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Good Intentions But Doesn't Deliver
- Reviewd on:
2008-09-03
By: Firefly
I bought this camera as a replacement to our Canon that we recently lost. Before the Canon, I had always been a fan of Kodak's, so I decided to go back to Kodak when I needed another camera. I used this camera for a vacation, and although it takes great pictures, it has some BIG ISSUES.
The camera seems to freeze every once in a while and won't turn off and the lens won't retract. I have to take the battery out to fix it. Not great if you need the camera in a hurry. The biggest blunder though is that if you use the "Smart Capture" (which produces great pictures, I'll admit) the battery will last for about three seconds. Not good if you want to use the camera for a day trip. Kodak needs to rememdy these problems before I'll buy another camera like this. Such a disappointment!
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Serious Design Flaw in Firmware - Warning
- Reviewd on:
2008-08-12
By: Dizzie
Let me preface this by saying that I have really enjoyed using my m1033 over the past months. The image quality is ok, the size is compact, and it's great having HD video capability in my pocket.
That being said, there is a serious flaw in the firmware that puts you at risk of losing picture and movie files stored on your SD card, particularly if you are a Mac user.
It should be noted that there are also some minor operational issues that myself and others have experienced, most commonly that of the camera locking up on occasion. This has happened to me perhaps 5-7 times over the past few months and is easily remidied by removing and replacing the battery. Another flaw is that now and then, a completed movie is unplayable on the camera, yet is playable on the Kodak HDTV dock or computer software such as VLC.
The BIG DANGER, though, is in utilizing a card reader (as many of us do) in order to transfer your pictures to your computer. On a Mac, the "Finder" (file browser) inserts many hidden files on your SD card, which you can see if you look at the card on a Windows computer or in the Terminal on Mac. These files evidently give the camera MAJOR problems when you insert it back in the camera. However, the problems do not seem to manifest themselves until you shoot a movie. I've had the camera corrupt every single picture and movie on the card through this design flaw. Another time, I got lucky and only about 70% of the files were corrupted.
This is a SERIOUS problem that Kodak needs to correct in a firmware update. My Kodak Z740 never had this problem.
As a workaround in the meantime, I highly reccommend using a free little utility called CleanUp smb mess, available at http://www.faqintosh.com/risorse/en/sys/cleansmb/ . It removes all of the hidden files put on the card by your mac. I keep it in my dock and use it all the time! Once you drag your disk over it's icon and eject it, you won't have any problems with corrupt files. But, should you forget to do so as I have a few times, kiss those precious "Kodak moments" goodbye!!!
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A Surprizing Find
- Reviewd on:
2008-07-30
By: Bernie J. Lofaso
Having owned digital cameras for nearly 10 years now, I'm no stranger to them. I currently own a somewhat old Sony 5mp "prosumer" camera (which still takes very nice photos) and an 8mp Canon DSLR. Since the latter weighs nearly 4 lb. with my favorite lens on it and the former is not exactly compact either, I went shopping for a reasonably good quality and not too expensive pocket camera. After reading some reviews I was interested in a Fujifilm J10, which while inexpensive seemed pretty decent and got good marks for image quality. I treked down to a local Best Buy to check it out. While the J10 does look like a very nice camera for the money, I was not quite enthused about what I perceived as a sluggish response, and the camera buttons seemed a bit clunky. I decided while I was there to look around at other brands and models while I was there. That was when the Kodak M1033 caught my eye. I thought it was a very attractive looking camera. Part of this was due to the fact that it had little in it's finish that would attract finger prints ... something that drives me crazy. Upon picking up the camera I then noticed it was a Kodak and was a little surprized. To be honest, I've not perceived Kodak cameras as being of particular quality or performance. Upon playing with the controls I was immediately impressed with the build quality and the feel of the buttons. Discovering the joystick control ... I was off to the races. Most of the camera operation was fairly intuitive and I found the joystick a much more convinient selection method than the multi-way controls used in most pocket cameras. I was also impressed by the quick responses of the camera ... start-up time, shutter lag, magnification and image scrolling on playback were all quite good, particularly by pocket camera standards. I decided to wait and research the camera some more and then once I found out about the HD video modes with MPEG-4 compression, I decided to give it a try. After several days of using the camera, I'll say that overall I'm fairly impressed with it. The image quality doesn't compare with my DSLR but even though shots in low light are frequently a bit noisy and blurred (again, by DSLR standards), they look pretty good compared to other pocket cameras I've seen reviewed. With 10mp you can afford some blurriness which you'll never see unless you enlarge quite a bit. While full manual modes are not present on this camera, it does give some manual control and has several features that surprized me on this type of camera (spot metering and histogram to name two). On one hand the high ISO settings can make for pretty blotchy and/or noisy images, but again, I've seen far worse in camera reviews of shirt pocket cameras and I must say I'm surprized that these images seem usable even at such high settings. I'm just a bit embarrassed to admit that I've grown accustomed to shooting most of my shots in fully-automatic "dummy" mode. I can't complain about the results and should I need a little more control, to some extent I have it. All in all I'd have to give this little bugger a big thumbs up.
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Kodak M1033 bad quality
- Reviewd on:
2008-07-18
By: Dhanpal Subramanian
I recently bought Kodak M1033 after reading reviews. It looks wonderfull and it was all fine for a couple of weeks. Then trouble started. It doesn't turn-off, lense dont move, lcd screen freezes. Chattering noise from camera. I called Kodak support and they asked me to send the camera on my expense, hope they cover repair. I think when we buy online, we should plan for better waranty. This was my first kodak camera brand and the worst one !!! I could not use it for my vacation. My bad selection.
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Great Pictures & Quality
- Reviewd on:
2008-07-13
By: Y. M. Daftardar
In fact, I have a small story to tell before I review this camera (Kodak M1033).
I used to have Kodak EasyShare DX7590. That camera was producing beautiful and great quality pictures. I still have this camera but I wanted to buy a small camera that will fit my pocket. So I bought Sony W-170 CyberShot, but I sold it after one week because I didn't like the pictures at all. The pictures were not clear and the general quality is too low.
In that moment, I returned to the shopping mall and reviewed all the small cameras they have and after a careful consideration, I decided to buy Kodak EasyShare M1033.
Kodak EasyShare M1033 gave me the quality I want with reasonable price. I noticed that all Kodak products are delivering the same great quality and sharp pictures.
Kodak M1033 has different modes that you can select depending on the situation. I used the beach mode when I went with my family and the pictures were so great and the color the blue water was so nice in the pictures. Even my family couldn't believe that this camera was able to capture such pictures with that great quality.
The overall experience with this camera is GREAT and I strongly recommend it for anyone wants a small camera with high quality and resolution pictures. This camera is easy to use with its programmed modes that provide various types of pictures in different situations.
Regards,
Yousef
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