Home staging: Fear and Loathing with the Kodak Camera

I have the V570 and have found it a great tool.

While I have a SD slot in my Toshiba tablet PC I do hook up the camera to the docking unit and transfer photos to the laptop directly. Funnily enough I chose not to install the Kodak software as I'd heard it was pretty useless. I have no problem using the Windows Camera and Scanner wizard to transfer files. All I need to do is press the button on the doick and the wizard pops up.

My manual is pretty substantial (62 pages in English) and is useful for many of the functions. It may be that some packages do not invclude the paper manual for some reason..

I agree completely, James!  After spending weeks researching, I bought the v705 for a fraction of what I was resigned to pay for an SLR with a wide angle lense.  We were foolish enough to install the Kodak software, which tied our computer into knots.  After a complete wipe of the hard drive and a re-install, we take our pictures off the camera via fire wire.  Love Picasa, also, which in my view is superior to Shutterly, Windows and Dell Picture Viewing.  Google rocks!

I continue to be amazed at the lack of real estate photos on listings, or the horrible, dark, crooked, fuzzy, badly lit, and badly framed properties, thereon.  With cameras at such low price points, which are this "idiot proof", everyone can affordably have great photography.

I have the v705 and love the wide angle, but realize I have to forgo the quality i was used to with my Olympus.  I do use the Kodak software, and haven't had any issues thus far.  The first V705 had issues with spots on all the pics, so I got a replacement...the new one seems to work well.  I also just got the fab 1gig sd card for like $45 bucks and can now take over 2,000 shots.

I will download Picasa and give it a whirl.  I do worry now about backing up my pc with all my precious pics....I need to get a system to do that!  

I agree that EasyShare software is evil, but there are ways around it. 

I use the cradle to transfer the photos (love the one-button transfer and not having to remove the memory card), then simply open the photos in the software that I prefer to use for manipulating them and when it comes time to save the changes, save them elsewhere.

Thanks, James for the pointers, I,m thinking about getting one of these cameras. And this is helpful.

Good Day!! have a cup of java and a smile on me :)

Thanks for sharing.  Sorry I read this too late.  When I received my camara about a week ago, I downloaded the software and boy what a mistake that was!  My husband was mad to say the least.  The Kodak software took over every picture we had on our computer and then when he went to download some pictures he had taken at the National professional Quad races, when it finished downloading it started deleting the pictures on the card which he didn't want to do yet.  It didn't even give you the option of marking a box if you want to delete after downloading the pictures or not like our other software does.  Now whenever we download, the kodak program comes up and ask to save to their program.  So now we are saving all our pictures to a memory stick then putting them on a disk since our recordable drive is not working which I have to get fixed.  Then we are taking the Kodak program off our computer.  We are afraid since it took over all our pictures that it will delete them all if we went ahead and deleted the software before saving our pictures.  Yes, it puts all your pictures on Kodak's software but it also takes over all the pictures you have in your picture folder on your hard drive. 

 By the way we have three other cameras and the software that came with them we have had no problems with.  They are Fuji and Nikon.  I wanted the Kodak V705 for taking pictures of my listings with the wide angle.  I read Jeff's blog and he sold me on it.  My husband and I both love the camara so far.  Thank you Jeff and James for sharing.

I have been using my Kodak 570..still doesn't compare to my Olympus in quality..I have to sharpen each of the pic..then I bought the 750 (as a spare)...The resolution appears to be crisper than the 570, but the  pics are not as bright..anyone have any thoughts on this?

I also use a card reader, and never installed the Kodak software..

Susan Laskin

I agree, the Kodak software has messed up all the photos on my computer, but the SD slot is not as convenient as the one on my Fuji.  I've basically given the Kodak 570 its own laptop just to keep my other photos away from its software.

I printed out the manual from the Kodak site as my camera didn't come with one.

I find the photos to be just fine for MLS and most print applications.  The ultrawide angle lens is fabulous and well worth all the other aggravations.