| Likes |
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- Sleek, small body
- Wide 23mm lens
- Quick startup
- Very portable
- Ease of use
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| Dislikes |
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- Horribly inaccurate colors
- Tiny, poorly positioned flash makes lots of red eyes
- Sharp edge on joystick cuts thumbs raw
- Pictures look awful in low light
- Abrupt jump from lens to lens
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Conclusion
With its fabulous looks, clean lines, and ultra-convenient thin, flat housing, we had high hopes for the 7.1-megapixel Kodak EasyShare V705. It has a 2.5-inch LCD screen with great resolution and a wide viewing angle. It’s very easy to use, and in theory, it makes the perfect camera for a point-and-shooter. The V705 has 22 scene modes and limited manual control. Better yet, it has an interesting dual lens system. Kodak claims that it adds up to a 5x optical zoom, but that’s a stretch. The camera really has two separate lenses – one a very wide 23mm lens and the other a 3x, 39-117mm lens. There is a big jump between 23mm and 39mm, and it is noticeable and abrupt in the live view (or recorded in movies). When all is said and done, the farthest the lens system can reach is 117mm, and that isn’t as far as some other manufacturers’ 3x lenses. The Kodak EasyShare V705 would be a good camera for someone who only shoots outdoors in sunny conditions; the limited aperture range requires lots of light and its auto focus struggles in darker conditions. For anything else, though, the Kodak V705 will be a disappointment. Many pictures taken indoors and under imperfect light looked blurry, had horribly unrealistic colors, and were subjected to the awful built-in flash. So while the Kodak V705 has plenty of good looks on the outside, its pictures weren’t nearly as beautiful.
