Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I've used several digital cameras and found that the Kodak CX7530 performs beyond expectations for a point-and-shoot camera. This camera excels in rendering images with incredible sharpness, excellent exposure, and well balanced color saturation. Dare I say this camera performs as well as the Digital Rebel! I found it rare to get an image out of focus with this camera. The 5 MP gives me room to crop images without loosing detail. I was able to figure out all major functions without even opening the manual. The fast turn-on time, shutter to shot, and shot to shot performance took me by surprize...capture the moment and review it immediately! There is some metal on the camera that adds ruggedness and gives it a "well built" feel. The large bright LCD helps review image quality quickly as well as help compose without squinting. If you want an excellent point and shoot that gives you fast, sharp, reliable results, then the cx7530 is the perfect choice. Check out my "customer images" (link below the cx7530 image, above). Pros: 1. multi-point focus always renders sharp foreground images; i found few images out of focus. 2. shadows and dark areas are not grainy or noisy; this is helpful when you're cropping pics and enlarging them. 3. very smooth transitions in bright area and never washed out; this helps you with contrast especially if you convert to black and white later 4. very fast; press the shutter button and you don't miss the moment! 5. very quick; shot to shot 6. fast turn on; rotate the dial and it's almost ready before you are! 7. huge LCD that's sharp, bright, and fast to update while panning 8. battery miser; with NiH rechargeables, i was able to get 85 shots where 25 used the flash 9. images get auto-rotated when taking a portrait 10. very quiet; no focus or zoom noise 11. LCD goes blank after a while of no use to conserve power 12. 2 movie modes; QVGA (320x240 @ 20fps) and VGA (640x480 @ 13fps); Cons: 1. does not remember setting if you change them after you turn off the camera; but i've rarely had to tweek something to get a great image 2. 4 way navigation button is on the left and i'm a righty; so this is good for the lefty's; not really an issue, though! 3. can not disable digital zoom; but zoom indicator clearly shows the crossover point between optical to digital zoom