Kodak Easyshare V570 Review
Review Date: May 2nd 2006
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Image Quality
All of the sample images in this Review were taken using the 5M quality mode, which gives an average image size of around 1Mb - 2Mb.
Noise
There are 4 ISO settings available on the Kodak Easyshare V570 which you can select at any time if the camera is in the Auto shooting mode (you can also select ISO 800, but only at the smallest 1.8 megapixel image size). Here are some 100% crops which show the noise levels for each ISO setting:
ISO 64 (100% crop) |
ISO 100 (100% crop) |
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ISO 200 (100% crop) |
ISO 400 (100% crop) |
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There is some discernible noise even at the slowest settings of ISO 64 and 100. ISO 200 shows greater noise and an element of blurring to help hide it. At ISO 400 image quality has deterioated a lot as the camera blurs detail further.
Sharpening
Here are two 100% crops which have been Saved as Web - Quality 50 in Photoshop. The right-hand image has had some sharpening applied in Photoshop. The out-of-the camera images are a little soft at the default sharpening setting of Normal and benefit from some further sharpening in a program like Adobe Photoshop. Alternatively you can change the in-camera sharpening level to High, Normal or Low to suit your taste.
Original
100% Crop |
Sharpened 100% Crop |
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Chromatic Aberrations
The Kodak Easyshare V570 dealt well with chromatic aberrations well during the review, with only limited purple fringing present around the edges of objects in certain high-contrast situations, even at the 23mm ultra wide-angle lens setting.
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Example
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Macro
The Kodak Easyshare V570 offers a Macro setting that allows you to focus on a subject that is 5cms away from the camera when the lens is set to 39mm wide-angle (you can't use Macro with the ultra-wide 23mm lens). The first image shows how close you can get to the subject (in this case a compact flash card). The second image is a 100% crop.
| Macro Shot (click to view full-sized image) |
100% Crop |
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Flash
The flash settings on the Kodak Easyshare V570 are Auto, Off, Fill and Digital Red-eye Reduction. These shots of a magnolia coloured wall were taken at a distance of 1.5m.
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Auto Flash - Ultra Wide Angle (23mm) |
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| Flash Off - Wide Angle (39mm) |
Auto Flash - Wide Angle (39mm) |
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| Flash Off - Telephoto (117mm) |
Auto Flash - Telephoto (117mm) |
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And here are some shots of yours truly. As you can see, neither the Auto or the Digital Red-Eye Reduction option caused any red-eye.
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Flash On (100% Crop) |
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| Flash - Red-Eye Reduction |
Flash - Red-Eye Reduction (100% Crop) |
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Night Shot
The Kodak Easyshare V570 maximum shutter speed is 8 seconds in the Long Exposure mode, which is just about adequate for night photography. The shot below was taken using a shutter speed of 8 seconds at ISO 64. I've included a 100% crop of the image to show what the quality is like. The camera takes the same amount of time again to apply noise reduction, so for example at the 8 second setting the actual exposure takes 16 seconds.
| Night Shot (click to view full-sized image) |
100% Crop |
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Overall Image Quality
The Kodak Easyshare V570 produced images of average quality during the review period. The 5 megapixel images were quite soft straight out of the camera at the default sharpening setting and ideally require some further sharpening in an application like Adobe Photoshop, or you should change the in-camera setting to High. The Kodak Easyshare V570 dealt well with chromatic aberrations, with limited purple fringing effects appearing only in high contrast situations. Macro performance is average, allowing you to focus as close as 5 cms away from the subject. The built-in flash worked adequately indoors, with little red-eye and slight under-exposure. The night photograph was OK, with the maximum shutter speed of 8 seconds long enough for most situations. The 1/2.5 inch, 5 megapixel sensor used in the Kodak Easyshare V570 produced 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 stabilisation system, this make the V570 something of an outdoors, good-light camera.
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