Kodak V803

Kodak V803

Sudeep Naik, May 23, 2007 1500 hrs IST

Here's a great shutterbug for the average user. Big on the megapixel, this curvy gadget is a delight to click pictures and shoot movies with.

Build, Style and finish, 8 MP, features and scene modes, decent image quality, can use zoom when shooting videos.

Sluggish performance, poor LCD performance in daylight, High noise levels in images over ISO 400, under powered battery, Video performance, under powered flash, redeye reduction systems fail most times.

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Following the successful designs of the V570, V603 and the likes, Kodak has followed up with a similarly designed V803.

The Camera

The Kodak V803's design is similar to that of the V603, but with a little more rounded edges and corners. The body is smoother and because of the curves, appears to be more compact than it actually is. The frosty finish on the plastic gives you a nice feel as well.


It has a 1/1.8-inch CCD that gives a total 8.32 MP (3350 x 2483) resolution, though the effective resolution is 8.0 MP (3272 x 2457). It sports a 36-108 mm lens with a 3x optical zoom. It also has a 4x digital zoom.

The V803 has a 2.5-in LCD at the back that gives a max resolution of 154K pixels. Like most other Kodak cameras, this one has 32 MB of internal memory as well as an expansion slot for SD/MMC cards.

The camera is available in 8 shades. Our sample was the Midnight Black shade. It is light weight (141 grams) considering the fact that it measures 103 x 54.5 x 22 mm.

Bundle


Kodak EasyShare V803 digital camera
KODAK Li-Ion Rechargeable Battery KLIC-7003
5V AC adapter with 2 power cord(s) for in-camera battery charging.
Kodak EasyShare Docking Station.

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please tell me which is the best digital camera under 15000/- i am a bit professional . are the new sony cybershot anti blur camera any good.

by oswin, mumbai, on May 24, 2007 07:52 AM, Report abuse   Reply

hi oswin, its the second time i had been to mumbai on 13th may and i bought an camera from a mall adjoining mc donalds it was sony cybershot W35 for 12,700/- with 3 years warranty. this camera is far much berrer than this kodak as per quality, fine pictures and a battery life of around 9 days. it is a far much better option to go for sony W35 or W55 14,500/-

by amit sharma, new delhi, on May 24, 2007 08:06 AM, Report abuse

well another one camera u cud look at is the canon a710 is and canon powershot a 630.... in mumbai u sud get both the cameras at abt 13000 with 2 gb card and battery.(without bill tat is)...... me using a630...it is not compact cam like sony but offers u a lot more manual controls....something tat u wont get int he w series frm sony

by promitb, Pune, on May 24, 2007 10:02 AM, Report abuse

If U R a professional (even if a bit) buy a Canon A-640-- best rated cam in this range- with excellent plus picture perfoirmance and all the control that U desire in professional picture taking. Compared to this Sony W series are just snapshot cams.

by vijayshimla, Shimla 171001, on May 24, 2007 04:02 PM, Report abuse

Canon A 710 IS. MP wise its decent but the killer thing is the 6x zoom on offer with the image stabilization. grey market rates around 13k as is if u buy retail in US through someone. Dont buy retail in India. It goes for around 20k then.

by manolin, b'lore, on May 24, 2007 06:04 PM, Report abuse

i think kodak camara is very poor quality and there is no service centre in Delhi and not help centres. Sony camara is good. Sony has a help centre and call centre service in Delhi i think it is good . i am thinking to go to consumer court for poor quality and no service after sale.

by shiv kumar, Delhi, on Jan 08, 2008 02:56 PM, Report abuse   Reply

The v803 with outdated features should not be priced for around INR rs.5000.00 only and not 11.999/-

by ngs, Mumbai, on Oct 20, 2007 08:41 AM, Report abuse   Reply

NEVER NEVER Buy Kodak NI-MH Battery Charger. As in my case it mulfunctioned after a single use only. Also, they do not contain any warrenty / Garrenty etc, neither it can be repaired. I tried hard to contact the company for feedback, complain, information but no use. Its site contain no option to send user information. If anybody from Kodak listening contact me at toskdas@rediffmail.com or email2sd@gmail.com or 09435809565 or 03787273669.

by S Das, Guwahati, on Aug 08, 2007 11:11 AM, Report abuse   Reply

price of digital cameras

by Er.Alok Singh, Kanpur, on May 25, 2007 07:27 AM, Report abuse   Reply

While a good attempt- I shall suggest to the reviewer to pay particular attention to the VIDEO MODE of a digicam. Now that video modes in digicams are almost as good as in Camcorder (at least my S3IS does this) & most buyers use the video mode to take family movies- this feature should be given a separate column. In case of Kodak V803 ?to my mind it has too many minuses. To enumerate. 1. It is Kodak- means service will be sparse-only Canon & Sony have service points for digicams all over India- even Nikon is totally lacking in this department. 2. Proprietary battery with only 180 shot capacity- too small- similar W-80 takes 320 shots. 3.Over priced at 14999?when far better cams like Sony W-100 are 15k & of course the best cam in this cat Canon Ixus 900T- is only 15.5k. Kodak is flogging this EasyShare V803 in India for 15k- whereas in an open mkt like USA- these are in range of US $ 170- i.e about Rs. 7800. Incidentally Video Mode in This digicam is reported to barely passable.

by vijayshimla, Shimla 171001, on May 24, 2007 03:58 PM, Report abuse   Reply

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