Kodak V610 Timing
Average to slightly slow speed for a consumer camera

The V610's performance ranges from better than average to slightly slow, depending on what you're trying to do. It starts up fairly quickly (but not quite as quickly as we'd expect, given that its lenses are internal and so don't have to extend out to a shooting position), and has a better than average shutter response at both wide angle and telephoto. When "prefocusing" the camera by half-pressing and holding down the shutter button before the final exposure, it's quite fast, with a shutter delay of 0.091 second. Shot-to-shot cycle times are on the slow side though, at about 2.44 seconds for large/fine JPEGs, but it can only capture up to 8 shots this quickly before it has to slow down and wait for the memory card to catch up. Continuous-mode speed is average, at 2 frames/second, for up to 8 shots in succession. The flash takes about 5 seconds to recharge after a full-power shot, about average. Connected to a computer, download speeds are slow enough that you're likely to want an external card reader.

Battery
Rather short battery life, recommend keeping spare battery on-hand.

The Kodak EasyShare V610 uses a custom rechargeable LiIon battery for power. The table above shows the number of shots the camera is capable of, based on CIPA battery-life standard test conditions. Given the short run time, you should definitely consider purchasing a second battery to pack along on extended outings.

(Interested readers can find an English translation of the CIPA DC-002 standards document here. (180K PDF document))

Storage
No card is included with the Kodak EasyShare V610, although it accepts SD/MMC cards; 32MB RAM is built into the camera.

We strongly recommend buying at least a 256MB card, preferably a 512MB one, to give yourself extra space for extended outings and videos.