KODAK Pixpro AZ421 - Digital Bridge Camera, 42X Optical Zoom, 24mm Wide-Angle, 16 Megapixels, 3" LCD, 720p HD Video, OIS, Li-ion Battery - Black

Great first time bridge camera. Easy to use, lightweight offers excellent value for money if you’re a novice photographer and aren’t ready to invest in something with a heftier price tag. The camera takes up to a 32mg memory card (I brought 64!).

Easy to handle with one hand Neat and compact piece of equipment You do have to remember to buy a memory card

A great beginners camera. Fantastic zoom lens but fails when it comes to night time photography. We have tried this camera out at different natural light levels and using artificial light. Setting can be a bit fiddly but we manage mostly on automatic. Great sharp photos although Macro is a little on the weak side.

The zoom works well and the auto focus is very good .it's a good all round camera

I was really looking forward to this camera, having previously had a small Kodak digital camera purchased 2007 which took great pictures, had vivid colours, perfectly adequate at only 7 MP. This camera by contrast is heavy to carry and surprisingly not very intuitive to use and adjust, macro is not detected in auto, but has to be set shot by shot with a fiddly little button and toggle menu (so no bees on flowers), the anti-shake and moving objects features don't seem to make much of a difference as pictures are often blurred (so no birds in flight), the colours seem dull and lifeless, whilst the default setting makes for huge file sizes of about 6 MB. I specifically bought this camera to be able to take better night time pictures, for example of the moon and it took me about 100 attempts before I managed to get it to actually focus. For example with my husband's old, less powerful Canon it was no problem getting a decent shot of the moon, even in auto, showing craters and all. In the end with lost of adjustments to ISO etc. I got 3 decent ones. I also wanted to be able to have better depth control, but even with careful adjustments to the f range I have not managed to get any shots where the background blurs out. In a nutshell I am disappointed and regret having spent this money. I have taken better shots with my mobile, which is 7 years old and a lot easier to carry around.

Rubish better off using a phone cant take an in focus picture

Love this camra and suits what I need it for I like capturing photos but with out using my phone.

Thrilled with this camera. The zoom lens is ideal for countryside views. Just click and point, anyone can use it