Its been a year I went for this model after a lot of market survey spanning different models and different copany digital cameras. I had to arrive upon this 7430 because of several reasons and the primary reason was my budget limitation of 12K-13K.
The camera is really handy and I have used it in all modes and resolutions. I prefer the low resolution mode which offers terrific output on high end printing papers. I am very much satisfied. Pictures taken in daylight are just too good. Night mode photographs are bit disheartening wherei its better to use a camera stand for better results. using a stand has given nice results.
Videos in high resolution mode only is meaningful. the low resolution mode is not good. I have put a Lexar SD card of 256 MB capacity and it fulfils my needs. I need not use the camera software that comes with the camera for transferring pics to the PC. A card reader is what I carry since it can be easily managed once you are moving around different places across different computers for downloading data. nowadays every system has XP loaded so its just USB plug and play. No hassles of installing the camera connection software on every machine where you want to download pics.
The Kodak batteries that come with the camera gives you service to a limited extent and thereafter you have to go for rechargeable batteries otherwise it is not economical. Rechargeable batteries of 2200 mAh power is recommended. I use Camelion batts and I am getting appreciable results.
The setup menu of the camera is not so appealing as that of Nikon or other makes. But I am satisfied because the menu is simple. Its easy to understand. The microphone for audio recording during video shooting is very good. Audio output is very clear for recorded videos. I have tried to view the output through the supplied TV cord connecting to a TV and it is really exciting.
Since this camera is basically a digital still camera, please dont expect that the video output to be like that of camcorders. You cannot expect a smoothness in the video even at high resolution mode. So if you are shooting at a place do not change your angle of shooting frequently and be very slow and gradual in your movements.