(This would have been a 5-star review, except for one detail we'll get to later.) On the whole, this is an amazing camera -- it's small, easy to use and the buttons are intuitive -- you won't need to sit there days on end trying to figure out which button does what.
Let me get this point across: the photos are crisp. Absolutely, crisp. You don't even need to use the highest setting for crisp, clean photos that are 100% true-to-life.
What really convinced me that I had a great camera was the consistent brightness of an LCD screen. When you're taking a picture, you want to be able to look into that little TV screen and see exactly how your pictures will look once you press that button. If the screen is dark, you generally can't adjust it using the "brightness" button; that just washes out the colors in the image. (Same thing with your computer -- when you significantly adjust the brightness, you're basically just fading out the colors.) I can be in any light with this camera, and I know I'll be able to see what I'm taking a photo of.
As I previously stated, this would be a five-star camera, except ... one detail. Uploading pictures has been a total pain for me. I could never properly install the software that came with this camera! I'm an avid computer user and I generally know what I'm doing, but for some reason this software drove me (and my computer!) nuts. (FYI, it's a Pentium 4 machine, loaded with Windows 2000 Pro.)
I've been using Photoshop 6.0 to upload my photos, but this is slow, and I lose the original date/time when the photo was taken. AAAAARGH.
Still, I'm very happy with the camera -- it's worth it to have your photos digitally stored for a lifetime. The picture quality is incredible and the camera is easy to use -- don't worry if you blow your budget purchasing this, you'll be glad you did later.
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