Let your eyes be the ultimate judge! Visit our Comparometer tm to compare images from the Kodak C with those from other cameras you may be considering. The proof is in the pictures, so let your own eyes decide which you like best! The Kodak C zooms over the equivalent of a mm range, fairly typical for its class. At full wide angle, details are fairly soft, with noticeable blurring in the corners and a fair bit of coma distortion. Results are better at full telephoto.
The 5x digital zoom takes you to 15x total, albeit with the loss of quality that digital zoom creates. Macro A small macro area with good detail and high resolution. Flash has trouble up close though. The Kodak C's macro setting performs well, capturing a small minimum area of just 2. Detail and resolution are both good, though the lens produces strong blurring in the corners of the frame. Most cameras have some softening in the corners in macro mode, the amount of blurring here is a bit greater than average.
The flash has a lot of trouble throttling down for the macro area, and strongly overexposes the shot. Plan on using external lighting for your closest macro shots with the C Distortion Slightly higher than average barrel distortion at wide angle, but virtually no distortion at telephoto. This is the tendency for the lens to bend straight lines outward like a barrel--usually at wide angle or inward like a pincushion--usually at telephoto. The Kodak EasyShare C's 0.
At the telephoto end, the C actually shows about one pixel of barrel distortion, or 0. Chromatic aberration Rather high chromatic aberration at wide angle, very little at telephoto. Chromatic aberration is rather high at wide angle, showing almost 10 pixels of very bright coloration on either side of the target lines. At telephoto, this distortion is much lower. This distortion is visible as a very slight colored fringe around the objects at the edges of the field of view on the resolution target.
Corner Sharpness Significant softening in the lower corners of the frame, less in the top corners. Blurring doesn't extend too far into the frame though.
The Kodak C produced soft corners in a few shots, the lower corners seeming to have the most visible effect. Fortunately though, the softness didn't extend too far into the frame. Indoors, incandescent lighting Slight color casts with both Auto and Incandescent white balance settings, but better than average performance overall. Less exposure compensation required than usual. Color balance indoors under incandescent lighting was just slightly warm in the Incandescent white balance mode, while the Auto setting resulted in a stronger pink cast.
Both results were a fair bit better than average though. The color is just slightly dark here, making the blue flowers quite dark and slightly purplish. A common outcome for this shot, given the very warm cast of the lighting used. Our test lighting for this shot is a mixture of 60 and watt household incandescent bulb, a pretty yellow light source, but a very common one in typical home settings here in the US.
Overall, a better than average handling of this very tough light source. Outdoors, daylight Good color balance, very bright colors. Better than average exposure accuracy. Outdoor shots were generally contrasty with blown out highlights if there were any bright subjects in direct sun.
Shadow detail was also a little limited, but nothing that would raise an alarm for a consumer digicam. Exposure accuracy overall was quite good, the camera typically requiring less exposure compensation than we're accustomed to seeing with consumer digicams. See full set of test images with explanations See thumbnails of all test and gallery images.
Our laboratory resolution chart revealed sharp, distinct line patterns down to about 1, lines per picture height, with extinction at around 1, lines. This is average or just slightly below average for a five-megapixel camera, capturing more than enough detail for 11x14 inch prints. The camera did produce slight color artifacts at lower line frequencies though, visible in the full-sized res target shots.
Use these numbers to compare with other cameras of similar resolution, or use them to see just what higher resolution can mean in terms of potential detail. Beware that while you might be able to make out what looks like distinct lines at numbers higher than those we've mentioned here, the camera is just doing its best to continue interpreting the lines.
If you zoom in and follow them from the wider portions, you'll see the lines converge and reappear several times, so the lines you see at 1, and higher are really only artifacts generated by the camera's imaging system. The Kodak C's images are reasonably sharp, without obvious over-sharpening on the camera's part. Edge enhancement creates the illusion of sharpness by enhancing colors and tones right at the edge of a rapid transition in color or tone.
Noise-suppression systems in digital cameras tend to flatten-out detail in areas of subtle contrast. The effects can often be seen in shots of human hair, where the individual strands are lost and an almost "watercolor" look appears. The crop at far right shows this, with lower-contrast areas of Marti's hair showing only limited detail, even though individual strands are quite visible against her cheek in the uncropped image. Do note though, that the level of detail loss shown here isn't all that obvious on prints smaller than 8x10 inches though.
The Kodak C's lower ISO settings did produce a little image noise, but it isn't too evident in prints. As the ISO setting increases though, so does the noise level as well as the loss of detail, and its images at ISO are quite soft indeed. At ISO , noise is very high, with stronger blurring and brighter pixels. ISO is available only at 1.
ISO images are marginal but usable for 5x7 inch prints, ISO ones are marginal even for 4x6 inch prints. Extremes: Sunlit and low light tests High resolution with good overall detail, though high contrast and limited shadow detail.
Pretty good low-light performance, capable of capturing bright images under average city street lighting and slightly darker conditions. Sunlight: Because digital cameras are more like slide film than negative film in that they tend to have a more limited tonal range , we test them in the harshest situations to see how they handle scenes with bright highlights and dark shadows, as well as what kind of sensitivity they have in low light. The shot above is designed to mimic the very harsh, contrasty effect of direct noonday sunlight, a very tough challenge for most digital cameras.
You can read details of this test here. The Kodak C had some trouble with the deliberately harsh lighting in the test above, producing very high contrast with blown highlights and deep shadows.
Noise suppression is visible in the shadows, contributing to a loss of detail there. In "real life" though, be sure to use fill flash in situations like the one shown above. If possible, it's much better to shoot in the shade. Low light: Our low light testing showed that the Kodak EasyShare C's capabilities in this area will be more than adequate for most consumers, provided they know to switch to the camera's Long Exposure mode for after-dark photography.
Long Exposure mode forces the ISO setting to 80 for minimum image noise, but permits shutter times as long as eight seconds. Color balance was slightly warm from the Auto white balance setting, but well within acceptable limits. Do keep in mind though, that the very long shutter times associated with Long Exposure mode absolutely demand the use of a tripod or other camera support to get sharp photos.
A useful trick is to just prop the camera on a convenient surface, and use its self-timer to release the shutter. This avoids any jiggling from your finger pressing the shutter button, and can work quite well when you don't have a tripod handy. Generally good hue accuracy. The other important part of color rendition is hue accuracy. Hue is "what color" the color is. Here, the Kodak C did unusually well. The only significant hue shift was to move cyans a bit closer to blue, a common and desirable tweak, making for better-looking sky colors.
Coverage Optical viewfinder is a bit tight, though the LCD monitor is quite accurate. Coverage and Range The C's small flash has a limited range and produces a slight blue cast in combination with typical incandescent room lighting. Our standard shots required much more exposure compensation than average. Flash coverage was rather uneven at wide angle but very good at telephoto. Even here, the exposure is just slightly dim, with a slight pink cast.
In flash mode, the exposure compensation adjustment seems to affect exposure from the background illumination, but not the flash itself. Even at eight feet, our closest test range, flash power was slightly weak. Kodak states the C's flash range as a maximum of Print Quality Good print quality, great color, usable 11x14 inch prints. Testing hundreds of digital cameras, we've found that you can only tell just so much about a camera's image quality by viewing its images on-screen.
Ultimately, there's no substitute for printing a lot of images and examining them closely. For this reason, we now routinely print sample images from the cameras we test on our Canon i studio printer, and on the Canon iP here in the office. See the Canon i review for details on that model. With the Kodak EasyShare C, we found that it had enough resolution to make good 8x10 inch prints.
At 11x14, its prints were a bit softer looking, but probably adequate for wall or table display. At high ISO, image noise levels increase even while the images become softer from the anti-noise processing. ISO shots were marginal even at 4x6 inches, but it could be argued that a soft photo is better than one that's just too blurry from a slow shutter speed to see the subject clearly.
Color-wise, the Kodak C's images looked really great when printed on the i, with vibrant, accurate color. Most consumers will probably find the C's colorful images very appealing.
The C's performance ranges from quite fast to just average, depending on what you're trying to do. Start-up is a bit slow at 4.
Autofocus is faster than average at 0. Still slightly better than average. If you "prefocus" the camera by half-pressing and holding down the shutter button before the final exposure though, it's much faster, with a shutter delay of only 0.
The flash takes about 4. Connected to a computer, download speeds are fast enough that you probably won't feel a need for a separate card reader, but nonetheless aren't as fast as some cameras currently on the market. Bottom line, while not a first choice for sports or other fast-paced action, the C is responsive enough particular at wide angle lens settings to handle most family photo opportunities. The table above shows maximum run times based on our power measurements and a set of "standard" mAh NiMH rechargeable batteries.
Stick with Kodak or another top brand for best results. As always, I highly recommend purchasing a couple of sets of high-capacity NiMH batteries and a good-quality charger right along with the camera. Read my NiMH battery shootout page to see which batteries currently on the market are the best, and see my review of the Maha CW NiMH battery charger , my current favorite.
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Pressing this button automatically displays the Share menu with the following options: Print : Designates the number of copies of the current image to be printed. E-Mail : E-mails a low-resolution copy of the image to a recipient, based on a saved address book.
Favorite : Marks the current image as a "favorite. Cancel Prints : Cancels a print order. Exposure Bracketing : Enables the auto exposure bracketing mode, with EV step sizes of either 0. Picture Size : Sets the resolution for still images. Choices are 5. Video Size : Movie mode only. Sets the video resolution to x or x pixels.
Focus Zone : Controls where the camera's AF system determines focus from. Choices are Multi-Zone and Center-Zone. Sharpness : Controls the in-camera sharpening, with options of High, Normal, or Low.
Long Time Exposure : Enables the camera's longer shutter speeds, from 0. Set Album : The Kodak C lets you set up albums through its interface software on a computer. If albums have been set up and downloaded to the camera, you can associate both images and movies with an album as they are recorded. Video Length : Sets the default length of movie files to 5, 15, or 30 seconds, or to Continuous.
If Auto is selected, the camera automatically stores images to a memory card if one is present. Liveview : Turns Liveview on or off. If off, the LCD monitor does not act as a viewfinder, but instead provides access only to the menu system. Camera Sounds : Lets you select a sound theme for basic camera operations, or set specific sounds for each type of camera noise. Auto Power Off : Sets the period of inactivity that must pass before the camera shuts itself off.
Choices are 1, 3, 5, or 10 seconds. Orientation Sensor : Controls the camera's orientation sensor, which detects when the camera is held vertically. Vertical-format images captured when the Orientation Sensor is enabled are rotated to their correct orientation on-screen when they're played back. Red-eye Preflash : If enabled, this option automatically corrects Red-eye, regardless of the flash mode setting.
Date Stamp : Turns the date stamp function on or off, which records the date over the image. You can choose from a selection of date formats as well. Video Date Display : Like the Date Stamp option above, imprints the date and time on video files, with a choice of display formats. Blur Warning : If activated, this feature indicates on the LCD display if the exposure will require the use of a tripod to prevent blurring. Language : Sets the menu language to one of nine languages.
Format : Formats the SD memory card or internal memory. About : Displays the camera's firmware information. Playback Menu : Album : Adds images to an image album, created on a computer with the camera's interface software. Crop : This function lets you crop a portion of an image and save it as a separate file. Slide Show : Enables a slide show of captured images, with user-adjustable intervals between images.
Multi-Up : Enables a index display of images on the memory card or stored in the internal memory. Copy : Copies files from the internal memory to the SD card, or the reverse.
Protect : Write-protects the displayed image, preventing it from being accidentally erased or manipulated except via memory or card formatting. Also removes protection. Image Storage : Selects between the internal memory or the SD card for image storage. Setup Menu : Displays the same settings as under the Record menu. Lens Zoom A typical 3x optical zoom range, with average performance. Standard Macro Macro with Flash The Kodak C's macro setting performs well, capturing a small minimum area of just 2.
Barrel distortion at 34mm is 0. Quite soft in the lower corners. Better results in the top corners. Exposure and White Balance Indoors, incandescent lighting Slight color casts with both Auto and Incandescent white balance settings, but better than average performance overall.
Resolution High resolution, 1, lines of strong detail. Strong detail to 1, lines horizontal Strong detail to 1, lines vertical See full set of test images with explanations See thumbnails of all test and gallery images.
Pretty good definition of high-contrast elements, though somewhat soft in the finer areas. Subtle detail: Hair Noise suppression blurs detail in areas of subtle contrast, as in the darker parts of Marti's hair here. Table of Contents. Kodak EasyShare C Previous Page. Next Page. Kodak user's guide digital camera easyshare c, easyshare c, easyshare cd50 71 pages.
Page 5: Table Of Contents Changing picture-taking settings Page 6 7 Appendix Page 7: Setting Up Your Camera Setting up your camera Attaching the wrist strap Loading the batteries CRV3 lithium non-rechargeable For information on replacing batteries and extending battery life, see www.
Press Menu. When using the card for the first time, format it in this camera before taking pictures see When the Ready light turns green, press Shutter button completely down. Press the Shutter button completely down and release. To stop recording, press and release the Shutter button again. Red—Picture is not sharp enough for an acceptable 4 x 6-inch print. White—Printability is still being determined. See www.
NOTE: Pictures taken at the 4. Taking pictures and videos Blur warning Picture number Image storage location Formatting internal memory also deletes email addresses, album names, and favorites.
To restore them, see EasyShare software Help. Press Review. If you turned off anti-virus software, turn it back on. See the anti-virus software manual for details. Page Ordering Prints Online 1 Turn off the camera and printer. Using a printer that is not PictBridge enabled For details on printing pictures from your computer, click the Help button in Kodak EasyShare software.
Ordering prints online Kodak EasyShare gallery www. Press Wide Angle W to zoom out. The zoom indicator shows zoom status. The flash fires just before the shutter closes to create a stream-of-light effect behind a moving object for a more natural appearance. Use available light instead of flash if possible. The camera automatically sets the focus distance depending on the zoom position.
Video Capturing video with sound. See Choose the mode that best suits your subjects and surroundings. Page Scene Modes Distant scenery at night. Flash does not fire. Place the camera on a flat, Landscape steady surface or use a tripod. Flash and sound are Museum disabled. NOTE: The video stops when no storage space remains. Compose the scene. Press the Shutter button halfway, then completely down.
The picture is taken in 10 or 2 seconds. To delete selectively, do so in Review see page Last 4 pictures are saved. This setting remains until you turn the mode dial. Page 29 White Balance Choose your lighting condition. This setting remains until you turn the Mode dial. Because the camera is always focusing, there is no need to press the Shutter button halfway down to focus. Page 31 Set Album choices to videos and to pictures. This setting remains until you change it.
Icon Options On default Theme—applies the same sound effect set to all functions. Individual—choose a sound effect for each function. Page 33 Red-eye Pre-flash is set to Off. Date Stamp Imprint the date on pictures. To run a slide show on a television or on any external device, see optional Kodak 3V AC adapter.
Visit www. Starting the slide show 1 Press the Review button, then press the Menu button. Page Cropping Pictures A card is inserted in the camera.
To remove all album selections, select Clear All. Tagging pictures for printing 1 Press the Share button. Press 2 Press to highlight Print www.
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