Kodak EasyShare C653

Reviewed by: Personalcheeseit

03-02-08

Duration of ownership: 2 Years

Strengths: Tough, solid feel, quick to turn on, 6.1 megapixels battery life

Weaknesses: none

Overall Evaluation: Bought the camera as a replacement for an older Kodak. I took 1510 pictures and videos before the tripod I was using with it fell over while filming. The trim around the lens came off and the lens itself popped off of it's track, making it read an error message. About a month later as I was moving it from the drawer I kept it in, I dropped it, The lens had straightened. I popped in some batteries and started taking pictures again. It is a very tough camera. The LCD did break some time in storage, but there's still the viewfinder. The battery life on my particular camera doesn't match PCW's, I get around 225 6.1 MP, flash pictures on a pair of plain Duracells. It will also fill 2 1 gig memory cars of 640x480 video with audio with just one pair of batteries. Over time the selector knob does get tough to turn, but is still acceptable. The software is only necessary for pictures on the internal memory, If you are quick, turn the camera off, take out the SD card and close the door. You do need an SD card reader to do that, but those are relatively cheap. I would recommend the camera to any one except professional photographers with huge budgets, there are better cameras, but not as tough or cheap as this.

Reviewed by: boli2007

Updated: 13-Jun-08

Strengths: easy to operate and photo and video are great

Weaknesses: 6.1 MP is bit low

Overall Evaluation: This camera is very easy to operate - you don't need user manual to learn how to use. All buttons are self-descriptive. The quality of photo and video is great and it takes only 2 AA alkaline battery. LCD is big but somehow I feel it isn't super clear. 6.1MP is bit now nowday. Other than that, everything is great.

Reviewed by: azureworld

Updated: 09-Dec-07

Strengths: Good price, size and features as a beginner camera

Weaknesses: Non Yet

Overall Evaluation: Bought this camera for our son. He is 15 and this is a great beginner camera. Has audio, video and excellent pictures. Easy to download pictures and videos to reply. This camera also has a viewfinder.

Reviewed by: Anonymous567

Updated: 21-Oct-07

Strengths: Small size, good photos

Weaknesses: Slow. Irritating software.

Overall Evaluation: I like this little camera. And it is little. Its thickness is comparable to a thick wallet, but it is a bit shorter and narrower than a wallet would be. Its manual says it came with 256MB of internal RAM, which I didn?t see on the specifications pages I reviewed. I thought it had only 32MB. So I may not have needed to spend the extra $20 for an optional 1GB SD Memory card. The LCD is large but exposed; there is no way to protect it except to buy a case (and make sure there is no sand or anything inside it. If space is not an issue, the ideal might be a soft case or sleeve inside a harder protective case. Pictures seem to be averaging around 850KB on the 3.1 megapixel setting, and 1.5MB on the 6.1mp setting. It takes more than 12 seconds, from the time I push the button to take a picture, until the digital viewfinder comes back to life and is ready to show me another scene. (It?s much faster if you use the flash.) But you can take other pictures in the meantime, while the LC...

Reviewed by: jawah

Updated: 04-Jul-07

Strengths: Low cost, more features

Weaknesses: looks like a cheap unbranded web camera

Overall Evaluation: This is my very first digital camera. Earlier, I thought to purchase a fresh piece of one or two year old model (branded) at low price. Surprisingly I got afresh-new model with more functionality than any other camera of same category at low cost. For the past one month I was trying to explore all the features provided in this camera. I am highly satisfied.

Reviewed by: Bhagwan

Updated: 18-Jun-07

Strengths: Very compact with both eyepiece and LCD.

Weaknesses: None so far.

Overall Evaluation: C653 is very compact with 32MB internal memory and take both SD/MMC. It is 6.1MP the pictures are very good. Has 20 screen mode I love it. Has anti shake technology helps to prevent from taking blurry in micro mode.