I have the Canon SD550 and the Kodak. Both good cameras , the Kodak extra wide lens is a important feature to me. The Canon software is maybe a little bit better but they don't offer a Ultra wide lens. The Kodak is thiner and actually is easyer to carry. I got the SD550 for xmas and the LCD screen failed. Canon just fixed for free. The placement of the LCD screen on the Canon is such that it offers no protection. The Canon offers 7 Mega Pixs vs the Kodak at 5. Not sure that you really can see the difference.

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either that or an excited one :confused:

The wide angled lens is nice, but there are also tradeoffs to keep in mind. The tele lens is not continuous, and their docking station is one that bothers me. You want to view a slideshow, you need to put it in the dock etc... I think your SD550 is a much better camera overall. Just my 2¢

The V570 includes the snazzy Photo Frame 2 camera dock, which can be used for several things, including charging the battery, transferring photos to your computer, or viewing them on a television. In fact, unless you can hunt down a mysterious adapter shown in the manual, this is the only way you can transfer photos or view them on a TV

The camera can also display a slideshow on its LCD while it's on the dock.

it's not a continuous zoom like on most other cameras. When you zoom in, you start at 23 mm, then suddenly jump to 39 mm -- there's nothing in between

no viewfinder other than the lcd screen

The V570 is a 100% point-and-shoot camera, with no real manual control

The two areas in terms of performance where the V570 falls short are low light focusing (not great) and battery life (poor)

I think that the wide angle lens makes up for the lack of 7MP. Both are point and shoot though you might have a little more control with the Canon.

The dock is a plus and the fact that you can charge battery in the camera is better than the Canon.

When taking pictures before my daughters prom and a lot of people liked the wide angle lens. I never use the view finder, do you?

I think the Canon maybe a better camera but for a newbie user the Kodak is easier. The wide angle lens is what makes it different and out weighs the other issues. The thin shape is a real plus. Really you can’t go wrong with the Canon or the Kodak.


The items of weakness you mentioned I have not seen. Yes you do not have continuous zoom but that is due to the second wide angle zooming. If use the main lens, you have continuous zoom. The battery life has been fine.

At the moment I think Kodak has the edge due to the wide angle lens. Maybe Canon will come with a similar camera but for now it nice to see a US Company making a cutting edge product.

If I was going to buy a digital SLR it would probably be a Canon but I can’t really justify buying a SLR when these point and shoots do so well. Do any of the member have a digital SLR?

Nice photo's

It looks like the meet was fun, wish I could of made it.

Look like the wide lens of the V570 would of been helpful.

Is an optical viewfinder necessary?
 

CNET reviewer says when it is dark or too bright it is, but unless you are using manual setting you won't be able to the get the pictures in this case?
Any opinions?

I did love the bight 3" LCD screen of a pantax model. Yes no optical veiwfinder. I love the fact some camera records in DiVx format since it will record longer and maybe play my favorite DiVx movies.

I spend 1G on the first Sony Cybershot model five years ago which is now useless. I lookeed at many digical cameras at CircuitCity Monday, and I love the Pentax best.

Oh, I HATE the EasyShare software, it monopolizes file association and resources very slow and got large footprint, virtually I cannot do much when it is installed.

As someone mentioned earlier Pixel Capacities are way overrated. those 8 meg pixel pictures you cannot even see the whole picture in the top of the line monitors, unless you are printing life-size pictures what's the point?

There's some facy picture stablization hardware out there... Can someone tell me what really works?

I agree, my BIGGEST complaint of any kodak camera is their software. It is absolutely HORRIBLE, and a HUGE memory HOG. I'm pretty good on a computer, and when taking pics with my brothers Kodak, for the life of me I couldn't even figure out how to download and save my images.

Newbies are fine with the Canon so long as they stick to the full auto mode. When they are ready they can then move to manual mode etc...That Kodak just has too many tradeoffs to get that wide angle lens. In addition, the low light capabilities of the Kodak are HORRIBLE.

Easyshare, it down loads pictures easy however it did want to claim every jpeg had to go back in and change the file assoiation.

The review I attached seemed to like the software?

I have several Canon and Kodak cameras. I never use the camera to download pictures. Get a $12 USB memory card reader and skip the software headaches. Saves on camera battery life too.