Product Description
At 12 Megapixels, the Kodak EasyShare V1253 is capable of shooting still pictures at up to an amazing 4,000x3,000 pixel resolution. Better yet, the V1253 lets you capture images in a 16:9 HD perspective to fill the surface of your HDTV set. Shoot videos at up to 720p res. Of course you can trust Kodak for simple, easy use and fine images. Capture a great shot time after time with multiple scene modes such as portrait, children, snow, beach, backlight, and panorama stitch Large, bright 3.1 Widescreen LCD Stores images on SD memory cards (at least 1GB recommended option for practical use) On-camera Share button ISO sensitivity to 3200 Creative Point-&-Shoot use - Focus modes normal autofocus, micro AF, infinity; Programmed and adjustable autoexposure modes; Long time exposure 0.5-8.0 seconds adjustable Drive modes - single shot, first burst (1.7 fps up to 3 frames), self timer (10 sec.), self timer (2 sec.), two-shot self timer Built-in multimode electronic-flash Quicktime and MP4 video capture at up to Quality HD (720p) at 30 fps widescreen; VGA (640 480) at 30 fps standard screen Connections - A/V output (NTSC or PAL, user selectable), KODAK Camera/Printer Dock interface, digital USB 2.0 high-speed connection PictBridge Unit Dimensions W H D - 4.0 2.2 0.9 in. (101.9 54.6 23.4 mm); Weight 5.5 oz (155 g) without battery Kodak EasyShare accessory compatible
Customer Reviews:
Just in a month serious Shutter Cover Problem.......2007-12-28
I bought this camera for my vacation travels before thanksgiving. Just after a month, during our family vacation trip we took some great snapshots in the beginning and then suddently the lens cover won't open. Camera was totally useless in that state. We were at the most scenic place during our trip when camera showed this problem and we couldn't take the pictures of that amazing place. Not only that but we had no other means to take pictures during rest of the travel days. This left us frustrated. I have already used Nikon, Canon and Sony cameras and never saw such kind of issues. I really hated this camera.
After coming back from vacation I contacted Kodak and they wanted camera to be sent to them for service. I have already sent them the camera. I will try to keep you updated.
Picture exposure.......2007-12-27
I recently purchased this camera along with the Kodak 5100 All in One printer. (I stuck with Kodak because of the unused memory cards and digital picture frame I already had). First thought about the camers....Small, Great visibility on the screen, Lots of picture options as far as lighting and color, Very user friendly and self explainitory.
PROBLEM......When I print my pictures on the "Compatable" "Suggested Accessory" AiO printer the pictures are clearly not 4x6 like is stated on both the printer and the camera. (I know its not the printer b/c I got out my old camera and printed great pictures with it on the new printer). The edges are all cropped about 1 to 3 cm. Now I am struggling with getting in touch with these kodak fools. 2 emails, 30 minutes of being on hold and then getting hung up on and 1 1/2 hours waiting for a response on the supposed live chat line, Kodak probably wont be my next buy. But in the meantime if anyone has any advice please, I need to have not waisted my money.
Kodak Easy Share Camera.......2007-12-26
I bought this for my granddaughter for Xmas. It was exactly what she wanted and she has not been disappointed. It performs all the functions she wanted especially the ease with which she can download pictures from the camera to her computer and then forward them onto her friends.Kodak EasyShare V1253 12.1MP HD Digital Camera (Black) + 1GB Accessory Kit
Best Camera at a Good Price.......2007-12-25
Let me start off by saying that I am a Sony HDR-SR1 owner, and I was looking for something that was a cost effective back up where as I didnt want to always log a $1,500 camera around.
I wanted to leave the days of standard definition behind behind and record in HD only..all the time.
Let me tell you folks, do even hesitate, buy this camera now!! This is the first digital camera that records video and photos in HD!!!
If you have control over the lighting, you will have be very pleased to see the output..If you don't have control over the lighting, then of course the quality of the recordings will down and there is no where to add any attachments.
If you want a great HD Camera that records HD video and Photos then you can't go wrong with this.
The weaknesses of this camera are:
noticeable drop in clarity in low light situations
only 3x optical zoom
You have to buy the HD base to see on your HDTV
You have to buy the Wall Charger (comes with only computer charger)
Comes with Weird proprietary usb solution that breaks easily.
The Strengths of this Camera are:
Excellent quality shots in outdoor, well light situations
Price: I paid 229 (350 with all necessary accessories)..Excellent for a pocket sized HD Camera.
Fits right in your pants pocket, like a cellphone
Above average to almost very good quality HD video in well lit situations.
In Conclusion, no this will not take the place of your full sized HD Camcorder, but this is an excellent backup and a very reasonable price.
Kodak Easyshare V1253 12MP.......2007-12-23
Easy to use. A shooting option for every condition. Several framing formats from which to choose. Excellent photos with loads of detail. The movies really are high definition. If the camera had a 5X zoom I'd give it 5 stars.
Average customer rating:
- Awesome addition to a Meade DS mount!
- Who wood have thought that there wood b sumthing fun+edu.?
- Not as difficult as it's made out to be
- Not Optional for Beginners
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Meade 497 Autostar Computer Controller for ETX Telescopes
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Product Features:
- 30,344 celestial oobject database
- Finds and Tracks all celestial objects, including the moon, planets, asteroids, comets, and satellites
- Celestial event option for eclipses, meteor showers, moon phases, and equinoxes
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Product Description
Observe 30,000 celestial objects at the push of a button! Simply pressing the GO TO button slews the scope to the object and places it in the field of view. You'll see: galaxies, diffuse & planetary nebulae, star clusters (the best objects from the IC, NGC and Caldwell catalogs, as well as all 110 Messier objects); 900 stars (double stars, variable stars, SAO stars); the 8 major planets from Mercury to Pluto; 26 of the brightest asteroids; 15 periodic comets; 50 earth-orbiting satellites; plus user-defined objects and the centroids of all 88 constellations.
Automatic GO TO function to any object of known R.A. and Dec. coordinates.
Digital readouts of telescope position (continuously in R.A. and Dec.), menu options, glossary and utility functions.
Precise sidereal-rate tracking in either altazimuth or equatorial modes. For altazimuth tracking, set the telescope on its drive base and perform a quick, easy alignment.
9-Speed dual-axis operation of the telescope on both axes, simultaneously, at any speed from 2x sidereal to 5°/sec.
RS-232 serial port for operation of the telescope through a personal computer using Meade Epoch 2000 sky software or for Autostar updates from Meade's website. Computer operation and downloads require the addition of the #505 Autostar Connector Cable Kit, sold separately.
Plus over 20 other menu options, including guided tours, major event menus, user-defined terrestrial objects and much more.
Customer Reviews:
Awesome addition to a Meade DS mount!.......2005-10-01
This was by far the best purchase of any astro equipment ever!
The Autostar is worth every penny and then some. Sure, it frustrated me at the beginning until I got it down to a T and it
s been GREAT since then. I added it to my Meade LXD-75 mount and it's accurately provides GOTO functionality for my 8'' 62'' long reflector telescope! Once I downloaded the latest firmware to the hand controller it has been flawless. Using the 3-star alignment feature every object I GOTO is centered in the field of view of the eyepiece at about 60X. Great stuff!
Who wood have thought that there wood b sumthing fun+edu.?.......2003-11-14
easy to use and great for educational purposes June 14, 2000
The Autostar is so decadent! I almost feel guilty for using it. But it is so easy to use and enhances the ETX-90EC scope so much that I use it all the time.
Set-up and locating the reference stars is fairly easy, and it is so much fun to take the tour of the sky. I've used this several times in an educational setting and it is fantastic for quickly pointing out stars and other celestial objects. In addition, it expands on the standard controller, giving you nine variable speeds instead of the standard four.
Once you use the Autostar you will never go back.
Not as difficult as it's made out to be.......2003-09-16
I first grew acquainted with Autostar about 6 months ago (albeit the 494 model) on the ETX-70 AT, and had some accuracy issues the first few times I used it. They were easily fixed, though, with a good drive training (on a power pole about a mile and a half away) and careful motor calibration. That was in May, and except for when the batteries are low, I haven't really had problems since.
In late June, I moved up to the LXD-55 6 inch Shmidt-Newtonian (which uses the same 497 Autostar as the ETX line), and after one repair call for a motor problem it has easily met my expectations for visual work. While the short focus Newtonian may have a wider field of view and a much better sigting scope than the ETX's (as well as significantly more aperture for under $800), keep in mind that it must be POLAR aligned which is MUCH more difficult than an ETX Alt-Az procedure. I usually cheat and use Polaris instead of the true North Pole, but my accuracy is still predictibly within 30-45 arcminutes (1/2-3/4 of a degree or easily within the view of a 26mm eyepiece) on 90-95 percent of the slews with a rough setup.
Here's how to get the thing to work the way its supposed to on an ETX when you first get it. Do the first 6 in daylight to make the setup easier:
*Skip Time for now
*Enter Date (if you will observe that night) and nearest city
*Enter your observing site name and adjust your latitude and longitude (use topozone.com or a topomap to find your location to the nearest minute (60th of a degree)) for your site
*Train the drive using a distant (1 mile or more) object. Procedure is in manual. If done well you should not need to do it again for months
*calibrate motors
*turn off telescope
That night (or any night):
*set up and level telescope (use torpedo level and rotate tube to check level). This is only necessary if you know that your site is significantly (5 degrees or more) off or your tripod is set to less than maximum height
*Aim north at Polaris (the North Star). Do NOT use a compass-it is often as much as 14 degrees off from true north. Use the two stars at the end of the big dipper to aim at the first bright-ish star at the tail of the little dipper. Align finder scope if necessary her.
*level tube by bringing it straight down to horizontal
*start alignment (easy at first, two star when you know the sky better). push the down scroll button if the star is behind a tree or other barrier. center in the eyepiece, not just the sighting scope. Press enter. Repeat for other star (preferably far from the first one-the farther the better)
*Enjoy!
For the long term, get a star atlas or astronomy program and a range of good eyepieces/filters.
I deducted a star for the fact that Autostar displays thousands of objects nightly that are below the horizon and that the NGC and IC catalogs are nearly worthless unless you have a comprehensive atlas and know the catalog number of the object(s) you are looking for.
Not Optional for Beginners.......2002-11-15
We just purchased the Meade 90 ETX telescope and decided to get the computer controller too - and man are we glad that we did. We're novices with the telescope, so finding specific objects in the night sky is a challenge.
With the autostart, after taking about 15 minutes to go through the alignment process, we can just tell the Autostar what we want to find and it moves the telescope to the object for us. Without this, the only thing we would probably look at in the sky is the moon.
NOTE: If you're not planning to use your telescope to look at objects in the night sky (i.e. planets, etc), then you don't need the Autostar.
Huge database of Information.......2002-05-24
There are two schools of thought on the use of go-to telescopes. One school believing that it takes away all the skill and fun from astronomy. however, I'm a believer in the other viewpoint. I think go-to capability opens up astronomy to the masses and brings the universe just that little bit closer to everyone. I purchased the Autostar for my ETX about a year ago and it has had extensive use. Out of the many many times I have used the autostar with the scope, I estimate it has performed as desired on 90% of my viewing nights. Unusually, I seem to be able to align my ETX rather easily depsite the fact that many people have difficulty. I think I have had luck on my side as the ETX, while a beautiful scope, can be a little temperamental. Even after doing a quick and rough alignment, like pointing it in the general direction of due North, without using a compass, I still get very accurate results with the autostar. I even changed locations the other day, moving from Auckland to Taupo, (some 3 hrs travel distance by car) and inadvertantly used the Auckland co-ordinates while viewing in Taupo. Suprisingly after alignment, I still got accurate positioning from the autostar. Once you get the hang of the menu system the autostar is really quite simple to navigate around. The amount of data is staggering, but given the size of the playground, it's not suprising. The unit itself is comfortable to hold and the adjustable brightness makes reading the screen simple in the dark. I havn't found the built in red light at the top of the unit very good as it is just too dim to make out charts etc. The trusty old torchlight with red nail polish on the lens is hard to beat on that score. I suggest that if you are operating from a tripod, you attach something to the back of your autostar that lets you hang it up on the tripod when you are not using it. Otherwise it can dangle around and get in the way. On a couple of occassions I have had the unit fail to operate correctly or reset itself. These have been far and few between, and readily fixed itself. Ultimately the Autostar is a computer so an occasional reset is not entirely unexpected. One minor problem I am experiencing at the moment is the scrolling text on the lower line of the display panel is tending to fade a little the faster it scrolls. This has occured since I started using a power adapter for the scope so this will need investigating. This however is only a minor niggle. If you have any concerns about your Autostar consult
the best resource on the net for the autostar, Mike Weasners site. The Autostar is highly recommended and really an essential purchase to go along with your ETX. Clear skies everyone and happy alignments.
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