Kodak EasyShare M580 14MP Digital Camera with 8x Wide Angle Optical Zoom and 3.0 Inch LCD (Purple)
- 14-megapixel resolution for stunning prints up to 30 x 40 inches
- 8x optical zoom; 28 mm wide-angle lens
- 3-inch LCD with KODAK Color Science Technology
- Kodak’s Smart Capture feature
- Capture images to SD/SDHC memory cards (not included)
The Kodak EasyShare M580 digital camera features a unique stylish slim body with a 14MP 8x wide optical zoom and a 3.0″ LCD. This smart camera has Smart Finder with Face Recognition, Smart Capture, and features the Smart Share destination tag to YouTube™ , Facebook, Flickr , Kodak Gallery, and email via the Share button for upload when you connect to your computer.
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List Price: $ 199.95
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Review by R. M. Roberts for Kodak EasyShare M580 14MP Digital Camera with 8x Wide Angle Optical Zoom and 3.0 Inch LCD (Purple)
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My wife and I have tried various cameras, but nearly all of them result in photos where her eyes are closed. It became a bit of a family joke, but it’s actually very frustrating. Several years ago her sister bought a Kodak camera and the photos were terrific, so we bought a Kodak V603 and loved it. No more closed eyes, wonderful colors, great Schneider lens, and it had a nifty little video camera included, was compact, etc. It just recently broke, so we were in the market for a new camera. Luckily, Kodak was just about to release this 580, also with a Schneider lens.
The camera arrived today, is still compact (though a little bigger than our V603), has a much larger viewing screen, and easy to use buttons. The first few photos resulted in her eyes partially closed, but once I selected the “Red-Eye Preflash” option everything was great. Photo after photo and eyes were wide open and beautiful! We’re very pleased.
The video looks great and should be just as easy to pull off the camera as in earlier versions. We don’t really need the 14 Megapixels (who really does?), but I guess one never knows when we might need to blow up a photo to billboard size. Also, the “blue” color is much cooler than expected — it’s really more like a steel blue. The strap took 10 seconds to put on and it took just a few minutes to navigate the directories, set the date & time, and to insert the battery and memory card (memory was purchased separately).
I suggest watching the price, because it will undoubtedly drop. Also, each time I checked the listing over the first week of sale the seller changed between Amazon and independent retailers. Something to keep in mind as you calculate shipping and return policies.
Review by Sean Clyne for Kodak EasyShare M580 14MP Digital Camera with 8x Wide Angle Optical Zoom and 3.0 Inch LCD (Purple)
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I have been spending months looking for a camera with a quality lens that was still pocket size. Most of my prior cameras had Schneider lens and I have been a long time supporter of the Kodak company so the two cameras I finally had to decide between were the z950 and the M580.
I liked the large aperture of these cameras since most people take photos indoors and I couldn’t believe you would get the same photo quality on a lens the size of an erasure head. The z950 has a slightly larger lens but it also has a large housing for the camera. it is .4 inches larger in each measurement. In reviews this was a deal-breaker for many other users. I liked the idea of a larger camera but ultimately chose M580.
The time between power up and first shot is quicker. And although I cannot give specifics the burst photography is much more reliable on the M580. The z950 is quicker between photo one and two, but I have found that when you are needing to take a series of photos quickly (i.e. kids are doing something quickly) the photo taken split seconds after the first one contain the same problems as the original picture. The processing screen still shows up after the second photo but it only is there for half of a second before you get the opportunity to click again. The z950 has a 3 second delay. In today’s fast paced world that is an eternity.
The last reason I chose the M580 was the button layout. I prefer the zoom buttons on the back of the unit. The dial used in the z950 work better when you have your eye pressed against a view finder. The buttons are more distinct on top of the z950. That being said I have yet to press the wrong button by mistake on the m580.
Review by Howdydooit for Kodak EasyShare M580 14MP Digital Camera with 8x Wide Angle Optical Zoom and 3.0 Inch LCD (Purple)
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I have used a myriad of pocket cameras in the past, including other Kodaks. Sometimes it seems as if Kodak will hit a home run and then take two steps back, but it seems as if they’ve broken through with consistent improvements (V550, V1253, M341, etc.). If it’s one thing Kodak has understood well since they invented digital photography, it’s make a camera easy to use, and produce pleasing photos.
Generally, on the point and shoot side, Kodak’s attributes have been ease of use, beautiful display, great video (especially since they started doing HD a few models back), and beautiful, vivid pictures. They also make it pretty easy to update the camera’s firmware when they correct a bug or improve a feature. Typically, Kodak pocket cameras have been weak in low light, sharpness has tended to suffer greatly under borderline lighting conditions, and speed to set up can be slow.
Recently they’ve really improved things with features like face recognition, the camera’s ability to analyze scenes and ‘figure out” your composition, and other attributes that make life easy for point and shooters, but unless the light was with you, you had to work at it more than you should.
It’s been in a lot of Kodak’s traditionally weak areas where I found this camera to have so many improvements. It’s substantially faster than earlier models. There’s no time to play a little “boot up jingle” because when you hit the power button, this camera is ready for action before you are.
Taking pictures in questionable light, with or without flash, is noticeably much better than in my past experience. Before I would have to fiddle with a “scene mode” and/or the flash, and/or the aperture setting to get something I could reasonably use when conditions were nominal. That’s great when you have the time to fiddle with it, but not so hot when you’re at a poorly lit reception or some other indoor event and you have to act fast.
What originally attracted me to the camera was the 8x zoom and previous success with features like smart capture (intelligent scene detection and analysis), and panorama mode. I know my wife will love face recognition – the ability to quickly find pictures of the kids among the hundreds of photos she accumulates on a memory card. Of course the ease of use is big…
I just got back from a “cruisin’ weekend” at the beach with some buddies – thousands of classic cars. Nivana. My buddy had his Canon pocket camera and was reading the manual so he could figure out how to delete pictures. I looked at it and couldn’t see the markings on some of the controls, much less figure out how to delete something. Kodaks always have had dedicated delete and review buttons. Also a menu button and joystick with 4 other controls for quick access to common features, a flash toggle button, scene mode button, etc.
You really waste no time getting up and ready to shoot. The main thing is we’re instantly taking pictures and shooting HD video of hot rods that suddenly appear on the boulevard without staring at the back of the camera. Something I would take for granted – quickly deleting things we don’t want were a luxury for him. That model he had might have been easy, but my attitude is, if you can’t figure it out on the fly, then it’s more complicated than it needs to be. If anything, that’s a Kodak attribute, but I think some people overlook the deeper features because they assume the camera must not be very sophisticated because it’s so easy to use.
The bonus this time was the near instantaneous readiness, clearer night shots, better color in low light, and less fiddling to try to make a useful shot in questionable conditions. It’s obvious to me Kodak took a lot of the criticisms to heart, kept the good things, added a quality 8x optical zoom, and made the other things better.
Review by Jennifer Forbes for Kodak EasyShare M580 14MP Digital Camera with 8x Wide Angle Optical Zoom and 3.0 Inch LCD (Purple)
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I was hesitant to buy this camera since there seemed to be very few reviews, and of those there were, half were great and the other half were terrible. Well, I am glad that I bought this camera. I am familiar with Kodak cameras, as my last camera was a Kodak Easyshare V1253. This camera is great! The flash is incredibly strong, and pictures taken come out brilliantly lit, and the colors are amazing. I took a simple picture of my kitchen, and I was amazed at how beautiful the picture looked! I didn’t even realize my kitchen looked like that! Really though, I haven’t found any problems with this camera yet. The video it takes is nice quality, but the camera’s sound itself is quite quiet. That’s to say that, when reviewing videos taken, it’s hard to hear what I videotaped. BUT, I’m sure the sound will be fine once the video will be played on a computer or such. I don’t have anything bad to say about this camera. I love the 8x zoom, the wide angle lens… everything. If you are not sure whether to buy this camera, I would say to definitely at least give it a try. I find going to Best Buy and playing with the cameras VERY helpful. You can hold the camera you might end up buying in your own hands, and play with the settings, and see how the general photo quality is. In conclusion, this camera is great!!
Review by Jesaro for Kodak EasyShare M580 14MP Digital Camera with 8x Wide Angle Optical Zoom and 3.0 Inch LCD (Purple)
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I pre-ordered this camera and was excited when I received it a couple days after its release. It was out of the box two hours before I started having problems. When I would use the date stamp feature for my photos, the camera would freeze about every 5th picture and I would have to pull the battery as all the other buttons – including the on/off button – would no longer work.
Hoping I could see past this I continued to use it. However, it would sometimes freeze after taking a picture and, like the problem with the date stamping, I would have to pull the battery. This would also result in the loss of the picture I just took.
What finally did it for me was that even with the image stabilization lens, the pictures came out terribly blurry. This is my sixth Kodak camera and the pictures taken on my 3.1 MP Kodak from 2004 were far better. I know how to work Kodak cameras and on every setting I tried, the pictures came out blurry. The Smart Capture feature seems to make the pictures overexposed. The same picture taken on Smart Capture on my Z950 came out considerably crisper with more true-to-life colors.
Due to the freezing and the blurry images, this will be the second Kodak I’ve ever returned. It’s too bad. I really wanted to like this camera.