Cons: No sound for videos, Poor zoom, Flash eats batteries, Poor color levels.

Bottom Line: When I bought it, you couldn’t beat the price for a 5MP camera. I bought mine about a year ago for $50 Dollars at Walgreens. There are obvious shortcomings of the camera, but there is only so much to be expected from a fifty dollar camera. Also, I have never experienced any mechanical issues with the device, and would challenge anyone to find a cheap electronic device that doesn’t break down after a few years of steady use.
Rating: 3 / 5

At any rate, if you want a wonderful camera… consider a Samsung SL35 10.2MP Digital Camera – You will love it!

Rating: 2 / 5

But I got to use it when in between cameras for a couple of months back in the spring of 2007 to see what I could get out of it.

True, the digital zoom leaves a lot to be desired, but it can come in handy in a pinch, just don’t expect much from it though.

Overall, the photos it takes are very good for the price and at 5MP, it’s got enough pixels to blow up and still have good quality prints, which is a bonus. I found that with some thought to it’s limitations (and there are plenty of them) one can get some really great shots, but the thing to keep in mind is cameras of this caliber tend to not do as well in lower light situations, will have fixed aperture and focal lengths as there is no prefocusing w/ the shutter button where you half press it to get it to prefocus it’s take or don’t, nothing else, the scene modes are very limited as well but if you know enough about photography, you CAN overcome many of these limitations to a large degree and for the more photographically inclined, that may mean, getting in closer with the camera to get a close up instead of zooming in and perhaps even there may still have to crop in post processing to tighten it up even further if you can’t get in close enough while maintaining focus would be one situation.

I will agree that since it’s a 5MP camera, the camera uses batteries like no tomorrow, especially with the flash so if you can, get high load batteries or use rechargeable batteries and keep the charger handy.

So if you need to give one to a kid, that’s what this camera is best for, but for most adults, something a bit more expensive/feature ladened such as the mid priced P&S from just about any brand selling in the $150-250 range should do quite nicely as many of them now have optical zoom, many with image stabilization (neither which this little guy has), auto focus and generally better lenses than most of the super inexpensive models and you can get decent night shots (within reason for most P&S won’t fair as well like a good DSLR will at night)

So in the end, be it this camera or others in the $50-100 range, don’t expect miracles w/ any of them, some like this little guy will do better than others at basic picture taking and in image quality but their limitations are often going to leave people frustrated to want something better.

Again, a good little guy for the price but there are plenty of other, models for not too much more that are much more versatile.
Rating: 3 / 5