Samsung - S730 Digital Camera Review

This digital camera has done really well for us for the past year, but recently it has started having some technical issues that are very frustrating. Overall, the camera takes good pictures, and is easy to figure out. It has great zooming capabilities, and it takes good quality videos too. The editing features are really fun to use and play around with, unfortunately it doesn't have a red-eye fix editing option, which is kind of disappointing. Its default for the flash is the red-eye reducing flash, but it never makes a difference, and we still end up with constant red-eye pictures. We have only had the camera for 18 months now, and have taken good care of it...but it has started glitching and having issues that don't seem to be fixable. Unfortunately the started occuring right after our warranty expired. The biggest problem has to do with the camera not functioning properly when it doesn't have a full battery charge. If it gets to less than 2 bars of battery life, it will turn on fine, but when you push the button to take a picture, the camera blacks out, without retracting the zoom lens and cover shield. It then will not turn back on until you repace it with brand new batteries (it takes two AA batteries...we use the best brand on the market), and then you will find that the date is reset to "1/1/07". This has only NOT happened about 3 times when the camera blanks out. Half our pictures are now permanently imprinted with an incorrect date and time because of this issue. I would recommend this camera to someone who wants a cheap easy camera, but only plans on using it until the warranty runs out.