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Well, after having the Olympus D-460 for about 3 months,I saw the Kodak camera on the... web site and noticed that it was 2.2 megapixels. I had sort of been looking for a 2+ megapixel camera so I ordered it. When it arrived, I was disapointed as quick as I took it out of the box. From the plastic casing to the super light weight of the camera was the first thing. Just the controls and the feel of the camera make you think of a toy! Not having an optical zoom is another setback. When you use the digital zoom through the LCD the image gets almost unrecognizable. It pales in comparison to the Olympus D-460 as far as features, construction (the 460 is rock solid!) and LCD quality. The only thing it has better is the megapixels and that is why I gave it a 2 instead of a 1. You really get what you pay for here. If all you care about is getting the megapixels then this may be for you. If not, look elsewhere.

THIS CAMERA IS EVERYTHING A PERSON WANTS THAT DOESNT KNOW MUCH ABOUT ELECTRONIS! IT IS SO SIMPLE TO USE, ALL YOU DO IT POINT AND SHOOT! AND PLACE IT ON THE DOCKING STATION, WHEN YOU THEN UPLOAD YOUR PICTURES! AND THEN....SEND THEM TO FAMILY OR FRIENDS OR PRINT THEM! SO EASY TO USE, NO WONDER KODAK IS #1. :)

I've seen this camera all over the place. Frankly, I've been very disappointed with it. While it is fairly easy to use, the picture quality is very poor - even with high resolution. Quality is extremely sensitive to light conditions and you can always count on a blurly picture if you use the zoom.

GREAT CAMERA, EXCELLENT PICTURES,EASY TO USE SOFTWARE,COULDN'T BE EASIER TO USE. BUY THE DOCKING STATION IT'S WORTH THE EXTRA MONEY YOU COULD'NT FIND A BETTER CAMERA FOR THE MONEY. KODAK REALLY MAKES IT EASY.

It took me a few minutes to get used to it but, once I got the hang of it, I found it very easy to use. The first thing that threw me off was the fact that it comes with a lithium battery pack (this is the version without the docking station). I spent a while trying to figure out how to charge the batteries before I realized I didn't need to.

Most of the time, it's easiest to use it like a regular camera -- point and shoot. If you use the digital zoom or the cloeup setting, though, you're better off using the viewing screen to line up a shot.

Another unexpected feature was the way it interfaces to a PC. I expected the device driver to use twain protocol. Instead, the camera, when plugged into the USB port, acts like an extra disk drive. The internal memory and memory card show up separate folders, each of which contain JPEG images, one for each picture taken. I can load, edit, save and delete the images using my favorite software. Couldn't be easier.

I've seen a number of reviews saying that the images are blurry. The only way I could manage to take blurry pictures was to turn off the flash and take a picture in low light, but that's true of any camera.

Using the digital zoom feature tended to result in pictures that were a bit grainy. That was pretty much what I expected, though. It's probably better to move closer to the subject when possible.

Overall, I found it hard to take bad pictures with this camera and, when I did, it was easy enough to delete them.