I bought this camera for my girlfriend. Not being a camera guy this was my first camera I ever bought. I wasn't too excited about it but my girlfriend was. Turned out the camera was fun and really useful.We bought the Sony rechargable batteries after realizing the regular ones last about 10 minutes. The new batteries last about an hour and a half, which makes them a good bargain. The memory card it comes with is not very useful, but I reccommend atleast 32MB.The digital camera is fun, especially for an electronics junky like me. I recommend this camera highly. The picture quality is outstanding in my opinion, being a novice the pictures are clear and that is good enough for me. We have a portable sony printer and the images we have printed are amazing.