This is a great little camera, I bought one for my daughter for Christmas and is an ideal first digital camera. It has 6 million megapixels and 3x optical zoom. It also has 5x digital zoom. The LCD Screen is quite large (2.4")  And it takes a SD memory card. It is quite a small camera (1.0x1.0x1.0cm) It has a 16 MB internal memory and a built in automatic flash. All in all a brilliant little camera which would suit a beginner or a person who has experience of digital camera's.