Digital Camera Review

First Impressions Review

Jan 16, 2006 - By Richard Baguley
Priced at just $139, the Kodak EasyShare C530 is one of the cheapest digital cameras we’ve ever reviewed. And, for the price, the 5 megapixel resolution is not bad, along with the 16MB internal memory and direct printing ability. But you get what you pay for in other ways: there’s no optical zoom, only a 1.5” LCD screen, no A/V port, no scene presets, and a limited selection of features. The C530 will cost $139.99 and be available this February.
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Picture Quality / Size Options
Five options are present for picture size: 5, 4.4, 3.1, 2.1 and 1.1 megapixels. There are no options for image quality or compression. Not surprisingly, there’s no option for saving RAW or TIFF images.

Picture Effects Mode
Images can be shot in color, black and white, or sepia, but this has to be chosen before image capture. There’s no way to change it in-camera afterwards.

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