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| Kodak Easyshare V1253 12MP Digital Camera with 3 x Optical Zoom | 
 enlarge | List Price: $249.99
Buy New: $164.70
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (based on 67 reviews)
Sales Rank: 859
Category: Photography
Publisher: Kodak
Studio: Kodak
Brand: Kodak
Label: Kodak
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Autographed: 0
Memorabilia: 0
Batteries Included: 0
Floppy Disk Drive: None
Optical Zoom: 3
Display Size: 3.1
Maximum Focal Length: 111
Minimum Focal Length: 37
Maximum Resolution: 12
Has Red Eye Reduction: 1
Warranty: 1 year warranty
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 4 x 2.2 x 0.9
MPN: 1570373
Model: 1570373
UPC: 041771570378
EAN: 0041771570378
ASIN: B000UEFVHS
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | 12.1-megapixel CCD captures enough detail for photo-quality poster-size prints | | • | 3x optical zoom lens; 3.1-inch LCD screen | | • | Face Detection technology; locates faces and automatically adjusts camera settings | | • | Panoramic stitch mode; digital image stabilization | | • | Stores images on SD/SDHC memory cards (not included); 32MB built-in memory |
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Product Description
Whether you seize the moment with incredibly sharp 12 megapixel photos, or in motion with crisp videos, you can do it all with the KODAK EASYSHARE V1253 Zoom Digital Camera. Enjoying beautiful pictures with amazing quality is as simple as using the KODAK EASYSHARE V1253 Zoom Digital Camera.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 62 more reviews...
 WoW made me put my Sanyo HD1000 down!!! August 27, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I am very much into cameras and have had the chance to own many. Loved some and disliked others. Up until now I have been using my Sanyo HD1000 camera to catch my little ones in action. The Sanyo is a great camera and is not too bulky on my side but thought maybe it was time after almost a year of use to look at something totally different!
I looked for some time. I wanted to find something smaller and never actually considered a point and shoot camera but wow was I supprised by this one. The pictures are fantastic and the HD video is great as well.
Now the video is not quite as good as my Sanyo but it is very good and the pictures that the Kodak takes cannot be compared to. The camera does work very well in low light for video. Very important for me.
The sound is truely stereo. I also love the fact that this camera is much slimmer than the Sanyo and does not get caught on door ways as I walk through them.
Ok now the bad. The battery must be charged through a small adapter and plugged into the USB port and the computer must be on for the camera to charge. The adapter is small and can, no will get lost easily. This adapter must also be used to download to the computer. In the video mode you will get lens flare or purple fringing if you are looking at bright light in its view. Not bad but it is there.
My conclusion is that for the money the pictures are fantastic and the video is great! I have put my 800.00 Sanyo in my draw to collect dust while I enjoy this wonderful Kodak V1253!
 An HD Video Camera that Fits In Your Pocket! Oh Wait! is a Pic Cam?! August 24, 2008
Ok. So, you are the type of guy/girl who is always around and about on a regular basis. you see things others fail to notice. and you see it so you want to show it with your perspective. a dv cam is too big, and lets face it, those "Flip" cameras are just good for poor uploads. what if i tell you there is a camera, that not only takes grate pictures, but it also records HD 720p with stereo sound. And better yet, it has a huge ccd sensor. a 1/2.1" of an inch to be exact. bigger than most consume DV cameras (1/6th of an inch). the colors are stunningly accurate and very minimal fringing for the size of the lens. it is as good, or better than the canon s30 i previously own and still use. it also has the advantage of zooming in or out while recording. a big plus! but what about pictures you say? it has an amazing narrow depth of field of an f3.1 aperture. great for macro, portraits and close-ups.
sadly, unlike the canon, this lack the manual settings. such as: manual focusing and aperture value. witch i find really convenient for when the camera starts focusing on its own on an undesired object. you would think the lack of this two features would amp the focus. well, it does not. in fact is as slow as my old canon. and when it does, the results are unknown until after you take the picture. it does have face detection for when you start feeling lazy and just want to let the camera do her thing. is not fast! and even when on, it might not function at a very close range or very dark places. which is rather strange. for the pictures appear focused until you press the trigger and that is when the blur appears. it has a big sensor, this should not happen.
this is not a video camera replacement. close! very close! and i tell you why. the zoom is too loud for its two little ears. and you could hear it focusing at times. there are no headphone jacks, nor mic jacks. so, this is not a replacement. though, i have seen great videos recorded with this camera at vemeo.com. were people use a digital sound recorder for the voice. you will be surprised at the quality of the videos. the ISO goes as low as 64 iso. no noise! no noise people. the grains are barely noticeable. and it also has a slow shutter. up to 8 sec for those light tricks. the negatives do not compare to what this camera is capable of. so, buy it and see for yourself. and i see it's now $168.03 for an 8 months old model. WOW! i mainly use it for video. but the picture are as good.
i paid rather too much when it first came out. $250.00. and i was not sorry at all. after getting used to the retardation of the focus in pictures, and carrying a small tripod for tricky situations, i really enjoy it. it is the best combination i have ever had. video and picture in a camera smaller that your hand. and high quality in both. it is close to slr quality but not with the slr size nor weight.
 Don't buy it - Cheap flimsy junk August 18, 2008
Cons:
Got this as a replacement for our P880 from Kodak. Took over a year to sort it out with Kodak (7 returns) before they sent us a new camera. The v1253 is glitchy. Won't even work with some of the new Kodak branded memory cards. Kept getting file write errors. Aside from the last person we talked to for Kodak support (an American in Rochester, NY) Kodak support is everyone's outsourced nightmare. Long holds, repeating things on the screen over and over, mis-information. I didn't get to talk to the American until three weeks after Kodak had my camera for the last time. I had already given up on it and bought an Olympus DSLR E-410. Don't buy this or any other Kodak cameras, unless you want a big headache when they break in less than a month.
Camera will occasionally extend the lens and not turn on the rest of the way, thus making you remove the battery and put it back in (this also resets the clock, which you must set before taking a picture).
Camera has a stuck pixel right in the middle of the screen. Nice bright blue.
Compression on pictures is way too high - don't expect to print anything other than 4" x 6" prints - ever. My six year old Sony 3.2 MP takes better quality pictures.
Movie quality is so-so. You better have a brand new computer if you want to playback the HD setting. By the way, you'll need to convert it to a more usable format for any Video software to be able to use it.
You must charge it from the computer's USB port - there is no included charger.
NO Manual controls over aperture and shutter speeds.
Pros:
Fits in my pocket.
Pictures are well processed in the camera - good light processing well balanced.
Relatively quick power up to take a picture time - about a second.
Battery life is pretty good for that big screen
Very Disappointed! August 9, 2008
I own a larger Kodak Easyshare camera but wanted to downsize to something I can fit in my purse. I love my larger camera and expected the same quality photos from this littler version. I am extremely disappointed! There are 23 different photos taking options and I have tried them all unsuccessfully. Even taking photos on auto results in bad pictures. I should have taken the camera back right away and got a refund but I kept thinking I just needed to get the hang of the camera. This is the first time I have ever been unhappy with a Kodak product.
Love it, Love IT August 7, 2008
I absolutely love this camera. We had a Konica Minolta that is not even close. This stitches the pictures together for a huge panoramic shot...right in the camera. No other software needed! It takes practically unlimited digital movies, that can be played back right in the camera or on the computer.
I would have given it 5 stars except that the software appears to crash my computer (VISTA ;-( that I hate) another review said you have to charge it on the computer, you don't there is a seperate charging plug, and you can also keep an extra battery charged up to replace as needed. (which is the case with most digital cameras) For the price it is really good. The zoom is not the best, but hey, you can't have everything. If you need a panoramic camera that takes great quality movies in HD, this is the one.
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