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Review summary: Kodak's metal-clad compact has a touchscreen and shoots hi-def video. Is it the perfect summer snapper?

Pros: Stunning build and design. Good features. Impressive video modes. Above average still images

Cons: Unresponsive touch screen. Overly-complex manual setting

Review summary: Kodak's innovations seem interesting: 12 million pixels and a tactile screen. Overall, images are satisfactory; however, there are some important areas to be reviewed; notably noise control and HD video.

Review summary: With an all-steel casing, the 12-megapixel Kodak EasyShare V1273 is one of the best-looking, well-built compact cameras on the market. It has a larger than normal touchscreen LCD, and it produces bright and colourful photos, which cope well with high ...

Pros: One of the best-looking digital compacts ever ; acceptable images

Cons: Annoying touch interface ; screen almost useless in bright light ; slow controls

Verdict: It seems as though Kodak blew all its budget for the V1273 on designing the gorgeous steel case, with none left over for a decent touchscreen, speedy interface or smart processing. A great style icon, but frustrating to use for anything other ...

Review summary: Here's a camera with killer looks and a touchscreen navigation system that'll blow your mind away

Pros: Looks, Build quality, Touchscreen interface, Smart Mode, HD movie capture, Good image saturation and skin tones, 32MB in-built memory

Cons: No bundled A/V cable, Poor LCD performance in daylight, High noise levels in images shot at ISO 400 and above, Average video performance, Underpowered flash

Verdict: The back of the camera houses a 230K pixel resolution 3-inch touch screen LCD. Like most other Kodak cameras, the V1273 has a 32MB internal memory and features an SDHC/SD card slot

Pros: Price, image quality at low sensitivity, lens, Smart Capture, optical image stabilisation

Cons: You cannot see the LCD in moderate lighting, noisy images at higher sensitivity, you cannot see the LCD in brighter lighting, poor AF in low light, you cannot see the darn LCD unless you're indoors or in near darkness!

Verdict: The Kodak EasyShare V1273 looks nice and feels robust, it has a nice lens and good Face AF with a clever touchscreen interface; it even takes nice photos. But it also makes me very, very, angry indeed. Read on to find out why?