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As a geologist I'am often out in the field to make surveys. Sometime I have to walk hours to reach some outcrops and is vital for the quality of my job to retrive as much information as possible: it would be impossible go twice on a spot. With my Kodak V610 I can take single photos or panoramas the camera itself will stitch together. Using the UNVALUABLE BlueTooth 2.0 connection with EDR, the file flyes to my toughbook (notebook with an strong case to be used in the field) and I can take notes DIRECTLY ON THE PICTURE. This is by far the best way to make essential annotations about geological structures, without loosing time in depicting the landscape on paper and then drawing on it. I will try to buy another V610: BlueTooth is disappeared from consumer cameras and I cannot afford the few professional cameras still delivering wireless file transmission. Bad notes: the camera can't stand rain, dust and moisture. It MUST be handled with maximum care as is was not devised for wild environments. It lacks professional controls over image (Shutter speed, ISO, F-Step, ecc) but it gives you wide presets for any (evn odd) situations. Controls are quite small and big handed people will hate that. The camera uses 2 lenses to reach 10X magnification: there is a little gap between them so the is a "jump" when zooming during video recording. Image quality is medium: only in full sunlight picture are really good. When light goes out the camera increases ISO and the very small lenses show their resolution limit (which is under the 6Mpixel CMOS one!) Marco FoiRead full review
Wow, what a camera! OK, there are cameras with more than 6.1 MP, but quality doesn't depend on MP, it depends on the lens manufacturer. What use is a camera with 12MP if it's shooting through a plastic lens? The V610's TWO lenses are Schneider Kreuznach C-Variogon glass lenses; weird name, top performance. Small enough to fit in your palm, on the surface it looks like a standard point and shoot model. BUT, what a player! Those two lenses allow it to boast 10x optical zoom , with 4x digital zoom on top of that. Why two lenses? Well, that way, they can cover a range of zoom but don't need to give it an extending barrel, so it stays nice and compact. And the Bluetooth, well, that's certainly quite handy. Shoot a photo and send it to your mate's phone within seconds - instant wallpaper for them. Or swap photos between other cameras with Bluetooth capability - nice! Another handy option is the picture stitching mode which allows you to take three pictures and then automatically "stitches" them together; the end result is a lovely panorama without any really obvious seams between pictures (if you followed the camera's instructions of course). I was impressed by the "Perfect Touch" technology. Take a photo, and if there's a possibility that it could have been better - say a part is too dark, for example - then the camera can "upgrade" the result within seconds to give a much more "perfect" picture. There's a huge amount of options crammed into this machine, and the fact that it's a deleted item in Kodak's stock but that people are still actively searching for them, might give you a clue as to why it's rated so much more highly than the replacement model, V1253, which, even so, is very good in itself. In fact, the V 610's so good that I delayed writing this review until I had managed to bag all the BNIB ones that were up for auction recently on eBay at a decent price. Sorry, but didn't want to share them! Original RRP was about £300. You can grab decent working order ones on eBay for about £120. But be warned - Kodak can't fix them if they break, (but they will offer you an upgrade deal, top people that they are), so check out the auction description thoroughly before committing to one.Read full review
The camera gets full marks from me simply because of what it can do. Some people may have a problem with the size as it is slightly bigger than its nearest competitors, but you shouldn't let that deter you. It is the only camera I know of to have bluetooth techonlogy and it also has a dual lens. Whilst this all sounds "what's the point?" the point is simple; in this day and age where 5 or 6 megapixels is the standard, you need something to separate you from your competitors, something that gives you the edge. 10x optical zoom does that. The fact that you can take a photo and send it to your friend's phone immediately does that. I do not claim to profess that this is a perfect camera. I only say this because if it was, Kodak would no longer be making cameras. It has different scene modes if, for example, you are taking speed shots, if you want to capture intricate detail, the landscape, or if you're in a club and you want the best results Because it shoots up to 6.1megapixels, you may be inclined to feel that more megapixels is better. Not in this case. I sampled many cameras before I settled on this. A number of Casio's, a few Sony's and even a Samsung - all with more megapixels. But let's be honest. If you want to notice the difference in the picture quality, you will need to blow up the picture to an almost A1 size which most of us do not do. But then you may find that you need a simple camera to take photos when you are out in the park and that's it. If this is the case, then this is not teh camera for you. This camera is for the photo enthusiast that likes taking pictures of something, anything and everything. If you need to see it in action, take a trip to your local highstreet store. I am sure they will confirm everything that i have just said.Read full review
I wanted a small, light-weight digital camera that was both very portable and took high-quality pictures. I was delighted with the Kodak EasyShare V610 which encompassed all of these features and which was purchased for a very reasonable price. It is very easy to use and its bluetooth feature facilitates the fast upload of pictures onto my laptop (which also allows connection via bluetooth). This bluetooth feature also allows pictures to be shared instantly with friends who have mobile bluetooth devices. The only minor aspect of this camera that I initially disliked was its sensitivity in focusing - the slightest movement caused the picture to be blurred. However, after extened use of the camera this became less of a problem. In sum, this is a very high-quality, good-looking camera, with all the expected features included, as well as some additional bonuses, which can be purchased for a very reasonable price.Read full review
I bought this for one feature alone, the massive zoom & slim form factor. I love the fact it has built in bluetooth, video recording with ability to zoom & sound, video editing is built in although I would really use Adobe Premiere for that. Very quick start up time, but indoor performance isn't that great, I'm a quite canny photographer and even I cannot seem to get a good result from this camera. Treat it as an OUTDOOR camera only, and you will soon come to appreciate the zoom, however (I bought this secondhand) with modern advances others in particular the 10x Zoom Panasonic Lumic DMC-TZ5 (which is 9+ mp) camera are almost as pocketable, ALMOST, not quite, if it was the same size as the Kodak V610, I'd have gone for the Panasonic as I found indoor performance on these cameras to be much superior!!!! It's still to be beaten for size & zoom even now, in April 2009, 2 yrs or so after release, however picture wise, it's really only average considering what else is around now. I still have a Ricoh Caplio R6 which I downgraded to (megapixel wise!) for the larger zoom, I may still keep this for indoor shots or just buy the Panasonic also, using the Kodak as an outdoors day camera. Expensive new which is why I didnt buy it, but a bargain secondhand as (they are much sought after still) I paid £155 including a Kodak Camera Dock Photo Printer too! Bargain!Read full review
