KODAK V570 Digital Camera

Sudeep Naik, Nov 01, 2006 1700 hrs IST

The Kodak EasyShare V570 is a compact-sized digital camera offering a resolution of 5 Megapixels. Let's have detailed clicks at it.

Expert Rating:

Dual-lens, Compact, Lightweight, Good image quality, Great color-reproduction and skin tones, Good low-light performance, Good video recording, 32 MB internal memory.

Soft Images, Images give impression of a 4-megapixel model, Not a true 23- 117 mm camera, Shoddy digital zoom for UW lens, Red-eye reduction systems fail most times, Dock-usage obligatory for charging/connecting to TV/Comp.

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What we liked

One of the best features offered by the V570 is the dual-lenses and the 'supposedly' added capabilities that come with it. The ability to click landscape pics on the UW lens is a joy. The picture quality though is just above average. As compared to the UW lens, at times, you get much better pictures with the standard lens in the landscape mode.

The Panaroma or image stitch option is pretty cool and with the help of a tripod and the UW lens you can get really good panoramic shots with ease.

Image-quality-wise, we felt that images from the V570 showed excellent color, but were softer than we'd normally expect from a 5-megapixel digital camera. The skin tones were reproduced beautifully as well. The Auto white balance handles a wide range of lighting comfortably.

Practically speaking, the V570 works best with 3-4 MP resolution as it noise-suppression algorithms make the fine details in the image murky, particularly when the contrast levels of that detail are low. Although, all digital cameras carry this flaw, it was more prominent in the V570.

So, it's best to use this camera at 3-4 MP if you are taking casual pictures with friends and family. Anyways, the average consumer rarely uses any image-measuring more than 1280*1024 (non commercial).

A common pro with most Kodak cameras is that they perform really well when it comes to the Night Mode. The V570 is no different. It gives good low-light performance albeit only in the Night Mode. The user interface is very simple at the same time, it also provides advanced options

The startup time is around 2-3 seconds (a little more than the competing cam but, it's bearable) while the shot-to-shot time is around 1-2 secs. The on-camera editing options are decent enough as well.

The Video Mode of the V570 is very good; it allows you to use the 3x Optical zoom when recording video. The videos look, feel, and sound great. Videos are recorded in the Quicktime format with audio.

What we really didn't like

The digital zoom for the UW lens is just uncalled for as the image just gets hazier and grainy. The absence of image-stabilization functions is to be blamed for this condition. Although, the standard lens gives you good pictures, they could have been better (as you will observe in the sample pics).

Although the LCD on the V570 provides 230K pixel resolution, the pictures look really grainy (even if the actual pic is crisp and clear.) At first, we thought it could be due to high ISO settings, but even after we lowered the ISO, the image quality did not improve one bit.

For a 5MP camera, the image quality we got on the V570 was just above average; nothing that you could really compare to a similar 5 MP Canon or Sony. Also, the red-eye reduction systems failed most of the time (even if you use the proper flash mode.)

Talking about the zoom feature, when you zoom in, you start at 23 mm and suddenly jump to 39 mm; there's nothing in between, except some digital zoom (if you like.) I'd rather think of it as a standard 39 - 117 mm lens with a little bonus wide-angle lens on the side. But the V570 is most definitely NOT a 23 - 117 mm camera.

USER COMMENTS

howz Kodak V610 or 710... ? genuine review plz..?

by sandy, mumbai, on Aug 13, 2007 09:09 PM, Report abuse Reply

I am having a kodak easy share digital camera. after two year the camera become dead. I find Kodak digital camera is absolutely useless and you will not get any spare parts also. According to me DO NOT PURCHASE KODAK DIGITAL CAMERA. THEY CAN ONLY SELL CAMERA FILM.

by ARUN BANERJEE, CHENNAI, on Jun 14, 2007 01:28 PM, Report abuse Reply

TRY canon a540 , one of the few products, which scores high on both, value for money and performance. (and the 5mp version is a530, which sells for 3k less, and doesn't have shutter/aperature priority mode, and a 1.8 inch screen)

by subiet, living in the cyber trance, on Nov 01, 2006 08:04 PM, Report abuse Reply

how is the Kodak V803/C653/C743

by anil uberoi, mumbai, on Mar 23, 2007 06:10 PM, Report abuse

this is a very nice idea

by pawan, ghaziabad, on Nov 28, 2006 08:56 PM, Report abuse Reply

thanks for all that guys. i was all set to buy it during my winter break but now i have decided to rein in my horses for a while. sure it pays not to fall for novelty and to check out the real features before taking the plunge

by chakravarthy, karaikal, on Nov 26, 2006 10:23 PM, Report abuse Reply

While Kodak does produce some good digicams like the Z740-The reviewed V-530 is not the best Kodak Digicam and has in fact been replaced now with V-710 & V610 models in Kodak lineup. The 5-mega-pixel sensor used in the Kodak V570 produces noisy images at the slowest ISO speeds of 64 and 100, and noisier and blurred images at ISO 200 and 400. With no optical image stabilization system, this makes the V570 something of an outdoors, good-light only camera. The 5 mega pixel images are quite soft straight out of the camera at the default sharpening setting and ideally require some further sharpening in an application like Photoshop. I think the 3.5 stars must have been given by Sudeep only because of novelty value of V-530-in having 2 lenses-& Two 5 MP sensors. Practical value of this cam for a serious photographer is nil.

by vijayshimla, Shimla 171001, on Nov 01, 2006 09:59 PM, Report abuse Reply

Well Said! This camera doesnt require more than 3 stars.......there are ahrdly any sample inpages taken as well

by Clyde, Mumbai, on Nov 05, 2006 10:43 AM, Report abuse

Can i record videos using this camera i am new to dig cam users, i have 750i 2 MP phone.. i am planning to puchase a dig cam i wanna know this has recording feature

by Rakesh, Hyderabad, on Nov 03, 2006 12:05 PM, Report abuse Reply

this camera(not the face) shares an uncanny resemblance with the old nintendo handhelds of the late 80's and early 90's....pre gameboy era.

by Anonymous, Delhi, on Nov 02, 2006 11:43 PM, Report abuse Reply

send me d discounted price for dis cam

by Vardhaman Samel, mumbai, on Nov 02, 2006 09:43 PM, Report abuse Reply

Guys how is Kodak C433 digi cam ? Does anyone have any idea about it ?

by y2ksrs, Chennai, on Nov 02, 2006 08:58 PM, Report abuse Reply

We have found that Kodak Camera are a a bit of failures compared to other brands...eg LS443 (25K) and other models which we have seen them failing beyound repairs..one should be careful...and at a go you loose your investments.

by Hetal Naik, Vadodara, on Nov 02, 2006 11:52 AM, Report abuse Reply

Both charging (the charger connects directly) and connecting to a PC (via a very small USB adaptor) can be done without using the dock.

by Vinai Singh, Bangalore, on Nov 02, 2006 10:08 AM, Report abuse Reply

Send me the price for the above product

by raghu, visakhapatnam, on Nov 02, 2006 09:24 AM, Report abuse Reply

hello friends, Would someone be kind enough to tell which are the best digicams with day and night photo support which can purchase in indian grey market . thank you friends

by bobby, mumbai, on Nov 02, 2006 06:45 AM, Report abuse Reply