Digital-Camera Reviews

For the price, this is a huge step up from my former digicam. I found out about fuji finepix when i was visiting the site: http://megan.scatterbrain.org/notmartha/index.html the photos on that site look like they are taken with a 3,000 dollar camera but they're not, they're taken by a finepix so i bought this one. While i believe LIGHTING IS EVERYTHING in photography, I just can't believe the quality of photos this camera takes, whatever the lighting situation. It's SUPER easy to use and I can use smartcards (which are cheaper than those new type of cards) I love the way you turn it on-- sliding the bar with the little lights on it in the front) It's very tiny! people are amazed how small it is when i bring it out. It's smaller than it looks in the picture. The battery lasts forever and you can charge it in 3 hours by just plugging it into the ac adapter which is SIMPLE!!! USB cable is SIMPLE and i use XP's picture wizard that comes up automatically when i plug the camera in. I've taken some very high fashion shots during a photoshoot with my brother and they came out nearly as good as his nikon which is worth thousands. and i didn't even have the luxury of the flashing light boxes. Overall I'm VERY happy about this camera it was an excellent investment and I did lotsa research at steve's website and decided to go with this one. Soon, I'm going to be posting some cool great pictures that i take with my new camera at my clothing design website curvegirl.com so watch out for that.

I recently purchased the fujifilm F401 camera and I say that my money isn't wasted.

F401 is a compact nice looking piece of work that, for what it is, delivers very good quality pictures. I have printed 24x30 size pictures taken with this camera (setting 4Normal) and they look fine.

I have tested the camera in both outdoors and indoors conditions and it has performed very well. In outdoors conditions I have got excellent results while for indoors although the photos came out nice, I have the impression that the flash is not 100% adequate.

Disadvantages of the camera is that it does not have a focusing illuminator, which makes it impossible to focus in very low light conditions and that it lacks of extensive manual controls which is not usually expected for a camera of this class. When focus fails if the subject is 2-4 meters away the photo comes out ok.

The usb connection and software (finepix viewer) is also well behaved. When the camera is connected with the PC a virtual disk is created on the computer containing the camera photos, like accessing a CD, which makes it easy to use any software you like to see and copy the pictures from camera to PC.

Generally I would rate this camera as 90%.

I have had this camera for almost a year and can't say enough about it. The main point would be the size, it is small enough for me to stick it in a pocket and forget I have it. As a result, I take it to many places I would have never hauled a camera before.

Also, as a digital, I upgraded to a 128M card and can take almost 100 pictures. I have never run the battery out even using the flash extensively. Since I bought it in June 2003, I have taken 2245 pictures! I don't think I took that many pictures my entire life before that. In addition, these pictures are organized on my computer, posted on the web, burned on CDs and sent to parents, and printed using online services at $0.12 ea for 4"x6" prints!

In short, not only do I like the digital aspect, I like the reliability and size of this specific camera. I would recommend it hands down for the people like me, that want more pictures of their friends and family and don't want to spend a fortune on film or carry a cumbersome and delicate camera.

Good camera, the telephoto at 10x is amazing when the image stablization is on. pretty much all the zoom you could ever need. the image quality is supreme, at medium compression at 1024 the average file size is around 300k, great pictures, although bad for posting online due to the large file size. the flash is ultra strong, resulting in overexposures in any macro zoom or anything less than 70cm. bad. in low light situations, the autofocus is very very slow, sometimes it cant focus at all.it has a cute flashlight feature for focusing, but it doesnt do much good when subjects are far. one other thing, teh aperature is really bad at 2.8 a 1/4 of a second exposure even with image stablization requires a very steady hand and a stationary subject. at ISO 400 there is a lot of CCD noise in low light situations. also, the wide angle at 37mm was a real disappointment, but for what it is, the Canon Pro90Is is just awesome. the LCD looks great, and the Eletronic viewfinder serves all practical purposes. its many auto metering modes are good, in portrait mode, aperature is set to a maximum for background blur with least depth of focus. the night scene mode is good, flash at a 1 second exposure, to collect light from close unlit subjects as well as far dimly lit backgrounds. the battery is great, lasting almost 2 times as long as 4 NiMh 1600mAh batteries on my Olympus C2020. but get an extra battery on field trips. 1 battery will last about a day in electronic viewfinder mode, the LCD just kills. one thing about the huge lens, GET A LENS PORTECTOR. the lens collects ocean wave mist, dirt, dust, ugh. one good thing about it, it is compatible with all standard 58mm add on lenses, as well as any Canon Add-on Flash. it is a bit heave wighting in at 680 grams, but with telephoto is well worth the trade off. all the settings can be accessed through buttons, not in an electronic menu, which saves time, your left hand can control flash modes, auto metering modes while your right hand releases the shutter. there is a bit of lag between pictures, which is kind of disappointing, but I can live with it. the electronic viewfinder has lag, so its hard to take pictures of fast moving subjects such as birds or roller coasters.

overall : good camera, exceeds my expectations. the lens is a work of art, the interface is cute, the processing power needs a bit of work, but very good for the price range

The Canon Pro 90IS Digicam has basically been everything I wanted in a "Super Zoom" all-in-one SLR style camera. The Image Stabilized 10X Optical Zoom is great and has given me opportunistic shots that I would have missed either due to the need for a tripod mounted shot with my A40 or acceptance of a blurred image! Focusing problems, slow lag times and short battery life have been a few problems I'm learning to overcome. Even though it was discontinued, I still made the purchase for the overall features and have obtained some great pictures. Although most of my picture portfolio (torretab) was taken with the Canon A40, my Pro90 gallery can also be seen at Webshots.

I am disappointed that Canon seems to have chosen to not to upgrade this camera. As a new user of the Pro90 and relatively newcomer to digital photography, I need to experiment and find solutions to the quirks of the Pro90. Thanks to all who have posted comments here. Your successes (& failures) help a great many of us!

i am in love with the elegant design of the camera. the technical data is superb.i hope and wish to own this camera for business purpose.

I've owned the c2020, c5050, nikon's 5700, canons d10, in that order,and I'm back with olympus c8080. theres nothing in my opinion like the glass of olympus, great for daytime shots, too slow in low light situations. the on off button is to close to the wide angle, telephoto button it's taking some time to get used to. pros.........the colors are the truest no need to adjust in photoshop, and rarely in photoshop with this camera...what you see is what you want to keep! it's alot of camera for a small package........very light for all thats inside....go olympus!

The Camedia body design has always been traditional, which I've favored over Sony's outlandish model F717 & F828 body/lens layout. The C8080 has a nicely refined body style. It's a compact 4.75" wide, by 4.7" deep, and 3.4" high. For old-school film SLR users like myself, it resembles that look and feel. The ergonomics is just about perfect. It's a real joy to hold, even with one hand. The controls are easy to see and become acquainted with. The shutter lag is almost undetectable. And if you set it for continuous frames (1.6 fps), it will give you 3 to 5 shots in quick succession. The lens and picture quality is up to par with the previous Camedias. Olympus lenses are outstanding. The 8 megapixels sure help.

The things I like about the C8080 are: 2 memory card slots (CF and XD)and you can toggle between the 2 cards. So if you have a 512 MB capacity for both cards, that's 1024 MB total. If you want more, get an IBM 1GB microdrive. You don't have to download software. Plug into the USB 2 in your PC, and you're in business (Win XP os). The viewfinder is electronic, which saves on battery consumption. The display screen can tilt up or down, and is visible even in bright sunlight. It's very comfortable to hold and shoot. And of course, it's got 8 megapixels. The thing I don't like about the C8080 is you have to remove the battery to charge it.

For pro-level amateurs and professionals, I recommend it highly.

Today's bright and sunny, but you have major photos in which you have to take for that over due book or portfilo. The olpmpus C-8080 wide zoom digital camera catches the closest snap shots when you need to get that 200-400 speed shot of a moving animal or that clear visible close-up shot of the models on runway.. Although, it may seem like a timeless task, but with this camera , the photos are taken like a breeze. Also, it is very easy to use ,so no need for that refresher course for visual commications for that new heads up on speed photograpy...<br /> <br /> So here's to the high life of the world of photography<br /> <br /> Thank You<br /> Shara L. Bouie<br /> Atlanta,Ga

What an amazing machine this is. After suffering through the flimsy plastic trinket cameras with little or no real optical quality, I finally own a truly versatile digital camera. The E-20 (as with the E10) offers extraordinary flexibility in digital photography. Prior to my recent purchase I spent at least a year and a half researching and waiting for this last pixel jump. The E-20 offers all of the flexibility of a high-level SLR which is missing on most other digital cameras.

Good Points:

-The feel... It has enough weight for good stability, and it fits your hand very nicely.
-Excellent lens with the ability to add extenders, filters, what-have-you.
-Super Image Quality
-Good bundled software (Adobe PhotoShop Elements and Camedia)
-Image control
-SmartMedia, CompactFlash, AND Microdrive compliant with the ability to use more than one card type at a time (you can switch between the cards).
-True SLR (some competitors offer interchangeable optics, but still have you look through a viewfinder. What's with that? I want to see what I'm taking.).
-Great accessories! (I can't wait to get the lithium polymer attachment)

Drawbacks
-I'll have to get a better strap
-Flexibility & control vs. ease of use trade-off... there are roughly 30 buttons to learn (but most of us will want that kind of control).
-It doesn't come with a case... even a cheapie
-I need to buy stock in a battery company
-Remembering to turn it off whenever I open the media bay or change power source

This is probably not the camera you would buy for your instamatic dependent Aunt Sally or Uncle Jimmy-Bob, but if push came to shove you could always tell them to just put the big knob on "P" (Program) and snap away.

When you pick your camera, don't go by statistics alone (or reviews alone for that matter). You've got to get out there and see how the camera feels in your hands. If you've a history with good quality 35mm SLR's you are going to love the E-20.

I am now using the E-20N for our newspaper and have found it to be excellent for sports and news photography. The only drawback is the write time from buffer to card can be long and ties up the camera when the buffer is full. It is a little slow powering up, about 5 seconds. However, I am learning to overcome it and work around it. It takes excellent quality photos and does night football on the high school level very nicely with the FL-40 Flash. The flash is a necessary accessory. It is a wonder to handle, good focus, fast auto focus and love the manual flexibility it has. I definitely recommend it. I did not know if it would take night football, but it has done very well. I am still learning it and trying to master the many features it has. Very, Very good digital camera, it has all but eliminated our wet darkroom. we also use Nikon Coolpix 950s and 995, both very good digital cameras.

The Pros: EXCELLENT IMAGE QUALITY and control. Very solid grip and feel - actually feels like a real camera. The lens is bright and sharp, image quality is probably the best I've seen. The focal length of the camera is great. Best thing compared to most digicams I've used: there is no shutter lag - the time it takes between you pressing the button (click) and the actual picture being taken. I hate that on some Sony cameras I've used in the past - by the time the camera actually takes the picture a person's expression or light conditions can change... :-(
All in all, a great camera for this price and probably the cheapest in its class of SLRs (compared to Nikon D1X).
The Cons: SLOW WRITE TIMES, but you can get used to that and learn to live with it. FIXED LENS - you cannot change lens with is good and bad. Good because the CCD elements are protected at all times and don't get dirt.. a problem with some digital SLRs. You can also get attachments that go on top of the lens for macro or wide angle, etc. The LCD screen is HORRIBLE - don't use that for composing shots too often.
I am waiting for the new models to come out at PMA end of Feb. 2002. At that time E20 should get cheaper - hopefully.
You probably must've read a lot of reviews by now. ....

the cx6330 is a point and shoot camera. this camera may be for you if what's most important is ease of use and ease of sharing pictures.

pros:
- kodak's greatest strength remains its EasyShare system, which makes it very easy to mark photos for printing and e-mailing.
- convenient docking station for charging the batteries, and connecting to a PC.
- the optional printer dock 6000 lets you place the camera on the dock, and one press of a button produces a high quality 4x6" print in 90 seconds.
- 3X optical zoom.
- 3MP resolution.
- multi-zone auto-focus system.
- has scene modes: Auto, Sport, Night Portrait, Landscape and Close-up.
- good photo quality.
- low noise in images.
- good macro performance.
- very easy to use.
- nice layout of controls and easy to understand.
- minimal shutter lag.
- good burst mode.
- supports fast usb 2.0.
- decent size and weight for the features and price (4.0 x 2.6 x 1.5 in" weighing in at 6.2oz).
- can be used with non-proprietary rechargeable AA batteries. this means that in a pinch, replacement batteries are as close as the nearest convenience store.
- good value - good feature set at this price level.

cons:
- more purple fringing than competition.
- details in photos not detailed enough.
- soft corners.
- some red-eye incidence.
- slight barrel distortion at wide angle.
- exposure control is automatic only, no ability to directly control lens aperture or shutter speed.
- LCD display can be difficult to use in dim lighting.
- no AF assist lamp.
- limited image resolution options when compared to competition.
- slow start-up time.
- average shot-to-shot times.
- RAW and TIFF formats not supported.
- the 16MB of built-in memory is not adequate - be ready to shell out more $$ for more memory (SD card).
- add a few more bucks to your budget for rechargeable batteries.

for the price, this is a very nice camera and is a good value considering the 3x zoom, 3MP resolution, and the EasyShare system. the main selling point of this camera is still the ease of use as well as ease of sharing photos. for competition, consider the fuji finepix A303 and sony cybershot DSC-P52.

for an extra one hundred bucks, you can also upgrade to the kodak dx6440 and get an extra megapixel of resolution and 4x zoom vs 3x zoom.

i hope this helps you with your buying decision. peace.

I got my camera for $199 at Best Buy and it is wonderful. It is easy to use, but I would get rechargable batteries if you are going to take a lot of pictures. The software that comes with it makes it easy to download and delete the images from your camera. It lets you create a varity of photos, from 8 x 10s to 5x7s, down to a sheet of wallet size photos. You can also create coloring book-like pages, and even order large prints up to 20 x 30 right from the software package. I took a bunch of photos of my kids and printed them on an Epson C80 printer on glossy paper. When you display them in a frame, you would never know you were using a digital camera and a printer.

The only nuisance item is that the USB connection is behind a flimsy hinged door which seems like it could break if you are note careful. But that in no way takes away from the excellent pictures you can take for $200!

This is my first digital camera, so I have no other camera to compare it with, but I think it's a great little camera. For the price, you can't beat its ease of use and the quality of the pictures you get. The dock is not really necessary - you can just hook the camera up to your PC using the USB port. But, the dock does provide easy chargine for the batteries.

This is an excellent product and works in the canon G1, G2, and the D30 - I have a G2 and D30 and exchange batteries at will - caution, do not charge these batteries (Li-ion) unless they are run down completely - not to be confused with nicad's but these will go south if you top them off i.e. they are 1/2 charged and you have a habit of fully charging them. Either run them down or get a battery cycler.

This battery lasts for a full day of shooting. This was one of the main things I liked about the Canon G1. Other cameras go through disposable batteries about every 30 shots or so.

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Kodak DC265 is fine for medium/long range subjects. However, because the viewfinder and the lens are off-center, you invariably get off-center results - unless you use the LCD as your main viewfinder (this eats battery life and the display resolution makes it hard to make critical shot decisions). However, the image quality is quite good for most outdoor/lighted conditions.

The interaction and placement of the controls are quite good. There are a few key rubber finger and grip affordances to make the shooter feel in control. The only cheap part is the zoom lever. It's a small horizontal lever, that has to be kicked way over to one side or the other, and the time delay to lens movement is sluggish. The overall construction of the entire body and finish is very nice. There's plenty of standard features like burst, time-lapse, etc. to keep most digital camera enthusiasts happy. A real nice package bonus was the 4, AA NiMH rechargeable batteries and charger + 16MB storage card. At least Kodak was thinking about the entire user experience.

Oh, the software interface is rather silly. The childlike icons and metaphors for album creation, etc. makes you create a parallel cognitive hierarchy model for what is essentially folders/files on your computer. Something more straight forward with clear icons and interface is all we want.

While not an avid Kodak fan (anyone remember 110 film? Disk cameras?), every once in awhile I've got to hand it to them. And this time I handed them $729 for their very fine camera, the DC265.

It was actually my Mom's DC-120 lead me to take a look at this camera. The DC-120, and the DC265, have very, very good color control. We have an infant, and the camera catches that golden glow in her hair, the pink cheeks... you get the idea. Combined with an HP R40 multifunction (get it!), I can make photo's that really bring the kid to life. It's the color quality that really sets this camera apart from most of the rest. Too many digital cameras (notably the Mavicas) have problems with flat colors, overly compressed or poorly mapped or something. Kodak's digital color scientists have been doing their homework, and it shows.

What else is there to like? The USB interface is wonderful. I routinely load up the camera (30 pictures, 0.5MB each) and dump them quickly and easily through my computer to my ZIP drive. MUCH nicer than serial port interfaces!

What's not to like? The camera is (ouch) complex... as is my Mom's DC120. Lot's of little intuitive buttons that take fooling around with to figure out. But most people can hack it, I think... Also, the resolution isn't adequate for really great scenery shots. Fine for snapshots, just not enough to do a detailed Grand Canyon shot. You need 4 megapixels or so for that work.

I just wonder why I didn't buy the DC290? Maybe I need a bigger hard disk, and the DC265's resolution better fit my computer.

This is an awesome camera. It takes wonderful pictures and is sooo easy to use. I always get lots of comments as to how great my pictures always look. I print out my pictures and use them in cards and for gifts. Everyone thinks that the pictures were taken with a regular film camera or even professionally, that is how good the quality is. You can not go wrong with this camera.

Not sure if anyone else in this reviewer pile has seen this, but I have had several "life events" including birthdays, my son's sonogram, and others that the camera shows upon review through its display the pictures you have taken. However, upon connecting it to the USB interface, they disappear. Disconnecting from the USB cable does not get the pictures back. Can you believe that Sony would release a product like this?

I bought this device for the ease of use, USB capability, and the CDR/CDRW format. However, for anyone wanting a reliable camera buy a $12 disposable! You can only rely on this unit giving you permanent digital pictures 91.2% of the time.

If I had to do it again, I wouldn't buy this unit. There are far smaller units at a fraction of the price with 100% reliability. Granted, some of them don't use CDR/CDRW technology but memory sticks are fine with me it they don't lose pictures (and the cameras are quite smaller).

If you want a versatile and functional digital camera that gives
you unlimited storage this is the one. The 3" CD .jpg storage format can be read on any computor with cdrom drive. You are not
limited to usb although it too is available. Print out with a standard printer useing photo paper is good through excellent! I've done portrait work with it as well as landscape, and have been very satisfied with the results.
The storage media is resonably priced and available. A package of ten cd-r's is under [$$] at [local stores]. The function menu is resonably easy to understand and use. It does well with landscapes, snapshots of the grandkids, portraits and doe's very well with closeups. I've used it to record and print documents as well.
The only draw back I've found is the auto-focus delay and the record delay, which is common with most auto-focus cameras and digital; And I would like to see an add-on telephoto lens for longer shots; though the 2x3 optical,digital zoom does quite well. I have recommended this unit to several people as a first camera for snapshots, landscapes or portraits.

This is my first digital camera and I am glad I waited. I am just an average guy who had always used a basic 35mm for vacation & family photos and, while I had considered digital cameras for quite some time - I was not quite convinced and was somewhat confused by the variety of cameras and storage media. This camera changed my mind and convinced me that "digital" is the way to go.
While the Sony CD-250 is not the top of the line in terms of ghee-whiz features, for a non-technical person I have found it to be just superb. The CD's (CD-R & CD-RW) are durable and have more than ample storage, the camera is easy to use, it produces great shots, has a solid feel (same size as a typical 35mm camera) and has a good battery life. Downloading and attaching photos to e-mail or posting to the Sony photo site is quite easy. In short, I am very pleased.
In my opinion, for the casual camera user who has been considering a digital camera, take a look at the the Sony CD series of cameras - I think you will be pleased.

I purchased this camera a month ago, and at first I loved it. It does take great pictures, there's no arguing that. However, the CD "feature" can be a bit of a nightmare, especially if you take a lot of "quick" pictures and want to view them on your PC immediately.
Here's the problem: unless you install the Sony USB drivers (which are quite finicky with Windows 2000; one install corrupted my ATAPI drivers effectively disabling my DVD & CD-RW drives), you are required to "finalize" a disc before inserting it into your computer.
The finalize process takes approximately 1 minute, and "eats" 13MB of your 156MB disc. You can finalize many times, however, each finalize (even if it's only one picture) consumes 13MB of disc space. And, be sure you don't "disturb" the camera while it's finalizing the disc. ANY vibration/bump/movement will render the disc useless; I've got 2 small coasters because my cat happened to jump on the desk while the camera was finalizing itself. Mind you, the cat didn't bump the camera - just the vibration through the desk caused it to generate a fatal finalize error (and, our cat is only 7lbs).
It does have some high-points like macro mode, a relatively good f-stop range (f2.8 - f11) which makes for great low-light shooting, and it's very easy to use, hold, take along.
If Sony could build some good, reliable drivers, I wouldn't be complaining about the finalize feature, as I wouldn't use it much. However, because they don't seem to support Win2K fully (their website stinks for getting drivers from too), I'm hesitant to suggest this camera to anyone.
The drivers seem to work ok on my Win98 boxes, but my webserver runs Win2K, so I had hoped to upload the pics directly to my server.
Not a bad camera, but I'd consider flash card versioned cameras if I were to purchase again.

This is the second digital camera I've owned. It takes great pictures and you can store a ton of them (I get ~300 at 1200x1600) on a cd. It takes great pictures in automatic mode but being able to kick it into full manual (shutter speed, focus, aperture) means you can get pictures in circumstances that the point and click mode would choke on.

The fact that you don't have to worry about uploading images off a memory card makes it the perfect camera for long trips. I took it and a couple cds to Thailand for two months and came back with a ton of great pictures. Best of all I didn't have to take a laptop or ration my picture taking. I also took it on a month long bike trip and it worked great. The long battery life and fast charge time are also strong features in it's favor. It's solidly constructed, a year and a half later it's still clicking away.

One reviewer was complaining about drivers. HE IS TOTALLY WRONG! It sounds like he didn't have a USB port, you don't ever have to take the cds out of the camera. The device is a USB CD/RW drive, you plug it in and it shows up as a cdrom drive. I've used it with Win2000 and 98 and it's fine. No [bad] program to use to get the photos off, you just drag a copy off the cd and onto your computer. With a little poking you can plug it into your computer and actually burn the cds (though they are the little ones).

As I said in the subject the problem with the camera is that it's just too big. The cd drive makes it a funny shape that's kind of a pain. Also the lack of an optical viewfinder [is sort of bad], it's a sacrifice to the cd drive. That said I'd buy this camera again in a minute.

This camera has my vote for one of the best cameras made by Sony, or for that matter anybody! The largest I enlarge my pictures is 8 x 10 and it's perfect for that! When you figure what is the size most people think of for a picture, its 8 x 10, what else! The control of this camera rivals 35mm, and then the camera is adaptable to various filter systems. Who could what anything else!...Julian Gang

When we first got the camera, we were impressed. It was easy to use, and the pictures that we took printed out very nicely.

However, after having the camera for a few months, we started to see the following problems.

1. POOR BATTERY LIFE
After only a couple of weeks of use, the rechargeable battery that came with the camera would only take 5-6 shots before dying. We kept the camera contantly on the dock, so it should not have run out. I assumed it was a defective battery and bought some desposable batteries for it, but had a similar problem. With a brand new battery, it would take 20-30 shots and it would fail to work.

2. RANDOM POWERING OFF
This was really annoying. After several months of use, the camera started turning itself off frequently. Sometimes I have to restart it 4-5 times to get it to stay turned on. Even then, it will often turn itself off when trying to take the picture. I have 3 small kids, and I have missed so many shots because of this.

3. LONG PAUSE BEFORE SNAPPING PICTURE
I know this is not a defect, but is probably by design (probably the auto-focus working), but there is a half second pause between the time you push the button and the picture actually takes. We have missed many shots because of that as well.

I hate to say it, but I will not buy a Kodak camera again. It's too bad, because when this did work properly, the pictures were really good and the dock is really a good idea. We eventually decided to buy a new, higher end camera (Fuji Finepix S7000). We will see how that turns out :)

I recently purchased this product, mainly appealed by the docking station and recharging features. I agree with the other reviewer...I too had battery problems. Same identical "red light flashing" indicating the need for new batteries, after just 8 shots. I had to use the power from the camera dock to reset the unit and get powered up again. I let the unit charge for the required "24-hours" yet the docking station indicated it was fully charged after just one. I then switched to AA-Lithiums for awhile. After going back to the rechargable's, I have had no problems since. Really odd...works fine now though..

Otherwise, the Camera is GREAT!! Easy to use, takes great photo's. The viewer is high quality and optical focus makes it worth the price over the DX3500. I take all photos at 1800 x 1200 and with the expansion card, you get 49 photos of best quality (on flash card) and 24 in-camera memory. This camera package is perfect for first-time users. Four out of Five stars due to the battery snafu early on.

I have this camera and LOVE it. I work at a school and now take pictures for awards .... everyone loves the pictures and the video and sound are great, yes the batteries do go rather quickly but I just bought rechargeable and have a extra set ready, highly recommend. I tried 3 other kind and the quality was no where near as good. 2 of the other ones were more money and less quality. Just try it!!!!