Overall, it is a fun camera and potential purchasers are those who are attracted to its simplicity of use, the ultra-wide-angle coverage for large group shots and easy in-camera panorama stitching for spectacular landscape shots.

The V705 makes a stand for innovation, style and sheer egg-head lunacy. You might not care for the Kodak’s austere design, dual-lensed awkwardness or average image quality, but any camera that pushes boundaries while raising a smile deserves to find an audience.

I like the Kodak EasyShare V705 for its size, looks, and ultra-wide lens. The speed of camera operation was good and battery life was very good. The camera is quite capable of capturing good images, but “softness” may be an issue at times. As with all digital cameras, the better you know the strengths and weaknesses of your camera, the better your images will be.

A simple refresh of the V570, the new Kodak EasyShare V705 bumps up the resolution, adds a few subtle twists, and keeps everything we liked about the company’s original dual-lens camera.

The Kodak EasyShare V705 would be a good camera for someone who only shoots outdoors in sunny conditions; the limited aperture range requires lots of light and its auto focus struggles in darker conditions. For anything else, though, the Kodak V705 will be a disappointment. Many pictures taken indoors and under imperfect light looked blurry, had horribly unrealistic colors, and were subjected to the awful built-in flash. So while the Kodak V705 has plenty of good looks on the outside, its pictures weren’t nearly as beautiful.