Customer Reviews

Kodak Easyshare C533 5 MP Digital Camera with 3xOptical Zoom

5 star:		(6)
4 star:		(25)
3 star:		(6)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(9)

 

 

I purchased two cameras for my mom and me. The work great. I like the auto setting and the other scene setting work great. I havn't taken a bad shot either. I like the rapid fire button on top of the camera because I take lots of pictures of my dogs and they don't sit still for a minute.

The other day I was watching QVC and there was a guy talking about digi cams. He explained what the closeup/macro feature does. Its great for taking real closeup pictures of butterflies, lady bugs, or flowers with out disstoring the picture. Now that I know what it does I am going to try it out.

The only compliant I have is the batteries don't last long. A friend suggested purchasing digital electronics batteries. They do last far better than standard batteries. Its a good idea to purchase a card for your camera.

My seven year old niece regularly used my camera, and was careful, though it made me a little nervous. I purchased this one for her for Christmas. The basic function buttons on this camera are clearly marked (far better than the Disney cameras I bought for her younger brothers) and she quickly mastered them, before moving on to experiment with the additional functions. The menus were easy for her, though we had to explain what some of the words were as they were above her reading level. In spite of her care, it got dropped on the tile floor with sufficient force that the battery compartment opened and the batteries fell out. We returned the batteries, and all was well. Although the pictures may not be perfect quality for enlarging, the 4x6 snapshots are certainly family photograph album and share with friends quality. Before giving it to her, I put in a 1 GB SD card and installed rechargeable batteries (and charged up an extra set). We had to change the two AA batteries once over the course of Christmas day. Based on the use on Christmas, a charger and four batteries (which allows for one change during the course of a day) should be sufficient for all but the unusually prolific picture taker. We did put the non-rechargable batteries in her camera case (purchased separately) in case of emergencies. The ability to use AA batteries in a great advantage, as it does allow you to purchase more batteries at the nearest store if necessary.

Purchased this to replace a much more expensive Fuji that broke after only a year. For less than 1/2 the price of a Fuji F10 it takes just as good pictures in my opinion. The controls and menus are very intuitive and easy-to-use. There are even helpful hints on the screen explaining what each mode does, for the true photo novices.

My only complaints are that the construction seems a bit flimsy, but our other Kodak is still going strong after 6 years and multiple drops onto hard concrete, so I hope its durability runs in the family.

The camrea takes forever to turn on and has a BIG lag time between when you hit the button and it actually takes the picture. This means you often miss the photo you wanted to get. The lcd screen turns itself off inbetween photos and won't turn itself back on when you halfway press the shutter botton down. This thing eats through batteries. I'm spending some more money and am getting a canon.

I was so scared to buy my first digital camera and probably did more than anyone's share of "research" before I bought this, but It has been nothing but wonderful and so easy to use..Amazon helped with any questions I had and it was shipped almost immediatley...I love IT!!!!!!!

I brought this camera to the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro (19,200 ft) in sub-freezing tempertures. It took picutures beautifully and survived the difficult journey intact. Buy lithium batteries (per manufacturers recommendations) and you don't have to replace them as often.

Pros: Nice and small, fine picture quality, rechargeable batteries are great, love all the settings such as fireworks, party, snow...
Cons: takes quite a while after you take the picture for the picture to actually TAKE
Overall: I love it because it's great for carrying around amusement parks, friends' houses, the beach, and not too shabby at taking landscapes. Also, I have dropped this camera NUMEROUS times and you can hardly tell (only marks on the outside of camera - otherwise in fine shape)

The camera takes great pictures, BUT you do need additional memory to be able to take more than 10 picures. It should have come with regcharageable batteries as battery life may be an issue. Other than those two issues, I am very pleased with the operation of the camera and the picture results.

I bought this as my first digital camera. The picture quality is decent, and there are a lot of settings for the user to tinker around with (though I haven't really had much use for them... yet.)

My only problem with this camera is that it eats batteries like candy. I recommend buying at least 2 pairs of rechargeable batteries, as well as a fast recharger if you're the type that takes a lot of pictures. To alleviate this problem, you have the option of turning off the viewing screen, which does help conserve battery life.

Of course, it had to be Kodak. No matter what people say, i have always and will always use a kodak digital camera, I've found this camera to be a real warrior, last one I had lasted about 4 year and this one looks even better, Photo cuality its very good and colors are great, no excesive blue or red in your pics, Night photo taking its excelent in close shots.

4 stars beacuse its really a batterie eater, but its nothing a 25$ batterie charger can`t solve.

Sorry for grammar mistakes but english is not my natal lenguaje.