Inexpesive, great zoom range (38 mm to 105 mm), fairly fast lens for a point and shoot zoom at wide angle setting (f 3.8), pretty good flash with good range, diopter, easy to operate, spot metering mode, lots of flash options (auto with red-eye reduction, auto without red-eye reduction, forced/fill flash, disable flash, disable flash with + or - 1.5 ev exposure compensation)

1. Flash recharge time is a little slow 2. Like almost all point and shoot zoom cameras the lens is quite slow at maximum zoom which requires the use of flash except in bright sunlight 3. Slightly soft focus with mid distance shots using telephoto (due to active autofocus limitations?) 4. Red-eye reduction introduces a substantial delay from when the shutter release button is pressed and the actual photo is taken

I got this camera for a birthday present about 4 months ago. I have taken several rolls of film (mixture of 200 and 400 iso) and I must say that I am quite impressed with the results. Overall it takes great pictures without much effort. The autofocus seems to work well with one exception. One picture I took using maximum telephoto where the subject was about 60 feet(?) away had a slightly soft focus. The reason is probably due to the active autofocus system as active autofocus systems usually have a limited range so that it can't determine the distance/range for mid-distance subjects that are just beyond the autofocus range. It is not usually a problem with wide angle lenses as they have a greater depth of field. That is the reason a lot of reviewers prefer passive autofocus systems with longer focal length telephotos. The only other problem with this camera is that the red-eye reduction method introduces a substantial delay from when the shutter release button is pressed and the actual photo is taken. However, the good news is that the red-eye reduction mode can be disabled and the camera remembers whether you have the red-eye reduction enabled or disabled when you turn the camera off and on. With red-eye reduction off, I haven't really noticed a delay when pressing the shutter release button (autofocus seems pretty fast) and I have gotten some great shots of my infant son. Overall, I think this is a great camera for the casual photographer like myself. It won't replace your SLR, but for everyday family/vacations shots it works great.

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Several point and shoot cameras.