Digital Camera Review
Dec 08, 2006
- By James Murray
The Kodak EasyShare C433 is a camera with a clearly defined market. With a current selling price of $99.95 through Kodak, and even less from other sellers online, this camera is a tempting option for true budget consumers. The EasyShare C433 has 4 effective megapixels on a 1/2.5-inch CCD, a 3x optical zoom lens, 1.8-inch LCD screen, 16 MB of internal memory, and offers manual control over exposure, ISO and white balance presets. The camera carries a full auto mode, a handful of scene modes, a macro mode, and video capture with audio. This straightforward digital camera won't work miracles, but it does offer users all the basics for under $100.
Picture Quality / Size Options (5.5)
The picture size and quality options are pretty limited with photographers only being able to choose between five options. The picture size options are 4 MP best (2304 x 1728), 3.5 MP (3:2) best (2304 x 1536), 3.1 MP better (2048 x 1536), 2.1 MP good (1656 x 1242), and 1.1 MP email (1200 x 900). When shooting in ISO 800, the user will be limited to only capturing images at a resolution of 1.1 MP.
Picture Effects Mode (6.0)
Users of the Kodak EasyShare C433 can elect to shoot in black and white or sepia mode. These settings are located in the shooting menu so users must make sure that they initiate the appropriate setting prior to capture since post-capture work will have to be done on a computer. There are no color effect options available in playback mode. A larger range of picture effects options are available to the photographer once images are loaded into personal computer through the Kodak EasyShare Software program. Control over brightness, contrast, hue, saturation and other image effect parameters can be easily and carefully adjusted using the software.