Pocket-lint has a review of the Kodak EasyShare V803 and is not impressed, giving the camera a 5/10 rating: "Focusing (in macro mode – or any other for that matter) is fantastically slow. ... Once the focusing has finally got it right, continuing to press the shutter to take the shot results in … a further delay while the camera gets going once again. What it is waiting for at this stage I’m not sure, suffice to say, any chance of a spontaneously snapped shot is almost impossible. ... if you need to use the flash as well, the delays only grow even longer as the flash recharge cycle takes half a second and the double pre-flash (used for exposure setting and white balance calculations) means that the subject (if a person) usually tends to think the shots taken and moves off before the actual third “exposure” flash fires. ... while it looks nice, is well made, has some nice features, and is simple to operate, its problems with all those frustrating delays means, in the end, I cannot recommend this camera."

Trusted Reviews has a review of the Kodak EasyShare V803 and writes, "Fortunately the V803 makes up for its performance deficiencies in picture quality. As with most Kodak cameras, colour rendition is fantastic, with superbly rich natural colour. Exposure is also excellent, with very good dynamic range providing plenty of shadow detail without losing the highlights. The 8MP sensor captures plenty of fine detail without the purple highlight fringing that affects some high-resolution CCDs. Noise control is also good. Although there is some image noise as low as 100 ISO it remains well controlled up to the maximum of 1600, and shots at that speed are usable. ... If you can forgive its sluggish start-up time and underpowered flash, the Kodak Easyshare V803 is a well made and stylish camera with a good range of user options, long battery life and easy handling, and which can provide excellent picture quality at a very reasonable price."

PhotographyBLOG has a review of the Kodak Easyshare V803 and writes, "Overall image quality is fine, although there is some blurring of image detail at ISO 200, and progressively more blurring and noise at higher ISO speeds. This means that the V803 is best suited to situations with adequate lighting, especially if you want to make larger prints. The new extended ISO range looks good on paper as a marketing bullet point, but not so great in reality - ISO 800 and 1600 are bordering on unusable. The Kodak Easyshare V803's main problem is in terms of performance. It takes too long to start-up, there's a very slight pause when focusing, and the continuous shooting mode is very slow, although focusing in both good and low light situations is always accurate. The Kodak Easyshare V803 is just a simple point and shoot camera in terms of creativity, with no control over aperture or shutter speeds, but Kodak have gone to great lengths to make the V803 easy to use, with a wealth of shooting modes, playback and sharing options available. "

ThinkCamera has a review of the Kodak EasyShare V803 and writes, "Where the V803 is weak is the final image quality. Images are okay but not outstanding. Exposure is good but there's a tendency for soft images, only slightly helped by increasing the camera's sharpness setting. ... It's a pleasure to use, has scene modes for everything and has looks to be proud of. Picture quality is good enough if you think flash not ISO when it gets dark. But I'm not totally won over. There are rough edges, small buttons and the camera doesn't excel at anything. It's not truly terrible (ISO 1600 aside), but there are compacts that do everything better than the V803. I wish the Perfect Touch technology was faster to give the V803 an edge, but it's too slow to use often. In fairness to Kodak and the V803 though, I'm not the target market. It is simple to use and I'm sure my mum would love using it."

CNET has a review of the Kodak EasyShare V803 and writes, "The V803 performed reasonably well, though it takes far too long to start up. ... Noise and artifacts plagued the V803's images, softening and obscuring fine details. Photos shot at settings as low as ISO 400 displayed notable amounts of grain, which only grew worse at higher ISO settings. At ISO 1600, static-like speckles completely covered the image, softening all but the largest and most prominent details and rendering it almost completely unusable. ... Unless you plan on making very large prints, you'd be better off sacrificing a megapixel and buying something such as Canon's PowerShot A560. Its images might still be noisy at high ISOs, but its controls are easier to use and it doesn't take forever to start up."

Digital Camera Review has a review of the Kodak Easyshare V803 and writes, "The V803 is slower than average in every performance/timing category. The V803's delete function is unreliable - it is much too easy to delete an image you wanted to keep. ... An ultra-compact eight megapixel P&S digicam for two hundred bucks is very tempting, but the Kodak Easyshare V803 has a couple of shortcomings that make it one of the most frustrating digicams I’ve ever used. The V803’s images (when they're in focus) are very good and for those to whom style and compact size are more important considerations than performance and functionality, the V803 may be an acceptable option."

DCResource has a review of the Kodak EasyShare V803 and writes, "Camera performance was mediocre. The V803 is slow to start up, slow to focus, and there is some shutter lag (but not much). Shot-to-shot delays were minimal, though, and battery life was average. The camera's burst mode was unremarkable, taking just four photos in a row at 1.7 frames/second. The V803 does not support the USB 2.0 High Speed standard. Photo quality was a mixed bag. The EasyShare V803 produced photos with good exposures and plenty of saturation (too much in my opinion), pleasing sharpness, and minimal purple fringing. While there isn't much noise at lower ISO settings, there are some noise reduction artifacts to be found, most notably in the sky. At higher ISOs (400 and above) the image quality drops rapidly, with ISO 800 and 1600 worth avoiding. Redeye was also a problem, and the camera's dual redeye removal system didn't seem to help."

Infosync has a review of the Kodak EasyShare V803 and writes, "If you are going to take pictures of outdoor fruit stands on bright sunny days, the EasyShare V803 does a nice job with exactly this type of shot. Panorama shots, too, came out looking great, once we got the hang of lining up our shots. Otherwise, the V803 had some serious problems with image quality. Indoor shots were rarely usable, even with the middling flash, and low-light or high-speed shots suffered from serious noise issues. The camera was also very slow to startup, and slow to focus, defeating some of the spontaneity of a point-and-shoot camera. Though fashionistas may be enticed by the delightful colors available for the camera's shell, even casual shooters will be disappointed by the images this camera produces, especially if you're going to be taking most of your pictures indoors."

Cameras.co.uk has a review of the Kodak Easyshare V803 and writes, "At first glance I was impressed by the quality of the photos I took with the Easyshare V803. When I looked closer I found some issues that concerned me. These include noise levels and general soft focusing. ... Often when reviewing digital cameras it is difficult to come up with compelling reasons why a digital camera should be bought or why it should be avoided. This is true of the Kodak Easyshare V803. It does some things very well, such as producing a bright indoor portrait and also a bright macro shot. There are though one or two significant areas where it didn't perform as I would have liked it to."

ePhotoZine has a review of the Kodak EasyShare V803 and writes, "The headline feature of the camera is a whopping 8Mp resolution in a compact body at a very affordable price. With such a low price other features have to be sacrificed, so it's just a paltry 3x optical zoom and this is pretty poor, lacking any kind of smoothness when zooming in. What's perhaps less palatable is that the zone metering system isn't very good, losing highlights on shots where it blatantly should pick up the bright areas right in the middle. Also, the focussing is somewhat hit and miss and gives up very easily. Throw in noisy images and only the fact that it's a cheap 8Mp camera and that the colour rendition is pretty good saves this from a good hiding. Even so, the performance is lacking in almost every department, and so it can only be recommended if you really need a big resolution at a very low price."

Photoxels has a review of the Kodak EasyShare V803 and writes, "We find the overall image quality of the Kodak V803 to be good with low noise at ISO 80, but we would have preferred images to retain more details. Image compression is quite high producing file sizes that are about 2MB. The Kodak V803 produces images that are saturated in colours straight out of the camera. More advanced photographers might object to the high colour saturation. ... The Kodak EasyShare V803 is an affordable and elegant looking digital camera. It is point-and-shoot easy to use for beginners, though more advanced users will appreciate some of the advanced features and user interface."

Imaging Resource has a review of the Kodak EasyShare V803 and writes, "It isn't a quick camera by any measure. Focus takes a long time, so while the shutter seemed more responsive than our test show it to be, you really can't catch the moment. ... While it's an attractive design at an irresistible price with fun accessories designed to appeal to women, the V803's shutter lag and oversaturated image capture really disappoint. As a fashion accessory it has the goods; it's only missing the diamonds. But as a camera, it just doesn't measure up."