Just picked me up one at a discount store-- and got change back from the two C-notes I handed the cashier. That's a honey of a lightweight, stick it in your pocket, 4 megapixel, 3X optical zoom, runs on AA's, little point & shoot camera. I got it to supplement my "serious" digital cameras and so I don't mind the lack of manual settings-- though there are about 20 pre-programmed modes for stock shooting situations (fast shutter, long depth of field, slow shutter, etc.). Definitely recommended! Rhett
Hello It is very good for 6x4 prints, but has a lot of processing artifacts any larger. I bought one for my wife. It is fun to use and very immediate. Almost instant startup. rechargeables last quite a long time. Quite a bit of barrel distortion and aberation, not really worse than other similar cameras. There is a new one with a bigger screen called the QV41. It tends to overexpose with flash, only has non flash exposure compensation.
Actually-- it has flash compensation (REC/Menu/Flash Intensity/Weak-Normal-Strong). Mine takes 2304 x 1712 pixels which I can easily enlarge to 8x10 or 11x14 (not that you'd do that with pix from a camera like this one). And while there may be some barrel distortion and aberration, you really need to look hard to see it. Unless you're shooting a tall building, I wouldn't worry about the former and as for the latter, unless you're shooting test color patches, it's just not a problem. Picky, picky, picky; bitch, bitch, bitch. It's a $200 camera for Pete's sake! Rhett
Hello As far as I can see the flash output adjustment does nothing. As you say it is a $200 camera and I was being objective about it. I don't believe that the output stands up to the size you claim. For a cheap point and shoot camera to make 6x4 prints, it is terrific. That is why I bought it. Mike Engles
