This camera is TINY with a PLUS SIZE LCD. As a previous reviewer said, the screen is not quite bright enough in the brightest conditions, but this is a very small price to pay for the convenience and quality this camera.

If you are a serious photographer, this may not be the best choice for a primary camera (ideally you should have a Nikon D50 or Canon Digital Rebel), but it makes a terrific backup camera because it can literally go anywhere it is the only camera I have ever put in my pocket that is smaller than a cell phone. And if you know what you are doing you can tweak the white balance settings and play with the various modes to take near pro quality shots.

I was particularly impressed with the the night scene mode, which allows you to simulate 'slow sync' flash, and the macro and super macro settings.

Also very cool is the movie mode, which boats 640x480 resolution at 30fps and a time lapse feature (a little gimmicky but very cool) that allows you to speed up the action by as much as 20x.

The zoom is a little limited (undestandable given its size) but if you always shoot at 5MP you can crop the image (either in the editing mode or in a photo editing program on your computer) to get another 2 3x zoom out of it while retaining 2 3 megapixels, which is more than you need for a 4x6. Under no circumstances, however, should you use the digital zoom feature on this or any other digital camera. Digital zoom is a bogus marketing ploy just like megapixels (it's the size of the sensor that makes the big difference, not the resolution) are you'll get much better results by cropping the image after you take it.

Two more tips with this camera always set the ISO to 80, never automatic, unless you really need to shoot in low light without a flash or tripod. And always take the time to set the white balance for each shot whenever possible it makes a huge difference!