Like the Kodak Easyshare C533, the chunky, inexpensive Kodak EasyShare C643 seems cheaply built, with a 6.8-ounce, 1.4-inch-thick light plastic body that feels like the prize from a cereal box. With the same control layout as its sibling, it’s a bit button-heavy for such a basic snapshot camera.
The shutter release is set inside a mode dial on the camera’s top side, next to two buttons for flash and timer/burst settings. The back panel holds a tiny zoom rocker; a four-way-plus-OK control pad; a red Share button; and four menu, review, display/info, and delete buttons. These controls sit next to the camera’s relatively large (for its class) 2.4-inch LCD screen.
There’s still room for an optical viewfinder, however, which is useful for framing shots in close quarters or when the LCD washes out in sunlight.