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The Kodak M853 is simple and affordable, and takes pictures. There isn’t much else to say about it. While we recognise the value of budget compacts, it’s hard to like a camera this undistinguished. The Nikon Coolpix L11 packs features such as face detection into a similar price point, while an extra £50 outlay will buy the far superior Fujifilm FinePix F40fd. Lacklustre speed, terrible low-light performance and a lack of features far outweigh the simplicity and user-friendliness of the M853, making it a frustration to use.The Kodak EasyShare M853 comes with Kodak Li-Ion rechargeable digital camera battery KLIC-7001 and has an internal memory of 16MB, it is also compatible with SD/MMC card. Images are stored as JPEG/Exif 2.21 and can be viewed on the 2.5″ high resolution LCD, whether they have been taken horizontally or vertically, you will be able to view them all the right way up. Playback features include album, slideshow, multi-up and edit. Video is simple to shoot and continuous GA video (640 x 480) can be recorded at 15fps with sound with continuous shooting based on memory capacity. There is also an on-camera editing feature.

The mode wheel sits to the left of the shutter button, and we found it was a little too far over for the thumb to rest on it comfortably. It also doesn’t go all the way around, so even though movie and favourites mode are next to each other, you have to spin the wheel all the way round in the other direction to switch between them.

Kodak  M853 Features:

* 8.2 megapixels
* 3x optical zoom
* ISO up to 1250
* Digital image stabilization
* HD still capture

Kodac M853 Camera Reviews from Cnet

Pros:

Weighs just 4.1 ounces weight, which is somewhat relatively lighter than some similarly priced digital cameras.Also, this digital camera has an 8.2-megapixel resolution, which is considerably higher than some similarly priced digital cameras.

Cons: None noted, given available product dat

M853 Kodac Camera reviews from Dcresource

What I liked:

* Tons of scene modes, including in-camera panorama stitching
* EasyShare system makes it easy to “tag” photos for e-mailing and printing
* Handy PerfectTouch, delete undo features
* In-camera help system
* Above average battery life; battery can be charged over USB connection
* Very good software bundle

What I didn’t care for:

* Soft images with lots of noise reduction artifacting, detail loss, and vignetting
* Redeye a problem
* Low resolution LCD nearly impossible to see in low light
* Very poor low light focusing performance
* No optical viewfinder
* No manual controls
* Choppy movie mode; LCD blackout in burst mode

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