I empathize with all the negative reviewers of the Pixter camera even though my experience isn't quite THAT bad, although I WILL say that it isn't "all that" either. There is a way to adjust for lighting. It's not perfection by any means, but it helps a little. I can clearly see the images in the screen HOWEVER I will say that it is nowhere near what is portrayed on the box and in tv ads.I didn't expect an Olympus quality camera for $20, so I guess that's not why I'm so freaked out by the quality. You get what you pay for.I also find it difficult to keep an image in the screen and then have to touch the screen with the stylus to take a picture...awkward at best.Would I purchase this again? For $20 because it's what my daughter wanted, probably. Would I recommend to others? Eh, not really.