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29 of 29 found the following review helpful:
 Great pocket cam Jul 12, 2006
By Alonzo
I'm very happy with my C663. It does everything I hoped it would do. The size is great for my hands -- bigger than the tiny-tiny cameras, which I have trouble holding. (I'm a guy, but my hands aren't huge. I marvel that people manage those pintsized cams.) The bulge on the right really helps me grip the device.
It powers up fast. Batteries last a good long while, and it's nice that it takes AAs. As far as I can tell, Kodak makes the friendliest interfaces of any digicam maker -- you're up and running in no time. I tend to shoot a lot of pix, then put the camera away for a while, then pick it up again. So I love it that Kodak makes this thing so easy to use that I'm not forever going back to the manual to refresh my memory.
Movie mode was a big selling point for me. I was waiting until cheap pocket cams came along that could do MPEG4 compression and 30 fps. It was worth the wait. Movie mode on this thing is fine, and very fun. Nothing like a high-quality videocamera, but more than adequate for viewing in a good sized window on a computer. Sound quality is surprisingly good. And, with the MPEG4 compression, I can fit something like a half-hour of video on my 1GB SD card. That's great. I just drag the files off the card onto the Mac, and have a nice time storing them there and/or editing in iMovie, where they behave perfectly well.
I can't emphasize enough what a change this makes in video-taking. Very easy to take the camera out on the golf course, for instance -- just tuck it in a pocket and pull it out to shoot your buds taking swings or horsing around. Try that with a traditional videotape camera. Video becomes much more casual and easygoing than we're used to. Being able to take video any time you have a small camera with you is amazing. You wind up with a lot of fun video footage you wouldn't have gotten otherwise -- casual stuff, things that just appealed to you, friends and family. No hauling around the giant camcorder. (And even small videtape cameras look big and complicated next to this thing.) In a year or two quality will be even better, but the quality has now become good enough, at least for my purposes.
I'm trying to think of anything I don't like about the C663 and can't come up with much. It's a little plasticky, I guess, but not in a way that bugs me. I'd love to be able to zoom while shooting video. That's about it. The C663 is, IMHO, a terrific little EZ-to-use, point and shoot (and then some) device. All in all, mucho bang for the buck, and god knows it sells for a great price. Hard to beat.
15 of 15 found the following review helpful:
I like Kodak for user friendliness Jun 27, 2006
By I. Katsman
"ikatsman"
I like Kodak's User Interface. This is a 2nd Kodak I bought (1st -- c340). The multi-point button was better on c340, as now it's sharp edges irritate your finger when used to browse pics too long. It's the only usability drawback I found.
Another good point -- Kodak has great support. I had problem with my c340 and it was serviced (warranty) and mailed back to me in 1 week. Much better than Sony(90 day warranty) or Pentax(2 months in service) experiences I had.
Camera's response is fast-- power-up time is under 2sec., easy to navigate and set-up. Use of AA- type of batteries is a plus and Ni-MH rechargables are cheap. Battery life is very good. I recommend usin 2700mAh Ni-MH. It seems to me that white-ballance is not performed when image is shown on the LCD, but when taken, image is balanced. Large LCD is surprisingly resilient to the sunlight situation. I guess die to Kodak's OLED technology.
Wish they had 7 MegaPix, but Schneider lense offsets that.
10 of 10 found the following review helpful:
Good enough for my purpose.. Jul 27, 2006
By Kathy
This is a great little camera. I took it on a week long vacation, snapped over 200 pictures and several movie clips and never once charged the batteries. I like the movie mode, it has a great sound - I find myself using it more and more. I've even recorded at an indoor concert and the sound is incredible. The only con of the movie mode is that you cannot zoom while it's recording. A little annoying, but - I've learned to zoom in before I hit the record button.
The display is big, however, one other con of this camera is that my pictures look a little fuzzy on the display. Once I download them in to the computer, they look very clear. I'm just now ordering my first batch of prints so I am anxious to see how they print out.
Overall - Kodak makes a great camera and I am very happy with this model.
9 of 9 found the following review helpful:
Impressive little camera Nov 10, 2006
By James L. Lyons
I quite like this multi-function camera. It is easy to use and takes excellent pics either close or distant.
12 of 13 found the following review helpful:
Great Jul 29, 2006
By Shaparak S. Mojtabai
"S. Moj"
My son just got the Kodak Easy share c663 yesterday and he loves it. The battery has a long amount of life and it focuses in on what you want to take a picture of. The only thing he does not like about the camera is the fact that when you review the pictures after taking one it is pretty fuzzy. But when you review them regularly, after 5 seconds the picture turns into excellent quality. Also when you look at them on the computer it is great to and to get the pictures on the computer is a breeze. Overall my son is pretty happy with the camera he bought.
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