» Kodak EasyShare M1063 10.3 MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom (Pink)

Kodak EasyShare M1063 10.3 MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom (Pink) Reviews

Customer Rating:
Summary: Such a disappointment- Grainy photos, Poor detail, THIS is 10 MP?
Comment: I pre-ordered this camera and was so excited to receive it! I already own a Kodak easyshare Z612 which takes beautiful, high detail photos at only 6 MP, but I was looking for a more "pocketable" camera because the sheer size of the z612 keeps me from taking my camera with me and taking as many photos as I'd like. So, I went with the M1063 because of it's slim design, it's array of features (scene selection, HD, etc.), upgrade in MP's, and it's PINK!

When it finally arrived, I immediately started snapping away...only to find that on the on-camera screen, the pictures didn't look very sharp at all. In fact, many of them looked grainy...some looked dark (as if I hadn't used a flash)...and unfocused. I also noticed that the "face detection" technology never really seemed to pick up any of the faces I was trying to take pictures of! I thought maybe it was just the little screen and things would look better on my monitor, but once I uploaded them to my computer, they only looked worse. Magnified to 100% and you can really see how unfocused and grainy the pictures really are! Now if 6 MP was detailed, I certainly expected 10.3 MP to be SHARP...but I find that these photos are LESS DETAILED than my 6 MP photos! Take a picture of my cat with the z612, and you can see each individual hair...use this camera, and it's just a confusion of black and white fur. The only photos that seem to come out decent are ones taken within an arms length; beyond that, it's a mess.

If it weren't for the mere fact that you can enlarge these past 4 X 6, I'd say I can take better photos with my iphone. Sigh.

It's a pretty camera and has nice features, but it simply doesn't deliver on the Kodak quality I've come to expect. I'm going to be returning it.

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