Pros
-Features! There are 20 something settings on the camera; flower, snow, water, kids, pets, text, food, gallery, b&W the list goes on.
-Ease of use! It took a little time for me to adjust to where everything was located, and the functions of the buttons, but after I learned, operating the camera was a snap.
-Customizable (to a point.) I liked the ability to turn off the sound, opening screen and image review.
-"Connectability" I had no trouble connecting the camera to my computer and whipping the pictures off, no software or extra drivers needed. (Note: The camera comes with a driver/software disk, but when I put the disk in my computer to install the driver, it said that I only needed the driver for Windows 98, and that my XP was fine. :D )
-Zoom. There's a handy bar at the bottom of your screen that shows how "zoomed" you are. It starts in optical, and then has a little divider to show where optical ends and digital begins.
Cons
-It eats batteries up like oxygen. The battery power meter decreased after I took just a few pictures. I would recommend you buy four rechargeable AA batteries so that when one set runs out, you can switch them for another.
-Plastic shell. I'm used to heavier metal or tougher casing on cameras, and did not like the plastic shutter button, which "jiggled" but I've gotten used to it now, so it's not a big deal.
-(Some) Picture quality. My pictures look really great on the camera, but on my computer they seem a little grainy. Not unclear or pixelated, just... grainy.
Overall, a good camera at a good price. I would make sure to get a large SD memory card, because the size of the "average" image (with the best quality/resolution) is 3.5 MB, which is not a particularly small file. I bought a 4 GB card and have been very satisfied so far.
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