I purchased this camera to replace my 3 year old Fujifilm Finepix A340.  This camera is a basic point and shoot camera that fits to shirt pocket easily. It grips nicely to the hand and feels sturdy.  Picture quality is up to ISO 400. Anything above has lot of noise and the picture is almost useless for printing. Flash is quite effective for indoor pictures when it is dark. Shutter lag time is very small. I have experienced long lag times in Kodak cameras, but this one responses almost immediately when the button is pressed. It uses AA batteries. Alkaline batteries won't last long, so it is better to use rechargeable Ni-MH batteries. 2500mAH batteries will last for about 100 pictures with flash. Face recognition works well, but sometimes it takes time. Scene Recognition mode is nice, but it eats battery a lot! I'm not satisfied with its' video recording. Videos have lot of noise and the file sizes are too big  (video compression is poor.) If you are looking for a basic camera and shoot pictures in indoors and when lot of light is available and in a tight budget, go for this camera. But if you like better quality pictures, even in dark places, this camera is not for you.

nadee

Clemson, SC

I got this camera on sale and have really enjoyed using it to take photos and videos.  It is fairly easy to use even without the instruction manual.  It has several settings for landscape, regular, shake control, face focus and video.  It is very easy to navigate through the different modes quickly while taking photos.  The camera also has a slot for additiona memory so that you can take hundreds of pictures at a time.  the video mode is even fairly good for a camera of this size and quality.  It's not the same as using an actual camcorder, but the quality is decent and its a nice feature to have on your camera.  One of my only major complaints is the battery life.  This camera sucks up battery power quicker than most of my other electronic devices.  If there was a way to improve the battery life on this model, it would be the perfect camera.  As is I would still recommend it overall, has nice features and a good price.

rolnickj

Sugar Land, TX

**Great Camera!**   This is a great camera for snapping pictures while out and about. It's only downside is that you cannnot turn the display screen off, therefore it eats through batteries fairly quickly. Not alot of options as far as shooting modes go either but for simple pictures with freinds and family this is my go-to camera!

danber86

Boyd, TX