Hi,

You might remember my inquiry, "An opinion needed, please."

I asked, "What do you think of the Kodak Z1015 IS camera"?

Well, I bought it, got delivery and it seems to be everything i expected. 

It's very light and easy to handle.  The hardest part of the setup was threading the camera strap onto the body.  LOL

The door for the battery and SDHC memory device is a little different from what I have seen on most other digital cameras ... it doesn't latch automatically when you close that cover -- but that's not a really big issue. 

I purchased 2 additional KLIC-8000 batteries and external charger for about $40.

I purchased 2 16GBy SDHC memory devices and an SDHC reader for about $65. 

I also got a camcorder case that holds the entire setup for about $12. 

Please don't ask me about the Kodak EasyShare software because I hope to avoid installing it.  [grin]

Still images are quite good.  The 15X zoom is pretty handy, too.  Not sure yet if the macro format will do what I want ... needs some study. 

The camera will shoot in RAW mode ... it creates a .KDC file in that case. 

Too bad that my copy of Adobe Photoshop 7.0 doesn't recognize that file format.  Does anyone have a suggestion for reading that format in Photoshop 7.0? 

The camera will shoot video in 1280X720 (720P) HQ; 640X480 HQ; or 320X240 and creates an .MOV file -- too bad QuickTime Player doesn't seem to like to play the 720P format for me.  Any suggestions?

That's all for now. 

--Martin