I purchased this new. It came with a defective SD card slot, it would not hold the SD card at all - making the product worthless. However Amazon replaced it free of charge . I ordered it Thursday night, it came by friday evening. It was defective, and so I contacted Amazon. they sent a replacement unit by Saturday.

Now this has everything I desired. true, it does sap the AA batteries pretty quick, however for my purposes this is not so much an issue. A pair of rechargeable AA batteries or a pack of batteries should suffice - as opposed to lithium ion batteries that degrade over time and become difficult to replace.

I am happy with this, it is light weight and it has a sleek design. You can trust Kodak to produce quality products.

As others have mentioned, this camera will rapidly consume batteries. Just be sure to buy some rechargeable AA batteries to use with this camera (or find a very good deal on a bulk supply of alkaline cells). Otherwise, the optical quality of this camera is excellent for a point-and-shoot camera in its price range. Color rendition, optical (and digital) zoom, manual settings variety, and ease of use are all great. The battery issue is actually a plus for those searching for a good camera deal, as a small deficiency of that type will make the camera less popular with the typical user, and it will therefore be priced lower to sell off quickly.
You should be able to find a great discount on new or "open box" used cameras. Mine was purchased "used, like new" and it didn't have a scratch on it.
You will need to study and try out the various manual "scene" settings to get exactly the results you desire. If you make the proper setting selections, you'll create images of much higher quality than any phone camera.
So, three points :
1. Buy rechargeable AA batteries for this camera, or buy bulk generic alkaline packs. No Duracell etc. as they last somewhat longer, but are not justified by the much higher price.
2. Stay alert for discounted units.
3. Test out the many image options to acquaint yourself with the camera's capabilities for the best results. The beginning user may be disappointed with the picture quality, but only because they've chosen the wrong setting.

It's light, small, and handy, and the photos are fine. But it eats batteries like the cookie monster. I can take maybe 20 photos, turning the camera off between photos, and then the batteries are shot. They shouldn't sell a camera like this, and I would not recommend it to anyone.

I am not a photographer and just wanted a point and shoot. This camera has every type of setting so I just set it to auto mode and the pictures are beautiful. The pictures are clear with the appropriate lighting. Love it and would highly recommend it.

The pictures are not great quality, it seems to have issues with trying to take vertical photos as well. Also the video is AWFUL. When you try to watch it on your computer later (no matter what format you try) it is choppy, skips, the audio will continue, but the video will lag. It is absolutely impossible to play back a video and see the whole thing. Terrible camera.