By Benjamin C. Collier (Atlanta, GA)

I’m actually searching for a new camera and was curious about what people said about my old camera. Here’s what I thought…I bought this camera on the day it came out with no research other than the previous two digital cameras I had were Kodak’s and I was comfortable with them. The camera retailed for $199 and was 8MP which I was excited about. I also liked how small it was, that it used my old SD card and had a rechargable battery. Within 2 days the LCD screen cracked right down the center while I was turning it on. The on/off button is top center of the camera and when you press it down it puts pressure on the screen. I had bought it at Target and they exchanged it for another straight up. About 4 months later I had the camera in a cargo pocket and when I reached in to get it I found the screen cracked again. Biggest problem here is that the camera doesn’t have a view finder, so when the screen cracks that’s it.

By Miss Foxy

I had the V550 and I wanted to upgrade to the V803. Overall, I wish I would have kept my old camera. This one sometimes gets stuck on whatever I was doing and sometimes the lens won’t retract and I can’t even turn the power off. So then I have to take out the battery, put it back in and then press the on/off button to turn it back on. Also, the video mode really sucks compared to my V550. My old camera’s video mode showed clearly in any lighting. With this camera, it looks fuzzy in dimmer lighting. Also while you’re shooting a video you can hear a clicking sound which shows up on the video, but I figured out a way around it. It is the sound of the lens continuously auto focusing. If you set it to single auto focus you won’t hear that sound anymore. But what I do LOVE about this camera are the crisp sharp pictures I get every time. I guess it’s worth the money because Kodak added a lot of other features that are good. Panoramic mode, on-camera video editing and more things that I really like. I guess I’m happy with this camera, but I wish Kodak would fix whatever software glitches they obviously have.

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