Sanyo VPC-J1 Xacti

Great Camera! Has all the features of expensive Canons and Sony's at 1/3rd less. It's the size of bar of soap and takes incredible photos. Clear screen and easy to review past photos and zoom in to see facial expressions. Good low light performance. Average flash range (11 ft or so). Video is in Quicktime and it works at 30 fps instaed of 15 like other cameras. When memory prices fall this will be handy not usefull with 128 chips. Wish it had warmer tone to photos like the Kodaks. Software is weak and doesn't remove red eye. Camera works well with XP but must have a driver for Win 98 and 2000 and it doesn't download automaticly like the HP and Kodak.

This camera is built so well I could back over it with my car and not hurt it. Superb video and photo performance unmatched by any camera I have used so far. Great Price and small size. Any setting you could imagine can be changed. Battery lasts forever. No distortion or fish eye at far zoom range like my HP 720 and Canons. Almost complete set of cables.

Red eye flash doesn't work for many people and the lag time is so long that subjects think the photo has been taken and it hasn't. No AAA or AA batteries. It has it's own. Viewfinder hard to see in for people with glasses. Forced to use screen. Screen is not recessed so it's easily scratched. Confusing to use at first which means that those of us with spouses who have trouble with this better buy them a camera of their own. No Ac adapter.

HP Photosmart 720, Various Canon's and Kodaks.

Never used.