Kodak Easyshare M1033 Digital Camera

Pros: Incredible capability at an affordable price.
Cons: A fatal firmware flaw and some other slight bugs in the interface.

Let me preface this by saying that I have really enjoyed using my m1033 over the past months. The image quality is ok, the size is compact, and it's great having HD video capability in my pocket. That being said, there is a serious flaw in the ...

Pros: the panoramic shot feature
zoom while videoing
Cons: poor connecting
features are slowly becoming unavailable
takes forever for the computer to recognize it

This camera was given to use after we thought our Sony was a goner.  the Kodak M1033 is not easy to use.  The functions are becoming unavailable, despite being available at the beginning (one of which is the exposure compensation - on none of the settings will it work).  Now, when I turn it on after having connected it to the computer, the time has been set back to 1/1/2008.  It is not easy to upload fotos to computer or websites.  It takes a very long time for the camera to be recognized or at times it will not be seen at all by the computer.
this camera has been used infrequently since October (primarily because it is not easy to use).  Thankfully I got the Sony's lens glitch fixed and I use that camera whenever I can get it away from my daughter.