Kodak EasyShare Z1275

Opinion: I have used this camera for over 3 months, I have found the following Pros and cons during its use.

Pros:
- Compact body size
- 5 X Zoom
- 12 Megapixels (Wow) Nice pictures
- Decent image quality up to ISO 400
- Advanced focus detection system, including face detection.
- Full Manual mode, including manual focus
- Switchable flash modes, Red-eye, and fill flash
- Self timer
- Exposure Bracketing
- Uses easy to get - 2-AA Batteries to power,
(Get Energizer rechargeable batteries for best use, forget regular AA's they wont last longer than 10 pics)
- Great Video quality in HD format
- Uses SD memory cards

Overall the camera is a good point and shoot for everyday tasks, but it has several serious problems. You will need to play with the camera a while to figure out all of it's quirks.
I wont take it on vacation, but its ok to carry in your jacket pocket for quick snaps and daily business.
I recently tested an easyshare V1253, which is a much better designed camera with the same features, minus many of the problems of the Z1275 and it only costs about $50 to $70 more. My advise is to bypass the Z1275 as the problems will probably frustrate most users.

Kodak is on the right track with their color science chip
and 12 MP resolution, also manual control options are a nice touch, But viewing screen resolution is laughable, along with focus problems and slow shot to shot time.
If you are considering this camera, I would try it out first before commiting to it.

Opinion: I have bought this camera for 1 month. I like the camera's features. The image quality is excellent. When low light, we may use "candle light mode" or "museum mode" which will take longer explosure time and get nice pictures. But you have to make your hand dosen't move to steady the camera.

Opinion: I was very disappointed with this camera for a few reasons. I got a good deal ($179.99 on Amazon.com) in December of 2007 and was looking forward to another Kodak camera. Unfortunately, this camera didn't meet any of my high expectations. Most of the photos taken were out of focus and I tried everything imaginable to compensate this issue; combinations of manual settings and of course the standard scene selections. The shutter speed is so slow that I missed many action shots completely. It seems like Kodak completely missed the mark on this one, makes me wonder if I purchased a lemon. The memory card write speed takes forever with the huge 12MP photos. I'm not sure why they made a 12MP camera and neglected to include the technology that's needed to support them. I took better quality photos with my 4-yr old Kodak DX6440. This camera was also very picky about the type of batteries used, fresh alkaline AA's were rejected. You must use the rechargeable NIMH, which is OK but just remember to bring plenty of charged batteries AND charger when traveling. Overall I would not recommend this camera to anyone. I returned this to Amazon.com and got a full refund.

Opinion: I have many many digital camera and bought this one mainly because I read some people raving about its HD movie ability with optical zoom. I took movies sitting still with several of my digital cameras and found this camera to produce the most unusable video. Even though each frame may be sharp the video jitters constantly from its poor electronic VR which can't be turned off even with the latest firmware.
For stills its okay but not as good as my 7MP panasonic.
DON'T BUY THIS CAMERA FOR MOVIES, THE RESULTS ARE UNPLEASANT TO WATCH WITH CONSTANT JITTER