This camera first came to my attention through the light hearted little commercial that stated at the end it was photographed entirely from the Olympus PEN. (You can watch the full one minute version at the end of this post.) Because of the claims that were made, I started to think this may be the perfect camera for me.

My first stop was PhotoReview.com where they liked the camera for being a DSLR along with doing great video. PCWorld.com readers did not like the Olympus PEN 480 to 133. Online Digital Photographer went into depth Olympus PEN, making it read like a larger than life means to take great pictures.

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.