicking mentality in focus, but, my wife and mother-in-law taken comes. I received the camera in expectation of the birth of our first child, and I was disappointed by many of the illustrations that my mother-in-law was in that, from the delivery to to receive. As adding of this, the foreground is sometimes focused correctly, but background come out pixelated much and blurry, without zoom shot. Property: - reloadable battery, fair plug into your USB or the alternating current adapters and you do not buy load above on reloadable AA batteries more or carry around the lot in your kamerakasten. - large hp quality screen, which is in the future functional on computers. - price. $230 is the going rate and that much competing. The bad: - bad illustrations of taking in the bad light - optical zoom shot 3x - minuzioese delimitation 16 for following screen


Just in a month serious Shutter Cover Problem
I bought this camera for my vacation travels before thanksgiving. Just after a month, during our family vacation trip we took some great snapshots in the beginning and then suddently the lens cover won't open. Camera was totally useless in that state. We were at the most scenic place during our trip when camera showed this problem and we couldn't take the pictures of that amazing place. Not only that but we had no other means to take pictures during rest of the travel days. This left us frustrated. I have already used Nikon, Canon and Sony cameras and never saw such kind of issues. I really hated this camera.

After coming back from vacation I contacted Kodak and they wanted camera to be sent to them for service. I have already sent them the camera. I will try to keep you updated.




Picture exposure
I recently purchased this camera along with the Kodak 5100 All in One printer. (I stuck with Kodak because of the unused memory cards and digital picture frame I already had). First thought about the camers....Small, Great visibility on the screen, Lots of picture options as far as lighting and color, Very user friendly and self explainitory.
PROBLEM......When I print my pictures on the "Compatable" "Suggested Accessory" AiO printer the pictures are clearly not 4x6 like is stated on both the printer and the camera. (I know its not the printer b/c I got out my old camera and printed great pictures with it on the new printer). The edges are all cropped about 1 to 3 cm. Now I am struggling with getting in touch with these kodak fools. 2 emails, 30 minutes of being on hold and then getting hung up on and 1 1/2 hours waiting for a response on the supposed live chat line, Kodak probably wont be my next buy. But in the meantime if anyone has any advice please, I need to have not waisted my money.


Kodak Easy Share Camera
I bought this for my granddaughter for Christmas. It was exact, which wished it and it was not disappointed. It accomplishes to all functions, which it particularly wished the Muehelosigkeit, with which it illustrations from the camera to its computer downloaden and it on their friends.Kodak EasyShare V1253 12.1MP hp digital camera (Zubehoersatz black) 1GB then to forward can


Best Camera at a Good Price
Let me start off by saying that I am a Sony HDR-SR1 owner, and I was looking for something that was a cost effective back up where as I didnt want to always log a $1,500 camera around.

I wanted to leave the days of standard definition behind behind and record in HD only..all the time.

Let me tell you folks, do even hesitate, buy this camera now!! This is the first digital camera that records video and photos in HD!!!

If you have control over the lighting, you will have be very pleased to see the output..If you don't have control over the lighting, then of course the quality of the recordings will down and there is no where to add any attachments.

If you want a great HD Camera that records HD video and Photos then you can't go wrong with this.

The weaknesses of this camera are:
noticeable drop in clarity in low light situations
only 3x optical zoom
You have to buy the HD base to see on your HDTV
You have to buy the Wall Charger (comes with only computer charger)
Comes with Weird proprietary usb solution that breaks easily.

The Strengths of this Camera are:

Excellent quality shots in outdoor, well light situations
Price: I paid 229 (350 with all necessary accessories)..Excellent for a pocket sized HD Camera.
Fits right in your pants pocket, like a cellphone
Above average to almost very good quality HD video in well lit situations.

In Conclusion, no this will not take the place of your full sized HD Camcorder, but this is an excellent backup and a very reasonable price.


Kodak Easyshare V1253 12MP
To use simply. A shooting choice for each condition. To select from those some arranging formats to. Excellent one photo with loads of the detail. The films are really high definition. If the camera had a zoom shot 5X, I would give it 5 stars.


I like it.
So long, how you go to the Kodak web site and down, you, which are large it, load the new microprogram list update for this camera! Before I updated the microprogram list at all, was other illustration blurry. Thus you do not think that it is Troedel, until you update this software on the camera the illustrations is nicely and the hp screen is super+nice! 4 stars, only because the good microprogram list was not on the camera from the box.


Overall very strong camera
Good points about this camera:
- high res for low price
- panoramic feature is cool
- colors look great
- responsive (seems to start fast without a long delay)
- HD video with great colors

Negatives
- If you want to take video at 720p, you are limited to 16 minute shots. I have a 2GB and 4GB card, and with each, it limits you to 16 minutes; must be a file size restriction or something...very annoying.
- On some of the videos that I've captured (while using zoom) the video capture slows down and people look like they're in slow motion. :(
- NO DOCK! This wouldn't be so bad except it's really hard to find a dock to buy for it. I bought one but it doesn't fit firmly on the dock. :(
- I don't know why they went with Quicktime format...my first impression was that the video from my old Casio Exilim was less pixelated. It may be a higher resolution but some of that effect is taken away by the fact that the compression isn't as good as some other cameras.
- The camera interface isn't as intuitive as I hoped it would be.

-Overall
This is a very good camera at a great price. It has great colors and some really neat features. It's not perfect...but I'd still recommend it.


Already problems after 6 months
We've had ours over 6 months and besides HATING having to connect it to the computer to charge, we liked the video and photos because it was bought for our 13 year old daughter and everything was great for her first digital. BUT..here it is the holidays and it's jammed, won't turn on, charge or work and Kodak says I have to send it in where it won't be back until after the holidays. VERY disappointing! We didn't take it anywhere or use it excessively so this will keep our score low on this one. NOT SO IMPRESSED. Will update on Kodak's service later....


Excellent Camera at an excellent price
Let me preface this review by stating that this camera must be updated with the latest firmware in order to truly enjoy the features and capabilities. The camera is extemely user friendly. The 3.1" screen works well even in direct sunlight. The onscreen menus are very easy to navigate and easy to read. The shots taken with this camera come out stunning and can be enhanced using Kodak's Photo Touch technology and cropped right in the camera without the aid of a computer! I find this to be incredibly convenient especially if you are away from home but want to produce some pictures at the nearest printer or photo department. At this point I do not have experience with capturing video. This camera will charge when connected to a computer with the included USB cable. A standard wall charger must be purchased separately.



Good idea poorly executed
This camera has two very large things, against it to go... User friendliness and (unchangeable) quantity of compression. Do not expect to take this thing from the box and shoot good illustrations. There is a serious learn-circles here, before you make non blurry photos (you not even think at night of using this without stand.) Even after one hundred shots I handled however dozen or so acceptable shots. If you leave the ISO at the automobile, darker shots terminate noises above with a quantity. If I did photos of the holiday light announcements, I discovered in an announcement of the animals, which were formed from lights that it is possible, this camera in complete its in a diffuse way to confuse with some things. After the high shop, arranges to my non removable disk drive assembly, I noted that the Kodak illustration documents (9MP 16x9 at the attitude) were approximately same document size as the illustrations 5MP of mine trusty Canon of power SHOT S50. Those is a quantity of compression, and it represents. Comparing the photos at the actual dimension resulted in a quantity of errors in the pictures compared with my Canon. The 720 "HQ" screen is no different. I must be surprised, how much better would be the image quality, if they became compression the relationship placing. The screen can be acceptable, if you cling the camera on a stand and your goal not much moved. It looks still mostly like standard camera recorder screen in the end... straight camera recorder screen, which happens, to fill a hp screen. I strike the attitude of the self focus on "individual AF" for screen... "Continuous AF" of results in the camera forwards, continues trying concentrating on things and forms everything in a diffuse way most of the time. I recommend also to adjust me picture balancer away from... it seems, the illustration, to above break when shifting... however you not that durably to adjust can, you must it each time do, which you switch on the video function. The battery life is less than ideal, and there is no more viewfinder and no choice to turn off to the LCD therefore. The camera has also an annoying green diode on the front side, those on into different degrees of brightness comes dependent on, which you (in the box of the illustrations, should people in the neighbouring conditions be to see it), do, but it is deepened a point, therefore I hope to find any hobby memory filler in order to also cover it. I like the LCD screen, most of the menu plan and the size and feel the unit. And I think that they could particularly regulate something from my expenditures... document compression... in the microprogram list updates. And for price it appropriately determined for, what it. It straight does it not probably enough, so that I recommend it.


Just got it
Hello. I just got this camera as a gift for my birthday. My camera is not accepting the San Disc PRO Duo card that I just purchased today, nor an old one from another camera. It says "Internal memory full" and will not let me take a picture. I only have 14 pictures on it, all taken on internal memory, so that the internal memory IS full. But it is not accepting or noticing the memory card I put in it.
I like the small size, the large screen, and that it is light. I am not too into HD technology, and do not own an HD tv, because I do not watch tv. I havent taken a video yet, but I read that you need a strong processor to play it on your computer. I have a very weak computer, and am not planning on upgrading, so this is disappointing to me. I have had a lot of trouble with blurry pictures, just over the couple of days that I have tried this camera out. I'm not used to having to hold the button halfway down to give it time to focus- I wasn't aware that I needed to do so until I read the comments on this site. It took me two tries to get my camera to recharge succesfully. I like that the camera comes with a case. My camera was purchased off of a tv shopping channel. I did not see their advertisement, but I heard that the main selling point was the amount of details you can see. Some of my phots seem to be VERY detailed (better than other cameras), and this is beautiful, though I have not printed them out yet, so I am not certain how they will turn out. But a lot of them have not even been focused by the camera, you can tell. My camera also has that delay of a few seconds- I plan on downloading the "firmware"- whatever that means- from the web site. So I give it 3 stars because there's no ac adapter, and I don't have a fast computer to play the videos; but it will go up to 4 stars if I learn how to push the shutter half way to solve the blur problem, and if the firmware download speeds up the seconds long delay.


Nice features... so-so on execution
I've owned the V1253 for about a month now and while I'm certainly no professional photographer, I'm not absolutely sold on how amazing this camera is. In fact, if I had a 30 day return policy on my camera and not a 14 day return policy, I may very well have taken it back. Not 100% sure, but maybe.

In short, the camera does take excellent pictures and yes, the video, in HD quality, is very impressive. But there are a few personal observations that detract from that general statement. For example:

1] HD video. Impressive, no doubt. Now try to watch that file on anything less than a new computer. I have an AMD Athlon 64 3000+ with 2GB RAM and a Radeon 9700 PRO video card and I could NOT play the video back using the included Quicktime software!!!! The video and audio would stutter all over the place. I was astonished. I literally thought I had a defective camera. I tried it on my IBM R51 laptop at work. No good either. Now admittedly, a Core 2 Duo processor would not have an issue with this. But that's not what Kodak's website says. It says you only need a 600 MHz processor or better. Not true if you are talking about video playback. No way, no how. I finally downloaded GOM Media Player and installed QTLite and I was able to play back my video on a few different computers including a Fujitsu P1610. But that was a very disappointing experience. Kodak technical support was not helpful on this matter and told me that they were beginning to receive complaints and were considering a change to their "recommended minimum" description. I'll believe it when I see it. On the other hand, if you have a reasonably new system, you shouldn't have an issue with this.

2] Speed between pictures. There is no doubt that this camera is simply slow going from one picture to the next. The delay is 2-3 seconds per shot and it quickly becomes noticeable. The firmware update to 1.01 does little to nothing to resolve this. I wondered if this was a result of the memory card. Maybe it needs a class 6 card to move the pictures quickly. Well, don't ask Kodak. They can't even tell you if their own camera supports the higher speeds. In fact, it took a 30 minute conversation just to find out they the camera currently supports a 4GB SDHC card as a max. They offer no information on what class is supported or recommended other than to recommend their own Kodak 2GB SD card. I have a 4GB Patriot SD card that came out before the SDHC specification was set. Its performance speed easily meets a class 6 memory card. So unless there is something very particular about the Patriot 4GB SD, the fault remains with the camera.

Other minor negatives that have been mentioned by others:

- Lack of an AC adapter. It really is stupid. That's just being horribly cheap.
- The camera does freeze up at times. The only way to undo it is to remove the battery and then you have to reset the date and time again. Minor, but annoying.

That said, the camera does have some impressive specifications and I personally find its user interface to be clear, uncluttered and simple. That's one of the main reason I wanted to buy a Kodak. They have a good reputation (to me) for providing the consumer with a high quality camera that is not overly complicated. In that, they succeed.

I still consider myself a novice in picture taking though and I need to learn a lot more about how to better setup shots, how to make effective use of the ISO settings and flash, etc. I've owned several digital cameras over the years, so I know the real power still resides on the person behind the camera, not simply the camera.

I will say that I was originally looking for a less expensive camera. Several of the Canon cameras caught my eye. But the fact that this Kodak unit could handle HD video really caught my attention.

I'm not completely disappointed in the purchase. I like the camera and remain impressed by its picture quality. But in hindsight, I may have reached a bit further than is yet necessary.


Quick note on SDHC Memory
I bought a Adata category 6 8gb SDHC, in order to use with this camera. While the camera does not report exactly the number of photos to the left or on video time with the assigned map 8gb, it can use all 8gb. screen of the admission hp, which it has a document 2gb size of delimitation (most likey because of the FAT32 of file system). So the maximum, which you can note at one time to be manufactured without stopping, is to another document 19:12. IchWAR in the layer, a sum total of 77 minutes at the highest hp 720p dissolution without problems, differently than it to note was in four documents. This report is based on my experience with the V1233, but I believe that they resemble Spezifikt. and microprogram list divide.


Some striking design flaws
I purchased a Kodak V1253 digital camera and was instantly dissapointment with this product.

Upon receiveing, the first thing I did was download the most current version of Quicktime, EasyShare and firmware for the camera (v1.01) and installed them. After installing I began to test the camera's features, most notably the HD video. Unfortunately I was instantly disapointed. The level of visible noise while filming in standard 720p was terrible. When switching to HQ 720p, the quality improved, but the alloted time on a 2Gb memory card dropped to a paltry 16 minutes. A SDHC card could boost it up to 4Gb or even 8Gb and a much more acceptable 32-64 mins. Please note: Unless you update to the latest version of Quicktime, you will get choppy video playback, as it needs the most recent codec. I updated, and the video quality was still far below what I expected.

My dissapointment continued when I discovered that one of the most prized features for me, being able to zoom while recording video, was completely negated upon the discovery that the audible noise from the zoom lens extending and retracting is picked up by the stereo microphones. On the video playback, you can hear a VERY loud buzzing of the lens as it zooms.

Needless to say, although this camera's specs look good on paper, it's actual performance is subpar in the video field. As far as the photo quality goes, I didn't look to much. The video was such a turn off, that I knew I would be returning it for another model or brand.

One thing I did notice while trying out the photos, was the face recognition software is still getting worked out. Basically I felt that the camera was forcing itself to find a face when one was not there. Like when taking a picture of my living room, it found faces in the couch and lamp.

Kodak flaunts this as a great camera for video (that's what the "V" in V1253 stands for), however, if you are looking for a good photo camera, this might be good, but if you are like me, and were looking for a digital camera that could act as a camcorder also, you will be dissapointed.


Very good Camera
I am complete with camera. First thing, which was I, to improve the microprogram list of the camera. waived the alternating current adapter for $10. For the first hp video bag cam is this camera a success. Simply to use large illustrations of taking.


Great Camera
I was distrustful to buy this camera one month after some negative reports, which quoted expenditures like slow illustration time, blurry, no A/C adapter and she does not come forwards with a coded map however instead of with internal memory memory (with choice for Sd map coded). However I explained that the best report, which I could receive should open the box and use it for one month. The time to make a photo is not slowly. I have a new baby and I press the key half way down to focus waiting period during the perfect moment and I receive the perfect TIMING each time in the comparison with previous cameras. Like that I am lucky with that. Only one from fifty illustrations are blurry and those can because of a bad focus or other expenditures be. I am lucky with that. It does not have a A/C adapter however this cuts the price of the camera for those, which do not need it. If you wish, take to 10 off dollar and receive you. It lets include a coded map not however, those also the costs up to front side for reduced, which do not need. Most people improve days of the cameras now and have already a coded map of a previous camera. I love enterprise the system. To downloaden is very simple to steer on your computer and. I like also the software, which it comes with. It is user friendly all very simple and. The weight and the Design are nice. It has large illustration a projector. I it for each day around the house and the travel for a daily use used and have still no battery discharge (I assume, for who with more frequent use could change), my photos into broad format with 9 large pixels was made considered and that the format and the detail am, which I became, in order to use. Sometimes however I change to Standard-12MP and I took some close illustrations of the flowers of my wife on this level and the illustration quality was perfect up. The negatives are that, after they made the photo, my camera taking approximately for 1 to 5 sec. with grey screen, in order to note the shot. I found, around okay to be, because we already received the shot, which we wished, by holding the focus and making the photo on the right moment. After the grey screen, which the illustration shows up above for opinion for 3 sec. however, knows as a clicking of the activity key half way is easily bridged. Good camera... Good price.


Kodak Easy Share #V1253 Review
Forwards I bought this camera one week, but I did not open her above, until I did the research on it. Seems, backwards however gives themselves me and I explain. First of all, I build on of Amazon the reports, if I select a product. Up to now I was not disappointed, in most cases am responsible the people with their notes. I went first buying another camera. However after reading off the reports on it, the only negative report on this camera was the accumulated camera. When I entered into the memory to ask whether this was an expenditure was accumulated, demonstration the model. Since, I had, selected a coupon, which ran off this day I, which brain of sales of people and found out that the simple portion of V1253 exceeded the minimum number of the elections, which I wished in the middle in it my price distance and was. Well I can be fallen not with my allotters straight more. Kodak does not lose a star for including a useful manual or an adapter, which can be bought for $10. My interest was that I would never explain out, how one lets this camera run. It was not the challenge I thought that it would be. Also as I mean 16 a yearly grandchildren waived, he my wissensbasis in some minutes had extended. Love the large screen!!!! Also a Mikroprogrammaufstellungspan was given to me after acquisition. That ascending repairs the speed of expenditures and then some. They can regard, which version of the microprogram list, which is in the camera and compares it with the newest version on the web site for a free Download. Battery all, which you buy, can have a defective battery. If it takes three hours, in order a battery to load and the battery does not seem to hold a loading should the one large reference point be. Memory the earlier cameras came with a coded map, because the camera did not have internal memory. This camera holds approximately 10 illustrations in the internal memory. The nice characteristic is differently than some the other marks, the one special coded map, which you cannot find straight nowhere, it uses the Sd map requires, which is more popular always and on sales somewhere. Attitude Einstellungen-Ich will a camera an attitude for snow, mobile topics, panoramisches etc. do not hold to wish. After I turned the camera off, I could forget that attitude is switched on and internal illustrations of taking with a snow attitude. The illustrations are clear and clear, are Download fast and it have many elections for the price that I am pleased to learn, as one uses. I bought a small cheap box and him seats friendly in my purse, therefore I am prepared to make photos of my new double grandchildren. I became in high of degrees this camera -- principal reasons the large screen on a compact camera -- it make beautiful photos recommend -- and you receive more bang for the dollar.


V1253 review
Forwards I bought this camera one week and ichBIN completely with it contently. I read a quantity negative reports over this camera and I really frightened on, as people repeat her. I am not photography an expert, but I used digital cameras during the years and came to the summary that this exceeded each camera, which I used. I hope that those, which give negative reports FIRST Kodaks improved the microprogram list of the camera of the web site, because all SLOW letters expenditures and time between shots were addressed. I do not use a 4gb category 6 SDHC map and have expenditures between shots. It stores even the hp of films with unbelievable speeds, I speaks 200 MEGSS inside under 4 seconds, which thats, which are of ungehoert. Up to the focusing and sharpness, people to have weighted over blurry pictures concerns itself. Could it be something, which is as simple as, the shutter to hold down, before they took first it on in such a way to the illustration Foki and bolting devices? If you compile this, you can make free crystal photos very fast. Small loading objections usb, but you can waive the alternating current adapter for 10$. For the first hp video bag cam is this camera a success.


absolutely horrendous
First, let me say I was very excited about this camera. 12 megapixels and it shoots HD video? A high-end point-and-shoot that I can control advanced functions on? Less than $300 so I can let my kids use it? Awesome! Bought it at a world launch from a shopping channel, and told my brother about it too, since he and his wife were shopping for one.

Second, I am a semi-professional photographer who studied photography in school. I'm not a novice and own several advanced cameras, all of them Canons. Mine are too advanced and too expensive for my family to use, so I wanted something simpler but still high-quality. I am not thrilled with my Canon digitals (a Powershot G5 and the Digital Rebel XT), or digital in general, but the live demo I saw of this Kodak V1253 was compelling and I had to buy it.

So why did both my brother (intermediate camera user) and I hate it and are both sending it back? Well, honestly, because it sucks. It takes several hours for the battery to charge, but it wears down very quickly. I shot only 130 or so pictures at 9 mega pixel at a friend's wedding yesterday, and it died before the reception really got started. Most of them had flash, but regardless, that's unacceptable, period.

Even worse, it took forever to write the images to the disk. For at least 3 seconds after I took a picture, the screen was gray and I couldn't take others. It's supposed to enable you to do bursts (several pics in a row), but I couldn't even do one every 5 seconds. By the time it was ready again, I was anxious to take the picture (wedding moments happen fast and don't repeat!), and it wouldn't have time to fully focus. So if I got the shot, it wasn't sharp. In fact, virtually NONE of the pictures I took were sharp, even with all of us standing perfectly still. Not one.

I had bought a SanDisk Ultra II 2 gb memory card, and initially thought that the high capacity might be causing it to be so slow, but I have other Ultra IIs for my Canons, and they're lightning fast. My brother reported the exact same problem...couldn't do bursts, had to wait forever between pics due to the slow write time, and blurry pictures.

The default aspect ratio is very weird as well. My images were at a 6" x 3.384" ratio, not the 6" x 4" standard. I don't know if that can be adjusted in the camera, but I'm not keeping it long enough to find out.

I explored the special settings, which would come in very handy for novices: buttons for snow pics, at the beach, dark landscapes, etc. But if you turn the camera off, it doesn't seem to save those settings, and the camera turns itself off to conserve battery power. I could save some settings, but not all, and not more important ones, so you really kind of start over each time.

One other thing to know, if you're still considering this atrocious camera despite this review, is that it does not come with a memory card. It has built-in memory, but even at lower resolutions, it only stores a handful of images. You pretty much have to buy a card.

Worst camera I have ever used.


Buyer beware......
The camera does not come with an adapter. The only way to load it is with the USB connection to your computer and it lasts 2 to 3 hours to load to the battery. The adapter must be ordered of the Kodak web site as extra accessory equipment. IchWAR in the term to order the adapter however found out that the camera would above completely not load on my computer. I called the Kodak technology support and her examined with me that she became correctly strained up, battery was inside correct, etc.. Kodak asked me to return it to them or too, where I had bought it.


Best Digital Camera in $300 price range.
While their some bugs with this camera are, this necessity, which update a microprogram list. (September/November 07'contact Kodak) as soon as this is done with the repairing software, it is one of the best digital cameras on the market. It marks intelligent scene mode, which preselects the best scene mode for you really automatically, if you do not have the time to select it. Actual Bildschirmspezifikt. registered by Kodak is more highly then, which is indicated (specified actual 1024x720)the is full progressist of the Feld-1280x720 with 30 frameworks per second. So the screen at here even better with a large Sd map is near at and in some cases then many input stage hp camera recorders! Clay/tone on the screen is in the stereo, which is new to Kodak also. To the screen of the Playbacks hp over the high Res 3"der camera outside, you must buy screen Kodak the hp dock. ($99) (this harnesses directly to your hp television set and is substantial to receive for regarding both calm pictures as well as the screen 720p), you notice screen 1080i Sonys on their digicams, do not come not near at the genuine-progressive full framework screen @ 720 on this new Kodak camera. An ISO 3200 has. Approximately 1600 outside to vielem quality loss. Final result during Canon


Diappointed, unfortunately
I have been wanting to "upgrade" my digital camera for quite awhile and then I saw this one. Wow did it look and sound cool - especially the large screen.

It arrived yesterday and I have been unable to use it - it does not seem to be charging. I just spent 30 minutes on the phone with Kodak; they asked me to keep it plugged in overnight and see what happens. Ugh!

I do not like the USB charging; too many adapters to fuss with; less of a "connection" if you ask me. I located a Kodak USB/AC adapter at a local store because I do not want to use the PC. After at least 3 hrs., I turn the camera on, it quickly turns itself off. I really think something is faulty - I'm hoping it's just the Battery or the USB Cable that came with the camera.

Another reviewer described how lights came on during the charging process - NO lights are appearing for me; not until I turn it on. Now I really do think something is wrong with the USB charging. I am considering the AC Adapter and NOT using a USB connection at all; unfortunately will have to wait for its arrival in order to test.



Good things come in small packages - not always...
Kodak Easyshare V1253 12MP digitally camera with 3 x the optical zoom shot well, received I mean this afternoon. Output reaction: it is smaller, than I is thought it'd. Feels firm and compact, and looks nobel. Comes only with the "receiving of the leader begun" into instructions or documents expressed. A point disappoints over those. Applicable, there is CD in the package, but I had taken the camera to the office, and my company has delimitations up, which I can load on my work computer. The mentioned leaders is quite, only 21 sides skimpy, if you do not include the legalese and the warranty information. I looked for adapters for the alternating current, in order to charge the battery. It does not enter. They can only charge the battery over a USB adapter. And there I not the software CD to load could read, could I no instructions beyond the leader. I closed the camera on mean PC on, and a blue lightning light turned on. Everything seems OKAY. After 90 minutes or so, the original blue light became firm, and second (with a movie camera icon) began to flash. I represent that means the loading had taken place, but let you us confront, it am only my acceptance. I separated the cable and switched the camera on. By the way I possess approximately 6 other digital cameras, therefore I can explain, what the keys of their icons or of stickers to do, and I can use intuition, in order to assume, what her. The keys and the enterprise are rather intuitive, and this is a credit note to Kodak. The control stick for Menuevorwaehleren is rather small, and it is simple to press wrongly and preselect an unwanted choice. People with the large fingers or not very skillful will have expenditures with this kind of the control. I just made approximately 10 photos, in order to try the camera out. Most illustrations were surprisingly good, but I can explain myself must the many different scene elections try, before I can make photos reliable. There was any blurriness and the Flockigkeit, those in several of the illustrations, which I interior light and mean wobbly hands is visible attribute, assumes I. I try tomorrow on daylight conditions. The absence of an alternating current adapter in the package should be regarded by the people carefully, which travel, particularly if it in such a way without one to the hand computer does. Applicable, you can buy an adapter of Kodak, but you must pay premium and to hope are not a run on their supply there. The camera as removable drive on your Windows.xp so it must the Kodak software use to employ over your stored illustrations recognized, until you load and store it other where. I arrange additional information one approximately week, or two from now on, after I become with this new "trusted friends," toy cooling. Inform you'all....


Pretty slick little device
Shortly, this camera is very cool - however they does not perfect a leaving you us with that downsides to begin. First is Kodak. They preselected Quicktime MPEG-4 as the format for their videos. Consequently verbindener screen with typical videos drawing up software requires a transformation, the quality to arrange can decrease. Kodak has to attach also a small confusion formed, by deciding only its own gate on the lower surface of the camera, around it to a computer (without a lower surface) and this small adapter is enough you loses it surely within a yearly small. By the way if you may field dock II Kodaks, you are from luck - although maintained it, the V1253 support, give it no adapter, which is present for him. I designated Tech support; I was brought for it in embarrassment. I am not also a firm creditor that the timer characteristic should be steered by a physical key and on this camera, it am. Now taking prisoner hp quality is amazing, but is ready to train your understanding in order to arrange photos differently than, because you cannot print megapixel 12 in the 16:9 format are, also a little misleading. They probably drop back to megapixel 9, because it is the only size, which supports hp and the 16:9 format. Otherwise you receive letterboxing the vertical one - to wasting of real estates on the beautiful LCD. This camera is not point and shooting. Although it is real, until you understand the attitudes full right received and, how one uses, are probable lightning, the ISO and the compensation, your first photos blurry. If you are as I, you may make your camera accessible by Windows. If this camera is attached, only the Kodak Easyshare software it to see can. Those is a counter acting force, if you like Picasa. They could read from your coded map always directly, but, if them the extreme map III as I received - because it is largest the fastest on the market and - most card readers cannot see that also not. As much for backwards compatibility. The icons and like that on the screen are fine, but for any reason they are flockig. Although the psychological effect marks, which think you, are your photos, all even more freely, which are unclear on a hp camera, seems lame. Now you let move us on the positives (fewer negatives). No new camera without face querying is not a material camera, I thinks. This camera has it and does it so finely, as any Canon I at all use have camera. She can determine two faces even immediately. It is large. The video quality is the best video quality, which I saw on a camera or even on a video camera. It betaeubt, stereo and if they surprise hp. It is not like good Monday night football, but it is better, than you caused everything at all forwards (for the price, I should add). They know it that that digital cameras have retarded, when to above begin and before you can make the first photo? Sometimes you even the shot miss (particularly with kids). This camera has two seconds to the first shot. According to my opinion this is a far improvement of the earlier Kodak cameras, but there is no question of the Canon Sureshots the second time is better. Kodak reproduces the best color of each possible camera, which I used AT ALL. I am inaugurated Kodak independently of it their lame software and the incomplete user interfaces consequently. All locking product (the photo) is, that finally constitutes and Kodak supplies simply. Canon is far a cry of the best. Sonys well, although Olymp is better. Kodak still guidelines. If you are familiar also, as one focuses a digital camera, by her downward the shutter key half way - then holds, you are, to overcome any retard, which is classical with digital cameras. This camera retarded some, but it turns also the screen to the grey, as soon as it takes the photo, which is a material confusing rueckgespraech. Switching between photos and screen in the report mode is amazingly slow. Although it compared fast is also, how quickly my mobile telephone can do it, it is still another little slow. Around to be the resulting pictures nearly 2MB is appropriate and the screen is large terrifyingly. So I can give something grace in this point. It is not my preference to the credit the zoom shot as double poppet price increase, which surrounds the shutter key. I prefer it in the extreme rights the back. It is not also my preference to not the credit a physical Ansichtsucher. However each camera is different and in the end is fair it a preference, which I have. Finally it seems me that the battery could not be so long-lived, as I had seen the Canon Sureshots the latter. They are really a fine camera. However it seems the latter all Tagesexkursion. Of course without a lower surface the loading requires it a computer. In order to be appropriate, Kodak has a hp lower surface straight for this camera. However it is to expose this and other means to a hp television. A lower surface, which is not attached to a computer? Couldn't they have added WIFI or something? Mutely. Summary I bought this camera, because I like cool things. This thing is cool. The screen is amazing. The photos are large. The size is nice and small. I bought the IPod white unity (you directly received from Kodak must) and I love the view of it. However I may not hate software Kodaks and that she appears I, to become clung with Easyshare. However this seems to be the following large thing in the photography - amazing quality, small devices and inexpensive prices. At the moment there is nothing otherwise like it out there. In this circulation of the Wunschs of a new camera for me, this is my third acquisition. I sent back first two. This is a guard. The quality, the color of the pictures, the small size of, the large screen, the screen, which cools factor (and color). And it is only $300 (September 07). HP: I know that the Spezifikt. Legends this camera with a kamerakasten comes. But you think simply that "soft camera bag" and you are not disappointed [ UPDATES - late September ] were correct my original observation over the battery life. They knew plans an additional battery (those to buy for the size of the screen is unbelievably small) and a battery charger to buy also in such a way in addition leave, if you are on holidays, which can load you above the camera, without your laptop completely around toting. Different, which is downward arranged to this camera, it is that, if the battery dies the camera straight freezes. It sees like it is a breakdown thrust to me out. No warning, fair black screen and no answer - it not even gets into the objective. Nevertheless is another directed downward that the expenditure for frost specified above seems to be recreatable. If you take many photos in the fast order, them seem, to freeze quite reliably. I hope for a microprogram list update to repair this verruecktheit. I became calm purchase this camera. However my preceding notes could be adjusted to the video quality since my new experience. The quality is very good and the size is rather nice, but it does not seem to touch high activity very well. There is probably no embarrassment to that - is probable an error in the quality of the MPEG of coder. Even silence, which is quality of the silence even more amazingly, which I thought first. They are enormous (even at 9MP) and the hp format are really cool.



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