Kodak EasyShare CX7330

The Kodak CX7330 is so good I've recently had mine professionally serviced and cleaned, and the faulty controller fixed/replaced because the left and up arrows stopped working.

Its a quality camera, easy to use, but with enough features to make photography interesting and creative.

Takes nice sharp, well-exposed photos once one gets to understand its abilities.

The camera that could, indeed.

Chews through the power, so lithium batteries are essential.

Good product if you don't put alkaline batteries in it!

This Kodak EasyShare CX7330 Camera and I have been through over 3 years of experience with each other and it has been a generally enjoyable journey. Got this camera as a gift and it seems to be the little camera that could. It's very durable despite it's plastic finish, and always seems to know the correct exposure, usually focuses correctly, and aperture opening seems to be accurate most of the time.

I'm now upgrading to a Panasonic DMC-FZ7, a much more manual camera because I dropped my CX7330 from eye level (don't worry, the grip is very good, was not paying attention >.< ) and the LCD cracked.

I would highly recommend the Kodak EasyShare CX7330 Camera as an entry level camera, because of the fact that it lacks a whole load of manual features (the only true one being exposure compensation, +/- 2 @ 0.5 EV).

Buy the Kodak EasyShare CX7330 camera if you want to upgrade or you are a first time buyer. Super quality and you will be able to use nearly every feature without even consulting the manual. I never used digital before and only glanced at the manual once or twice. So easy to use. It's dummy proof. However, like ALL dig cameras, you will certainly want to buy some optional memory. We bought a 256 mb SD card, and it holds nearly 17 minutes of video, and over 270 high quality pics. The camera is so inexpensive that you can easily work a memory card in your budget! Also, with all that money you save, get some rechargeable batteries meant for a digital cam. Good investment.