Kodak EasyShare C180 10.2MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom and 2.4 inch LCD - Red: Customer Reviews & Product Details

Purchased the camera new in December, returns option expired in January 31.

Camera started having a line across the screen in Feb 20th so now there is no recourse.....CAMERA ONLY FUNCTIONED FOR LESS THAN 3 MONTHS.....................LOOKS LIKE KODAK IS STARTING TO SOUND LIKE TOYOTA!!

WOULD NOT RECOMMEND PEOPLE TO PURCHASE THIS CAMERA.

I must admit I am reviewing this camera based on someone elses opinion and a similar kodak model, I've had for 4 years. I bought this camera as a gift for my mom and she loves it. I bought her this kodak because I own one of its predessors the 643. My 643 has worked great, no problems takes great pictures, and runs on 2 AA batteries just like this one. The design is only minor differences but kodaks are easy to work with good on the pocket book and are dependable.

This camera is great for those of us who are not very technologically inclined. I gave the Easyshare as a Valentine's Day gift for my fiance. He (and I!) has had a lot of fun taking pictures using the different settings, which is my favorite part of the camera. For example, "up close" is for extreme close ups without blurriness, "sport" for fast movement capture and "backlight" for backlit pictures. The night settings are great, like "extreme low light", "night landscape", and "night portrait". It even has individual settings for capturing fireworks, sunsets, sunny beaches and flowers.... interesting.

Truth be told I've never owned a digital camera before, so I'm sure there are better quality cameras out there. But for our general use needs and for the price it's great. Its a decent size overall and the picture display is easy to see.

The EasyShare software is simple to use to edit pics as well as make cards and other picture items. I haven't tried the "share" function yet for uploading to youtube, but I'll try it when I've taken some video clips on the camera.

Overall the Kodak EasyShare is a good general use camera with a nice amount of bells and whistles. Its a great value for the price.

::UPDATE::
If you buy this camera, get rechargeable batteries, because the camera sucks the power dry within an hour or so of use.

I liked the ease of use and the fact that it's very light weight. This is important to me when traveling. I didn't like the fact that the manufacturer did not include a detailed instruction book with the camera but instead it had to be looked up on line.

It's an ok camera except you can't playback stuff videotaped because there's no speaker for sound so you can't hear anything. Also, you have to use batteries which can be a pain sometimes.