Kodak EasyShare V610

Front (8.0)
When the lens door is shut, the front of the Kodak V610 looks quite unassuming. The body is completely flat with beveled edges. A chrome bar on the left side, with a tiny blue highlight that might allude to the Bluetooth wireless technology within, acts as an eyelet. In the upper right corner are five holes that make up the microphone, as well as a skinny rectangular flash. Just right of center, a brushed-silver-colored lens cover contrasts with the matte black body and displays text which reads "Dual Lens, 10X Optical Zoom."

Opening the lens cover changes the front’s entire appearance. The lenses itself are two small glass windows, one atop the other, with two small LEDs between them. To the left of the lens is a "Dual Lens" reminder, and the Kodak logo sits to the right. The right curve of the brushed silver lens area flaunts the specs: "38-380 mm, Equivalent 10x, Schneider-Kreuznach C-Variogon." While the camera front is generally inviting, revealing the lenses makes it far more interesting.

Back (8.0)
The backs of the Kodak V-series of digital cameras have a unique design that is more similar to handheld video gaming devices than to other compact models. Most cameras squash all the controls to one side of the LCD, but the Kodak V610 distributes them along both sides of the screen. Indeed, the 2.8-inch LCD screen sits in the center of the V610’s back with the camera sloped upwards around it. Its model name runs vertically down its right side; to the right of the words is a chrome teeter-totter-like zoom toggle, with thumb gripping bumps below it.

At the bottom of the right side is a chrome multi-selector, which has a relatively strange square-shape and marks showing the four directions. Icons above and below the multi-selector show its functionality. The center of the multi-selector has a small button with a blue jewel-like highlight in its center. Directly to the left side of the LCD screen is a set of holes that works as a speaker. The camera slopes downward to the speaker’s left, where a series of five square buttons sits in a perfectly organized and linear column. From the top, these buttons are labeled Scene, Delete, Menu, Review, and Share. All of the buttons are chrome except for the bottom one, which has the trademark ruby-colored center. Although the Kodak V610’s setup is different than most other compact models’ backs, it looks much more organized.

Left Side (7.5)
The left side is quite boring, with only an open port to a power adaptor at the top. This port is located on the central silver band which connects the matte black front and rear panels.

Right Side (7.5)
The right side is even more bland than the left. It looks identical, with the chrome central band separating the two black panels, but it has a tiny eyelet extending from the front of the camera and a Bluetooth logo engraved into the top of this side.

Top (8.0)
All the top’s features are located on the chrome band connecting the black front and rear panels. "6.1 Megapixels" is engraved into the left side of the band and three buttons with LEDs on them are to the text’s right. Icons below indicate that the buttons, from left to right, control the Favorites, Movie, and Still image recording modes. Two similar circular buttons, though without LEDs, are to the right of that set. The On/Off button is on the left and the flash mode button is on the right. On the far right side of the camera is the oval-shaped shutter release button. The top itself is quite flat, with beveled edges and a view that shows the slight slope towards to the back’s LCD screen.

Bottom (3.0)
Just below where the right hand grips the camera is the tripod socket, with the required legal garb to its right. Beneath the lens is a terminal that connects to Kodak EasyShare system products like printers and docks. A battery door beneath the left side of the camera opens by sliding toward the edge while being pushed inward; bumps on it aid the user’s grip.