Product Description

The V1003 is all about fun. Fresh colors. Dynamic ways to personalize. Capture the world your way with the V1003. Make your pictures as vivid as the moment you took them. Print better, brighter pictures using KODAK PERFECT TOUCH Technology. The V1003 is part of the KODAK EASYSHARE System; so sharing your pictures is amazingly simple.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #44236 in Camera & Photo
• Color: Cosmic Blue
• Brand: Kodak
• Model: 1088962
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: 2.10" h x 4.10" w x 1.00" l, .75 pounds
• Memory: 32MB
• Display size: 2.5

Features

• Keep your special pictures close without filling your internal memory.
• Create better, brighter, more vivid pictures and clear up dark shadows right on the camera.
• Reduce blur caused by camera shake or subject movement.

Manufacturer Description
With the Kodak EasyShare V1003, 10-megapixel resolution means you can make stunning prints up to 30 × 40 inches, and capture bright, beautiful color with KODAK Color Science. Plus, however you choose to print -- at home, at retail, or online -- you can trust Kodak for picture quality that’s truly exceptional and for memories that will last.

EasyShare V1003 Highlights

3x optical zoom lens The Kodak Retinar 3x optical aspheric all-glass lens captures crisp details, while 3x optical zoom (35 mm equivalent: 36-108 mm) gets you closer to your subjects without reducing image quality, and 4x digital zoom enlarges your pictures even more.

Make a statement The V1003 is all about fun. Fresh colors. Dynamic ways to personalize. Capture the world your way with the V1003. Customize your experience with on-camera settings, keep special pictures close with the Favorites feature, and choose from many fresh camera colors and a range of fun accessories.

Favorites feature--part of the exclusive on-camera Share button

• Your camera’s always with you, and thanks to the Favorites feature, now your best pictures are too
• Stores your favorite shots on your camera while using less of your camera’s internal memory
• It’s simple to save a picture as a Favorite--just use the Share button and your camera automatically makes and saves a lower resolution copy of the original in your camera’s internal memory
• Favorites makes it simple to find your best shots. Once you mark a picture as a Favorite you can easily find it--on your camera, in Kodak EasyShare Software and on the Kodak EasyShare Gallery

Fun accessories With a full line of accessories, including bags, skins, and wrist and neck straps, you can do more and have more fun with your camera.

Kodak Perfect Touch Technology

Digital Image Stabilization using anti-blur mode Reduce blur caused by camera or subject movement.

Scene modes and picture enhancing features Capture a great shot time after time with multiple scene modes such as children, snow, beach, backlight, and panorama stitch. Get brighter pictures when shooting under low-light conditions with the high ISO scene mode, easily create great shots with features such as on-camera cropping, blurry picture alert, and digital red-eye reduction. Convenient features such as on-camera help and undo-delete make picture taking simple

Large, high resolution display Get a good look at your pictures on the large 2.5-inch, high-resolution indoor/outdoor color display, even in direct sunlight.

Advanced video features

• Record VGA video (640 × 480) at 30 fps with sound
• Capture more video while using less memory with MPEG-4 compression
• Print multiple frames on a 4 × 6 in. (10 × 15 cm) print
• Save single frames and e-mail family and friends
• Mark special spots in your video with video bookmarking

Internal memory plus Don’t miss a shot if your memory card becomes full -- just switch to in-camera memory quickly, thanks to the internal memory plus feature. 32 MB internal memory (24 MB for picture storage) and SD/MMC card expansion slot let you start shooting right out of the box.

Customer Reviews

Great still camera with video mode at great price.
I originally bought this camera at Walmart for about $230, then I came home and saw it was $180 at amazon; so I returned it to Walmart and started over at amazon.

I am so happy with this purchase. I have a really high-end, although now outdated, Olympus, and I have been a loyal Olympus customer for years, but as I looked to upgrade to a higher MP camera, I realized that I could not justify staying in the same price range as my previous cameras.

And I don't regret the decision for a second. I have had this camera for about a month, and it has come in handy (it is also much smaller than my previous cameras) on many occasions. I recently was able to make a great video of my friend's daughter going for her first colored belt in Tae Kwon Do. The camera worked great for video in this type of circumstance (once I learned to keep my hand away from the microphone.) I honestly can't imagine having much reason to use the video camera that I paid hundreds for a couple of years ago again.

Still picture quality is obviously great with 10MP and stabilization.

One of the best on the market
I am a total caveman when it comes to things digital. I have had digital cameras before but always felt reluctant to use them as they were too complicated, batteries ran out, the viewing screen was too small, and you had to wait a long time between shots. Well, I am here to tell you to buy this machine. It is great: simple to use; rechargable batteries, large viewing screen; very short wait between shots; AND it connects right up to the Kodak Easy Share printer (or you can remove the SD media and stick that into the printer) and makes exceptional quality photos. For $200 you can't beat this camera.

A great camera!
I got this camera for Christmas and was impressed that I was taking pictures literally within a minute of charging the battery. It's so easy to use, you don't even really need a manual, the joystick and control panel are very intuitive and simple. Even easier than my old APS camera! I had resisted upgrading because I saw so many people struggle with "programming" their cameras - the user guide for my Dad's Sony is 50 pages - yuck, too much hassle! But this is about as point-and-shoot as it gets.

However, I became trepidacious after reading the negative online reviews of the camera. So, I took about a gazillion pictures to test it: self portraits, people, cats, close-ups of the detail in my Christmas decorations, indoor, outdoor, daytime, nighttime. I used as many of the modes as I could. I choose a couple dozen representative shots for printing (NOTE: I don't print my own, I upload them for printing at my local Walgreens). I was more than happy with the results: all the pictures came out beautifully, far exceeding my expectations.

So, as a camera for normal use (vacations, holidays, friends, family & pets), I'm thrilled. The speed hasn't been an issue; I still miss a few shots of my cats (they're not overly cooperative...), but not any more than with any other camera, 35mm, APS, or digital, that I've ever had. However, I don't have children so I can't comment on how appopriate this camera is for catching sports and play all the other kids' action.

I haven't used the video much, but to be honest, I considered that more of a novelty in a camera in this price range. If I was looking to shoot quality video, I'd expect to pay accordingly. To me, that's the kind of advanced feature that needs some input from Consumer Reports.

I think this is the perfect camera for the casual photographer and/or the technically-challenged. I'm very happy with it and can't wait to start scrapbooking all my new pictures!