Kodak Easyshare V705 Review

Review Date: October 24th 2006

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Conclusion

Ratings (out of 5)
Design	4.5
Features	4
Ease-of-Use	4.5
Image Quality	3.5
Value for Money	3.5

The Kodak Easyshare V705 is a very stylish and very unique camera, thanks largely to its innovative dual lens system, which offers an ultra wide 23mm and a 39-117mm zoom lens, all in a metal body just 2cms thick. There's obvious distortion at the 23mm end of the zoom range and the step-up from 23 to 39mm takes a little getting used to, but that's a small price to pay for the flexibility that's on offer. Using such a small camera with such a wide zoom range opens up lots of photographic opportunities that you just won't get with some similar sized models. The Kodak Easyshare V705 isn't the fastest camera available, with the zooming mechanism and continuous shooting being particularly slow, although focusing in both good and low light situations is fast and accurate. Thankfully the main upgrade to the V705, the larger 7 megapixel sensor, hasn't adversely affected the overall image quality, which is a slight improvement on the older 5 megapixel V570. There is still noticeable noise and blurring at ISO 200 and faster, but ISO 50 and 100 have less noise than the corresponding speeds on the V570. This means that the V705 is best suited to situations with adequate lighting, especially if you want to make larger prints. The new extended ISO range looks good on paper as a marketing bullet point, but not so great in reality - ISO 400 is very noisy, with ISO 800 and 1000 bordering on unusable. The Kodak Easyshare V705 is just a simple point and shoot camera in terms of creativity, with no control over aperture or shutter speeds, but Kodak have gone to great lengths to make the V705 easy to use, with a wealth of playback and sharing options available. Overall, despite only average image quality and some elements of slow operation, the Kodak Easyshare V705 is an intriguing and fun to use digital camera that is well worth considering.

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