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There's not much in the way of manual settings on offer but you'll find 22 easily-accessible automated scene modes to optimise point-and-shoot pictures. These include two modes for composing panoramic shots."

This one is a toughie. The EasyShare V610 has a number of features that make it attractive: looks, thinness, a 10x optical zoom, built-in Bluetooth and Perfect Touch technology. I really have problems with the LCD screen and the hiccough as the camera "hands off" from one zoom lens to the other. And the camera is pretty slow saving images to the card; overall image quality was average, nothing to write home about with more noise that you should expect from a 2006 digicam."

The Kodak V610 is a delight to use. The 40x digital zoom will take you places you haven't been before with surprisingly little dropoff in quality. Bluetooth provides a handy wireless protocol you'll never leave at home for sharing images between devices. The Kodak V610's controls are easy to get used to and well laid out, the screen is large enough for immediate gratification, and the special features are actually useful, adding to the fun this camera delivers."

Although you're not going to have full manual control on a compact camera, the V610 does offer a reasonable amount of creative control. You can set a long exposure up to eight seconds, so there will be no problem capturing night scenes. There's also a live histogram function, and ISO ratings from 64 up to 800. There's also two steps of exposure compensation either way in 0.3 EV steps. Even the burst mode is pretty good for a compact camera with a total of eight frames fired off at 1.6fps.

Image quality is also well above average as long as you don't push the ISO too high. If you''re looking for a feature rich, do it all camera but don't want a digital SLR, the V610 is definitely worth considering."

Camera performance was good in most respects. The V610 starts up quickly, focus times are decent, and shutter lag wasn't a problem. There wasn't much of a delay between shots, either. The continuous shooting mode was fair (eight shots at 1.8 fps), but most of the competition does a better job these days. The two areas in which the V610 didn't perform well are battery life and zoom speed."

The Kodak EasyShare V610 performed much better than its predecessor even when considering the extra megapixel included on the image sensor. However, the camera's resolution still isn't up to par with its competitors, even with excessive in-camera sharpening imposed on JPEGs."

Unusually I'm not going to talk too much about image quality here; it's not great, but the color is excellent and at the lowest ISO settings it's perfectly good enough for small (up to, say, 5x7 inches) prints or for viewing on a typical 1024x768 screen. If you're more demanding, want to produce larger prints or shoot in low light I'd suggest you turn around and walk away now."