ProductCritic: Kodak EasyShare Z650 Reviews

Steve's Digicams (88)

The EasyShare Z650 is a welcomed addition to Kodak’s “Z” series line of super-zoom models. Offering great image quality, good performance, and a great deal of versatility with its 10x optical zoom and wide range of exposure modes, the Z650 offers an excellent “bang for your buck” with an MSRP of US$349! So, if you’re in the market for a full featured, affordable super- zoom model, be sure you check this one out.

Cameras.co.uk (80)

The Kodak Easyshare Z650 is a fairly solid option. Its ease of use makes it a good choice for anyone who is relatively new to photography and is looking for a camera with manual exposure controls and a long zoom lens.

Imaging Resource (75)

With its full range of exposure options, the Z740 would be a great choice for novices who want to grow their skills, while experienced users will immediately appreciate the more advanced features it has to offer. On the down side, the Power switch and popping flash are annoying and the lack of image stabilization makes the 10x zoom less useful under any but the best conditions. More puzzling, Movie mode delivers a lot less than we’ve come to expect from Kodak.

Digital Photography Review (75)

Taken on its own the Z650 is a perfectly good camera, one capable of perfectly good results, and one that offers perfectly good value for money. Unfortunately perfectly good just isn’t enough in a market this competitive, and the Z650 suffers by comparison to some of its competitors, and because in attempting to ‘dumb down’ the feature set of the DX line Kodak cut too many important features without offering much in exchange.

Let's Go Digital (75)

We can be concise about the final results: they are pretty good. The image quality is good and the automatic white balance generally works well. The colours look realistic and powerful and the portrait setting also gives good results with very natural skin tones.

Trusted Reviews (70)

The Kodak EasyShare Z650 is something of a Curate’s egg. While it does have some fairly serious flaws, it does offer a lot of image quality and zoom power for a very low price. The slow performance, lousy video mode and limited range of features are a downside, but you’d have to go a long way to find a better 10x zoom for under £160.

DigitalCameraInfo.com (70)

Kodak apparently strained to hit its price point with the EasyShare Z650, leaving out image stabilization and skimping on the LCD in favor of the lavish electronic viewfinder. We think that the real problem with the camera is its lack of custom white balance – the only piece missing from a very good manual control implementation and a Kodak Color Science Chip.

CNET (66)

This budget superzoom’s price will garner interest, but the Kodak EasyShare Z650’s performance and image quality will ward off enthusiasts.

Good Gear Guide (60)

A decent advanced camera that really only has its 10X zoom as a point of differentiation.

NeoCamera.com (60)

Unfortunately, the Z650 lacks stabilization which undermines the selling point of having a 10X optical zoom lens.