I recently bought this camera and thought I'd share my experience with you all. I'm not very familiar with camera operation so I mostly limit myself to "point and shoot". From what I read Kodak doesn't have the best picture quality of all brands, but it is one of the most user friendly.
I don't know enough about cameras to do a detailed review so I'll just post a few pics and tell you what I like. So far I don't have anything to complain about, especially considering that I only paid $214 including shipping. That was an online purchase from a giant chain and I had to pay tax. That might not sound all that inexpensive, but this camera is loaded with cool features. Be aware that the camera doesn't come with a rechargeable battery or charger so I had to spend and extra $50 to get those.
It has:
12 X optical zoom
7.1 mega pixels
iso setting which is good for low light
some fancy German lens
rapid burst to capture several photos in a few seconds
panoramic photo stitch of 3 images - you do this with the camera as you take the photo
Those are just some of the features I've used so far. I think they add a lot of value to the camera.
Here's a panorama of our driveway: (you can enlarge the pics more after you open them)
Here are some shots of Hummingbirds at our feeders. To get these I used the zoom at about 10X from 10 feet away, and also the rapid burst o' photos setting:
I'll add more pics here if anyone is interested. Otherwise most of the images I upload from now on will be from this camera.