Customer Reviews

Kodak Easyshare M1033 10 MP Digital Camera with 3xOptical Zoom (Silver)

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In fact, I have a small story to tell before I review this camera (Kodak M1033).

I used to have Kodak EasyShare DX7590. That camera was producing beautiful and great quality pictures. I still have this camera but I wanted to buy a small camera that will fit my pocket. So I bought Sony W-170 CyberShot, but I sold it after one week because I didn't like the pictures at all. The pictures were not clear and the general quality is too low.

In that moment, I returned to the shopping mall and reviewed all the small cameras they have and after a careful consideration, I decided to buy Kodak EasyShare M1033.

Kodak EasyShare M1033 gave me the quality I want with reasonable price. I noticed that all Kodak products are delivering the same great quality and sharp pictures.

Kodak M1033 has different modes that you can select depending on the situation. I used the beach mode when I went with my family and the pictures were so great and the color the blue water was so nice in the pictures. Even my family couldn't believe that this camera was able to capture such pictures with that great quality.

The overall experience with this camera is GREAT and I strongly recommend it for anyone wants a small camera with high quality and resolution pictures. This camera is easy to use with its programmed modes that provide various types of pictures in different situations.

Regards,
Yousef

Having owned digital cameras for nearly 10 years now, I'm no stranger to them. I currently own a somewhat old Sony 5mp "prosumer" camera (which still takes very nice photos) and an 8mp Canon DSLR. Since the latter weighs nearly 4 lb. with my favorite lens on it and the former is not exactly compact either, I went shopping for a reasonably good quality and not too expensive pocket camera. After reading some reviews I was interested in a Fujifilm J10, which while inexpensive seemed pretty decent and got good marks for image quality. I treked down to a local Best Buy to check it out. While the J10 does look like a very nice camera for the money, I was not quite enthused about what I perceived as a sluggish response, and the camera buttons seemed a bit clunky. I decided while I was there to look around at other brands and models while I was there. That was when the Kodak M1033 caught my eye. I thought it was a very attractive looking camera. Part of this was due to the fact that it had little in it's finish that would attract finger prints ... something that drives me crazy. Upon picking up the camera I then noticed it was a Kodak and was a little surprized. To be honest, I've not perceived Kodak cameras as being of particular quality or performance. Upon playing with the controls I was immediately impressed with the build quality and the feel of the buttons. Discovering the joystick control ... I was off to the races. Most of the camera operation was fairly intuitive and I found the joystick a much more convinient selection method than the multi-way controls used in most pocket cameras. I was also impressed by the quick responses of the camera ... start-up time, shutter lag, magnification and image scrolling on playback were all quite good, particularly by pocket camera standards. I decided to wait and research the camera some more and then once I found out about the HD video modes with MPEG-4 compression, I decided to give it a try. After several days of using the camera, I'll say that overall I'm fairly impressed with it. The image quality doesn't compare with my DSLR but even though shots in low light are frequently a bit noisy and blurred (again, by DSLR standards), they look pretty good compared to other pocket cameras I've seen reviewed. With 10mp you can afford some blurriness which you'll never see unless you enlarge quite a bit. While full manual modes are not present on this camera, it does give some manual control and has several features that surprized me on this type of camera (spot metering and histogram to name two). On one hand the high ISO settings can make for pretty blotchy and/or noisy images, but again, I've seen far worse in camera reviews of shirt pocket cameras and I must say I'm surprized that these images seem usable even at such high settings. I'm just a bit embarrassed to admit that I've grown accustomed to shooting most of my shots in fully-automatic "dummy" mode. I can't complain about the results and should I need a little more control, to some extent I have it. All in all I'd have to give this little bugger a big thumbs up.

Small camera I bought and took on a vacation to Las Vegas and Route 66 in Arizona. I carried it in a carrier hooked to my belt. I took over 400 pictures and only 2 were discarded. (I didn't wait for the camera to focus) Very quick to turn on, and at 10 mp and a 2 gig card I had plenty of room on the card. Very sharp pictures. Very good pic under low light, like in casino shopping malls and at dusk. Didn't try the video part.
Charged the camera at night, no problem with battery when using the camera all day.

I bought this as a back up to my bulky full size digital camera. It is great for vacation and you can easily slip it into a pocket. No need to worry about a neck strap or large bag to carry it. The picture quality is about what I expected and occasionally exceeds my expectations. As with most small cameras low light situations are basically out of the question. The flash will compensate for short range images, but don't expect to catch any movement from a distance at night or a poorly lit room. It does great outdoors though. The panoramic stitching impressed me by seamlessly bringing together 3 pictures. The optical zoom isn't that great (I'm so used to the 12x on my other camera) but for general snapshots it should be just fine, and with 10mp you have plenty of room to crop and zoom after the fact. Also, the big 720p video selling point is, in fact, 720p but again don't expect to use it in anything less than perfect lighting conditions. The regular 640x480 does a great job though.
Overall a great buy with a reasonable price, if only for its tiny size.

I bought this camera to replace my Kodak EasyShare C530 5mp. I have been very impressed. It has met and exceeded my expectations. I brought it with me to a friends house to take pics of her 6, 5 and 3 yr old. The pictures turned out great! I did not like that the camera took a second to focus, but when it did the pictures were amazing.
The size intimidated me (it is very thin) but once I took a few pictures I became very comfortable. The settings are a wee bit confusing but very easily learned.
I have now bought another one for a friend in the military who is in need of a new camera. For the price you can not ask for a better camera.

I read various reviews on this item before purchasing it. I had actually been shopping it for over a month before I caught the bargain I'd been waiting for on AMAZON. I have always endorsed and recommended Kodak camera products. I feel they have the best record of quality over time and have never failed to deliver what I have been looking for. I've never been a big supporter of Sony cameras or HP cameras, just because I feel that they are companies doing more that what they can to go outside their scope of industry and are just looking to get "a piece of the pie" on other "hot" terriories. I have seen the capabilities of some of their products and have always found a Kodak that not only matches the spec, but in many cases supercedes it. I was a photographer in High School, so I am not very unfamiliar with photography and I hope my review will help you in choosing your next camera. For the record, I have been waiting a long time to upgrade, my last camera was Kodak CX7530 5.0 MP camera that served me faithfully and continues to do so when I don't use my new m1033.

The m1033 is extremely compact that carries a huge screen compared to many like models with similar capabilities. I love being able to see a picture on the screen and know what I may be missing before I press the shutter. It also has the Kodak smart capture feature, which allows for the camera to be able to dictate to the user what type of setting to snap the picture in rather than have the user choose from its mulitiple variations. I have found the smart feature to be accurate for the most part, about 8 times out of 10, which isn't too bad; however it doesn't help to have this feature on when you are trying to snap a picture in "the moment." The screen may look like the picture is coming off blurry or grainy, don't worry, this is natural and once you have pressed the shutter, you will see your picture the way you want it to print out. The other feature that jumps at you right away is the stabilization feature. While this particular model does not carry the IS (Image Stabilization) technology, it does have a built-in indicator which tells you how steady the camera was when the picture was taken. There is a green hand with motion bars for steady, a yellow hand with motion bars for in-between and a red hand with motion bars to let the user know the camera was not steady at all when the picture was taken. I like the feature, however it was not always accurate and on some occassions (very few) I was perfectly still and yet received a red hand. At which point I felt that perhaps by resetting it (turning it off and then on again) the system would restore the lens. Oddly enough, I was right. This may seem aggravating to most, but unless you are a photo journalist who needs his camera to be ready to fire at any given moment, this shouldn't be too much trouble the one time you may have to do this as the camera loads extremely fast. Other features include the ability to e-mail a photo from the camera once you dock it or connect it to your computer. The m1033 also has the Kodak Perfect Touch feature, which basically touches up your pictures immediately after being taken in order to minimize the amount of editing on a PC. The video shoots extremely well and I was able to view videos at a 720p capacity on a 19" monitor just fine. If you are desperate to have your PHOTO camera shoot in higher resolution so you won't have to buy a camcorder, then this camera is not for you. The last feature I was very impressed by was the stitch feature. This allows you to take a panoramic photo by taking three individual photos and then stitching them together at their seam points. I thought this was a nice feature for the times when one picture just doesn't say 1,000 words but instead 333. You'll find this feature particularly handy at football and baseball games as well as other sporting events. The only thing I will warn you about is that it is intended for still-frames so don't expect to capture action in this mode, you will only be able to get what remained still throughout shoot.

The review asks for best out of five stars, but if I had to give it a TRUE rating (best out of 10), this would be an 8.5 out 10. Excellent point-and-shoot camera with some great features. It is super-slim and is about the size of a Motorola Q or Samsung Blackjack. I recommend this to anyone looking to upgrade but doesn't want to spend too much money. If you have to spend more than $150 on this particular model I recommend you go for the m1093 IS, which is better than the m1033 on some aspects. No matter which model you go with, you will always find that Kodak does not disappoint.

Here's my backstory: I bought a rather expensive Sony camcorder with photo capabilities thinking "this will help me chronicle my adventures while I'm in Europe." This turned out to be one of the biggest mistakes I have ever made! Despite being such an expensive camcorder, the Hard Drive Disk Sony model took grainy footage and to put a sour cherry on top, the photos were terrible! I returned the piece of crap. Since the $443 camcorder had such crap quality, I thought about going all in. Let's get an HD camcorder, but we all know that requires a lot of money. Fortunately I found a much better alternative. Kodak M1033! I have reviewed footage from this Kodak camera and I it is 10x better than the Sony camcorder that I had. It features 720HD video capabilities and I must say this is an amazing deal. It totally beats an upscale Sony camcorder AND it takes great pictures. Definitely worth it if you're into making decent home movies. If you just want a solid digital camera, you can score with a canon powershot which sells at a price a little cheaper than this. HD video in your pocket can't be beat!

This was such a beautiful, clean design, that it immediately caught my eye among the other cameras. I'm tired of gadgets that try to look powerful by being hard to use. I want a camera that is--dare I say it--like my iPod.

Good: Ease of use, picture quality, video quality.
Bad: Battery life, occasional freezing (?!)

This camera really is easy to use, but it doesn't sacrifice features or power to do it (sure, it's no SLR). It's a great pocket camera.

I'm pleased with the picture quality. The automatic mode displays the icon of the most appropriate "specialty mode" as it takes the picture, perhaps educating you for future shots. Colors look good. Flash is good for a camera this size.

I'm pleased with the video quality. I saw the review where someone was complaining about video quality--I'd have to guess that he's shooting in low light. What can you expect with a lens the size of a dime? I'm using it as a stand-in to replace my failing Mini-DV camcorder. DV is better, sure, but even as picky as I am, I'm willing to use this for video in the meantime. It does stabilization in 480p (not in 720p). It also has standard and high quality video modes (not sure what other reviewers used). I recommend high quality 480p with stabilization.

The battery doesn't seem to last long. I rotate through my batteries pretty frequently (once a week with "moderate" use--what's moderate?). I couldn't make an entire day at a theme park visit on one battery. Have extras.

Mine has frozen up a couple of times. Talk about weird. I just popped out the battery and put it back. Nothing was lost. All was fine. Just weird.

I'm willing to change/charge the batteries more frequently for a CLEAN DESIGN and GREAT PICTURES. I wish more cameras were like this, but the M1033 seems to be a fluke -- even among Kodak products. I would buy this camera again. BTW, I bought the bronze one -- awesome color.

I had lots of cameras.
I just returned to Panasonic Fs20 i did not like .

But this camera i just got today i did pics of the kids and its fast !! of 50 pics maybe 2 came out blurry.
So im happy -its small -3 inch lcd.
colorful
very sharp nice pics.
i was going to get the silver one but i ended up with the black one because it was much cheaper then silver
so who cares about the color!
For this price 10 mp i do recommed this camera to everybody.

its was nice sold it. i will give a 4 star not a 5 like did because the camera is very slow also night shots are poor. but everything else is great.

I bought this camera as a replacement to our Canon that we recently lost. Before the Canon, I had always been a fan of Kodak's, so I decided to go back to Kodak when I needed another camera. I used this camera for a vacation, and although it takes great pictures, it has some BIG ISSUES.
The camera seems to freeze every once in a while and won't turn off and the lens won't retract. I have to take the battery out to fix it. Not great if you need the camera in a hurry. The biggest blunder though is that if you use the "Smart Capture" (which produces great pictures, I'll admit) the battery will last for about three seconds. Not good if you want to use the camera for a day trip. Kodak needs to rememdy these problems before I'll buy another camera like this. Such a disappointment!