Kodak EasyShare V705
Digital Camera Review
Feb 06, 2007
- By Emily Raymond
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Introduced in August 2006 as the world’s smallest ultra-wide angle digital camera, the Kodak EasyShare V705 moves to the market with plenty of features in a tiny shell. To fit a 5x optical zoom range in a 0.8-inch thick body, Kodak created its Retina technology that pairs two lenses on the front. This certainly looks different than a traditional camera body, but the EasyShare V-series isn’t too concerned about tradition. The 7.1-megapixel V705 follows the V570 and V610 and retails for $349.
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Picture Quality / Size Options (6.5)
The Kodak EasyShare V705 snaps JPEG images at the following image sizes: 3072 x 2304 (7.1MP), 3072 x 2048 (6.3MP), 2576 x 1932 (5MP), 2048 x 1536 (3MP), and 1200 x 900 (1.1MP). Kodak claims that its top resolution can print up to 20 x 30-inch posters, but we highly doubt this can be done and still look good. Check the Testing/Performance section of this review to see how effective the V705’s resolution is. There are no compression choices.
Picture Effects Mode (6.0)
There are five color modes in the recording menu complete with live views: Natural (default), High, Low, Sepia, and Black & White. These are good if users are in a rush to create a cute card and need a black-and-white picture of their newborn to directly print from the camera. These modes are definitely trumped by software versions, but they work in a pinch. Also in the recording menu, the camera’s sharpness can be set to Sharp, Normal, or Soft.
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