one of my friends saw this cam for cheap 3 years ago so me and another of our buddies went out and bought the cam. it was our first digi cam and for what it is its great. nothing fancy here, just a simple point and shoot digi cam which produces some pretty good pics. i have took it anywhere and everywhere i have gone, and have always been happy with the pics, a few weeks back i updated to a Panasonic FZ-20, so this Kodak will live its life out in my glove box, never know when a cam will come in handy and this one is great. its rugged and tough so it will with stand the glove box tumbles.

please remember that this camera i bought 3 years ago and in todays world its not worth the price of 150 though if you find it for 50 or less then by all means buy it.

This was my first digital camera. It was given to me as a Christmas gift two years ago and it's still working to this day. However, the door that holds the batteries in broke long ago so I have rubber bands tied around it to keep the batteries in place. My Mom has the same camera bought at the same time mine was (she bought both of them together) and guess what? Her battery door is broken too! My second complaint is the lag time between when you actually press the button and when the actual image is recorded. This is problematic when taking pictures of my toddler who is always in motion. My third and final complaint is the flash, but I see that's already been discussed here so I won't dwell on it; let's just say put your sunglasses on because it will blind you!

But I have taken literally thousands of pictures with this camera and as I said, after two years of steady use, it still works. It's easy to operate. It's affordable. The quality of the pictures is good for emailing purposes (I rarely print them out). I recently upgraded to the Canon Powershot A75, but I'll keep my Kodak around for a backup. If you're on a tight budget and can't spring for anything pricey, or if you just want a really basic digital camera, you should be pleased with this one.

I bought this camera when it first came out in a package deal that also included a photo printer. I have hardly used the printer as it took to long to print and was difficult to navigate. I have loved the camera, though, until the tragic day that I accidentally dropped it the the battery door broke. We've tried, unsucessfully to keep it closed using all kinds of extra strong taping products, but it only holds long enough to take one picture and sometimes not even that long. It is way past its warranty and I knew it was being discontinued. I have just today purchased a newer camera with more up-to-date functions, but this one has been very good to me. It will be missed.

I've had this camera roughly 3 years (I got it when it first came out, which has been a while), and after all this time it still impresses me. Whenever I first bought it, I used it maybe once or twice and (being the trendy person I am) ended up feeling embarrassed for carrying around such a clunky and awkward camera-- so i stashed it away for a couple years. But when I pulled it out and dusted it off a few months ago...something strange happened: I fell in love with it and suddenly remembered all the reasons I bought it on that one infamous day a few years ago. Forget the fact that the flash is a little bright at times. Forget the fact that it has a fixed lens and a useless 2x digital zoom. Those things are irrelevant. What you need to know when thinking about buying this camera (new or used) is this: It works. It's easy. It's endearing. It no longer looks outdated-- I like to think of it as 'having a retro look to it.' Even on the lowest quality picture setting, I'm still able to make good 4x6 prints, and when I use the 'Best' setting-- the 4x6 prints are flawless and you can even make 5x7's that look like they came from a quality 35mm film camera. I recently got a 256mb CompactFlash card on sale-- and you can store almost 800 pictures at the highest pixel setting, or nearly 2,500 on the low setting. A lifetime supply of film. Long story short: this camera has stood the test of time and it's even better now than it was when I first bought it. Kind of like a fine wine, I suppose. If you're looking for a cheap and easy camera and something that you can rely on for reliablity-- get this camera. For it's age and it's price: it's second to none.

While it is by no means the most feature rich digital camera available, it is a fine point-and-click camera that will get you good quality photos without busting the bank.

It has its pluses and its minuses like anything else, but it still remains a fine digital camera especially for first time buyers. It is pretty inexpensive but you don't really loose quality for a lower price. Its main shortcomings are that it has a flash that could be seen from the moon. It is way too bright for taking pictures up close in a dark situation. However, the flash can be diffused somewhat by securing a piece of tissue over the flash. Since it is a budget model digital camera it has only a 2X digital zoom, which is not really very useful, but it does have it anyhow. Another downside to this camera is its use of a serial cable to transfer the pictures from camera to computer. This isn't bad at all if you have only five or six photos, but more than twenty will be a tiring experience. The camera also comes with a tiny amount of internal memory (2MB). This is not nearly enough memory to allow a user to store photos from a week long vacation. To combat this shortcoming a CompactFlash memory card is a must. I personally have a 32MB Lexar card and it works splendidly. Rechargeable batteries are also a must. It also lacks a self timer.

Despite all this the camera does have several pluses. For one thing it is very easy to use. There are only five buttons on the back of the camera and two of those control the zoom feature. Deleting photos from memory can often be accomplished using only two buttons. This camera also comes with an LCD which is a welcome addition. I think the LCD is too bright and doesn't give you an accurate preview of the picture, but it is much better than having no LCD at all. It also has a slot that allows the user to install an inexpensive CompactFlash card in order to store many times over what the internal memory can store.

While you will never get really high quality photos from this camera, you will get lots of use out of it if you are content to store pictures on your hard-drive or a CD-RW. As I said before, this camera certainly has it's faults, but it also has plenty of reasons why it would make a fine beginner's digital camera.

We bought this camera from a relative who wasn't ready for the digital age (even though it's extremely simple to use). We've had it for 4 years now and it has never failed us yet! We use it for every function and with our outdoors lifestyle and 2 active little girls, it's been dropped repeatedly with no problems in function--it's tough! The only problem I have with it is the aforementioned battery door problem (which was already broken when we received it) but a thick rubberband has worked wonders and we have no problems with it draining batteries as long as our 3-year old doesn't pull the rubber band off! This is a great camera for a first-time digital camera user and with the Compact Flash card, it holds an amazing amount of photos! We do print ours out and they are just as clear (if not clearer) than a regular 35mm film camera when the digital is set to 'best' so it's really a bargain! This is a great camera folks, we highly recommend it!

my mom has this camera.. for the price i guess its ok but a new updated camera i would recomend..
i would sugest look at other cameras before you deside this one

pros:
a very simple camera
not hard to use

cons:
no special features like b&w or vivid or timer or anything
some pictures come out blurry.. dont take pictures too close up.. flash is not good for close-ups.. takes 4 batterys.. not a slim camera

overall its ok if you dont want to spend lots of money and looking for just a very simple camera easy to use and dont want any fancy features you wont use