Fantastic Camera at a fantastic price

...It comes with 16Meg card, but this will only give you 11 top quality photos .. do a google on CompactFlash and get a 64Meg card for another 20 quid (about 56 photos)

From all the above reviews the only thing that put me off was reading about the image storage time - But, I've found you CAN take pictures in quick succession (3 to 4 seconds between each) and it will buffer them .. it's only if you're in a hurry to turn the unit off that you notice the delay whilst it saves everything to the card.

The LCD menus are well laid out & easy to navigate (and read).

If you're even a bit computer literate, don't worry about the docking station - once the software is installed just plug in your camera, turn it on, and the software does the rest (as if you were using the docking station in the first place). The only extra flexibility a docking station gives you is charging without fiddling with batteries and tidier cables on your desk.

Fun can be had straight out of the box, but there are plenty of features to play around with should you want to ... buy one now ! The wife will understand ... eventually

Kodak Picture Paper

This is a great mid range paper at a fair price. It handles photos pretty well and is excellent for general artwork. It's one of the best I've found without going to huge expense. Thoroughly recommend it.

A very good, dependable little camera

Although I don't own this precise model it has the same specifications as mine (5 megapixels etc). I have had mine for coming up 2 years and it still takes the same great pictures it's always taken, even though I have dropped it a few times!
This camera has everything - different modes for different environments to ensure the camera is put to it's maximum use e.g. sport mode which has a faster shutter speed, landscape mode, night-mode, Macro etc. I particularly like Macro mode, which enables you to take pictures about 10-12cm away from the subject. I have taken some stunning, clear photos in this mode (for example, water droplets on a leaf). Also the extensive menu allows you to adjust your shutter speed so clear pictures can even be taken in candle light! I was surprised at just how much I could do with this little camera.
The movie capture is very good for a digital camera (and it has very good sound), and due to a video cable supplied with the camera, you can play back all your videos and photos on the TV to the rest of the family; rather than huddle around a computer screen.
Unlike some cameras which only have digital zoom, this one has 3x optical zoom to ensure no quality is lost when zooming in. 5 million pixels does give an excellent picture, although this is now becoming out-dated with newer models arriving at 8-10 million pixels. If you get the pictures printed properly at a shop (which is cheap) the quality is good enough that you sometimes forget it was taken with a digital camera! They look as if they were taken with a 35mm camera.
As the name 'easyshare' suggests, this camera is easy to use and a good size - big enough to hold but not so chunky it won't fit easily into your bag. You can take as many pictures as you like and each one can be reviewed there and then; you can zoom in really close and pan around to check that no-one blinked or to check that it was in focus! If you're not happy you can delete it and do it again on the spot.

Having had a different make of camera before, I'd say Kodak have really got it right and I'd definitely buy their products again. I never go anywhere without it now!