 Best Kodak Point and Shoot Yet... |
| Review Date: May 24, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Howdydooit, Ellicott City, MD |
I have used a myriad of pocket cameras in the past, including other Kodaks. Sometimes it seems as if Kodak will hit a home run and then take two steps back, but it seems as if they've broken through with consistent improvements (V550, V1253, M341, etc.). If it's one thing Kodak has understood well since they invented digital photography, it's make a camera easy to use, and produce pleasing photos.
Generally, on the point and shoot side, Kodak's attributes have been ease of use, beautiful display, great video (especially since they started doing HD a few models back), and beautiful, vivid pictures. They also make it pretty easy to update the camera's firmware when they correct a bug or improve a feature. Typically, Kodak pocket cameras have been weak in low light, sharpness has tended to suffer greatly under borderline lighting conditions, and speed to set up can be slow.
Recently they've really improved things with features like face recognition, the camera's ability to analyze scenes and 'figure out" your composition, and other attributes that make life easy for point and shooters, but unless the light was with you, you had to work at it more than you should.
It's been in a lot of Kodak's traditionally weak areas where I found this camera to have so many improvements. It's substantially faster than earlier models. There's no time to play a little "boot up jingle" because when you hit the power button, this camera is ready for action before you are.
Taking pictures in questionable light, with or without flash, is noticeably much better than in my past experience. Before I would have to fiddle with a "scene mode" and/or the flash, and/or the aperture setting to get something I could reasonably use when conditions were nominal. That's great when you have the time to fiddle with it, but not so hot when you're at a poorly lit reception or some other indoor event and you have to act fast.
What originally attracted me to the camera was the 8x zoom and previous success with features like smart capture (intelligent scene detection and analysis), and panorama mode. I know my wife will love face recognition - the ability to quickly find pictures of the kids among the hundreds of photos she accumulates on a memory card. Of course the ease of use is big...
I just got back from a "cruisin' weekend" at the beach with some buddies - thousands of classic cars. Nivana. My buddy had his Canon pocket camera and was reading the manual so he could figure out how to delete pictures. I looked at it and couldn't see the markings on some of the controls, much less figure out how to delete something. Kodaks always have had dedicated delete and review buttons. Also a menu button and joystick with 4 other controls for quick access to common features, a flash toggle button, scene mode button, etc.
You really waste no time getting up and ready to shoot. The main thing is we're instantly taking pictures and shooting HD video of hot rods that suddenly appear on the boulevard without staring at the back of the camera. Something I would take for granted - quickly deleting things we don't want were a luxury for him. That model he had might have been easy, but my attitude is, if you can't figure it out on the fly, then it's more complicated than it needs to be. If anything, that's a Kodak attribute, but I think some people overlook the deeper features because they assume the camera must not be very sophisticated because it's so easy to use.
The bonus this time was the near instantaneous readiness, clearer night shots, better color in low light, and less fiddling to try to make a useful shot in questionable conditions. It's obvious to me Kodak took a lot of the criticisms to heart, kept the good things, added a quality 8x optical zoom, and made the other things better. |
LOVE!
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| Review Date: April 28, 2010 |
| Reviewer: D. Dunlap, OKLAHOMA |
| AWESOME CAMERA! RECEIVED SUPER FAST AND LOVE THE PINK! CAN'T GO WRONG! LOVE THE LARGER LCD SCREEN AND VERY EASY TO USE WITHOUT THE MANUAL! NEVER HAVE SEEN A 8 OPTICAL ZOOM IN SUCH A COMPACT CAMERA, BUT IT'S NICE! WRIST STRAP IS EASY TO ATTACH AS WELL. PICTURES TURNED OUT GREAT AND LOVE THE NIGHT TIME SCENERY! |
Kodak Easy Share M580 Digital Camera
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| Review Date: July 4, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Suzanne M., |
I purchased this camera for my Granddaughter and she loves it. It has a lot of great features for her to use. She loved that it was a bright pretty color too.
My only issue is the fact that I ordered it on June 2, 2010 and paid for(expedited) 2 day shipping and didn't receive it until June 7,2010. I was sure I would have it in time for her Birthday with 2 day shipping. Very disappointing! |
Love It
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| Review Date: August 5, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Melanie, |
| The M580 is an excellent quality point and shoot camera. I've had it about a month, and this camera takes great video and delivers perfect photos. Although I did have a few problems with it freezing on me, 4 times to be exact, which is the only downside, but overall its a great camera. I love my Kodak... and I think it's a great buy. |
great camera too bad amazon sucks
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| Review Date: August 15, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Momof61977, |
| This is the best camera ever! ITs quality is 100% all around. The only thing that ever worried me about it was the zoom it seemed like it took a minute to extend all the way so that made me worry it was going to break or stuck and it did Kodak fixed it though because it was still under warranty. I bought my camera from Beach Camera they are a seller on Amazon but I bought it from them off ebay, Amazon charged me 5 times for this camera that I ordered once and wanted to charge me again......it was ridiculous. I dont think Amazon has any clue what they are doing. I used my debit care and they caused me to go into the negative. I hate Amazon and the fact that they dont train their employees correctly is disgusting. Anyhow if you buy this camera you will be pleased but buy it directly from Beach Camera or Kodak. Beach Camera sells it cheaper than anyone else on Amazon by the way. |
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