Kodak EasyShare M753 7MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom (Silver) | List Price: $149.95

| Brand: Kodak Binding: Electronics Release Date: 2007-09-01
Features: - The KODAK AF 3X Optical Aspheric Lens captures crisp details
- 3X optical zoom (35 mm equivalent: 37¿111 mm) gets you closer to what's important without reducing image quality
- 7.0 MP means you can make stunning prints up to 20 × 30 in. (50 × 76 cm)
- 5X continuous digital zoom gets you even closer
- View your pictures in high-definition on an HDTV or other HD device
Better than they say [Posted on 2008-04-04] I bought this for my teenage daughter. She has taken over two thousand pictures since December. And I tell you, they are sharp and look great. I also have a 6MB and a 3MB camera, and this 7MB camera is noticeably better in image quality. The few low quality pictures I've seen are due to motion blur, which you get with any camera without a tripod. Sometimes the LCD looks a little greenish. The video also works well. It doesn't seem to be 30 fps, but maybe more like 15-20. Still very viewable for most situations.
So why do all the other reviews say the pictures are grainy? I have no idea. I say, try it in the store if you can. Take a picture and then look at it in the viewfinder and zoom in. Try that with a few cameras and see how this compares. My daughter and I are very pleased.
Not Bad, But Not The Best [Posted on 2008-06-25] I've had this camera since December, when I got it as a Christmas present from my dad. I've used it to take hundreds of shots of my friends at school, and here is my list of pros and cons for this camera:
Pro:
- Convenient: It is very light and smal in size. It fits into many handbags, and isn't hard to carry around.
- Settings: It has a wide range of settings you can use to take pictures with.
- Easy-to-use: The buttons and the wheel on the camera are pretty self-explanatory. After fundling around with it for a little while, I got the hang of it fairly quickly.
- Digital Image Stabilization: My friends are always moving around, and this feature comes in handy when trying to snap shots of them.
- Screen: The screen takes up the majority of the back of the camera. You can clearly see the entire picture on that little screen.
- Flash: The flash of this camera is extremely bright.
Cons:
- Grainy: The other reviews weren't lying-- the pictures taken by this camera are fairly grainy. Under the "Auto" setting, the camera functions pretty well; but under any other setting, such as Digital Image Stabilization, blown-up copies of these images will come out grainy.
- Slow reaction rate: I'm fairly sure there's a technical term for this, but this is what my friends and I refer to it as. The camera will not instantaneously take photographs-- a second or two may elapse between the press of the button and actual taking of the photograph. This may be due to the camera automatically focusing itself, but you may miss many snap-or-miss moments with it.
- Too-senstive "Auto" Setting: This camera will be able to detect even the slightest shaking of your hand when on Auto. Pictures may come out blurry as a result of this, and this is another reason why I am forced to resort to the Digital Image Stabilization setting.
All-in-all, however, I think this is a good camera for casual use. It's a nice camera for kids to use, since it's rather cheap in price and still performs all the regular functions a camera should.
Kodak C763 [Posted on 2008-07-01] Good little camera for the basics, I dropped my first one once and busted the LCD, just went with another one since I have all the batteries and accessories. Small, takes great pictures and is easy to download.
Poor Quality [Posted on 2008-07-05] I "upgraded" to this camera and regret it. I love the fact that you can charge it with a USB cable, and dont have to worry with batteries. But, after having it for less than a year, the only thing the USB cable does for me is charge it -- it no longer works for uploading photos to the computer. Luckily we have a laptop and I can just take my memory card out and put it in the laptop to upload them.
The photo quality is no good. It is very grainy no matter what ISO or flash settings you use. Also, when I take pictures with it, it makes the sound like the picture was taken, but it pauses for a second or two and THEN it actually takes the picture?! It has done that several times, and ruined several shots.
This camera is not worth $150 and I would not recommend it to anyone, ever. It's cheaply made and does not take good photos.
Camera [Posted on 2008-08-31] Not the best camera on the market, but good enough. Bought this for my mother as a Christmas present and she loves it. She said she dropped it once, but no damaged occured.
Not something I'd ever buy for myself, but if you just want something for random pictures, it works.
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