Kodak PIXPRO FZ45 Friendly Zoom Camera (Silver)

The Kodak PIXPRO FZ45 Friendly Zoom Camera - Silver is a 16MP compact camera from Kodak in silver with 4x optical zoom, weighing 116g. It offers an ISO range of 100-3200 and 1080p 30fps video in MOV format. Digital stabilisation Micro USB connectivity

Key Features

• 16.35-megapixel stills and Full HD video
• 4x optical zoom lens
• Digital image stabilisation
• One-touch movie recording
• 9-point TTL autofocus system

Sensor and lens

The sensor is a 1/2.3-inch CMOS unit with 16.35 effective megapixels (16.76 MP total). The built-in lens covers 27 mm to 108 mm equivalent, which is 4x optical zoom. Aperture runs from f/3.0 at wide to f/6.6 at tele.

Macro focusing starts at 5 cm, at the wide end only. Digital image stabilisation is built in for steady handheld shots.

Screen and video

The 2.7-inch LCD has 230K pixels and is not a touch panel. Movies are MOV files with Motion JPEG video and Linear PCM audio, not RAW.

Recording modes are 1920x1080 at 30fps, 1280x720 at 60fps or 30fps, and 640x480 at 30fps, plus high-speed 640x480 at 120fps.

Autofocus and exposure

Multi-AF uses a 9-point TTL system, alongside single AF, object tracking and face detection. Face, smile and blink detection are included, along with cat and dog detection.

Program AE and full Manual exposure are available. Scene modes include Landscape, Sport, Beach, Sunset, Fireworks, Night Landscape, Snow, Children, Portrait, Party, Night Portrait and Pet. Shutter speeds run from 1/2000 to 4 seconds, or to 30 seconds in Manual, and ISO is set to auto or 100 to 3200.

Panorama, HDR and touch-up

Panorama mode covers 0 to 180 degrees horizontally. HDR is supported, and photo touch-up includes red-eye removal, skin softening, eye brightening and eye enlargement.

Power, storage and size

The camera takes two AA alkaline batteries, which are included. AA NiMH batteries (not included) can also be used. Battery life is about 120 shots on alkaline cells under CIPA standards, and about one hour of video at 1080/30fps.

Storage uses SD, SDHC or SDXC cards up to 512GB, Class 10 or better, and the camera has about 63 MB of internal memory. Files transfer over Micro USB 2.0.

The body measures about 93 x 60 x 28 mm (CIPA standards) and weighs about 116 g (4.1 oz), body only.

FZ45 or FZ55?

The FZ55 offers 5x optical zoom, a 16 MP sensor and a 28 mm wide-angle lens. The FZ45 on this page has 4x zoom and a 27 mm wide end. See the Kodak PIXPRO FZ55 Friendly Zoom Camera page for its details.

What's in the box

• Two AA alkaline batteries
• USB cable
• Wrist strap
• Quick start guide
• Warranty card
• Service card

Why choose it

• Silver body with a 4x zoom from 27 mm to 108 mm equivalent
• 16.35-megapixel sensor with 1920x1080 movies at 30fps
• Two AA alkaline batteries in the box, rated at about 120 shots (CIPA standards)
• Macro focusing from 5 cm at the wide end
• Panorama to 180 degrees and HDR shooting
• 9-point TTL autofocus with object tracking