Compare Prices : Kodak EasyShare V1273 - Expert Reviews

Review summary: Touchscreen triumph or travesty?

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…

Review summary: Kodak have today also announced the Kodak Easyshare V1273 - 12 megapxels with a 3x optical zoom. The new KODAK EASYSHARE V1273 Digital Camera offers new Touch Screen Technology, simplifying picture taking, reviewing and editing. This 12-megapixel, 3X ...

Verdict: The new KODAK EASYSHARE V1273 Digital Camera offers new Touch Screen Technology, simplifying picture taking, reviewing and editing. This 12-megapixel, 3X optical zoom camera features a large 3-inch LCD touch screen for easy camera setup and control. ...

Review summary: 12MP and a great video mode, make this Kodak an Easychoice - 23/7/08

Pros: Styling Build quality Colour reproduction Video quality

Cons: Touch screen can be temperamental ; Menus take getting used to ; Images softer than the best of the rest

Review summary: Equipped with a whopping 12 megapixels and an innovative touchscreen, Kodak's camera is so close to an award it almost hurts.

Verdict: Unfortunately, the results of the test shots we took were a little disappointing ? the images looked a bit washed out and the camera could have made a better job of capturing colour. Ultimately, the Kodak simply failed to live up to its features

Review summary: Taking great pictures is just the beginning. 3 in. (7.6 cm) touch screen LCD Smart capture mode HD pictures and videos and optional