Kodak EasyShare C743
Manufacturer: Eastman Kodak Co. Part number: 1856558
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- Bottom Line:
- With so many better choices for budget cameras available, pass on the bulky, noisy Kodak EasyShare C743.
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CNET editors' review
Kodak EasyShare C743 price range: $149.99 - $199.50
- Reviewed by: Will Greenwald
- Reviewed on: 12/19/2006
- Released on: 12/10/2006
The good: Has an optical viewfinder; handy in-camera editing.
The bad: Chunky build; very noisy images; few manual controls.
The bottom line: With so many better choices for budget cameras available, pass on the bulky, noisy Kodak EasyShare C743.
Budget cameras are a dime a dozen these days, and without high-quality photos or unique capabilities, it's easy for these sub-$200 shooters to fall between the cracks. Of course, without a major flaw it's hard for a sub-$200 camera to really screw up, either. The Kodak EasyShare C743 is one such mediocre camera. It doesn't offer any notable benefits, but its flaws, while irritating, aren't enough to render it completely useless.
The C743's 6.8-ounce, blocky body feels bulky and cheap. The light and flimsy plastic shell doesn't feel very sturdy, and its thick profile makes it a bit too chunky to fit into a pocket. Fortunately, the control layout is standard and relatively comfortable, with well-spaced and accessible buttons.
Like most budget cameras, the C743's feature set delivers just the basics. With a standard 3x zoom lens (37mm to 111mm-equivalent), a 30fps VGA movie mode, and a handful of image presets, the C743 bears all the standard features of a low-end point-and-shoot camera. Photography controls are predictably scarce, with only a few white balance and ISO selections and no advanced exposure settings. Fortunately, a handy in-camera editing program lets users crop and tweak their images after they're shot. Finally, an optical viewfinder proves to be a welcome surprise on the budget shooter, offering an alternative to the camera's slightly smaller than usual 2.4-inch LCD.
The C743 proved to be a bit sluggish in our tests, but was still responsive enough to still be useful. After a 3-second wake-up time, the camera snapped off a shot every 2.1 seconds. With the flash enabled, that time increased to 3 seconds between every shot. The shutter response was also decent, lagging only 0.7 seconds in bright light and 1.2 seconds in low light. Burst mode was quick but short, firing off three shots in just 1.3 seconds for a rate of 2.3 frames per second.
Noise is the C743's greatest problem. While the camera can only reach ISO 400, the shots look as if the camera were set at ISO 1600. At the highest sensitivity setting, our images looked incredibly fuzzy, and fine details appeared smudged and blurry. Besides the heavy grain, our test photos also showed a lot of chromatic aberration, the purplish fringe that can appear on the edges of contrasting objects. Distortion is the C743's other major flaw; images are even and accurate in telephoto mode, but zooming out to a wider angle causes images to balloon and contort sharply.
Though the Kodak EasyShare C743's price is low, its flimsy build and incredibly noisy images disappoint even in the bargain bin. If you really want an inexpensive point-and-shoot camera, skip the C743 and look at the Olympus FE-190 or the Canon PowerShot A540. The Olympus feature a slim, stylish body and simple shooting, while the Canon offers a generous handful of manual controls to tweak your images. For the same price, the Kodak EasyShare C743 offers neither.
User reviews
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Good Entry Level Camera
by Tech_2K on January 10, 2007
Pros: Decent construction, features and pictures are good to excellent for the price.
Cons: plastic housing and battery life as with all lower end digital cameras.
Summary: This is a decent camera for what you pay. Don't let the other low score reviews fool you. I have taken excellent pictures with this camera using low lighting ...
Summary: This is a decent camera for what you pay. Don't let the other low score reviews fool you. I have taken excellent pictures with this camera using low lighting or with the flash, and outdoors the pictures come out perfect. I also own a Canon A530 (5 megapixels) and the pictures produced by both cameras are comparable in image quality. The plastic housing is actually pretty sturdy and has a good feel to it when you hold the camera. This camera is easy to operate and pretty much dummy proof. I will give it a 9 out of 10 star rating. Sure you can find better cameras and pay more or you can find cameras for about the same quality / price range, but a lot of those manufactures will not back up their products when they fail or need to be replaced.
5 out of 5 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Poor low light performance in spite of flash
by npodila on November 13, 2006
Pros: compact size, fast image storage after click, powered by alkaline batteries
Cons: poor low light performance; no image stabilization
Summary: I tried taking pictures in low light conditions with every variation of scene mode and aperture. Each and every time the picture blur indicator came on and the picture looked ...
Summary: I tried taking pictures in low light conditions with every variation of scene mode and aperture. Each and every time the picture blur indicator came on and the picture looked blurry. My point-and-shoot regular film camera took fine pictures in identical light conditions.
I am planning on returning this camera and getting one with image stabilization - that might work better2 out of 3 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Great if you like awful pictures
by rfox316 on December 26, 2006
Pros: Nice looking camera, easy to hold, cheap price
Cons: Awful Pictures in all kinds of lights, for every 1 good picture, you get 5 bad
Summary: I had this camera for all of one day before I took it back and upgraded to a canon. DO NOT purchase this camera even if you are on a ...
Summary: I had this camera for all of one day before I took it back and upgraded to a canon. DO NOT purchase this camera even if you are on a budget.
1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Great Price but poor Indoor Picture Quality
by jmgibso on December 23, 2006
Pros: Great Price.....but at a cost
Cons: Photos indoors are poor
Summary: After researching this camera on various websites, I read a few reviews indicating that this camera performs poorly indoors and/or in poor lighting situations. I ignored this comments, thinking ...
Summary: After researching this camera on various websites, I read a few reviews indicating that this camera performs poorly indoors and/or in poor lighting situations. I ignored this comments, thinking that the probably came from camera gurus that were trying to obtain a professional quality photo from a $139 digital camera. I was wrong. After shooting several pictures, I immediately realized that the previously read comments were accurate. I returned this camera today.
1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.
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?Great little Camera for such a low Price?
by flash4512 on December 21, 2006
Pros: LOW Price, Ease of Use, Picture Quality, Compact Size!
Cons: no image stabilization.
Summary: I got this camera with the dock station for only $159.88 @ Wally World. As for many of my customers the ease of use is important to them. So lets ...
Summary: I got this camera with the dock station for only $159.88 @ Wally World. As for many of my customers the ease of use is important to them. So lets see you install the Ni-MH battery pack and hook two plugs to your computer and install CD software and 1 GB SD card in camera and you?re done. Now your camera is always charged and ready to go. After taking photos put camera back in docking station and push one button and presto your photos are on your computer. Then you can edit or E-mail or burn to photo CD or just take your SD card from your camera to Wally World and print them for 15 cents a print.
I Previously had a 3.2MP Kodak with docking station before this one and lets just say with this 7.1MP one when I took a photo of the Christmas tree at night with flash it looked like I took it out side on a sunny day just perfect. So I had to turn off flash to get photo of the lights. I had no problem with blurred photos maybe some persons were drinking while using. The Cnet editor while normally very good sure missed the boat on this one. And while smaller is normally a good thing I don?t have little girl hands and I don?t want something I have to push the buttons with a pencil and I think it is plenty small enough already.
And while it may not be the greatest for the photo Experts for the rest of us it?s really the last camera you?ll ever need and do yourself a favor get the C733 so you will have the docking station. This will save you batteries and hassles of transferring your photos to your computer. And it?s still half the size of my 35mm film camera. So for the price it?s really the best camera on the market and Kodak stands behind their product. And if you take videos just buy the Hitachi DVD camcorder it?s also cheap so the Cnet editor won?t like it either. This one does all the junk the others do and then some and soon as your done just stick the DVD in your DVD player it?s a great deal also.Updated
The one you need is the Kodak EasyShare C703! Not C733 as I said before sorry about that. But it's not to late I think they are still on sale at Walmart.com for $159.881 out of 2 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Kodaks are best
by tomahgrl on March 6, 2008
Pros: not a bunch of useless features
Cons: what cons????
Summary: couldn't be happier. this is an awesome camera. takes great crisp pictures unnecessary buttons.
Summary: couldn't be happier. this is an awesome camera. takes great crisp pictures unnecessary buttons.
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Don't waste your time on this camera
by Currychanna on December 9, 2007
Pros: Can't think of any
Cons: Fails after shooting a few pics
Summary: We bought this camera for my 18 year old, and from day one we noticed that it would die after taking a few pics. We thought it was the batteries, ...
Summary: We bought this camera for my 18 year old, and from day one we noticed that it would die after taking a few pics. We thought it was the batteries, so we'd get new ones. Finally we changed the brand of batteries, and followed manufacturer's instructions on what to use. Same old thing, the camera was a total waste of time.
If we did not have a family emergency (cancer) to deal with, we would have taken it back to the store!
I would never encourage anyone to buy the Easy Share. It's the most awful camera we ever owned.
Complained to Kodak and am awaiting word from them. The warranty is up (bought it last year this time), and I won't pay to fix it! -
not worth it
by hearts21 on July 23, 2007
Pros: are there any?
Cons: after having this camera for only a few months the lens/zoom has broken 3 times, picture quality is poor/blurry and the screen cracked without anything even touching it
Summary: basically, dont buy this camera unless you plan on putting a lot of time and effort into fixing it.
Summary: basically, dont buy this camera unless you plan on putting a lot of time and effort into fixing it.
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budget camera, nothing special
by sk1212 on July 1, 2007
Pros: it takes outdoor pictures very nicely, easy to use controls, simple camera for people who want the basics
Cons: indoor pictures way below what i expected from kodak, especially in the dark, red eye removal is not very good
Summary: although it has the basics you could get cameras with much better all around quality for the around same price range, although no major problems with the c743, I reccommend ...
Summary: although it has the basics you could get cameras with much better all around quality for the around same price range, although no major problems with the c743, I reccommend you check out the cannons or the sonys, although they are a little more exspensive, it is worth it to get better photos.
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Very good for the price
by JMcL989 on June 4, 2007
Pros: nice price, good pictures
Cons: bulky and not "asstecicly pleasing" <--nice spelling huh
Summary: the kodak ES C743 takes pretty good pics. i like mine
Summary: the kodak ES C743 takes pretty good pics. i like mine
Specifications
- Manufacturer: Eastman Kodak Co.
- Part number: 1856558
- Description: Through the years, Kodak has led the way with an abundance of new products and processes that have made photography simpler, more useful and more enjoyable. Today, the company's work increasingly involves digital technology, combining the power and convenience of electronics with the quality of traditional photography to produce systems that bring levels of utility and fun to the taking, "making" and utilization of images. PRODUCT FEATURES: 7.1 MP camera for prints up to 20 × 30 in. (50 × 76 cm); 3X optical zoom lens; 2.4 in. (6.1 cm) indoor/outdoor color display; VGA video (640 × 480 at 30 fps); Picture enhancing features; On-camera Share button; Internal memory plus.
General
- Product Type Digital camera - Compact
- Width 3.6 in
- Depth 1.3 in
- Height 2.6 in
- Weight 5.1 oz
Main Features
- Resolution 7.1 megapixels
- Color Support Color
- Optical Sensor Type CCD
- Total Pixels 7,400,000 pixels
- Effective Sensor Resolution 7,100,000 pixels
- Optical Sensor Size 1/2.5 in
- Light Sensitivity ISO 80, ISO 100, ISO 200, ISO 400, ISO 800, ISO auto
- Digital Zoom 5 x
- Shooting Modes Frame movie mode
- Shooting Programs Snow, Beach, Children, Close-up, Fireworks, Landscape, Back light, Sports mode, Party/indoor, Portrait mode, Self-portrait, Night portrait
- Special Effects Sepia, Black & White
- Max Shutter Speed 1/1400 sec
- Min Shutter Speed 4 sec
- Exposure Metering Center-weighted
- Exposure Modes Bulb, Program, Automatic
- Exposure Compensation ±2 EV range, in 1/2 EV steps
- White Balance Presets, Automatic
- White Balance Presets Daylight, Fluorescent, Tungsten light
- Digital Video Format QuickTime (MPEG-4)
- Still Image Format JPEG
- TV Tuner None
- Video Capture QuickTime - 640 x 480 - 80 sec - With 32MB card, QuickTime - 320 x 240 - 276 sec - With 32MB card
Memory / Storage
- Flash Memory 32 MB Flash - Integrated
- Supported Flash Memory MultiMediaCard, SD Memory Card
- Integrated Memory 32 MB
- Floppy Drive None
- Image Storage JPEG 3072 x 2304 : 24 - With 32MB card, JPEG 3072 x 2048 : 26 - With 32MB card, JPEG 2304 x 1728 : 44 - With 32MB card, JPEG 1600 x 1200 : 80 - With 32MB card, JPEG 1024 x 768 : 170 - With 32MB card
Camera Flash
- Camera Flash Built-in flash
- Guide Number (m / ISO 100) 8.5
- Flash Modes Auto mode, Fill-in mode, Flash OFF mode, Red-eye reduction
- Red Eye Reduction Yes
- Effective Flash Range 2 ft - 12 ft
Lens System
- Type Zoom lens - F/2.7-4.9
- Focal Length Equivalent to 35mm Camera 37 - 111 mm
- Focus Adjustment Automatic
- Auto Focus TTL contrast detection
- Auto Focus Points (Zones) 3
- Min Focus Range 23.6 in
- Macro Focus Range 13-70cm
- Lens Aperture F/2.7-4.9
- Optical Zoom 3 x
- Zoom Adjustment Motorized drive
- Features Aspherical lens, Built-in lens shield
Additional Features
- Self Timer Yes
- Self Timer Delay 2 sec, 10 sec
- Additional Features DPOF support, Direct print, Audio recording, Auto power save, Date/time stamp, Cropping an image, PictBridge support, USB 2.0 compatibility, Digital image rotation
Viewfinder
- Viewfinder Type Optical - Real-image zoom
- Viewfinder Color Support Color
Display
- Type LCD display - TFT active matrix - 2.4 in - Color
- Display Form Factor Built-in
- Display Format 112,000 pixels
Digital Player (Recorder)
- Type None
Microphone
- Type Microphone - Built-in
Connections
- Connector Type 1 x USB, 1 x Composite video/audio output, 1 x Docking station
- Expansion Slot(s) 1 x SD Memory Card
Software
- Software Kodak EasyShare, Drivers & Utilities
System Requirements for PC Connection
- Operating System Support MS Windows XP, Apple Mac OS X 10.3 or later, MS Windows 2000 SP4 or later
- Peripheral Devices USB port, CD-ROM drive, SVGA monitor
- System Requirements Details Windows 2000/XP - 128 MB - 200 MB
Miscellaneous
- Carrying Case None
- Included Accessories Wrist strap, Docking station insert
- Cables Included 1 x USB cable
Power
- Power Device None
Battery
- Supported Battery AA, CR-V3
- Supported Battery 1 x CR-V3 Lithium battery, 2 x AA Alkaline battery, 2 x AA NiMH rechargeable battery, 2 x AA Lithium battery
Manufacturer Warranty
- Service & Support 1 year warranty
- Service & Support Details Limited warranty - 1 year
Environmental Parameters
- Min Operating Temperature 32 °F
- Max Operating Temperature 104 °F
Accessories
- 512 MB Secure Digital Card
- Kodak EasyShare Starter Kit digital camera accessory kit
- 512 MB Secure Digital Card
- Stylus Photo R800 Printer
- EasyShare Printer Dock Plus
- Epson Stylus Photo R1800
- Kingston Elite Pro Secure Digital card 1GB
- Five Year Total Digital Camera Warranty 'Protect Your Investment'
- Kodak Battery Charger Kit - battery charger - NiMH x 2
- Kodak EasyShare Travel Kit digital camera accessory kit
- 512 MB Secure Digital Card
- Kodak EasyShare Starter Kit digital camera accessory kit
- 512 MB Secure Digital Card
- Stylus Photo R800 Printer
- EasyShare Printer Dock Plus
- Epson Stylus Photo R1800
- Kingston Elite Pro Secure Digital card 1GB
- Five Year Total Digital Camera Warranty 'Protect Your Investment'
- Kodak Battery Charger Kit - battery charger - NiMH x 2
- Kodak EasyShare Travel Kit digital camera accessory kit
Manufacturer info
- Eastman Kodak Co.
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- Website: http://www.kodak.com/
- Address:
343 State St.
Rochester, NY 14650 - Phone: 800/521-0788
