Don't buy this camera, it lasts only a year and 1/2 and then it just dies.

this camera's lack of any battery life at all makes this camera absolutely useless. with the rechargable batteries that it comes with, as soon as you insert them fully charged, it indicates half battery life and the camera lasts no more than maybe 4 pictures. i've replaced the batteries with new kodak rechargable ones, but the same thing happens. what's the point of a camera if it is impossible to hold enough energy to use through a single session?

i see that many other consumers are complaining about this as well (even the consumers giving the camera four stars!)

absolutely DO NOT BUY this camera because you'll be finding yourself bringing bulk packs of batteries to your next family gathering.

Compre esta camara en Diciembre del año 2003, hace aproximadamente un año y he tomado muchas fotografias con buenos resultados, cabe resaltar que consume baterias en forma impresionante por lo que es buena idea adquirir un paquete de pilas recargables y un cargador, a veces el software de conexion a la PC podria tardar en reconocerla o no reconocerla, asi que no podria determinar si se trata un error del software kodak o de mi PC ya que con un reinicio se soluciona el problema y hay comunicacion de camara a PC .Las fotografias tienen buen color (preciso) y he realizado impresiones en papel fotografico EPSON A4 con resultados satisfactorios. Muy recomendable para uso familiar y personal, publicacion de fotos en web e impresion en casa.

Gets good pictures but make sure it's sunny outside, otherwise don't count on a good picture. Also, even when holding still, the picture can still come out blurry. Eats batteries. 64MB cards go a long way on this thing though, you can hold 100+ pics! Easy to use and convenient!

Don't use for sporting events, the zoom is terrible and anybody who is running is blurred out.

I have a love/hate relationship with my CX4200, but overall I rate this as a good little camera. I must admit there are some annoying features, the 16mb internal memory is worthless for instance, offering storage for only 20 photos. The LCD screen on the back is too small, not very good for reviewing pictures, and when using the (slow) internal memory, the picures in review mode take a few seconds to sharpen up. The internal memory is also painfully slow when taking pictures, with an annoying, long wait in between pictures. However, the camera becomes a different thing all together with a high performance SD memory card installed, offering better reviewing, picture taking and transfer speed to the computer. The picture quality is very good for a budget digital, colors are vivid, detail good. I find it doesnt perform very well in low light conditions however (like all digital cameras) and you must be careful to press the shutter button halfway down before taking pics, or risk over/under exposure. However, all cheap digicams share these problems, and i find the quality of the pics very good, i find this camera easy to use. With good quality Nimh batteries, it gives a reasonable shooting time in daylight, althought the flash reduces the battery life greatly. I also find the flash a bit too powerful at close range, although I'm sure that power would come in handy when illuminating a dark area from a long distance. All in all, this is good and I prefer the simplicity of the design, I even like the lack of zoom. The lack of zoom also increases the battery life. If you want a fancy camera, get a DSLR, if u just want to snap family pics, the CX4200 is a bargain, especially at the hugely dicounted prices I have seen lately. (they are obiously running the model out)

This camera has served me well since January 2003 when I first bought it. Since then I have taken over 7,000 pictures and I am so glad it's still going. I plan on getting a new camera, but only because technology is improving so rapidly. This camera has been wonderful and survived many drops, hits, stratches and throws. Kodak is a great company and helped me whenever I needed it, including sending new battery doors to replace the ones I've broken when dropping the camera 4+ feet. Great model, great company, great memories. Thank you.

I really like this camera. Although it is only 2MP, I find the photos are excellent quality and still print out on a photo printer as clear and good as a normal photo. It is also very easy to use, very much a point and click camera. The menus on the camera are easy to find and adjust anything if you need to. That is takes short videos is great too, this feature has saved me from spending hundreds on a video camera then having to lug that and this one around. The docking station is by far my favourite feature though -just plonk it on the cradle, press a button and all the photos download -easy!

This is highly recommended, I don't see any point spending more when you get this excellent camera for such a good price.

I have a feedback of almost 1000. I bought this camera for the main purpose of ebay way back in 2000 or 2001 and have used it every single day since until this very moment. 2 MP is perfect for those listings on ebay. Absolutely NO problems with this camera at all !

There is definitly a 1 second delay between pressing the capture button and the shutter actually "catching" the picture which makes taking pictures of fast motion real bad.

I've had this camera for 4 years now and its definately showing its age. Many cell phone cameras on the market now have a higher resolution than this thing. But for a simple point and shoot camera it does its job pretty well if you don't plan on printing anything larger than a 4x6 or cropping at all.
The build quality is pretty good... I've dropped this thing numerous times, and while the plastic casing has cracked because of the fall the interior still funtions like it's new. Listen to other reviewers when they say this thing eats batteries. The most I can take with newly recharged batteries is probably about 30 pictures without flash. Another con is that it takes very poor pictures in low light. The picture becomes pretty grainy.
This was a good buy at $99 in 2003, but is probably barely worth half that now.

I owned this camera for maybe a year before the battery compartment cover broke.After that I used a piece of electrical tape to secure the compartment since it wouldn't stay shut and kept dropping the batteries out from the bottom.After about another year and a half,the whole camera became useless.Everytime I go to take a picture,it shows nothing but black on the display.I have tried changing every setting I possibly could and went to the Kodak troubleshooting info. on their site and it told me there was nothing else I could do but send it in for repair.For a 2 Mega pixel camera with 2x zoom it's not even worth paying for the repair because nowadays you can get much more for less money.It's now useless.I'm very disappointed and won't buy a Kodak camera again.