I get compliments about my pictures all the time! SO many people ask me what kind of camera I have...I tell them..and they BUY this camera!!

Bought in 2001 and now the shuttler can hardly respond. Also focus is always a problem.

I bought the camera about a year ago. Had several problems with it. It's difficult to focus. Then the white balance, difficult to set. Then finally the worst, the shutter button stopped responding! This made my cammera completely useless! I am totally disappointed with the performance. Not a good investment.

We purchased this camera a little over a year ago and have not had any success with it. Every picture taken of a moving object comes across blurry and our efforts to try different settings did not change the results.

Now the shutter button does not work at all. Of course, we are now out of warranty. I would not suggest spending money on this product. You too will be disappointed.

This is my second digital camera so I'm hardly an expert, but we like this camera. It is as small as my old Rollei and seems to deliver decent pictures, with the ability to control the settings, lighting, etc. We are happy with the overall quality and the price.
Is it perfect? No. First, it is not waterproof or waterresistant (I would not venture into a humid, cold, or dusty environment). Second, it does feel a bit fragile, although we haven't tested this out. Finally, the battery is unique to this camera so you should be aware that you can't just go out and buy a replacement battery (you can buy a charger but fuggedabout long hikes or trips unless you are sparing with your electrons and you buy a spare).

In summary, we think this small, inexpensive, lightweight camera does what it is intended to do and we are delighted with the quality/weight ratio. Just be aware of its limitations.

3 words.. Simple, Perfect, Beautiful..
This camera has everything that u wld want from a point and shoot. The pictures are sharp, colors are beautiful. The battery gets discharged quicker but then u can save it by shutting the display off.. it gets charged fairly quickly.

I got snaps printed from [local stores]. All came excellent..

love this camera..

I bought a pentax optio 330 about a month ago and I just love the little guy! I was considering the Nikon 885 but a sales rep at National Camera suggested this one to me. It is about 100 dollars more but with the mail in rebate it comes down to the same price as the Nikon. He also indicated to me that more customers had complaints about the Nikon and had more problems with the Nikon's menu screen. Well I can't say for sure since I have never used that camera but with my Pentax, I don't think I will ever need to.

I have enjoyed beautiful, crisp pictures with this camera. I took shots of my doll collection, my artwork, and my cat and they all turned out great (once I got used to the different light settings which wasn't too hard). I did take it to my cousin's wedding and I have to say that it didn't work as well for me there. One reason was that I was loathe to use the flash since I didn't like the way the flash looked in my other indoor pics I had taken earlier. I also reasoned that the camera has special "dark room" settings to compensate. Futhermore, the pics on my viewscreen were looking good so I trusted that. Well I wished I had used more flash cause when I uploaded them, most of the pics were blurry. Granted most of them were of people dancing but I wonder if the flash would have helped the focus. The camera does seem to have a problem focusing in dark situations but I am still experimenting with that and I don't think that it is a major problem.

I saw in a previous review that someone mentioned the viewscreen being too small. I have to agree since I can't tell whether or not the pic is blurry based on the screen. But if the screen were any bigger, the camera would be too and that is not what you want in a compact camera.

I love the small size! It fits in my coat pocket and when I have it around my neck it doesn't feel like it is cutting off circulation. It is also cased in stainless steel as opposed to the Nikon's plastic casing which does give me more confidence - although I wouldn't recommend dropping it ;)

Overall it is a great point and shoot digital camera! I would highly recommend! And if the price bothers you - well you won't have to hassle with photo developing services any more now will you?