The USB port is of course the speediest way to download images. Also supplied are a video cable with RCA plug and a CD-ROM with software for downloading images. Included is a light version of Adobe PhotoDeluxe on CD-ROM. . The built-in flash has the usual red eye reduction mode available, and the shutter has a nice feature allowing you to lock the meter and focus prior to exposure by pressing the shutter release half way down . The lens will allow shooting in a macro mode down to 4.7 inches and there is a continuous shooting mode that will allow exposures at 1.7 images per second.
Exposure compensation allows adjusting for backlighting, etc.
You can meter the exposure and focus independently, and the metering can be either center weighted or by the spot meter. Gain, contrast, and sharpness can be independently adjusted also. A black and white mode is also available. One of the neatest features is what they call the stitch mode, allowing camera to produce landscapes that can be horizontal or vertical panoramas. Of course the fun comes in manipulating your images on the computer with a software program such as Adobe, and while you will not ever be purchasing film again, printing your images on the expensive photo paper is not going to save you any money.