The Kodak V705 is discontinued?

As popular as the Kodak V705 has been, at least on this site, I'm suprised that it has been discontinued. So which camera do you now recommend for real estate?

I have seen really great performance out of Panasonic. The DMC-FX55 has a 3" LCD and the FX33 has a smaller LCD and a smaller price. The Lumix cameras use the Leica lenses.

FX55

The FX18 has a zoom lens which goes from 28mm to 504mm.

fz18

Richo's GX100 has a 24mm-72mm zoom lens.

Richo GX100

Canon's SD870 IS also has a 3" LCD and you can't go wrong with Canon.

Canon SD870 IS

I currently use a Nikon Coolpix 5400, the Nikon's current Coolpix P50 should be a good choice.

P50

At the higher end is the 12MP Panasonic Lumix FX100, the Leica D-LUX3 and the greatly anticipated Sigma DP1.

All of these cameras have at least a 28mm lens, which is usually as wide as you can go with a point and shoot. Most of these cameras have image stabilization which is a great new feature. The images were "borrowed" from dpreview.

Please provide your recommendation? But don't limit your recommendations to these cameras.

Posted by Lee Jinks on 12/15/2007 11:36 AM

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DEC

2007

Lee, lots of great information! I use a cannon power shot for my business. Great battery life and ease of use second to none. You can pop out the SD card and plug it into my laptop to download pictures quickly. Shop the big box retailers online for some great deals.

I came across this camera aimed at agents from Realpix which has a 22mm lens. There wasn't a "real" photographer out there that thought much of it, but it sounded like something that a typical agent could use. The problem is that I can't find one for sale and the company website won't come up. Does anyone know anthing about Realpix?

I also came across a pretty good article from REALTOR.org you might like to read.

DEC

2007

I heard through the grapevine ( a distributor at a real estate show), not sure how accurate the rumor is, but that Kodak realized that the v705 was too inexpensive for all the bells and whistles it had, so it pulled them all and is going to revamp the camera with less bells and whistles and a higher price.

Very unfortunate as this was the only digital camera with a wide angle lens that was remotely affordable. I am glad I have mine and I feel bad for the people who couldn't get one before Kodak pulled it.

If that's so I have purchased my last Kodak product. This is the way they thank people for using their camera and recommending it to everyone they know?

DEC

2007

You may be right about the reason Kodak pulled the V705, but it doesn't sound logical to me. Stitching scenes in the camera and the 23mm lens is great, but there are available cameras that do everything else for around $160. Cameras with better quality start at $250. In my opinion, the V705 was not under priced. I am suprised though that they pulled the camera. I would assume that sales would have been good with all the real estate agents buying them.

In my opinion, the only real thing this camera had that appealed to me was the fact that it has a wide angle lens and the photo stitching option - at a price I could afford. That and the super compact design is great for tucking it in my pocket....

The video is nice as well but I don't use that very much. For more formal pictures where good, sharp quality counts, I much prefer my Olympus Camedia. If the Olympus had come with a wide angle lens, I never would have given this camera a second glance. The appeal of the v705 for me really is strictly the wide angle lens and the panorama option. I wish my Olympus had the wide angle!

It doesn't sound logical for Kodak to have done this so maybe the guy who said it made it up. LOL. It made for good gossip though! LOL

DEC

2007

I use the DMC FZ 18 and it is a really nice camera that takes great pictures. It is fast and if you are taking those flash pictures of the young ones it recycles in like two seconds. The zoom is the what I like the best but the 28 mm is good for inside shots.

DEC

2007

I'm currently using a Canon SD450 Digital ELPH. I bought it last year from Target on sale for around $200. I am considering the Canon Powershot SX100 IS which costs nearly $300. Any suggestions on another digital camera for $300? Or should I focus on taking better pictures with the camera I already have?

You can always improve on your photography with the camera you have, but for interior shots, a wide angle lense is very important. Neither the SD450 nor the SX100 have wide angle lenses. With Canon P&S, I would go with the SD800 IS or SD870 IS.

JAN

2008

I looked at the Nikon P50 a little closer yesterday and I think it would be a great real estate camera. Image stabilization, low light abilities, 2000 ISO (which means the 800 ISO might be usable), panoramic scene mode, used AA batteries, and it's under $200.

JAN

2008

But does it have an ultra wide angle lens, at least 28mm?

But of course. The only current camera I know that has a lens wider than 28mm is the Richo GX100 with a 24mm lens, but the cost is over $500. The Nikon P50 has a 28mm lens and costs less than $200. Plus the P50 has a panoramic scene mode perfect for stitching together shots for even wider than any one lens can get.

You can get wide angle converters for some of these cameras, but I don't recommend it. If you want to go that wide, go with a DSLR and the correct lens for the job. For example a 10-22mm on a Canon XT or Nikon D40.

JAN

2008

Lee, I will check further into these. I was so bummed out when i heard the news. I was getting one for myself as a christmas present...

Ginger

AUG

2008

Panasonics are the best point and shoot cameras. The DMC FZ 18 or even the DMZ F27 will do more than get the job done. The F27 only has 6 megapixels but 12x digital zoom and you can adjust that digital zoom within the settings to 48x. The current panasonics offer 15x digital zoom (plus another 48x) and 12 megapixels all for around $360. If you want to upgrade to an SLR, consider the Nikon D3 heavily used by Wedding photographers who rely on perfect shots without editing much like realtors do (especially if reuters photo manipulation rules go into effect). Hope that helps, good luck with your search.

In Panasonics, I like the LX3 or FX37. I'm not aware of the F27.

Are you kidding me with the D3? I'm having REALTORS cringe at the $500 price tag of an LX3. What would they do with a $4,000 body and $2,000 per lens before purchasing accessories? There is no doubt that the D3 is an excellent camera, but I would bet that it's out of the league of a large majority of the readers of this blog. I've purposely stayed away from cameras in this league because people who would contemplate purchasing a camera of this caliber already know more than me about photography.

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