Editorial Review:

Product Description:
If you want to look great while you're taking great-looking pictures, the V550's your camera. Because with features that make it as powerful as it is petite, you'll have pictures you're sure to want to show off.

Amazon.com Product Description:
The Kodak EasyShare V550 5MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom raises the bar for family-friendly digital photography. As powerful as it is petite, you'll not only turn heads while you're taking pictures or shooting video with this baby. You'll also gain the enthusiastic accolades of your friends and family when you start sharing the shots you've taken. Whether its a TV-quality video of your child's first step, or a 20-inch by 30-inch family photo you have printed for framing, the EasyShare V550 is designed to deliver.

The included Photo Frame 2 Dock enables stylish display of your photos and easy transfer to your computer.

And this camera proves that looks can truly be deceiving. At about the size of a man's wallet, with a stylish silver casing, the EasyShare V550 is loaded with features that were formerly reserved for cameras twice as large and much more expensive. Included among the many features are:

• 5.0-megapixel resolution for poster-size prints of amazing clarity
• 36-108 mm f2.8-4.8 lens (35mm film camera equivalent) with 3x optical zoom for close-up shots
• Up to 80 minutes of continuous MPEG-4 video with audio capture and playback at
• 2.5-inch high-resolution color display with 170-degree viewing angle
• Quicktime video format and one-button EasyShare system for quick, universal sharing of videos and photos
• Photo Frame Dock 2 for stylish display of your photos and easy transfer to your computer

With a resolution of up to 5.0 megapixels, you won't have to worry about grainy, pixelated images when it's time to print. Sporting a 3x Schneider-Kreuznach C-Variogon Optical Zoom lens, the EasyShare V550 is built to produce professional-quality prints with remarkable clarity, precision, and sharpness from edge to edge. You no longer have to sacrifice quality for the convenience that digital photography delivers. Kodak's proprietary Color Science Chip ensures that the colors and flesh tones that you capture are accurate, clear, and precise.

And when it's time to make a movie, the EasyShare V550 will be waiting to deliver outstanding video that you can simply plug straight into your TV for instant viewing. With up to 640 x 480 pixels of resolution, and a zoom-in feature and digital stabilization that will keep your frames from shaking, you'll have the confidence you capture to take those once-in-a-lifetime moments.

Kodak's high standards means that you won't have to worry about the standard features that the EasyShare V550 will deliver time and time again. Digital red-eye reduction, cropping, and blurry picture alert features and more will keep your subjects looking great shot after shot.

Kodak's EasyShare software, a simple way to edit, organize, print and view a slide show of your photos on your computer, is included. Also included is the Kodak EasyShare Photo Frame Dock 2, a unique way to display your photos and easily transfer your photos to your computer while recharging your battery at the same time.

In short, the Kodak EasyShare V550 gives you everything you need right out of the box to start capturing your own Kodak moments with professional-quality photos and videos.

What's in the Box
V550 digital camera, Photo Frame Dock 2, custom camera insert for camera and printer docks, KLIC-7001 Li-Ion digital camera battery, USB cable, audio/video cable, wrist strap, camera bag, software, and getting started kit.



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Accessories:

• Mulberry Cork Tan Scrapbook
• CASE LOGIC DC44 Digital Camera Bag
• Vialta VistaFrame Digital Picture Frame (Grey)

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Rating: - good for outdoor shots
This is a great little camera if you do a lot of outdoor photo shoots of still objects. I have 3 small children, and it doesn't work too well for my photo needs. I take lots of indoor pictures which most of the time turn out pretty dark unless I have it super bright in my house, but that isn't very often. I tried to take pictures at my son's kindergarten graduation in his classroom, but it was too dark to get even one shot. I had to get video of him to be able to see him at all. Not so great for kids in motion either, they are blurry.

Video option is great though. I guess I use this option most on my camera. I have had this one about a year, and I am going for a canon with IS (image stabalization) now. I will retire this camera to my husband.

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Rating: - Lens Brakes easily
this camera worked well, until the lens stopped working one day. now it just makes a grinding noise. from looking online, this is a common problem. the outside is metal, but the gears inside are just soft plastic.

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Rating: - Poor Design and Even Poorer Customer Service
LOVED this camera until it broke one year later. I mean it completely broke. It's dead. The battery power died during a photo shoot and killed the camera. Now it won't even turn on. See my post in the forum on this page for more info. The short of it all is, do NOT buy Kodak. My GF has a Canon Elph and it's far more amazing than anything Kodak makes. Plus if you ever have to deal with Kodak's customer service...well, let's hope you never have to.

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Rating: - Video and Digital
I love this camera sooo much. I have never taken as many pictures as I do now. I have had this camera for over a year now and still find it a pleasure to use. This camera is sleek, very user friendly and allows me to capture video and digital moments for long lasting memories. I love it!

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Rating: - Easy to use and easy to carry
This camera is awesome. I love the fact that now I can carry my camera with me everyday and not have to lug an extra carrying case. The pictures are sharp and clear and it it easy to use. I do suggest using the wrist strap as my husband had a hard time with the "smallness" of the camera. I did not find it hard to use or handle. The picture on the LCD is clear and easy to see in all lighting conditions.