Kodak Easyshare C190 12MP Digital Camera with 5x Optical Zoom and 2.7-inch LCD (Red)

I bought this camera directly from Kodak to replace a Kodak EasyShare C613 - I also own a larger 6 year old Kodak EasyShare as well.

The Kodak C613 was a good little camera that I bought for about $75 on sale 2 years ago - I wasn't expecting the best being as we only paid $75 for it - figured it would be good to take with us when we went places where the larger one would be too bulky to carry with us or for my husband to take along with him on hunting trips - figuring if it wound up broken due to our own negligence we would not be out a lot of money. It served us well for 2 years before the lens cover broke...

When it came to replacing it - we wanted the same - easy to tote around, under $100 with a few different options. Figuring we have had good luck with cameras from Kodak in the past I bought this camera directly from Kodak and paid just under $100 (had a coupon code for % off).

Out of the box it worked well - it took a little while to go through and see all the different scenes and see how it works...there are a few features that were not on the C613 that i really like - such as the Panoramic option - a very cool feature...and the red eye reduction flash does work great...

I have had some trouble at time getting good clear pictures - even with proper lighting sometimes it appears the camera is in focus and when I look back at the picture it is not.

Video is decent for $100 camera - don't expect the best quality and if anyone is expecting great quality video from a camera then you shouldn't be relying on one that costs under $100.

The BIGGEST problem I have having is actually getting the pictures to show up sometimes...One of the things I do like is that you connect the camera to your computer via a USB cable - However I go to load picture up into the Kodak software I have and while I can see the picture as a thumbnail - when I go to bring it up it gives me an error message saying the "file exists but might be damaged" - if I try and open it in another photo program (windows picture viewer, HP image) I get some sort of error message as well...when I go to properties for the picture it shows it is saved in a .jpeg format - it just won't open in anything...

I have tried 2 different SD cards and pictures on both have done this...In fact I opened a new SD card and took a few pictures of my girls - reviewed them on the camera - but when I went to load it up I got an error message that the SD card wasn't formatted and it erased the pictures on the SD card to format it...that sort of pissed me off

But today was really the last straw as I only took one picture of my kids together for Halloween and guess what is the only picture that won't load...I can see a thumbnail on my computer - but can't open it...I am HIGHLY upset at this and because of this I am going to be looking at returning it to Kodak and getting my money back...

I have been extrememly happy with my other 2 Kodak Cameras and for under $100 I could have lived with having to take another picture every now and then if the first one didn't focus right...and lived with a little less sharpness than other more expensive cameras....but not being able to read some pictures is a big deal to me...Get more detail about Kodak Easyshare C190 12MP Digital Camera with 5x Optical Zoom and 2.7-inch LCD (Red).