Kodak has done an okay job in the transitioned from film to digital cameras. It is hard to go from one day being an household name and industry leader to just one of the players. I believe they have this job well.

Now the Kodak EasyShare M341 is Kodak’s offering to the Point-and-Shoot category of cameras. Starting with the 12 Mega pixels going to the built in flash makes this camera look like a keeper. It does take decent picture from 2 to 11 feet away from the subject. The zoom lens goes from 35 to105 mm from the 3x optical lens.

The ability to capture video clips in 640 x 480, and 320 x 240 in the Quick Time format is nice. Then you add a low end microphone. Now you can capture and upload those spontaneous videos to YouTube that we all enjoy.

A SD memory card, USB cable and Kodak’s own software makes it easy for the non-photographer capture and edit pictures.

Summer is coming. Kids are growing up. At some point they are going to want a camera to take a picture of their friends. For most kids a cheap prepaid cell phone with a camera will do. For the more aspiring child they will start asking for a regular digital camera.

If you have recently up graded you camera that old camera may fill the bill. However, for the child that is 10 going on 16 they may have their eyes on something like a Hannah Montana camera.

No Miley Cyrus did not make it. Disney just buys a bunch of cameras and puts Hannah Montana image on the skin. You can get the same camera with a Tinker-bell or Mickey Mouse on the skin. From my research these camera are made just for Disney.