The Kodak EasyShare V1003 is Kodak’s latest offering in their lineup of consumer digital cameras, but how does it perform? Find out after the jump in our review.

The V1003 comes in numerous different colors including: black, blue, brown, purple, gold, pink, and white. It offers 10 megapixels and has a 3X optical zoom, and Kodak’s Perfect Touch technology.

It’s also very easy to operate, as long as you can fit your fingers on to the small, teensy-weensy buttons, or on the small joystick for navigating between photos and modes.

How does it perform, you say? It doesn’t perform too badly, but long shutter lag makes it nearly useless. By the time you take the photo, the person is out of the shot or has moved. Another problem was that the shots were particularly noisy and grainy, and although the pictures were vibrant and rich in color – we advise you to stay away from this camera at all costs.

Kodak seems to think it’s more important to be stylish than to have good performance, especially since there are better performing cameras in this price range at $229 USD.

Pros

• Different colors to choose from.
• Operation is simple and clearly labeled.

Cons

• Long shutter lag.
• Extremely small controls.
• Grainy images.

Final Verdict
2 out of 5 stars.

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